FKT Podcast
The podcast of www.fastestknowntime.com. Bringing you interviews and stories from record setting athletes and personalities from around the globe. Learn about the best FKT routes, who did them, and how fast.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 261
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
"Partnerships" are critically important but rarely discussed - Jared Campbell - #62
The success or failure - and misery or enjoyment - of a project is often dependent on your partner! Everyone intuitively knows this but we rarely hear any discussion about it - so let's discuss it wi…
00:46:35 |
Fri 29 Nov 2019
How to plan your big project - with Jared Campbell - #61
Jared discusses the 4 key components - - - 1) Planning Everything is in a spreadsheet! Best weather advice ever (Skurka) Snotel site Plot your route in CalTopo Follow your route using Gaia Best artic…
00:44:40 |
Fri 22 Nov 2019
Speed vs Safety - A Crucial Topic with Bill Wright and Kyle Richardson - #60
What is the relationship between speed and safety? What is the boundary and how do you know when you're hitting it? Ultrarunners have the fitness to get really far into the backcountry, but do they h…
00:44:37 |
Fri 15 Nov 2019
Joe Grant - Running, Writing, and More - #59
In 2016 Joe climbed all 57 Colorado 14ers, self-powered, riding his bike to each mountain, taking 31 days - and he didn’t bring a foam pad. Earlier he entered the Colorado Trail Mountain Bike race - …
00:34:36 |
Fri 08 Nov 2019
Leor Pantilat - He won 22 races in a row then quit to do FKTs - what's he doing now? - #58
Leor won 36 of the 42 races he entered, then in 2013 stopped racing to do FKTs. He held the FKT on the John Muir Trail AND the High Sierra Trail at the same time - then stopped doing FKTs too! What i…
00:35:32 |
Fri 01 Nov 2019
Hillary Allen - What's new and cool in FKT action? - #57
We discuss the highlights of the year so far, and note that unlike in previous years, there have been no major efforts on the AT, the PCT, or the JMT. Why is that? "FKTs in my opinion can leave the t…
00:32:35 |
Fri 25 Oct 2019
Chris McDougall - Author of "Born to Run" is still running - with Donkeys! - #56
Once again Chris McDougall finds a seed of truth and sprouts it into a great story - this time the millennia-old bond between animals and humans, and how that connection can still nurture us. And fru…
00:44:21 |
Fri 18 Oct 2019
Joey Campanelli - He can see the WURL route from his window - so he set the FKT - #55
The Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Linkup encircles Little Cottonwood Canyon. Joey lives IN Little Cottonwood Canyon!
"The Rustler Lodge is closed in the summer, so it's just 3 of taking care of 85 rooms. …
00:25:29 |
Fri 11 Oct 2019
Mike Foote - "The relationships I've made are cooler than the things I've done" - #54
From an FKT on the Ptarmigan Traverse to 61,000 vertical feet skied in one day, Mike Foote is as skilled as he is at home in the mountains.
But here's question: What's the dumbest thing you've ever …
00:31:54 |
Fri 04 Oct 2019
Katie Schide & Germain Grangier - Top Ten at UTMB with an FKT in New Hampshire - #53
Katie is from Maine; Germain from France - they both were top 10 at UTMB, then went to New Hampshire for their passion project: the Hut to Hut Traverse.
They ran the whole Traverse together, with Ka…
00:30:41 |
Fri 27 Sep 2019
Emma Mure and Sara Aranda - Overall FKT on the Wind River High Route - #52
This August, the pair went sub-4 days on the WRHR, a terrific 100 mile traverse of the Wind River Range in Wyoming.
"I was into backpacking and climbing, then discovered trail running and loved the …
00:28:17 |
Fri 20 Sep 2019
Caspar Coppetti - How to Start a New Running Shoe Company - #51
The competition is intense - how do you start a new running shoe company, and be successful?
"My friend gave me a prototype, and I said, 'forget it, don't even try, you'll never succeed against the …
00:31:39 |
Fri 13 Sep 2019
Luke Nelson: What's so special about the WURL? - #50
Luke has FKTs on the Idaho 12ers (9 summits over 12,000'), and the Utah 13ers (17 over 13,000'). A few weeks ago he did the Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Linkup, a gnarly but entirely logical Jared Campbel…
00:26:24 |
Fri 06 Sep 2019
Jason Hardrath - How to Climb Technical Volcanos - Alone - at Night - #49
The Cascade Trifecta, then the Rainier Infinity Loop - Solo and Self-Supported - one week apart! The Infinity Loop alone is 130 miles with 47,000' of elevation gain. How did he do it?
"I slept for …
00:32:35 |
Fri 30 Aug 2019
Sunny Stroeer - From China to Nolan's, Always at Altitude! - #48
This is Sunny Stroeer's second appearance on the Fastest Known Podcast. As a person who not only attempts but thrives on self-supported, big mountain FKTs, Sunny offers honest perspective on what mot…
00:30:20 |
Fri 23 Aug 2019
Jennifer Pharr Davis - #47
Jennifer famously set the Overall record on the Appalachian Trail earning her National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, but is also the author of 7 books, a public speaker, runs a guide service, an…
00:32:34 |
Fri 16 Aug 2019
Peter Bakwin - Mid-Season FKT Highlights - #46
No action yet on the JMT, PCT, or AT ... are the existing times just too hard? But Peter is processing 5-8 submissions per day from all over the world! And, stop worrying about "Supported" vs "Unsup…
00:34:25 |
Fri 09 Aug 2019
Marcy Beard has done 20 FKTs! No wait, now it's 21 ... - #45
Marcy and her husband John travel the US, living in a camper trailer, and knocking out FKT's everywhere they go.
"We've been doing this for 10 years. It's a great way to see the country!"
She's als…
00:31:09 |
Fri 02 Aug 2019
Josh Sanders - Finally someone from the midwest! - #44
Josh is from Michigan - sounds mundane? Think again! You wouldn't believe what this guy is doing ...
Fastest person to visit all 50 states - and run a 5k in each: 6d, 6h, 58mins!
Most countries v…
00:32:49 |
Fri 26 Jul 2019
Krissy Moehl - book author, winning ultra runner, coach - #43
Who won the inaugural Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc and the Hardrock 100? AND, who is a really nice person? You know it's Krissy Moehl.
"I love running and I love sharing this with others".
She set…
00:29:32 |
Fri 19 Jul 2019
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