Thursday April 17th I will be attempting the unsupported FKT of the Chief Illini Trail. I plan on starting around 7am at the Northern terminus at Eagle Creek Rd. I’m doing an out and back. 

I ran this route today and was quite disappointet to be honest. The last section isn‘t on a hiking trail but a major street with lots of cars and felt not necessary for the route. I am just leaving this comment for other runners considering running… read more »

It seams like part of the course is no longer accessible. At b&b de nieuwe warande.

This ~12:10 trip from Sean O'Rourke doesn't seem to have made it into the history of times: https://drdirtbag.com/2014/07/23/jack-sw-ridge/ (no GPS verification but makes sense given Sean's resume)

Thought I'd chime in that there's at least one faster climb: Steven Song, Elise Lutz, and Kostya Zhang's 13:08 roundtrip (https://www.strava.com/activities/9335319386/overview). There's also this report from Sean O'Rourke: https://drdirtbag.com/2015… read more »