Wanna Help Me FKT?
Sorry, we're not feeding killer tarantulas and trying to find King Tut here. Just a trail runner, named Gillian (pronouns: she/her). I have a dream of setting a new Women's Supported FKT (Fastest Known Time) on the Bruce Trail --Canada's oldest and longest marked footpath that stretches approximately 900K from Niagara to Tobermory, Ontario.
You're welcome to join me, as I have conversations with fellow runners, learn from adventure seekers, and ultimately recruit people to help me on my attempt. No matter what, let's have a Fun, Kick-ass Time doing it!
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 12
- Years Active
- 2021
Fangirling over Steve and Jade
Yup. I admit to being a "fangirl". In this episode, I fangirled over watching Western States and then fangirl even harder over Steve and Jade's recent attempt to do their own FKT on the Bruce Trail. …
Morning Adventure to Find Steve Kenny
It's been 2 months since I last recorded and yes, I am still alive. More on the aliveness later. :)
I went out to meet Steve Kenny who is currently running a supported FKT Northbound attempt on the …
Adventure as Adults and Pursuing a Pandemic Pivot with Stephanie Hurtado
Stephanie Hurtado is a trail and ultrarunner who wears many hats. She's a mom, a wife, an ER nurse, host of the Running Divine podcast, all around adventure seeker, and proponent of the pandemic pivo…
Musings of March
More Trail Tangents with Lisa Sweetman
Took a break from recording last week, and now I am feeling more energized in my training! You'll hear me putting my "athlete in training" cap on and learning English! Haha! Here is part 2 of my conv…
Learning about Resilience from Lisa Sweetman
Lisa Sweetman is a trail running enthusiast, who loves to chase big goals and engage with the local community. She is an endurance athlete, a mother to soon-to-be two children, a spouse to her wife A…
Control vs. Curiosity with Laurie Hunt
I gush about winter running in shorts (again) and we continue with Part 2 of my conversation with my friend Laurie Hunt! We talk big talk around believing in ourselves, feeling fear, and feeding our …
Firsts, Favourites, and Figuring out My Fretting with Laurie Hunt
Laurie was a one time chubby smoking party girl who found running and in the intervening 30 years has run 19 marathons, completed 2 half ironman 70.3 races and a 55km mountain race in Nepal along wit…
Vibin' and Talkin' Bruce Trail with Virginia Gringas
Virginia Gringas held the Women's Bruce Trail FKT from 2015-2017, running 900 km in 13 days, 6 hours and 28 minutes in September 2015 (this record was broken in July 2017 by Chantal Warriner and rema…
Pondering My Imposter Syndrome
Reflecting on my Imposter Syndrome when faced with sharing my goal on the interwebs, pinpointing the point of all this, and just plain getting personal. It took a while for me to put these thoughts o…
Catching up with Clay Williams
Clay Williams is a 60 year old ultra runner who started running "to get in shape" when he was in his mid forties. He's the creator of the Canal Pursuit for Mental Health, a 785 km run along the Ridea…