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Bob Stewart Tuscarora Trail (PA, MD, WV, VA) Unsupported Complete - New FKT!
Billy "Wahoo" Meredith Triple Crown of Thru-Hiking (USA) Self-supported In progress
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Koen Galle Promenade Verte, Bruxelles (Belgium) 4h 13m 11s
Romy Beard The Highland High Way 2d 13h 32m 0s
Matthew Hampson The Cheshire Circuit 1d 0h 59m 17s
Christian Bauer, Timo Leiser, Stephan Riffel Hauensteiner Schusterpfad 3h 14m 9s
Rob Peters Big M Loop (MI) 2h 23m 9s
Grace McLaughlin Eye of Heaven Arch (UT) 2h 15m 9s
Clorice Reinhardt Farmington Canal Heritage Trail (CT) 8h 38m 54s
Noah Williams Mount Ascutney (VT) 4h 26m 22s
Anna Eshelman Deschutes River Railbed Trail (OR) 3h 21m 13s
Sarah Sutton Sgurr Mhaim Up & Down 1h 49m 59s

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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
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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
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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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Episode 192
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Episode 192: Julie Wallace: It’s Never Too Late To Get Started

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Episode 191
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Episode 191: Candice Burt: Finding the Right Distance For You

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Episode 190
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Episode 190: John Kelly: Wainwrights 214 FKT Report

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Episode 189
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Episode 189: Alyssa Clark - Marathon Records to Mt. Whitney

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Episode 188
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Episode 188: The Art and Science of Short FKTs with Kyle Richardson

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Episode 187
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Episode 187: Ella Bredthauer: Self-Supported Benton MacKaye Trail FKT

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Episode 186
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Episode 186: Cameron Hummels - Evading Death During the Death Valley N-S FKT

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  • tfinch13:
    I’ll be doing the TVT this Sunday weather permitting. This is my first time trying any trail FKT so I’m not thinking I’ll get anywhere near the top. My goal is 7 hrs. I’ve done the whole trail once (over two days) and each individual park a few… read more »
    on Twin Valley Trail (OH)
    2 weeks ago
  • Bernie:
    The "Maryland Challenge" has been around for awhile and AT MD should be its own FKT 40.9 miles (2023).  The "4 state challenge" (which is really a 2 state challenge, MD&WV) was derived by AT thru-hikers as a challenge to go from VA line to PA… read more »
    on MD Appalachian Trail (MD)
    2 weeks ago
  • COSultrarunner:
    Heads up, the route dead-ends on the north side close to a neighborhood without good parking. There is easy parking by Hobby Lobby and other stores on the south side.  Very pleasant city path with only one street crossing. Otherwise, the path takes… read more »
    on West Papio Trail (NB)
    2 weeks ago
  • COSultrarunner:
    Heads up, one of the bridges over Papillion Creek has been removed and replaced with a new bridge about 100 yards to the south, so the exact GPS route can no longer be followed. The route should not be traversing grass, so as long as you stay on… read more »
    on Keystone Trail (NE)
    2 weeks ago
  • Tomas Kazokas:
    This is an amazing route and it is N to S, and not S to N. I don't agree that S to N efforts belong in the same FKT. It takes a very different effort to complete it N to S vs. S to N. Here is the comparison: S to N is 4832ft gain and all the steep… read more »
    on Colorado National Monument 10 Canyon Traverse (CO)
    2 weeks ago