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
Paddy O'Leary: East Bay Skyline Trail - #21
Paddy O'Leary is an Irish transplant who on October 13 set the FKT on the East Bay Skyline Trail, running 32.61 miles in 4 hours, 18 minutes, 12 seconds. He was training for the TNF50, where he was …
00:25:27 |
Fri 08 Feb 2019
Candice Burt: 200mi race creator and Wonderland Trail FKT-holder - #20
Candice Burt speaks to us from Moab last fall, where she was race-directing the Moab 240 -- she basically invented the 200 mile trail racing distance. And she described going solo and unsupported on …
00:29:09 |
Fri 01 Feb 2019
FKTOY Final Results - #19
Part two of our special Fastest Known Time of the Year Awards concludes, with the #2 and #1 winners, female and male.
All four winners are interviewed for this episode, describing how they did the s…
00:49:35 |
Fri 25 Jan 2019
FKTOY Awards, part one, with Hillary Allen and Joe Grant - #18
The Fastest Known Time of the Year Awards are back for the 3rd year! This special Episode features amazing descriptions of the #5, #4, and #3 FKTs of the Year.
Adding to the fun is Hillary Allen as …
00:45:32 |
Fri 18 Jan 2019
2018 Special Wrap-up with Peter Bakwin, Clare Gallagher, and Tony Krupicka - #17
What was the preeminent FKT in 2018? What inspired you the most? What are your predictions for 2019? Anton Krupicka, Clare Gallagher, and Peter Bakwin answer these questions and more!
"Nick Elson on…
00:49:05 |
Fri 11 Jan 2019
Sunny Stroeer: The female, unsupported - #16
Sunny Stroeer's impressive resume includes FKTs on the 22,838ft Aconcagua and its circumnavigation, the Annapurna Circuit, and the Pfiffner Traverse.
She left a high-paying job as a management consu…
00:26:37 |
Fri 04 Jan 2019
Peter Bakwin: running and transcendence - Fastest Known Podcast - #15
Peter Bakwin is the only person to do the Double Hardrock, the first person to go under 4 days on the John Muir Trail, plus many other races and FKTs, and is one of the co-founders of this website an…
00:27:17 |
Fri 28 Dec 2018
3100: Run and Become - film director interview - Fastest Known Podcast - #14
What if running could lead to enlightenment?
This ambitious question is the heart of the documentary 3100: Run and Become. Based around the Self Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, the world’s longest cer…
00:27:44 |
Fri 21 Dec 2018
Jim Walmsley - Fastest Known Podcast - #13
Jim Walmsley is one of the best ultrarunners in the world, who a few days ago (12/10/2018), with Tim Freriks and Eric Senseman, set a new FKT on the dramatic and adventurous "R2R2R.alt" in the Grand …
00:25:48 |
Fri 14 Dec 2018
Justin Simoni - Fastest Known Podcast - #12
In 2014 Justin Simoni, the “Long Ranger”, bicycled to all 58 of Colorado’s 14,000’ summits, climbed them, then biked to the next in 34+ days. In 2017 he upped the standard and in 60 straight days did…
00:31:32 |
Fri 07 Dec 2018
Live Q&A at the Trail Running Film Fest - Fastest Known Podcast - #11
Our first-ever live recording! The Trail Running Film Festival was on a nationwide tour when it stopped in Boulder (check to see if it's playing near you), and we recorded questions and comments dire…
00:17:15 |
Fri 30 Nov 2018
Heather "Anish" Anderson - Fastest Known Podcast - #10
Nobody can do the big thru-hikes like Heather Anderson - she once held the Self-Supported Overall (not Female) FKT’s for the PCT, AT, and Arizona Trail - simultaneously. On November 8 she became the…
00:28:57 |
Fri 23 Nov 2018
Bill Wright - Fastest Known Podcast - #9
Who is the first person to use the term "Fastest Known Time" in print?
Bill Wright co-wrote Speed Climbing: How to Climb Faster and Better in 2004, and has a family, a full-time job, and he climbs, …
00:33:29 |
Fri 16 Nov 2018
Kate Hale - Fastest Known Podcast - #8
What’s a 26 year old former marathon runner doing setting the FKT on the fabled Longs Peak North Face (Cables) route?
“The FKT idea is real motivating to me - it takes away external pressure, but in…
00:21:12 |
Fri 09 Nov 2018
Christof Teuscher - Fastest Known Podcast - #7
This past weekend Christof Teuscher became the first person to attempt and complete a quad-crossing of the Grand Canyon. That's Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim times four, (OK... R2R2R2R2R2R2R2R2R)!
He completed …
00:22:33 |
Fri 02 Nov 2018
Kyle Richardson - Fastest Known Podcast - #6
Kyle Richardson was only 22 years old on Aug 1, when he set the new FKT on the high and technical LA Freeway. His time of 16hrs 28mins 53secs bettered the time of 16hrs 59mins set by Matthias Messner…
00:21:38 |
Fri 26 Oct 2018
David Horton - Fastest Known Podcast - #5
David Horton won the first two editions of the Hardrock 100, finished the Barkley Marathons, has both run and biked across the country, and was the only person to hold the overall FKT on both the App…
00:26:30 |
Fri 19 Oct 2018
Alyssa Godesky - Fastest Known Podcast - #4
Alyssa is a “Professional Triathlete who can’t seem to shake her ultrarunning habit”. She has finished 30 Ironman Triathlons, 40 ultra races, and once finished 4th in the Taiwan Ironman using all bor…
00:26:00 |
Fri 12 Oct 2018
Scott And Jenny Jurek - Fastest Known Podcast - #3
Scott is one of the best ultrarunners in history, winning the Hardrock 100, Badwater in Death Valley, the Spartathlon in Greece, and an unprecedented 7 wins in a row at the Western States 100. In 201…
00:33:33 |
Fri 05 Oct 2018
Karel Sabbe - Fastest Known Podcast - #2
Learn how a Belgian dentist set the FKT on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2016, then in 2018, was over four days faster on the Appalachian Trail than two of the fastest ultra-runners in the US.
We spea…
00:32:35 |
Fri 28 Sep 2018
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