Bakwin and Burrell are still front and center in the FKT movement. The biggest FKT news this spring might be off the trail. The duo wasn’t sure who had the fastest time before them, so they dubbed it a “fastest known time” a term coined by Bill Wright a few years earlier.įKTs are in the limelight today thanks to easy GPS route tracking and attention from major brands and top athletes. In 1999, Peter Bawkin and Buzz Burrell laid down the FKT for the 221-mile John Muir Trail, from the highest point in the lower 48, California’s Mount Whitney, to Yosemite National Park. Records are dropping left and right, with 2018 set to be one of the most exciting years for speed records on trail.īut let’s back up. Ultrarunner Diego Pazos photo courtesy CompressportįKTs, or fastest known times, are coming into their own. Major brand sponsors, media coverage, Red Bull stunts, and athlete Kilian Jornet are driving the movement into the mainstream. Long an obscure pursuit, FKT today nears critical mass.
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