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Athlete Route Start date Style Status
Billy "Wahoo" Meredith Triple Crown of Thru-Hiking (USA) Self-supported In progress
Kristian Morgan Appalachian Trail (AT) Supported Complete - New FKT!
Lee Wingate JOGLE / LEJOG (UK) Unsupported Complete - New FKT!
Jenny Hoffman Trans America Run (USA) Supported In progress
DJ Fox Colorado Trail (CO) Supported DNF
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Daniel Hernes Ortenauer Weinpfad (Germany) 13h 53m 22s
Eszter Horanyi Nolan's 14 (CO) 2d 9h 4m 0s
Volker Buschka, Sigi Iro, David Sweeney Historischer Rundwanderweg Leistadt (Germany) 2h 47m 21s
EMMANOUEL ARMOUTAKIS Slovenian Mtn Trail (Slovenia) 14d 11h 0m 0s
Holly Beale, Will Buchanan Mount Ellinor (roundtrip) 3h 20m 52s
Derrick Wess London Underground Jubilee Line 8h 36m 7s
Nate Bowser Darby Canyon Headwaters Traverse 5h 2m 14s
Keith Laverty Thrilla (WA) 2h 7m 12s
Volker Buschka, Sigi Iro, David Sweeney, Daniel Sigmund, Sandra Peppel Historischer Rundwanderweg Leistadt (Germany) 1h 24m 14s
Barrett Gray Steven's Pass to Snoqualmie Pass (WA) 16h 14m 44s

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Interviews with FKT-setters and others in the FKT world. Listen and subscribe »

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Episode 212
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Episode 212: Nick Fowler on Setting Self-Supported PCT FKT as “New” Endurance Athlete 

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Episode 211
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Episode 211: Going Deep on the Long Trail with John Kelly and Will Peterson

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Episode 210
Person-Person

Episode 210: Chris Fisher on Setting the Winter Colorado 14ers FKT

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Episode 209
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Episode 209: David Hedges: Achieving Life-Long Goal of Nolan’s 14 FKT at Age 25

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Episode 208
Topics

Episode 208: Let's hear this again! Darcy Piceu and Gina Lucrezi on Elevating Women’s Participation in Ultrarunning

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Episode 207
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Episode 207: Jack Kuenzle Dishes on Denali

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Episode 206
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Episode 206: Aubri Drake on Beast Coast FKTs, Breaking Binaries and Boundaries, and Transferring Thru-Hiking Skills to Ultrarunning

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Episode 205
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Episode 205: Mike Wardian on Running Across Panama, the US, and Beyond

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Episode 204
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Episode 204: Doug McKeever: A Living Legend Recounts Four Decades of Trail Running

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Episode 203
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Episode 203: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Travis Soares and Nathan Longhurst on Completing the SPS in a Single Year 

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Episode 202
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Episode 202: Alyssa Godesky on Setting the NH 4,000 Footers Overall Supported FKT

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Episode 201
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Episode 201: Thru-Hiking Your Way to FKT Fitness with Cal Swartzentruber

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Episode 200
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Episode 200: Finlay Wild on the Wild World of UK FKTs

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Episode 199
Person-Person

Episode 199: Fastest Known Tiger Jeff Garmire Strikes Again!

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Episode 198
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Episode 198: Courtney Dauwalter on mindset, mantras, and munching her way to the Collegiate Peak Loop FKT

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Episode 197
End of Year

Episode 197: 2022 FKT of the Year

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Episode 196
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Episode 196: How Andrea Sansone Turned Setback into Setting FKTs

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Episode 195
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Episode 195: Josh Perry Is Not Satisfied with his PCT FKT

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Episode 194
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Episode 194: Inside Katie Brown’s Arizona Trail FKT

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Episode 193
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Episode 193: Jack Kuenzle Makes the Rounds

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  • smvandend:
    Follow-up on this: Had great luck today with nice weather, no reroutes due to wildlife, and very few hikers on the Flattop descent. A wrong turn and lots of nausea threw me off my splits strategy around mile 21-22. Still very happy with my time of 6… read more »
    on Trans-RMNP Marathon
    1 week 3 days ago
  • AlexPlinio:
    On Tuesday, September 26th, 2023, I will attempt to break the course record by starting half an hour before the first low tide at 12:01 AM. My Garmin InReach tracker is share.garmin.com/ratt50.  Alex
    on Cape Cod Run Against the Tides (MA)
    1 week 2 days ago
  • Molly1121:
    I can’t believe that with just a contact to Dr. Todd, I got my ex husband back. I had read some stuff about Manifest Temple before I contacted him but I didn’t know that all those stuff were so accurate until I got my husband back, After getting my… read more »
    on A Round at McCabe Golf Course (TN)
    1 week 3 days ago
  • Peter 559:
    I understand the popularity and the reason that the FKT route is A-K, however from an aesthetic and geographical standpoint, this isn’t the entire Western Arthur’s Traverse, only part of it. Perhaps a compromise might be having both variants listed… read more »
    on Western Arthur Range Traverse (TAS, Australia)
    1 week ago
  • marcy_beard:
    Finished it!  Supported, 20:16, will submit soon.  Tough, crazy route, even harder with wind blasting the top of Humphreys, but I guess that's fairly normal for Hole to Hump FKT experiences!
    on Hole to Hump (AZ)
    1 week ago