May 27th, 2025
I started down on the road and began climbing slowly up the trail. In the first opening I hit a couple raindrops but those soon dissipated. once the switchbacks stopped, I opened up my phone to see where the route was. At that point it was mainly power hiking too the summit. I just made sure I followed the route. I knew it was going to be close for the CR Strava segment to the summit so sprinted that last summit block to make sure I got it. I snapped a picture of my watch at top, ran a few more steps, and then checked if I got it. I just barely got. I told myself that If I was the fastest to the top then I would have a pretty good shot at the roundtrip FKT. I started running down the summit block while eating a Honey Stinger Stroop Waffle and almost fell multiple times. I kept my phone out to make sure I stayed on course all the way back down to the switchbacks. Once I got back down the switchbacks and more easily followed trail, I put my phone away and pounded down to the road. I ran across the road and stopped my watch and then took a picture. 1hr 21min 42sec.