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FKT Podcast — 295 episodes
François D'Haene: GR20 FKT -#295
Sophie Woods: Via Alpina FKT -#294
Nathan Frantz: Foothills Trail Out and Back/Yo-Yo -#293
Katharina Hartmuth: Bob Graham Round FKT -#292
Aurélien Sanchez: Pacific Crest Trail FKT -#291
Kumi Redpath: Long Path FKT -#290
Patrick Kavanagh and Ross Kiewiet: Highline Trail FKT -#289
Monica Monroe: Ouachita Trail FKT -#288
Jamieson Hatt: Ice Age Trail -#287
Erin Ton: Aconcagua and High Altitude Peaks -#286
Cameron Bostock: Australia's Bibbulmun Track -#285
Jana Palocna: Pico de las Nieves (Canary Islands) FKT -#284
Eli Burakian: Eastern White Mountains Triple Infinity Loop -#283
Lotti Brinks: Zion Crossing FKT -#282
Justin Jennings and Huw Rogers: Tackling Papua New Guinea's Kokoda Track -#281
Greg Nance: Setting FKTs All Over the World -#280
William Boffelli: Mont Blanc FKT -#279
Paulina Zack: Te Araroa Trail - #278
David Hedges: Reclaiming Nolan's 14 FKT -#277
Lucy Gossage: South West Coast Path -#276
2025 FKT of the Year: Tara Dower & Jeff Garmire -#275
Xander Keiter and Maia Buckingham: Hundred Mile Wilderness FKTs -#274
Ashlie Itherburn: Pinhoti Trail FKT -#273
Michael Brower: Michigan Shore-to-Shore Trail -#272
Jeff Colt: Taking on the Northeast's Hardest 50K -#271
Brittany Haver and Carrie Henderson: Tonto Trail FKTs -#270
Long Trail Roundup with Tara Dower and Tori Constantine -#269
Sadie Curry: Arizona Trail FKT -#268
Scott Benerofe: Adirondack 46 High Peaks FKT -#267
Jeff Garmire, Sarah Baker, Lyla Harrod: AT FKTs -#266
Katie Gunvalson: Oregon Coast Trail FKT -#265
Caroline Himbert: John Muir Trail FKT -#264
Katya Guryeva: Transcaucasian Trail -#263
Tim Beissinger: Ozark Trail Unsupported FKT -#262
Chris Roberts: Moms are the Best FKT Support -#261
Allison Baca: Grand Canyon FKT -#260
Pau Capell on Setting FKTs in Andorra -#259
Kelly Halpin: Wind River Range FKT -#258
Gian Dalle: Rainier Infinity Loop FKT -#257
Liz Derstine: Kungsleden Trail FKT -#256
Karel Sabbe: Te Araroa Trail FKT -#255
Jamie Aarons: Peak Bagging in Scotland -#254
Marc Kelly on New England Trail FKT -#253
Mt. Fuji FKT with Simon Pfreundschuh -#252
Bob Stewart on Rocks, Reroutes, and Homemade Gear -#251
Christine Reed on Competing with Dysautonomia -#250
Shawn Cheshire Sets Blind, Unsupported Grand Canyon FKT -#249
Nadja Heine: Finding Drive in the Desert -#248
Kilian Jornet Goes Inside Mega Alpine Connections Project -#247
Helen Mino Faukner Rises Above the Clouds -#246
Will Peterson is the King of the Long Trail -#245
2024 FKT of the Year -#244
Georgia Porter: Arizona Trail FKT -#243
Mike Lori: Going Cape to Cape -#242
Sophie Power: Finding Your Why -#241
Anton Krupicka Returns for the LA Freeway -#240
Monica Dekker Breaks Down the Pieterpad Trail -#239
Men of the Colorado Trail -#238
Tara Dower and Crew Break Down Historic Appalachian Trail FKT -#237
Isaac Robinson: How to handle the rocks, roots, and ruggedness of the Ouachita Trail -#236
Rachel Bambrick: Inspiring Women to Challenge Themselves -#235
This Couple Set Two Independent, Unsupported FKTs on the Superior Hiking Trail -#234
Chantal Demers: Conquering the Bruce Trail Segment by Segment -#233
Andrew Hamilton & Andrea Sansone Set Another Colorado 14ers FKT -#232
Fourth Time's the Charm for Phoebe Seltzer on the Cohos Trail -#231
Jessica Johnson and Cryptic Tackle Toiyabe Crest -#230
Jasmin Paris on the Barkley Marathons and Beyond -#229
Rachel Boim: Learning about FKTs around the World! -#228
Meg Landymore Tackles the Appalachian Trail Four State Challenge -#227
