After setting a new Capital Trail FKT, I wanted to look at another FKT in Richmond. This was one of the few in the area, and it looked like a fun challenge.
The original posted GPX file for this route was 11:02:35 in elapsed time by @shachsturge so I knew I wanted to shoot for less than that to get the new FKT - by the way, shoutout to them for setting the original time and posting the challenge!
Without ever setting foot in Forest Hill Park before (I’m new to Richmond), I setup a small cooler at the top of the hill in the grass directly across from where the hill meets the parking lot.
My dad ran the first 2 hours with me (27 reps) as we went down and touched the curb at the very bottom of the hill (it’s as far down as you can go before it’s grass, directly across from the hill) and went back up again together.
Whenever I went back up the hill, I’d make a tally mark with a pen on piece of paper (on my cooler) and sometimes open the cooler and get some drink or food from it.
My dad came back and saw me run for another 4-5 reps towards the end, then my fiancée did the same after.
Once I went down and up the hill 100 times, I made the final Tally mark, and went out to get ice cream!
Looking forward to see who beats this next! Rooting for you.