End-to-end southbound unsupported FKT on the LFT. Watch time: 1:55:08 moving time, 1:57:36 elapsed time. This felt extremely smooth, calm, and controlled the whole way. Also an FKT for a masters runner (at 42 years old).
This was a run in the midst of a Boston Marathon training block---the last long run workout for the 2022 Boston Marathon. Plan was 2 up, 14@MP, 2 down. The 2.6 down was only a little slower than the low 6:20s we were rolling, but not much, if at all... we kept it cruising pretty well to the end of the trail. ?We took an Uber to the trailhead from Hyde Park, ran one-way, and caught the 6 bus back from the end of the trail. One Clif gel at Mile 12 for nutrition, otherwise no water or other fueling necessary for this one today. It was a chilly day, 24F, with a wind chill of 12F; we had the winds mostly at our backs, with some crosswinds coming south through Gold Coast and the Loop.
(Elapsed time is about two minutes longer, as we had a slight pause at Oak Street Beach because it was, as usual, an ice rink... in late March of all times. Almost watched a cyclist get swept away, watched him slip along the surface and almost fall in three times.)