A Tale of Two Joshua Tree Traverse FKTs with Darren Thomas and Jake Jackson -#226
Callie Vinson: FKTs are for Every Body -#225
Billy Meredith Sets Calendar Year Triple Crown FKT -#224
Sika Henry on Setting the Selma to Montgomery FKT -#223
Kristian Morgan: Fourth Time's the Charm on the Appalachian Trail -#222
Ivey Smith: Unsupported and Unafraid on the Benton MacKaye Trail -#221
Sunny Stroeer Set a Wild Grand Canyon FKT -#220
Women of the Colorado Trail -#219
FKT of the Year with Karel Sabbe and Jenny Hoffman -#218
The Good and Bad Times of Christof Teuscher’s Iceland Traverse FKT -#217
From the Military to a PCT FKT with Jessica Pekari -#216
The Physics Professor Who Set an FKT Running Across the U.S. -#215
Hillary Gerardi Breaks Down Her Mont Blanc FKT -#214
Karel Sabbe Breaks Down New PCT FKT -#213
Nick Fowler on Setting Self-Supported PCT FKT as “New” Endurance Athlete -#212
Going Deep on the Long Trail with John Kelly and Will Peterson -#211
Chris Fisher on Setting the Winter Colorado 14ers FKT -#210
David Hedges on Achieving Life-Long Goal of Nolan’s 14 FKT, At Age 25 -#209
Darcy Piceu and Gina Lucrezi on Elevating Women’s Participation in Ultrarunning- #208
Jack Kuenzle Dishes on Denali, Take 2- #207
Aubri Drake on Beast Coast FKTs, Breaking Binaries and Boundaries, and Transferring Thru-Hiking Skills to Ultrarunning -#206
Mike Wardian on Running Across Panama, the US, and Beyond - #205
Doug McKeever: A Living Legend Recounts Four Decades of Trail Running -#204
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Travis Soares and Nathan Longhurst on Completing the SPS in a Single Year -#203
Alyssa Godesky on Setting the NH 4,000 Footers Overall Supported FKT - #202
Thru-Hiking Your Way to FKT Fitness with Cal Swartzentruber -#201
Finlay Wild on the Wild World of UK FKTs -#200
Fastest Known Tiger Jeff Garmire Strikes Again -#199
Courtney Dauwalter on mindset, mantras, and munching her way to the Collegiate Peak Loop FKT - #198
FKTOY 2022 Awards -#197
How Andrea Sansone Turned Setback into Setting FKTs - #196
Josh Perry Is Not Satisfied with his PCT FKT - #195
Inside Katie Brown’s AZT FKT - #194
Jack Kuenzle Makes the Rounds - #193
It's Never Too Late to Start with Julie Wallace - #192
Candice Burt on Finding the Right Distance For You - #191
John Kelly on the Wainwrights 214 - #190
Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone with Alyssa Clark - #189
The Art and Science of Short FKTs with Kyle Richardson - #188
Ella Bredthauer: Self-Supported Benton MacKaye Trail FKT - #187
Evading Death in Death Valley with Cameron Hummels - #186
How Art Brody Set the Unsupported AZT FKT - #185
The Past, Present, and Future of FKTs with Joe “Stringbean” McConaughy - #184
Liz “Mercury” Derstine: Beasting East Coast FKTs - 183
Witt Wisebram: FKT Attempt Announcement - #182
181. The Brand New FKT Podcast with Host Heather "Anish" Anderson
New Ownership! - #180
Let's hear this again: a Gear Guide with Skurka and Mary Cochenour - #179
Bad Training Advice ... plus good advice, with Hillary Allen - #178
Anton Krupicka - The endurance monster still does huge runs - and rides - #177
Nick Elson: High, fast, and very technical - #175
Tyler Andrews: Want to climb Aconcagua? Our South American Regional Editor has the scoop - #176
FKT of the Year #1 Winners - #174
FKTOY #3 and #2 Awards Announced - #173
FKTOY #5 and #4 Awards Announced - #172
FKTOY - Hillary Allen rates the contenders! - #171
Hillary Allen - What's new with the 'Hilly Goat' ... and the rest of the world? - #170
Year End Review - #169
Allie McLaughlin: She flies (literally). She's faster than you are. Did you know that? - #168
