Where the Buffalo roam... Sweet race. Absolutely one of the funner races I've been in. The race is all trail out on Antelope Island. Drove down early with Shane. He was doing the 50k which started an hour before our 25k start. It was nice to get there early and hang out. The trails were in great shape. Race details:
Warmed up with around a mile of jogging...
Mile 1-3 all uphill climb. Was feeling pretty good - tried not to push it to much but was able to stay up towards the front.
Mile 3-5 Trail flattened out on the saddle ridge but then a serious up past the lone tree for about .30 a mile to the first aid station at Elephant Head (about 5.5 miles in)
Mile 5-10+ At this point you have to decide which way you want to do the next 5 mile loop. I decided to follow the pack - which is downhill for about 3 miles and then some serious switch backs and climbs for the next 2 miles back to the Elephant Aid station. This section was probably my favorite felt great on the downhill and on the uphill.
Mile 11-16 Follow the same trail back for a few miles and then take a new trail they cut in which loops around to the finish. You finish with about 1-1.5 miles of sweet down - which felt great after all the climbing. I was able to pick off a few people on this section. Other than right at the first never got passed except by some smokin girl at mile 12-13ish...
At the finish line they had 4 types of beer and all the soda you could handle...Sweet. I stayed away from the homemade Buffalo stew. | 