Location
California,
US
Distance
31.58 mi
Vertical Gain
4,959 ft
Description
GPS Track
Links big day out.gpx162.05 KB
FKTs
Male
Female
Mixed-gender team
| Anders Fox | 3h 33m 57s | |||
| Rod Farvard, Matthew Seidel, Jeffrey Stern | 4h 10m 56s | |||
| Jacob Massler | 5h 56m 9s |
| Nathan Williams | 4h 12m 53s | |||
| Chris Thoburn | 4h 19m 11s | |||
| Rory Beyer | 4h 26m 46s | |||
| Travis Gibson | 4h 33m 52s | |||
| Kirill Demtchouk | 5h 52m 35s |
| Laura Hansen | 4h 29m 45s | |||
| Pamela IWASZEWICZ | 5h 14m 30s | |||
| Nadja Heine | 6h 11m 55s | |||
| Ashly Winchester | 7h 55m 27s |
| Christy David, Jake Ols | 7h 25m 31s |
Comments
Answer to Ashly's question that section of trail has been closed for years do to bridge being washed out. I have run many races on that stretch of road just stay on creek side of road facing incoming traffic from tourist.
Bridge is now back up at the junction of Deer Park and Miwok. Use this route for all future attempts because this is the most direct and original way.
Thanks for the clarification! It really is a beautiful route :)
Hello,
Just hoping to confirm that any new attempts at this route should use the most direct route, crossing straight across frank valley road from deer park to redwood creek and using the bridge that's been rebuilt, will be accepted as an FKT attempt. Thank you!
I've done the majority of this route before and find it a lot more enjoyable starting at the bridge and ending in olema. I'm wondering if an FKT would be accepted for running it in the opposite direction? It seems like it would since both ways you start and finish at sea level?
Unless there are unique circumstances or a premiere route with historical precedent for communities actively tracking each direction (think Appalachian Trail or something) the standard guidelines say "just do whichever direction is faster." Out & back would likely get accepted though, as that's a vastly different experience!
Thanks Matt! Pending weather I will plan to go for this FKT this Saturday and will likely run from the bridge ☺️
Taking a stab at this in the late morning tomorrow. Not intending to push overly hard but will give it a solid effort.
One thing I noticed: the GPX on the site here takes Dipsea from Cardiac instead of Deer Park. The current fastest takes Deer Park (arguably slower in some ways than Dipsea). Do we care at all what happens in that section? Officially the Bay Area Ridge Trail takes the fire-road.
Ran a new FKT, 4:19:11 unsupported :) Strava activity is here: https://www.strava.com/activities/7187426504
Will submit once I have had some time to compose the time-honored trip report. Amazing day on the trails, superb route!
I was waaaaay off pace for an FKT, but managed to knock out this route on a longer 40mi run from the Bolinas Ridge Trailhead, back to my hotel downtown.
https://youtu.be/O1nLaiZnEv0
Ran a new unsupported FKT on Saturday, 11/5, with Rod Farvard and Matt Seidel in 4 hours and 11 minutes: https://www.strava.com/activities/8074176530