John Newman - John Newman: Adventuring from the land Down Under (Australia)- #167
Lazarus Lake: Who is he and how did he change the sport of ultrarunning forever? - #166
Jack Kuenzle: A Regional Editor(and multiple FKT holder) dishes on what's real - #165
Nancy East - a mother of 3 and SAR volunteer who set a 900 mile FKT - #164
Let's hear this again: Speed v. Safety - #163
Drew Frehs: Everything you need to know to run R2R2R X2 across the Grand Canyon - #162
Joe Gray: The best mountain runner ever, and you've never heard of him? - #161
Max King: Does he have the widest range of any runner ever? - #160
Joe DeMoor: Born in the mountains, works in the mountains, runs up the mountains - #1159
Let's hear this again: Kelly Halpin solo and unsupported on the gnarly Wind River High Route - #158
Pawel Szafruga: The Colorado 14'ers taken to another level - #157
Bethany Garretson: "FKTs have become the perfect niche!" - #156
Scott Jurek: Back on the Appalachian Trail 6 years after his FKT - #155
Can the air quality be too bad to exercise? With Dr Kevin Shilling - #154
Let's hear this again: UTMB Champ Courtney Dauwalter Talks about the Colorado Trail
Zack Beavin: From "Mediocre College Runner" to a 40 mile hilly race at a 5:54 pace! - #152
Ride and Run: the long history of horses and humans running trails - #151
David Bone: 89 FKTs, all in the UK! - #150
Speedland: David Dombrow & Kevin Fallon tell how to start a new shoe company - #149
Andrew Hamilton: the "King of the 14ers" knocks down another massive project! - #148
Mick and Mike: Regional Editors tell us the Best Routes in the UK - #147
Let's Hear This Again: What Are The Gender Issues in Running? - #146
Trees not Tees: Scotland leads with a brilliant environmental initiative for all runners - #145
Coree Woltering: he's fast, fun, goes long ... and hates spreadsheets! - #144
Boundary Waters: Run it AND Save it! with Alex Falconer and Clare Gallagher - #143
Angelo Baca (Diné/Hopi): Is Bears - #142
Dave Mackey, the old school master - #141
Jason Hardrath: His 100th FKT! - #140
Heidi Redd - 56 years at the Dugout Ranch - #139
Kelly Newlon is RAD: A pro chef on Timothy Olson's PCT FKT attempt - #138
Timothy Olson: Champion ultrarunner goes for the Pacific Crest Trail FKT - #137
Dylan Bowman's prelude to a new Backbone FKT! - #136
Hillary Allen - "Out and Back" - your podcast co-host has a new book! - #135
Kait Boyle and Kurt Refsnider: Let's go bikepacking with the best! - #134
Ben Thompson - Why was the coolest FKT in New England Flagged? - #133
Ryan Ignatz - What you don't know about electrolytes - and need to learn - #132
Brendan Leonard says, "Bears Don't Care About Your Problems" - #131
Tyler Green - The Lost Coast of California - #130
Joe McConaughy - starting the Arizona Trail 3/23 - it WAS going to be an FKT race! - #129
Brittany Charboneau: From the Olympic Marathon Trials to setting FKTs (in the same year) - #128
Anton Krupicka - "I don't identify with any one sport - it's about the pure experience" - #127
Roman Dial: FKTs, many OKTs, even "LKTs", and the invention of packrafting - #126
How To Prepare For Cold Weather Adventures with Dr. Teddy Bross - #125
Valentine's Day Special! Cody Lind and Brittany Peterson - #124
Rob Krar and Mike Foote - the Fastest Known Skinny Dip? - #123
The Science of Electrolytes - Andy Blow, Precision Hydration - #122
FKT of the Year Europe Part 2 - #121
FKTOY Europe Part 1 - #120
FKT of the Year N.A. - The Best of the Best 2020 p. 2 - #119
FKT of the Year N.A. - The Best of the Best 2020 p. 1 - #118
FKT of the Year 2020 Preview with Hillary Allen and Alex Bond - #117
