FKT: Zachary Szablewski - Cedar River Trail Traverse - 2023-04-01

This is a classic short rail trail route from Landsburg Landing to Lake Washington via the Cedar River trail. I expect that if someone else does not have this FKT already, it will be beaten fairly easily. I took a slight wrong turn and tacked on a few minutes during my route and it was mainly a training run for the Boston Marathon. I was generally feeling good and was happy with this tempo. The route is mainly downhill and there are about 8 or 9 road crossings, 1 of which has a traffic light about 8 miles in. The first 5 miles are gravel an the final 12 miles are paved. The route generally parallels the Cedar River and crosses under the highway nearing Renton. I got lost about 16 miles into the run and it cost me some time but not much. Highly recommended as a tune up for a big road marathon. I hope to lower this to at least sub 6 minute pace, but my old slow legs are not getting any stronger...