Location
Oregon,
US
Distance
10.8 mi
Vertical Gain
3,700 ft
Description
GPS Track
Kings Mt Elk Mt Loop.gpx1.03 MB
FKTs
Male
Female
Mixed-gender team
Peter Kesting | 1h 48m 9s | |||
Matt Spear | 1h 50m 24s | |||
Eric Sauer | 1h 50m 51s | |||
Alex King | 1h 52m 49s |
Anne Heiner | 2h 24m 3s | |||
Liz Derstine | 2h 27m 47s |
Alex Borsuk, Matt Hasenohr | 2h 32m 6s |
Female
Katie Gunvalson | 6h 44m 44s |
Comments
Today I ran the women’s unsupported FKT in 2:25:27! This was my third time running the loop and just about the prettiest I’ve ever seen it with all the flowers and mist. This was my first time testing speed/strength on trails in a while, as I’m usually too afraid of falling or doing something dumb to run very fast. Today I was especially careful in the more tricky downhill sections, which probably cost me some time, but I cranked it up on the initial ascent to Kings and had fun letting loose in the last relatively flat miles along Wilson River Trail.
My approach was from the Kings Trailhead and then I took a lap split at the Wilson River-Kings Mt Trail Junction to mark my official start. I ran the loop clockwise, going up to Kings, to Elk, then closing the loop via Wilson River Trail. I took my lap split again at the same intersection where I started for a time of 2:25:27. On the official Strava segment it shows my time as 2:25:45 for some reason, but I went with my manual split since that would be more accurate.
Here’s the run on Strava: https://strava.app.link/UY8uAFjeJ6
Liz, did you submit your info to the “Add FKT” function on the site too?
https://fastestknowntime.com/submit-fkt
Yes, I did earlier today. Thanks for checking!
Quick note- the FKT route description has been updated/clarified to include the short section of trail from the Kings trailhead to the Wilson River junction, making my total time 2:27:47.