Antelope Island I ran the West side trails, including the Elephant Rock out and back for a total of 19 miles. Much better than last time I ran this loop. I felt strong throughout, although at mile 1 I had to pull over and obscure myself behind a craggy boulder to do some, uh, "product placement". Today's product: liquid! Yay! I shoved my soiled wipes into a crack in the boulder, like a pilgrim shoving a prayer into the Western Wall. "Dear God, make these trots go away. Stat! I got 18 more miles to go." Prayer was not answered. I've been practicing fueling technique, ingesting a swallow of gel every 20 minutes. The plan works well; I had good energy the entire run. Ran it in strong, and some nice fellow parked next to me shared his bagels with me.If not for the poo stops I would have easily completed 19 miles under 3 hours.
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