Usually I visit Wachusett and slog through vert on the mountain house trail before I step foot into the Whites or Adirondacks. This year I realized there’s an FKT on the mountain and decided to see what I can do on the route.
After work I drove 2 hrs to the trailhead. Since I didn’t know the trails or the loop I went out for a warmup lap, completing it in ~1:45. I gathered my things, ate, changed shoes then went back out for a second loop, the speed run.
I had the route perfectly memorized from doing it right before but I could definitely feel a ~1:45 effort right before was a long warm up.
I quickly found myself sitting at threshold and hiking all the inclines, thankfully I can run decently down so that helped me ring in the time.
Really cool route, hits some great techy sections, mud pits, the meadow is gorgeous, andddd you get the ski slopes. Love this mountain as a pre-season training staple to the big boys up north.