5,000 ft of rise over 6,000 m of run (er, power hike?) on glorious trails with views that look like they must have been green-screen-ed? Heck yeah! After a week in town, I think I've found the best way to the top.
This was an impromptu challenge: could have dropped the time further on rested legs (and I'm sure someone else will!), but it wasn't worth passing up an adventure to taper. It was fun to stretch the legs a bit quicker than I could lapping this route to a 75% Everest a few days earlier. Clocked 27:07 on the Matterhorn Training Route on the way up. Just made a narrow weather window: the hail and thunder resumed about 60 seconds after I gained the summit.
Literally wore the sole off my shoes and felt like a kid in a candy store (and not just because this run was entirely fueled by Toblerone).