According to the Newsletter Journal, cutting a switchback is a misdemeanor offense that carries a fine of $5,000 or 6 months ...

In the latest bit of fallout over Michelino Sunseri’s decision to cut a switchback during his fastest-known out-and-back ...

Michelino Sunseri cut a switchback during his FKT attempt in September. Now the athlete is facing charges from the National ...

Tara Dower smashed Karel Sabbe’s AT record by over twelve hours. Here’s what it took to keep up the pace for over 40 days.

"I didn’t let myself believe that I was going to get the FKT until like 3 miles out because I was falling so much and so ...

“There was a big push toward FKTs during Covid,” said Will Peterson, who set a new FKT on Vermont’s 272-mile Long Trail FKT on September 1. “Some people went back to doing races, but many ...

Kokopelli and White Rim Trail in one go? Sure, it's only 310 miles and 25,000 feet of climbing in challenging desert ...

Traditionally, FKT has not approved records set on Manaslu and other 8,000-meter peaks. “8000-meter peaks were sort of their own category,” says Buzz Burrell, Fastest Known Time co-founder.

On Labor Day, Michelino Sunseri, ran, climbed and descended the Owen-Spalding route in 2 hours, 50 minutes and 50 seconds, ...

When Riley Nachtrieb grew up, her transportation method consisted of a lot of running around West Seattle. She would run to and from school and around her n ...

Parcours, whose stated mission is making aerodynamics more accessible, set out to make a faster gravel wheel. The superwide ...

Meredith Hughes had never run a race before establishing a new fastest-known time (FKT) on the Colorado Trail this summer. When I met Meredith, or Tortuga as she’s trail-named, she was sipping a ...