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
Alyssa Godesky on Setting the NH 4,000 Footers Overall Supported FKT - #202
One hundred and ninety-eight episodes later, Alyssa Godesky returns to discuss her most recent mind-bending beat: setting the overall supported FKT on the New Hampshire 4,000 Footers.
That sneaky no…
00:33:25 |
Fri 24 Mar 2023
Thru-Hiking Your Way to FKT Fitness with Cal Swartzentruber -#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 Pacific Crest Trail—Cal’s first of thru-hike of a…
00:45:14 |
Fri 10 Mar 2023
Finlay Wild on the Wild World of UK FKTs -#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 doctor with a passion for painting, Finlay shares hi…
00:36:18 |
Fri 10 Feb 2023
Fastest Known Tiger Jeff Garmire Strikes Again -#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 summer. Each time, self doubt led him to cancel the n…
00:44:37 |
Fri 27 Jan 2023
Courtney Dauwalter on mindset, mantras, and munching her way to the Collegiate Peak Loop FKT - #198
Fresh off her course record at Bandera, Courtney Dauwalter returns to shed insight into yet another of her outstanding performances of late: setting the overall FKT on the Collegiate Peak Loop.
Many…
00:32:39 |
Fri 13 Jan 2023
FKTOY 2022 Awards -#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 all lengths and with all degrees of support that de…
00:23:31 |
Fri 30 Dec 2022
How Andrea Sansone Turned Setback into Setting FKTs - #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 the Manitou Incline—on paper, Sansone’s year coul…
00:39:02 |
Fri 16 Dec 2022
Josh Perry Is Not Satisfied with his PCT FKT - #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 border, a stone pillar he walked 2,600 miles in 55 da…
00:31:57 |
Fri 02 Dec 2022
Inside Katie Brown’s AZT FKT - #194
Last spring, Katie Brown notched her first FKT—the self-supported record on the Arizona Trail. She broke the long-standing record of Heather Anderson, who Katie joins today on the FKT Podcast to brea…
00:39:46 |
Fri 18 Nov 2022
Jack Kuenzle Makes the Rounds - #193
In July, Jack Kuenzle flew to the UK and bought a camper van. The 27-year-old didn’t want to squander the mandatory three months of car insurance. It’s safe to say he did not. In case you lived under…
00:41:18 |
Fri 04 Nov 2022
It's Never Too Late to Start with Julie Wallace - #192
What better way to explore a new place than by foot? After moving from Oregon to Asheville, North Carolina, at the beginning of the year, Julie Wallace started learning about her new home by scouring…
00:26:10 |
Fri 21 Oct 2022
Candice Burt on Finding the Right Distance For You - #191
The Moab 240 starts today! As intrepid athletes embark on their multi-day journeys across the desert, catch up with the race director herself Candice Burt. Candice not only founded the Moab 240, she …
00:39:11 |
Fri 07 Oct 2022
John Kelly on the Wainwrights 214 - #190
The Wainwrights 214 represents the 214 fells chronicalled in Alfred Wainwright’s seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. Many British walkers aim to summit all 214 peaks in their lifetime…
00:32:14 |
Fri 23 Sep 2022
Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone with Alyssa Clark - #189
A fever forced Alyssa Clark to forgo her early April race, so a few weeks later she put her fitness to use and set an FKT on Mount Whitney instead. Alyssa didn’t just set any FKT, she went after the …
00:34:28 |
Fri 09 Sep 2022
The Art and Science of Short FKTs with Kyle Richardson - #188
Longer routes tend to get most of the love, but shorter FKTs can require just as much planning, practice, and persistence. In fact, dare we say shorter FKTs can be just as notable?
Mountain athlete …
00:30:00 |
Fri 26 Aug 2022
Ella Bredthauer: Self-Supported Benton MacKaye Trail FKT - #187
April 28, 2022, 5:55 pm: Ella Bredthauer reached Springer Mountain, the terminus of the Benton MacKaye trail. Ella’s shuttle, which she had scheduled before setting off on the trail eight days before…
00:30:21 |
Fri 12 Aug 2022
Evading Death in Death Valley with Cameron Hummels - #186
Toxic water, wind storms, poisonous gas – Death Valley lives up to its name. Or at least that’s what Cameron Hummels learned while attempting the 160-mile Death Valley North to South Crossing in Febr…
00:34:13 |
Fri 29 Jul 2022
How Art Brody Set the Unsupported AZT FKT - #185
Last fall, Art Brody set the unsupported record on the Arizona Trail. Yes, the unsupported record. This means he traversed over 800 miles of desert, mountains, and canyons with absolutely no outside …
00:31:12 |
Fri 15 Jul 2022
The Past, Present, and Future of FKTs with Joe “Stringbean” McConaughy - #184
It’s no secret that the FKT craze has skyrocketed over the past few years. What started as a niche concept relegated to the most quirky of already quirky mountaineers and thru-hikers has spread to ev…
00:42:45 |
Fri 01 Jul 2022
Liz “Mercury” Derstine: Beasting East Coast FKTs - 183
You’re in for a treat this week with not one but two AT record holders! Fresh off her Pinhoti Trail self-supported record, Liz “Mercury” Derstine sits down with host Heather “Anish” Anderson to talk …
00:50:00 |
Fri 17 Jun 2022
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