On a hot June 19th I ran alone in the counterclockwise direction and was able to take a couple of minutes of the FKT. The conditions were very hot but there were less fallen trees than the day I went up to scout out the route.
Went to the well, and then some today. Hot weather (28+ degrees maybe more - bad reception out here so I can’t confirm that). Really happy with it. Something significantly bad happened around 27k that turned my day around from unreal to almost bailing. I wanted to never come back to attempt this trail again more than I wanted to quit. So glad I pushed through. I ended up running 3:17:32 which is 2:14 faster than the current FKT and almost 12 mins faster than Eric Batty (look him up... guy is unreal). I might post more later about this. Feel free to ask questions if you have any (including what happened at 27k). Thanks to everyone for the kind wishes before and along the way. My phone was ringing like crazy at the 3h 20 min mark. I love each and every one of you ? keep rolling friends.