The three ridges loop is a classic Virginia trail running route, consisting of 13.5 miles and over 4,000 ft of elevation gain. The route includes steep ascents and descents, rocky trails, stream crossings, and also some really fast runnable sections; packing a lot of adventure into a relatively short trail run. 

This "lollipop" route can completed in either the clockwise or counter-clockwise direction. 

Hungry Mother State Park is one of the original six Virginia State Parks opened in 1936. It's known for beautiful woodlands and a placid 108-acre lake in the heart of the mountains.

To complete the FKT you’ll park at the spillway and run the course counter-clockwise. The course starts at the bridge and follow the Lake Loop (moderate) to Molly’s Knob Trail (hard) to Mollys Knob Vista (hard) and then continues back down Mollys Knob trail to complete the remainder of the Lake Loop, ultimately returning you to the bridge at the spillway.
 

Mt. Major is located in Alton, NH. It sits in the eastern edge of the Belknap Range and is the most popular mountain in the area. Redlining it consists of hiking all 4 trails that reach the summit in a continuous hike, in any particular order. The trails include The Main Trail, Brook Trail, Boulder Trail, and Beaver Pond Trail. The idea is basically to hike to the summit on one trail hike back on another, hike up again on a third and back down on the forth. It is therefore required that you hit the summit twice and return twice (in the middle and at the end) to the trail head (Mt.