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Athlete Route Start date Style Status
Benjamin Degreve La "Morvan Express" - traversée du Parc du Morvan (France) Supported In progress
Haroldas Subertas John Muir Trail via Whitney Portal (CA) Unsupported DNF
Joe "Stringbean" McConaughy John Muir Trail via Whitney Portal (CA) Supported Complete - New FKT!
Antoine Clément John Muir Trail via Whitney Portal (CA) Supported DNF
Gabriela Aramayo Grande Traversée du Mercantour Supported Complete - New FKT!
Karel Sabbe HexaTrek - crossing France (France) Supported Complete - New FKT!
Sophie Woods Via Alpina (Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France, Monaco) Supported Complete - New FKT!

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  • Brent:
    I'm obviously late to this discussion, but since you posted this question, Michelle Hummel has set the overall record at 4:17:13.  She ran N --> S in an unsupported fashion, carrying all her water and food from the start, as documented on this… read more »
  • benjaminhearon:
    Trail will be unrunnable for weeks or months - huge trees down from the hurricane :(
  • hawkeye2180:
    In the spirit of holding it to the letter in going for the record (FKT) of the lowest to highest place in the continental USA I will begin at the exact time of Marshall Ulrich’s 1991 quest at 6pm tonight for a pm start in the hottest time of the… read more »
  • mgroenewegen:
    I bailed on the 2nd loop after going into the first on little sleep and would have not had enough calories for the 2nd. I knew going into it that it would be an extraordinary challenge but I had to know whether it was possible. Now it's tangible and… read more »
  • bbutterfield1120:
    I finished in approximately 5:05 today. I’ll work on compiling all the data and post it to the site in a couple days.  Great run, but it was hot out!