Your Gear Questions Answered - #116
From the Gear Junkie: The Best Gear For Your Next FKT! - #115
Oldies but Goodies: Four Great Highlights - #114
How to Set an FKT - #113
Allison and Ben: Is FKT.com better than Match.com? - #112
Michael Geisler: What's it like being a Regional Editor in Innsbruck, Austria? - #111
David Roche - the coach of the stars! - #110
Meghan Hicks - she really does Run Far! - #109
Zoë Rom - The inside scoop from an Editor at Trail Runner Magazine - 108
Dr Dirtbag - is he a real doctor, and how did he bag 18 big FKTs? - 107
"Win At All Costs" - a New book by Matt Hart on the Nike Oregon Project - 106
A race on the Adirondack 46ers with Alyssa Godesky and Sarah Keyes - #105
What Route has 432,500' of elevation gain? Eric Gilbertson is here to tell you - #104
Andy Wacker - 12 FKTs, all going full out - #103
Milner Pass to Berthoud Pass - Nick and Ryan go really high, really fast - #102
Eco-Challenge Special: Insider Scoop with Danelle Ballengee and Rea Kolbl - #101
The Century Podcast - our 100th! All four Founders discuss what's new - #100
Courtney Dauwalter - "I like to run really long distances" - #99
Kelly Halpin just set the FKT on the Wind River High Route – solo! - #98
Damian Hall - The UK scene is hot, with ANOTHER FKT on the Pennine Way - #97
John Kelly - the last person to finish Barkley discusses life in England and the Pennine Way - #96
Seth DeMoor - The Fast Guy advises "The Art of Patience" - #95
Stefan Bergsten - What's new and cool in Sweden? (A lot!)- #94
Strava's Larissa Rivers shares the inside scoop on the social network for athletes - #93
A new Long Trail FKT - Joe "Stringbean" McConaughy - #92
Ashly and Jason: 81 FKTs in the last two years! - #91
Tim Mills: News from across the pond - the British FKT scene explained - #90
A report from Belgium (a different style than US!) with Bart Vandewoestyne - #89
Fernanda Maciel: from Brasil to Chamonix; Aconcagua to Kilimanjaro - #88
The pandemic: What we've learned, and what we can do now - #87
Sarah Connor - 7 FKTs this last month! All from Connecticut!
40 years of epic endurance (Badwater 146 Unsupported!)- Marshall Ulrich - #85
How fares the Outdoor Industry? With Jonathan Lantz, President, La Sportiva NA - #84
Karl Egloff: He's done Kilimanjaro and Aconcagua - can he FKT all Seven Summits? - #83
Beth Bennett on the science of physical distancing, masks, and being outdoors - #82
Tyler Andrews: 50mi Road Champion to Everest Base Camp to Self-Quarantine - #81
Pandemic: Report from Race Directors James Varner & Justin Ricks - #80
Pandemic: personal reports from three athletes from around the world
Amanda Basham & Justin Grunewald: on the Kalalau Trail - #78
Lightweight Gear: tips for best results from Andrew Skurka and Alan Dixon - #77
Ryan Ghelfi: Why is a top runner switching to FKTs? - #76
Scale Slovenia: a "Lowest to Highest" attempt in Slovenia - #75
Andy Anderson - A terrific inside scoop of two of the most iconic FKTs in the US - #74
Ryan Atkins - Fast FKTs in New England (when he's not in Kauai or Manitoba) - #73
Brett Maune - One of the Best Endurance Athletes You Know Nothing About - #72
Lucy Clark & George Henderson - FKTs on the terrific Te Araroa Trail - #71
Gear of the Decade! - #70
FKT of the Year Awards - part 2 of 2 - #69
FKT of the Year Awards - part 1 of 2 - #68
2019 Special Wrap-up with Andrew Skurka and Peter Bakwin - #67
Highlights from our first 6 months! - #66
FKT Of the Year - Overview of Nominees with Peter Bakwin - #65
Jason and Mere June: Is Being an Ultra Couple Harder or Easier? Or Both? - #64
A Midwesterner Attempted R2R2R.alt Twice (!) this November - Josh Sanders - #63
