Beaver Valley Bruce Trail Completion, 21k to the top

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 again. 

• Body felt good, hydration perfect. If anything I packed too much water.
• Shoes were good, a bit slippery in spots, couldn't completely trust my footing but that is a tall order considering the terrain.

• This section of trail offers some great hills. It's the last spot within the Beaver Valley section where you get a true taste of what the valley has to offer. I made the following two segments to help show this.

• "Down Town" segment - 3.0 km, 158 Meters in Elevation Drop at average of -5% gradient 

• "Bat Outta Hell" segment - 2.0 km, 105 Meters in Elevation Gain at average of +5% gradient 

• Took a shortcut back to the car, where it finally stopped raining and the clouds began to let some sun through.