I'm attempting 4 FKTs in the Bay Area in 4 days and this was 1/4! I wore the Merrell Sky Fire 2s for this one and brought a light Ultimate Direction pack with one soft flask of water and 4 Huma Gels with me.
I started my watch at 10:36 am near the parking and the big rock in the photos, then went down and past the trailhead. Around mile 6 I should have turned right into a single track trail but I accidentally kept going straight and went down the wrong way for about a mile, then once I realized I had to climb back up and turn the right way so that definitely added some time! I almost decided to stop and try again tomorrow but I decided to just try to challenge myself and adjust my goals from sub 1 25 to sub 1 40 instead.
I went the right way and after that kept checking my map every couple of minutes to make sure I was still going the right way- I did not want to make that mistake again! I wasn't sure if the route ended at the parking trailhead or actual parking lot so I took a picture at 12:14 am at the trailhead and I took the watch picture and the picture at the parking lot at 12:15 am (talking with the officials at FKT we've determined the stop point is the trailhead as opposed to the parking lot for anyone who attempts this in the future). My time at the trailhead instead of the parking lot would be 1:37:50 instead.
I did this as a long run and did an out and back so I stopped my watch to refuel and regroup for a couple minutes before heading back. The one way variation has more downhill than uphill so the way back is slower and more verty. There are some steeeeep climbs on the way back!
This was such a fun route with lots of beautiful bay views on the ridge!! I'm excited to see other people crush this route and I hope I can go back and crush my own time sometime too!