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
Mike Lori: Going Cape to Cape -#242
The 130-kilometer Cape to Cape Track in Western Australia is a popular route for backpackers and trail runners alike. Today’s guest, Mike Lori, took on his longest ultra distance challenge by running…
00:30:13 |
Fri 06 Dec 2024
Sophie Power: Finding Your Why -#241
“If you have a strong why, you can do the impossible.”
Today’s episode dives deep into the mental side of long distance running as host Heather Anderson talks with Sophie Power about her supported FK…
00:33:24 |
Fri 22 Nov 2024
Anton Krupicka Returns for the LA Freeway -#240
Colorado’s LA Freeway isn’t a misnomer. It’s a 34 mile link-up between Longs Peak and Arapahoe Peak along the Continental Divide. Join host Heather Anderson as she chats with Anton Krupicka about his…
00:24:04 |
Fri 08 Nov 2024
Monica Dekker Breaks Down the Pieterpad Trail -#239
When you think about the Netherlands, you probably call to mind canals, windmills, and shoes. But in the east the nearly 500 kilometer Pieterpad Trail traverses a wide variety of landscapes as it tra…
00:23:25 |
Fri 25 Oct 2024
Men of the Colorado Trail -#238
It was a busy season on the Colorado Trail as records were broken in nearly every category beginning with Kyle Curtin’s smashing success in June–bringing the record under 7 days for the first time. T…
00:46:04 |
Fri 11 Oct 2024
Tara Dower and Crew Break Down Historic Appalachian Trail FKT -#237
For the first time ever, the Appalachian Trail Fastest Known Time has gone under 41 days–taken there by Tara Dower. On today’s episode, Tara and her crew chief Rascal join host and previous AT FKT re…
01:00:17 |
Sat 28 Sep 2024
Isaac Robinson: How to handle the rocks, roots, and ruggedness of the Ouachita Trail -#236
Today we’re diving deep into the oak and hickory lined ridges of eastern Oklahoma and central Arkansas as we catch up with Isaac Robinson to hear about his unsupported FKT on the 223 mile Ouachita Tr…
00:27:10 |
Fri 27 Sep 2024
Rachel Bambrick: Inspiring Women to Challenge Themselves -#235
When you hear sandy pine forest trails do you think of Florida? I bet you don’t think of New Jersey. Yet, on this week's episode, host Heather Anderson chats with Rachel Bambrick about her unsupporte…
00:35:25 |
Fri 13 Sep 2024
This Couple Set Two Independent, Unsupported FKTs on the Superior Hiking Trail -#234
This week we're traveling to the Midwest for an excursion along Lake Superior.
Minnesota’s Superior Hiking Trail is a popular route for FKTs and today Andrea Larson and Alan Chapman will be joining h…
00:48:06 |
Fri 30 Aug 2024
Chantal Demers: Conquering the Bruce Trail Segment by Segment -#233
West of Toronto, Canada’s 550 mile long Bruce Trail travels along the Niagara Escarpment, from the famous falls northward onto a peninsula that juts into the Great Lakes. This ribbon of wilderness is…
00:28:11 |
Fri 16 Aug 2024
Andrew Hamilton & Andrea Sansone Set Another Colorado 14ers FKT -#232
The Colorado 14ers are a prominent mountain list in the United States with a long history of FKTs on them. This week’s guests have been a huge part of that history, with each of them having establish…
00:52:56 |
Fri 02 Aug 2024
Fourth Time's the Charm for Phoebe Seltzer on the Cohos Trail -#231
This week we’re taking a trip to the land of mud, moose, and rocks in northern New Hampshire where Phoebe Seltzer set the supported FKT on the 170-mile Cohos Trail in 3 days, 10 hours. The southern t…
00:32:12 |
Fri 19 Jul 2024
Jessica Johnson and Cryptic Tackle Toiyabe Crest -#230
In today’s episode we’re traveling to remote Nevada to travel the crest of the Toiyabe National Forest with Jessica Johnson and Cryptic. This non-binary team established a stout unsupported time on t…
00:16:05 |
Fri 05 Jul 2024
Jasmin Paris on the Barkley Marathons and Beyond -#229
There are not a lot of firsts left to be done in the world of trail running, but recently Jasmin Paris accomplished just that by becoming the first woman to finish the Barkley Marathons. Tune in to h…
00:31:18 |
Fri 21 Jun 2024
Rachel Boim: Learning about FKTs around the World! -#228
What route has tea houses, prayer flags, yak jams and is all above 3,000 meters?
Join host Heather Anderson on today's episode to travel Nepal's Namche Bazaar to Everest Basecamp route with Rachel Bo…
00:22:55 |
Fri 07 Jun 2024
Meg Landymore Tackles the Appalachian Trail Four State Challenge -#227
In this week’s episode, we’re traveling across 4 state borders with Meg Landymore. She recently set the women’s unsupported FKT for the AT Four State Challenge. This 43 mile stretch of the Appalachia…
00:29:19 |
Fri 24 May 2024
A Tale of Two Joshua Tree Traverse FKTs with Darren Thomas and Jake Jackson -#226
This week we’re traveling to a park where the trees have a name. The Joshua Tree National Park Traverse is a 37 mile long route in southern California. The park, eponymously named for the large yucca…
00:25:20 |
Fri 10 May 2024
Callie Vinson: FKTs are for Every Body -#225
In this week’s episode, host Heather Anderson is joined by ultrarunner and body positivity activist Callie Vinson to discuss her supported Maricopa Loop FKT. The Maricopa Loop is an urban trail syste…
00:33:18 |
Fri 26 Apr 2024
Billy Meredith Sets Calendar Year Triple Crown FKT -#224
There’s only one FKT that is over 7,000 miles long and takes seven and a half months to complete and in 2023 Billy Meredith crushed the self-supported record on it. The Triple Crown of Thru-Hiking co…
00:35:49 |
Fri 12 Apr 2024
Sika Henry on Setting the Selma to Montgomery FKT -#223
This week we’re traveling to Alabama to retrace Martin Luther King Junior’s march from Selma to Montgomery with Sika Henry. 59 years ago nonviolent activists marched between these two cities to prote…
00:32:47 |
Fri 29 Mar 2024
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