Fastest Known Time

The best routes: what are they, who did them, and how fast?

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Athlete Route Start date Style Status
NIck "Chezwick" Gagnon Triple Crown of Thru-Hiking (USA) Self-supported In progress
John Kelly Appalachian Trail (AT) Supported In progress
Bob Stewart Superior Hiking Trail (MN) Unsupported Complete - New FKT pending verification
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John Groh Glass Mountains Traverse (CA) 7h 53m 14s
Gabriel Petersen Medicine Lake Loop (MN) 56m 24s
Chantal Demers The Great Trail: Webb Rd - Goodwood Rd (ON, Canada) 4h 59m 1s
Julia Martin Darlington Trail (Pennsylvania) - Western Terminus to Eastern Terminus (PA) 1h 49m 56s
Bethany Adams Lake Placid 9er Challenge (NY) 9h 36m 24s
Andrew Wojciak Lodge2dodge (NH) 22h 30m 7s
Eli Nixon Eastern Peaks of North Conway (NH) 3h 59m 0s
Denise Klatt Harzer-Hexen-Stieg (Germany) 13h 50m 58s
Kris De Ceuster Entre Lesse et Lomme (Belgium) 7h 56m 2s
Stephen Campbell Big Mac's 6 Peak Cirque 11h 31m 14s

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Episode 255
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Episode 255: Karel Sabbe: Fastest Known Dentist

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Episode 254
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Episode 254: Jamie Aarons: Peak Bagging in Scotland

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Episode 253
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Episode 253: Marc Kelly: Friendships, Family & FKTs

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Episode 252
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Episode 252: Simon Pfreundschuh: Tackling Mt. Fuji

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Episode 251
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Episode 251: Bob Stewart: Rocks, Reroutes & Homemade Gear!

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Episode 250
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Episode 250: Christine Reed: I Can Do Hard Things

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Episode 249
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Episode 249: Shawn Cheshire: Redefining what is possible

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Episode 248
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Episode 248: Nadja Heine: Finding drive in the desert

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Episode 247
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Episode 247: Kilian Jornet: Conquering the Alps Peak by Peak

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Episode 246
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Episode 246: Helen Mino Faukner: Rising above the Clouds

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Episode 245
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Episode 245: Will Peterson: the King of the Long Trail (no matter the style)

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Episode 244
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Episode 244: 2024 FKT of the Year Recap

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Episode 243
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Episode 243: Georgia Porter: Adventures to Attaining the Arizona Trail FKT

Episode 242
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Episode 242: Mike Lori: Going Cape to Cape

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Episode 241
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Episode 241: Sophie Power: Finding your Why

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Episode 240
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Episode 240: Anton Krupicka: Heading down the LA Freeway

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Episode 239
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Episode 239: Monica Dekker: Timing is Everything

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Episode 238
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Episode 238: Men of the Colorado Trail

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Episode 237
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Episode 237: Tara Dower: How to set the OVERALL Appalachian Trail FKT!!

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Episode 236
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Episode 236: Isaac Robinson: How to handle the rocks, roots, and ruggedness of the Ouachita Trail

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  • elizabethtrafford:
    It might look hard or impossible to win the lottery when all you do is just go to the shop and play whatever comes to your mind without directions. Well, I will tell you now, my friend, it doesn't work that way. There are many ways to win the… read more »
    on Felsenland Sagenweg (Pfalz)
    20 hours 45 minutes ago
  • aldana12:
    I submitted this because as the first person to run the N-S Trail in its entirety I was naturally the fastest at that time. Since then I find a lot of these records sort of off-putting because my joy in running was more about the experience than the… read more »
    on Patrick Donovan - North South Trail (RI) - 1999-05-01
    1 day 3 hours ago
  • prejoyful:
    I'll be giving the unsupported Direttissima a crack in the next two weeks.    Here's my planned route: https://caltopo.com/m/ETFET5G   Here's my tracker: https://live.garmin.com/joffrey
    on New Hampshire 4000 Footers (NH)
    1 day 5 hours ago
  • Jess Lishman:
    Myself and my friend Andrew Warburton are planning to run a mixed gender FKT of the Gritstone trail. The currently planned date for our effort is 10/08/25.
    on Gritstone Trail (United Kingdom)
    1 day 8 hours ago
  • Daniel Levy:
    If someone were to attempt the Direttissima with the new 33 peaks on all public land and unsupported, would a new FKT need to be created or can a 33 peak attempt go under this route?
    on Catskill 35ers (NY)
    1 day 18 hours ago