The idea was born during the Covid pandemic, to link the premiere South Island tourist towns of Queenstown and Wanaka, via a backcountry route. The idea is simple enough, touch Lake Wakatipu, run to Lake Wanaka, touch that, then run back to Lake Wakatipu. The recently created Mahu Whenua Covenant has opened up the wilderness of the Harris Mountains to public access, and makes a natural ridgeline connection between Lakes Wakatipu and Wanaka. It's an area of outstanding natural beauty.

Pocahontas State Park is located in Chesterfield, VA.  It is a beautiful and well kept park accessible to runners, hikers, bikers, and horses.  Pocahontas is one of, if not the best, locations for trail running in the Richmond area.  I have been running here for over a decade when in Richmond and was surprised to see that a park of this popularity does not have an FKT.  This route covers 13.09 miles of multi-use trails throughout the park.  There are many more miles of trails for mountain biking and horseback riding.  The mountain bike trails can be dangerous for runners and the horse trail

Qixing Mountain, also spelled Cising Mountain or Chihsing Mountain, (Chinese: 七星山; Hanyu Pinyin: Qīxīng Shān; Tongyong Pinyin: Cising Shan; Wade–Giles: Ch'i1-Hsing1 Shan1; lit. 'Seven Star Mountain') is a mountain in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is located on the Datun Volcano Group and is the highest mountain in the city, at the rim of Taipei Basin. It is also the highest (dormant) volcano in Taiwan. It is located in the center of Yangmingshan National Park; its main peak is 1,120 meters (3,670 ft) above sea level.

Chihsing Mountain, (Chinese: 七星山; Hanyu Pinyin: Qīxīng Shān; Tongyong Pinyin: Cising Shan; Wade–Giles: Ch'i1-Hsing1 Shan1; lit. 'Seven Star Mountain') is a mountain in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is located on the Datun Volcano Group and is the highest mountain in the city, at the rim of Taipei Basin. It is also the highest (dormant) volcano in Taiwan. It is located in the center of Yangmingshan National Park; its main peak is 1,120 meters (3,670 ft) above sea level.

This route is not too far out and not difficult, but I'd like to submit it for a possible FKT. It is 5 miles into the top of Grizzly Peak in the Jefferson Wilderness Area, off of Highway 22, in Oregon (near Marion Fork and Idanha and Detroit Lake). The route is rocky for the first 2.5 miles and then it is up from Pamelia Lake to the top of the peak. It is not a difficult trail, but the uphill is steady. The view at the top of Mt. Jefferson is amazing.