This was the third time I drove to Godinne train station in order to tackle one of the FKT routes.
I really love running in this area so every time I’m near I try to make some time to run one of the Godinne routes.
I thought I might be able to set a new time on the blue trail which I hadn’t run before, I started off and took a couple wrong turns in the first few kilometers so I turned back and decided to restart the attempt.
On the second try I just had the gpx open on my watch the whole time (the routes are clearly marked, I am just not very smart 😅 and not fast enough to compensate for wrong turns) so I had no idea how well/bad I was doing, I just gave it my all trying to squeeze everything out that I had available today.
After finishing and crashing down in the grass I noticed my time was 1h21m just like the current FKT, I had to go to the website to check the seconds and was very happy to see I had it beat by a razor thin 21 second margin. I don’t feel like I left much on the table today but if I had come short 20 seconds I would have been bummed out the entire weekend.
All in all I had a great time and have to recommend these routes to people who are in the area, they are very nice trails.