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
Drew Frehs: Everything you need to know to run R2R2R X2 across the Grand Canyon - #162
On October 18, Drew ran back and forth across the Grand Canyon 4 times (R2R2R2R2R). It was his third try, so he learned some things! Which he shares with you ...
"They start turning off the water …
01:00:19 |
Fri 05 Nov 2021
Joe Gray: The best mountain runner ever, and you've never heard of him? - #161
We finish our 3-2-1 countdown interviews from the Men's podium of the US Mountain Running Championships with the winner, Joe Gray. Joe is one of the best mountain/trail runners in history. He is ver…
00:54:11 |
Fri 29 Oct 2021
Max King: Does he have the widest range of any runner ever? - #160
We are counting down the podium from the US Mountain Running Championships! Last week: Joe Demoor, #3. This week: Max King, #2. (Stay tuned for next week!)
Max runs everything ... does he have th…
00:42:37 |
Fri 22 Oct 2021
Joe DeMoor: Born in the mountains, works in the mountains, runs up the mountains - #1159
When asked if he wanted to be a guest on the podcast, Joe wrote back,
"I realize this will be a bit about talking about myself, which I have to admit is one of my least favorite activities."
Right …
00:46:36 |
Fri 15 Oct 2021
Let's hear this again: Kelly Halpin solo and unsupported on the gnarly Wind River High Route - #158
Welcome back to a classic episode of the Fastest Known Podcast. That’s right, this week we are re-airing our August 15th, 2020 interview with Kelly Halpin who had just completed the Wind River High R…
00:40:07 |
Fri 08 Oct 2021
Pawel Szafruga: The Colorado 14'ers taken to another level - #157
This is a 42 day thru-hike with almost 300,000 feet of elevation gain, summiting all 58 Colorado 14ers ... entirely self-supported, solo, never getting into a car ... how did he do that?!
"For the 3…
01:08:31 |
Fri 01 Oct 2021
Bethany Garretson: "FKTs have become the perfect niche!" - #156
Bethany wrote to us: "One year ago, Katlin Rhodes and I came together and became the first women to complete the 46 unsupported thru-hike. That summer was my first with Strava and a GPS watch. She a…
00:36:57 |
Fri 24 Sep 2021
Scott Jurek: Back on the Appalachian Trail 6 years after his FKT - #155
Scott is the best US Male Ultra Runner ever. That may change, but for now, no one can match 7 consecutive wins at the WS100 plus wins at other marquee events.
He set the S-N FKT on the fabled Appal…
01:08:31 |
Fri 17 Sep 2021
Can the air quality be too bad to exercise? With Dr Kevin Shilling - #154
This year, hundreds of square miles in the western US has been on fire, resulting in terrible air quality which often has exceeded EPA guidelines. Dr Kevin Shilling is a long time ultrarunner, was 1…
00:41:17 |
Fri 10 Sep 2021
Let's hear this again: UTMB Champ Courtney Dauwalter Talks about the Colorado Trail
It's a great time to re-air our 2020 interview with Courtney Dauwalter who - only 1 week ago - won her second consecutive Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc title, setting a new women's course record in the p…
00:41:38 |
Fri 03 Sep 2021
Zack Beavin: From "Mediocre College Runner" to a 40 mile hilly race at a 5:54 pace! - #152
"Mediocre"? I don't think so!
Zack has done 7 ultra races and won all of them. And he's from Kentucky, proud of it, and why maybe you haven't heard of him.
"I like the east. It's green. I'd like …
00:35:46 |
Thu 26 Aug 2021
Ride and Run: the long history of horses and humans running trails - #151
Riding and Running on trails is more connected than you know! The Western States 100 originally was a horse race, not a running race. And this year Susie Kramer did both, with one of the fastest co…
01:00:38 |
Fri 20 Aug 2021
David Bone: 89 FKTs, all in the UK! - #150
89 FKTs is a lot! And 51 of them have been in 2021, including sometimes 2 in one day. I presume this is intentional?
"I used to race more, but the pandemic caused me to focus on where I live. And…
00:46:14 |
Fri 13 Aug 2021
Speedland: David Dombrow & Kevin Fallon tell how to start a new shoe company - #149
Wow - a new running shoe company! That's gotta be hard - why are these two men doing it?
"We've been designing shoes for 25 years for other company's. There was always a compromise. We wanted to …
00:34:03 |
Fri 06 Aug 2021
Andrew Hamilton: the "King of the 14ers" knocks down another massive project! - #148
He's done it again! After 5 YEARS of planning, Andrew climbed the hundred highest summits in Colorado in a huge non-stop effort of 22 days. And established two new Routes and FKTs within that effort…
01:04:22 |
Fri 30 Jul 2021
Mick and Mike: Regional Editors tell us the Best Routes in the UK - #147
There are 490 FKT Routes in the UK - get the insider scoop on them - Our two Regional Editors from the UK tell us what is new and cool, and then walk us through some classic FKT routes.
"1,051 FKTs …
00:50:15 |
Fri 23 Jul 2021
Let's Hear This Again: What Are The Gender Issues in Running? - #146
The 2021 Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run starts today. Two days before the run an important meeting took place where the event announced a new policy to increase women’s participation.
Starting …
00:43:11 |
Fri 16 Jul 2021
Trees not Tees: Scotland leads with a brilliant environmental initiative for all runners - #145
You need to hear this inspiring story! Jim Mann, a top ultrarunner from Scotland, had this brilliant idea: ask race directors to give runners the option of having a tree planted in their name instea…
00:42:31 |
Fri 09 Jul 2021
Coree Woltering: he's fast, fun, goes long ... and hates spreadsheets! - #144
Coree rose to prominence after his 21 day FKT on the Ice Age Trail, exactly one year ago. Before that he was seen rockin' a Speedo on the 10-part "World's Toughest Race" show on Amazon Prime (a grea…
00:47:33 |
Fri 02 Jul 2021
Boundary Waters: Run it AND Save it! with Alex Falconer and Clare Gallagher - #143
The Boundary Waters is 1.1 million acres of incredible glaciated terrain way up in northern Minnesota on the Canada border, and yet is the most-visited Wilderness Area in the United States. Because …
00:37:35 |
Fri 25 Jun 2021
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