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Ida Nilsson Grand Canyon Crossings (AZ) 7h 29m 16s
Ariane Arndt, Matthew Morrison, Anthony Ottati Lowest to Highest (CA) 3d 8h 31m
Stephen Schieberl, Scott Martin Wy' Cool 50km/50mi/100km (OR) 6h 7m 53s
Jason Hardrath Cosmic Wall, Mt Hubris (CA) 2h 13m 52s
Jason Hardrath Round River at Smith Rock (OR) 48m 31s
Luke Hoyt Kissing Bridge Trailway (ON, Canada) 5h 23m 38s
Witt "El Matador" Wisebram Arizona Trail (AZ) 18d 16h 45m
Steven Andrews C&O Canal Towpath (MD to DC) 2d 17h 15m 33s
Patrick Heine Black Forest Trail (PA) 9h 42m 26s
Kaitlyn Morgan Syncline Loop (UT) 2h 8m 42s
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  • Attheyard08:
    How did it go? Thinking about doing this route soon. Been a goal of mine for at least 8 years.
    on AT through Shenandoah National Park (VA)
    4 hours 59 minutes ago
  • marcy_beard:
    Update: My times didn't beat the Strava course records, I'll pay more attention to that for future FKT attempts.
    on Frenchman Mtn (NV)
    4 days 13 hours ago
  • pbakwin:
    Here's an "honorable mention" trip by Trevor Hallstein, posted on our old site.  His time of 20h15m (with Whitney) was not an FKT, but pretty quick. I had a spike of interest in ultra running after reading a report a friend of mine… read more »
    on High Sierra Trail (CA)
    6 days 7 hours ago
  • marcy_beard:
    I completed an up-and-back of Frenchman Mountain yesterday, will submit the details.  There are 2 possible "highest points", so having not figured this out in advance I went to both of them.  Looks like the northern point is higher (both the peak… read more »
    on Frenchman Mtn (NV)
    6 days ago
  • marcy_beard:
    I'm tentatively planning to go up Frenchman Mountain this Saturday morning (Nov 10), and if I do I'll bring my InReach and track the time to set a baseline FKT on this route.  It is indeed a great Las Vegas viewpoint! https://share.garmin.com/… read more »
    on Frenchman Mtn (NV)
    1 week ago