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| Sunrise on the west shore of Antelope Island
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The first weekend of November I spent the last warm day of the fall on Antelope Island. It was an awesome, well run, low key race. 41 of us started out at 6 am, it was so warm that I only wore short sleeves and a skirt. No jacket! 33 of us did two laps around the island. I finished second to last, just within the time limits. I didn't get nauseous until 40 miles and felt great right up until 40 miles. The last 22 miles were a little bit of a struggle but I did it. No puking. Running on the island at night was magic! I was swooped by an owl, heard coyotes and ran past a heard of buffalo. I could hear the buffalo moving in the grass when I turned my headlamp to the sound, I could see their eyes shining. Very cool!
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Last weekend, I did State Your Intentions 24 hour (see post below for details). I did a 50 K over the course of the day. I mostly walked. Dolly, my dog, did 2 laps with me, my husband did 2 laps with me, Milissa did one lap with me. I only did one lap entirely by myself. In other parts of the country, Texas, Colorado and North Dakota, Z, Linda and Jason each did some miles (35 total). I'm donating $100 to our local food bank, one dollar for every mile we all did.
What now? Two weeks off running for me. I need to regroup and create a program that makes me faster during training. I'm so, pathetically slow. Because I'm tired of making my workout routines, I've started doing yoga and I'm making a commitment to start doing cross fit (free, yay!!!) at the local high school. I'm at day 282 of my one mile a day streak.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
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| Mountains reflecting off the water in the Great Salt Lake right after sunrise |
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| Old 4wd rode on the west side of the island |
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| Looking back from the top of the hill |
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| My favorite picture from the ones I took |
