Fastest Known Podcast

This week, host Heather Anderson is joined by Nathan Frantz who shares the literal and figurative ups and downs of setting the supported FKT for the Carolinas’ Foothills Trail, but running the 74 mile trail out and back in 2 days 1 hours, and 35 minutes.

On today’s episode we’re traveling to the Lake District of England with Katharina Hartmuth who set a new Bob Graham Round FKT. She joins host Heather Anderson to talk about her experience with running this iconic 100km route in 14 hours and 11 minutes.

Today host Heather Anderson is joined by Aurelien Sanchez who recently set a new overall supported FKT on the US’s Pacific Crest Trail, running the 2600+ miles in just 45 days and 20 hours.

On this week’s episode Monica Monroe joins host Heather Anderson  to talk about her unsupported FKT on the 200+ mile long Ouachita Trail. Monica shares how she went from section hiking the route as a novice hiker in 2021 to setting the first women’s unsupported time in 2026.

This week Jamieson Hatt joins host Heather Anderson to talk about his experience setting the longest known distance unsupported FKT on Wisconsin’s 1100+ mile-long Ice Age Trail.

The 600+ mile long Bibbulmun Track is one of Australia’s classic long-distance hiking routes. Traversing beaches and forests in the southwestern part of the country, it’s laden with challenges. This week’s guest, Cam Bostock, completed the Bibbulmun unsupported in just 14 days 7 hours and 49 minutes.

Today we’re traveling to the island of Gran Canaria off the coast of Morocco. Host Heather Anderson is joined by Jana Palocna who recently set the unsupported FKT for the 41km Pico de las Nieves route.