Suomi Hills Redline (MN)

Submitted by Matthew Matta on Fri, 11/27/2020 - 08:43am
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The Suomi Hills Recreation Area contains some of the most beautiful trails and lakes in the Chippewa National Forest. It is the first National Forest east of the Mississippi and has abundant lakes and wetlands. Suomi is the name of a small community in the area and is a Finnish word that refers to Finland. It was settled by Finnish immigrants in large part because the hills and lakes look similar to those in Finland. This area sits right on the North/South continental divide.

Talsperrenweg: Große Dhünntalsperre (Germany)

Submitted by glueck_l_auf on Fri, 11/27/2020 - 08:37am
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Der Talsperrenweg führt rund um die Große Dhünntalsperre im Bergischen Land. Diese Talsperre ist die größte Trinkwassersperre in NRW und die zweitgrößte in Deutschland. Der Weg führt zu großen Teilen über Trails durch die malerische Hügellandschaft.

Strawberry Trail (United Kingdom)

Submitted by ultrarunner_jh on Fri, 11/27/2020 - 08:32am
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The Strawberry Trail in the Hamble river valley provides a range of distance options for mostly easy riverside, coastal, country park and rural walking, visiting its attractive villages. The Trail is essentially a figure-of-eight from Botley with a first smaller loop around Manor Farm Country Park and a larger loop from Bursledon visiting Netley and Hamble-le-Rice with a section on Southampton Water (coincident with the Solent Way).

Episode 113: How Do You Set An FKT?

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Simple question?  Let's hear answers from 3 people who should know:

  • Peter Bakwin - Co-Founder; 26 FKTs (9th overall)
  • Marcy Beard - 32 FKTs (4th overall)
  • Jason Hardrath - 82 FKTs (going for 100!)

Peter:

  1. The route resonates with you - personal expression.
  2. Do the homework - practice on it
  3. If it's a new route, convince us why others will want to do it
  4. Consider what might go wrong - then be flexible when something else does

"Training is the fun part."