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Back to SearchDoug McKeever: A Living Legend Recounts Four Decades of Trail Running
Episode 204
Living “wilderness running” legend Doug McKeever joins the podcast this week to reflect on his nearly four decades in the sport. A geology professor …
3 years, 5 months ago
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Travis Soares and Nathan Longhurst on Completing the SPS in a Single Year
Episode 203
Washington has the Bulgers. Colorado has the Centennials. California has the Sierra Peaks Section List—and it has a new FKT. Established in 1955, the…
3 years, 6 months ago
Alyssa Godesky on Setting the NH 4,000 Footers Overall Supported FKT
Episode 202
One hundred and ninety-eight episodes later, Alyssa Godesky returns to discuss her most recent mind-bending beat: setting the overall supported FKT o…
3 years, 7 months ago
Thru-Hiking Your Way to FKT Fitness with Cal Swartzentruber
Episode 201
What’s it like to set an FKT on the heels of a six month thru-hike? Cal Swartzentruber joins the FKT Podcast to dish it out.
Fresh off completing the …
3 years, 7 months ago
Finlay Wild on the Wild World of UK FKTs
Episode 200
For our 200th (!) episode, we’re jumping across the pond to catch up with Finlay Wild, Scottish resident and recent Paddy Buckley record-setter. A do…
3 years, 8 months ago
Fastest Known Tiger Jeff Garmire Strikes Again
Episode 199
Jeff Garmire dreamed about going after the unsupported John Muir Trail FKT for three years. In fact, he got three permits for the trail just this sum…
3 years, 9 months ago
Courtney Dauwalter on mindset, mantras, and munching her way to the Collegiate Peak Loop FKT
Episode 198
Fresh off her course record at Bandera, Courtney Dauwalter returns to shed insight into yet another of her outstanding performances of late: setting …
3 years, 9 months ago
FKTOY 2022 Awards
Episode 197
For the first time ever, we put FKT of the Year nominations in your hands. You, the community, decided which athletes put down efforts on routes of a…
3 years, 10 months ago
How Andrea Sansone Turned Setback into Setting FKTs
Episode 196
There may be no better way to celebrate 2022 than through the eyes of Andrea Sansone. Smashing records on Nolan’s 14, 24 hours of Colorado 14ers, and…
3 years, 10 months ago
Josh Perry Is Not Satisfied with his PCT FKT
Episode 195
Just before 9 pm on Sunday, August 7, a 27-year-old British hiker with no fixed home arrived at his destination. The destination was the Canadian bor…
3 years, 10 months ago