I did this route back in 2019 with my dogs (my 15 pound dog ran all 6200 feet up back then!) and have been patiently waiting to come back and try for my own effort. Felt strong on the climb and the descent was as technical as I remembered. Beautiful day out there! Thanks to Jenny Quilty for setting a stout up and down time for me to chase and for Gary Robbins giving me an uphill time to go for (but ultimately fall short of by about 40 seconds.)
My husband, Nick, started the run at the same time but did his own effort/route so was able to get a photo of me at the beginning, otherwise we were separated by a few minutes throughout the effort and I took my own photos (I ran to the top of MacFarlane, he stopped short at Pierce Lake then took off downhill ahead of me so I saw him at the finish.) I asked a random hiker at the top if he could take my photo (see attached photos; I also logged 1:52:37 at the summit and 3:18:58 at the finish.) I went relatively light on the effort overall with 3 gels and a half liter of water—definitely could have used more but I started this early (7:15am) and everything felt within my reach. Really grateful to be back out here and have the chance to push like this.