"Partnerships" are critically important but rarely discussed - Jared Campbell - #62
How to plan your big project - with Jared Campbell - #61
Speed vs Safety - A Crucial Topic with Bill Wright and Kyle Richardson - #60
Joe Grant - Running, Writing, and More - #59
Leor Pantilat - He won 22 races in a row then quit to do FKTs - what's he doing now? - #58
Hillary Allen - What's new and cool in FKT action? - #57
Chris McDougall - Author of "Born to Run" is still running - with Donkeys! - #56
Joey Campanelli - He can see the WURL route from his window - so he set the FKT - #55
Mike Foote - "The relationships I've made are cooler than the things I've done" - #54
Katie Schide & Germain Grangier - Top Ten at UTMB with an FKT in New Hampshire - #53
Emma Mure and Sara Aranda - Overall FKT on the Wind River High Route - #52
Caspar Coppetti - How to Start a New Running Shoe Company - #51
Luke Nelson: What's so special about the WURL? - #50
Jason Hardrath - How to Climb Technical Volcanos - Alone - at Night - #49
Sunny Stroeer - From China to Nolan's, Always at Altitude! - #48
Jennifer Pharr Davis - #47
Peter Bakwin - Mid-Season FKT Highlights - #46
Marcy Beard has done 20 FKTs! No wait, now it's 21 ... - #45
Josh Sanders - Finally someone from the midwest! - #44
Krissy Moehl - book author, winning ultra runner, coach - #43
Jeff Colt - A report from the hot FKT scene in New England - #42
Karl Egloff - Who is this guy breaking Kilian's FKTs? - #41
Anna Frost & Jason Schlarb - #40
Flyin' Brian - What We Can Learn From the First-Ever Calendar Triple Crown - #39
Blake Wood - He's been there, done that! - #38
Adam Campbell - How to Not Die in the Mountains - #37
What are the gender issues in running? - #36
Danelle Ballengee - Top endurance athlete who almost died - #35
Nate Bender - The Montana 12'ers FKT - #34
Karl Meltzer - The Most Winning 100 Mile Racer Ever - #33
Jeff "Legend" Garmire - FKT on the Arizona Trail - #32
Darcy Piceu - FKT on the John Muir Trail - #31
Jared Campbell - The Sleep Deprivation King - #30
Ryan Sandes - 13 Peaks Challenge - #29
Peter Bakwin and Buzz Burrell - The Founders' Chat! - #28
Mike Wardian - Israel National Trail - #27
Andrew Skurka - Professional Hiker - #26
FKTOY Europe Awards, Part 2, with Kilian Jornet - #25
FKTOY Europe Awards, Part 1, with Matt Lefort, Meredith Quinlan, & Jess Baker - #24
Matt Lefort - What's Up with FKTs in Europe? - #23
"Stringbean" McConaughy - Self-Supported (and Overall) 2017 FKT on the Appalachian Trail - #22
Paddy O'Leary: East Bay Skyline Trail - #21
Candice Burt: 200mi race creator and Wonderland Trail FKT-holder - #20
FKTOY Final Results - #19
FKTOY Awards, part one, with Hillary Allen and Joe Grant - #18
2018 Special Wrap-up with Peter Bakwin, Clare Gallagher, and Tony Krupicka - #17
Sunny Stroeer: The female, unsupported - #16
Peter Bakwin: running and transcendence - Fastest Known Podcast - #15
3100: Run and Become - film director interview - Fastest Known Podcast - #14
Jim Walmsley - Fastest Known Podcast - #13
Justin Simoni - Fastest Known Podcast - #12
Live Q&A at the Trail Running Film Fest - Fastest Known Podcast - #11
Heather "Anish" Anderson - Fastest Known Podcast - #10
Bill Wright - Fastest Known Podcast - #9
Kate Hale - Fastest Known Podcast - #8
Christof Teuscher - Fastest Known Podcast - #7
Kyle Richardson - Fastest Known Podcast - #6
David Horton - Fastest Known Podcast - #5
Alyssa Godesky - Fastest Known Podcast - #4
Scott And Jenny Jurek - Fastest Known Podcast - #3
Karel Sabbe - Fastest Known Podcast - #2
Tony Krupicka - Fastest Known Podcast - #1