Chicago Lakefront Trail (IL)

Illinois, US

Distance

36 mi

Vertical Gain

200 ft

The Chicago Lakefront Trail is an 18-mile, heavily traveled, multi-use, paved trail along Lake Michigan. It is the annual (since at least 2000) venue for 50 km and 50 mile races, the Chicago Lakefront 50/50. The course records of these events are probably the best indication of supported "FKTs" for this route. We list here some self-supported, out & back trips that have been reported.

GPS Track

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FKTs

out & back
one way

Male

Supported
Andrew Rylaarsdam			3h 28m 37s	2020-11-07
Joe Cowlin			3h 51m 18s	2020-08-08

Self-supported
Wes Judd	3h 54m 14s	2020-03-22
Rich Heffron	4h 13m 4s	2016-07-20
Dan Kittaka	4h 26m 28s	2014-10-31

Unsupported
Bryan Sosa Barillas			4h 34m 11s	2020-10-10

Female

Supported
Jamie Hershfang			4h 14m 43s	2020-10-03

Male

Unsupported
Nick Feamster, Roderick Bowlby			1h 57m 36s	2022-03-27

Female

Unsupported
Anna Komer			2h 20m 24s	2019-06-01

This route on the old FKT site

http://fastestknowntime.proboards.com/thread/611/chicago-lakefront-trail-il

Route: Chicago Lakefront Trail (IL)

FKTs