With Jun, Dorsimus and JSH on Stansbury Island. I wanted to get my long training run for the month in and found a really cool loop on Stansbury that I thought would be fun. Jun agreed and Dorsimus and JSH were in as well. It was a great group and we had a blast!
With the forecast for snow and rain I wasn't sure what to expect, but we had no rain or snow, a fair amount of sun and it would have been perfect without the wind that blasted us at times, but wasn't bad overall.
We did 3 10 mile loops that took us from the west side of the island to the ridge top, to the south end of the island and then back. The trail is pretty rocky in places and fairly technical. The views are absolutely amazing out there. Dorsimus did a great job explaining the trail and Jun has some excellent pics of the day, so check out their trip reports.
I felt really good on lap one, but struggled with some stomach issues on lap two. Luckily they only lasted about 3 miles. Lap 3 I had a nasty fall at mile 23. I was checking out the sweet views and my foot caught a rock and sent me face first off the trail, nearly missing a sharp rock. My handheld bottle flew out of my hand and almost went off a cliff. I tweaked my angle and banged my knee, but it wasn't serious.
I was running by myself for most of laps 2-3 because the other guys were faster. I wasn't feeling strong today, but on a positive note nothing really hurt all that much and at the finish I was still feeling quite good considering we just did 30.
This is an amazing trail and it was really nice being able to use the car as an aid station every 10 miles. I'll definitely be back to run it again. If you like Antelope Island you will love Stansbury.
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