On Oct 9th, at 7am... 21.6 km from the John Muir Parking Lot to the Blantyre end of section spot. 21.6 km in 2:20:58 = 6:31 / km Total elevation gain = 252 Meters Started in the rain, very dark out still, clouds did not help. Used a headlamp, on and off for the first 1.5 hrs as there were quite a few of closed canopy areas. Looking East towards the sunrise and the edge of the Craigleith corner of the escarpment Fresh leaf litter blown down over night made the trail difficult to follow as the forest floor was uniformly covered and no hikers had began to wear a path. Rained nearly the whole time. Lots of slippery rocks and fresh leaves. Precise footing x knowing your traction x keeping your desired pace = These are really fun to run. Original plan was to do a there and back, but found a slightly quicker way via road, but I felt really good the whole time. My nutrition was dead on, used Tailwind for the first time. I liked it. Will be using it ...