I’ve been talking about this for years and finally made a last minute decision to race it. No scout, no shuttle, no taper just sent it.
As far as the run itself, I shot a lot of bullets climbing Cranberry, West, and Avery, which put me on the struggle bus for Little Bigelow. I think that’s how you have to race these things though and I probably wouldn’t change it. It’s been 4 summers since I’ve been on the route, but the last few miles weren’t as even footing as I remember them being. I shaved about 27-28 minutes off the old FKT, but someone with more climbing experience could probably shave a good bit more off. I felt pretty decent on the technical aspect, but also have nothing to base myself against. After I finished I jumped in the lake before riding (I spent last night at the north trailhead and stashed a bike) back to my truck, which was an adventure in itself…
Overall I had a blast today, I think this is a pretty gnarly route that I hope gets raced more. I also have no more gels or drink mix to my name, which might make next week interesting… 🫠
…also, sorry about the low video quality, idk why Strava does that or how to fix it.
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one way
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3h
39m
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