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Act II: The Cool Down and Up and Down

Planning to go really long next weekend so figured it's  a great time to explore some new trails and chase a short-ish FKT (previous record was 1:50). It rained pretty steadily the entire time. I wouldn't say this slowed me down too much but some of the downhills had some slick rocks that I had to be extra cautious on (I still have yet to take a real fall on the trails). Felt pretty crappy on the first two climbs but after sucking down a few gels I started to pep up. Crossed the road at about 1:00 and thought the FKT was in range but would be tough. After that I was cruising at a comfortably hard effort for a while, didn't push too hard. After unexpectedly encountering the most technical section of trail around mile 8, I figured I wasn't going to make it in time. Hit the road at 1:46 and for some reason I thought there was still a mile of downhill pavement to go, so I thought I was done. I was planning to give it a solid 7 minute mile back to the car when I saw the sign for the Stonetown rec and gunned the last 100 meters to finish in almost exactly 1:49, breaking the previous record by about 1 minute! Shoutout to the two previous record holders Bart and Graig for setting a solid standard, I was just barely able to sneak in there.

Overall it was a great trail. Only saw one other couple hiking, which was unsurprising given the weather. I imagine the views are pretty decent on a clear day but all I ever saw was fog. The trail is a mixture of a handful of short but steep technical climbs and descents with mostly extremely runnable sections in between. A better runner than me could shave off a lot of time in these sections. Navigation was a breeze, the trail was very well marked with red triangles on white blazes, but there are plenty of unmarked side trails that could get confusing if you're not paying attention. 

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