Ben Lomond/Willard circuit. 1:32 to the peak at a pretty easy effort. Ran right over the peak without even a pause, cruised to Willard Basin, ran about half the climb to Willard Peak, crawled through the "Needle" and power hike to the peak. Hit lap right at 2:02 and kept heading South across the goat ridge. I love this section, scrambling over rocks, ducking under trees, cruising knife edged ridges, and even one 5th class 25 foot down climb, which I have tried to avoid every time I do this, but it's pretty much the only way through without a major detour. Luckily the terrain is pretty easy. Took my only stop through here, when a close encounter with a goat and kid, that wasn't too thrilled about me being between it and the baby had me waiting on the high ground for a minute or two.
Reconnected with the proper trail and felt strong cruising back up to BL. Ran back over the top at 3:02 and thought I'd try and hit the trailhead under 3:30. I felt really good on the way down and kept the last 4 miles below 7:10, even clocking one at 6:52. Ended up with 3:28 RT, which taking the descent and ascent times on just the BL section, I should be around or just under 2:30, which last year was an all out effort. 20.5 miles, 5400 vert. 3:28.
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