Location
Virginia,
US
Distance
13.8 mi
Vertical Gain
4,250 ft
Description
GPS Track
FKTs
Male
Female
Jeremy Gardner | 2h 22m 14s | |||
Matthew Laskowski | 2h 30m 17s | |||
Barret Stanton | 2h 31m 4s | |||
Joshua Thomas | 2h 48m 14s | |||
James Meehan | 3h 3m 32s | |||
Mike Wardian | 4h 34m 4s |
Jane Vincent | 3h 50m 9s |
Laryssa Richards | 5h 33m 27s |
Male
Matthew Burke | 6h 20m 15s |
Joshua Thomas | 6h 20m 41s | |||
Mike Wardian | 8h 47m 29s |
Comments
One of my favorites.
For more fun, there is an extended version if you go north to the "entering the rollercoaster" sign. 10k ft in 34 miles for the full out and back.
I ran that self-supported in 2019 (https://www.strava.com/activities/2568324498). I don't think it can count as the FKT as I didn't follow the route exactly at the rt 7 commuter lot.
I ran this section heavily back in 2018... As Chris stated above, this isn't the full rollercoaster. That extends north past Rt 7. That said I ran this unsupported in 5:38:30, however I stayed completely on white road-to-road (which is more precise, and doesn't include going out to the commuter lot and shouldn't impact a north or south approach too much):
https://www.strava.com/activities/1376246343
In theory folks should be starting at the highway down from Rt7, or double back and touch the road if on the Rt50 side from that lot. Otherwise we're cutting off some of the AT ;)
I plan to attempt an out and back, unsupported FKT tomorrow, 10-Jul-2021. I plan to go 50-7-50.