I woke up with just a lot of energy today and wanted to finally put myself out there. I've wanted to dip into the local FKTs for a while and have gotten close on some of the bigger ones (Bridge and Charleston) but have gotten shut down by weather or GPS tracking issues. I wanted a quick run and thought New Peak would be perfect. I took water and a breakfast bar without much pace in mind. It was cool at the lot but warmed up a lot. All alone and self-supported, I saw no one else on the peak but plenty of people out on the Kraft Loop trail.
Wasn't feeling super fast on the climb up the limestone and next time I'm sure my path would be much more clean. The summit register was easy to find, sign and jet back down. I thought the scree and loose nature of the top would make down difficult but I flew! Gained a lot of speed once on the last 1/3 of the trail and got to open up the jet packs. Excited to continue to put out some times and have another lady come beat my slow FFKT (first FKT!)