FKT: Tim Yuska - Palos Trail System (IL) - 2024-06-01

I ran the FKT Palos Trail System 50mile route unsupported, starting at 5:36 am Saturday morning.
The day started cool and overcast for the Swallow Cliffs section. Around 9:00am the rain started while I was on the Palos section. After finishing the Palos loop and heading west on the Canal connector I slipped on a flat rock which triggered Incident Detection and stopped my activity. I got back up, reloaded the route on my watch, started a new activity and continued on to finish the job. (Merged in the Strava activity.)
The rain stopped for most of the WFG loop but picked up again while on the returning on the Canal. My legs were pretty trashed and I was nervous about the slippery and sharp rocks so I took the last section carefully, arriving at to Teason's Woods parking at 2:20 PM.
I carried 5.2L liquid (1.5L bladder, 6x500mL soft flasks, 2x350mL soft flasks).
The bladder was filled with water. Soft flasks were filled with: 4x Hammer Sustained Energy, 2xPerpetuem Caffe Latter and 2xTailwind Lemon.
Nutrition:
2 Hammer Gel flasks (Espresso, Vanilla)
4 refillable food pouches: 2 mashed potatoes, 2 apple sauce/maple syrup
Other: Swedish Fish, Dates, Apricots and nuts