“I can truly say I’m enamored with the entire idea of Fastest Known Times,” he said, “and can’t wait for my next project.” With his first FKT in the books, Stern said he’s looking forward to trying for another. I then developed a very detailed moving aid station and split plan to make sure I was on pace to break the record by a wide margin.” “However, for this FKT attempt, I spent a long time researching the course, interviewing the two most recent record holders and made three separate trips to recon the entire course. “Most races I don’t spend too much time researching,” he said. His FKT on the Backbone Trail was his 13th ultra race.Įven with the harsh conditions, Stern was well prepared to beat the fastest known time on the course. “It took a couple of years to get my feet under me, but I’ve executed at my last few ultras really well and feeling like I’m really just hitting stride now.” His first was at the Marin Headlands, “and I really haven’t looked back,” he said. There is no formal race or event for these routes, which include everything from long-distance hiking trails to circumnavigations of lakes or mountains, to up-and-down times summiting an iconic peak or completing a linkup of multiple peaks. Stern has been doing ultra runs since 2017. FKT is shorthand for Fastest Known Timeessentially, a speed record on any given route. Jeffrey Stern receives supplies from a member of his support group on his attempt to set the fastest known time on the Backbone Trail. I feel so fortunate to have had the support from so many friends along the way.” There’s huge power in numbers, and so my first FKT was a group effort from the start. “But as a team we still persevered to beat our goal time.
“While we prepared all summer for searing Southern Californian heat, race morning brought us the first storm of the season, featuring cold temperatures, hail, heavy rain and 30-plus mph winds,” Stern explained of the less-than-ideal conditions on race day. The previous record was 11:36, set in 2017 by Utah-based ultra runner Jeff Browning. He covered the journey from Will Rogers State Park in Pacific Palisades to Point Mugu State Park in 11 hours, 10 minutes and 39 seconds. Running in rain, hail and wind, Stern, the cross country coach at Laguna Blanca School and an alum of Cal Poly, completed the fastest known time ( FKT) for a supported runner on the Backbone Trail, a 68-mile route that traverses the Santa Monica Mountains. In this article, we’ll cover current and past record holders, famous attempts, and a brief history of FKTs. Achieving the fastest known time, aka FKT, on the Appalachian Trail is the ultimate speed achievement in the hiking and trail running community. Therefore, he held both supported and self-supported FKT titles at once. In 2017 when he set the record he also beat the supported record held by Karl Meltzer. It wasn’t the best of days to be out running for a record, but Jeffrey Stern was determined to do it during the first winter storm of the season on Nov. Janureview process and affiliate partners. Joe Stringbean McConaughy is the current self-supported AT FKT record holder with a time of 45d 12h 15m.
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