I've long wanted to come back and try for my 2020 time and planned to do it at some point. I'm in Palm Springs for a few weeks and after receiving notification that Helen took the FKT two days ago, this past Thursday, and knowing there was a great weather window, I decided to finally go for it! I started at 8:02am. It was in the mid-50s and sunny. There were many people on the trail—maybe thirty people total spread out throughout the route, between both hikers and other runners. My husband also ran this route, but slower and ten minutes or so behind me. It was a bit gusty at some points but not bad and I found I didn't have to put on my jacket, though I did put on my gloves for the final 2 miles. I brought 1L a water/electrolutes and a bunch of gels. Very happy to beat my old time my 10+ minutes and it was motivating to have Helen's time to chase out there today!