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The Appalachian Trail speed record was just broken
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:20 am
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:20 am
Outdoor article
That's an average of just under 54 miles per day. Freakin' insane.
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One of the most grueling records in American endurance sports fell late Saturday night in northern Georgia. Tara Dower, a 31-year-old ultrarunner and long-distance hiker born in North Carolina and based in Virginia, reached Georgia’s Springer Mountain, the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, at 11:53 P.M. She completed the arduous southern thru-hike of the iconic trail, crossing 14 states and 2,197 miles, in 40 days, 18 hours, and 5 minutes. It’s the fastest known time for hiking the iconic trail in either direction.
That's an average of just under 54 miles per day. Freakin' insane.
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Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:22 am to Loup
She had a ride when no one was looking.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:22 am to Loup
40 days off work? Must be nice.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:23 am to Loup
That seems like something you could easily cheat at.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:23 am to Loup
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That's an average of just under 54 miles per day. Freakin' insane.
I beg to differ, Happy Gilmore accomplished that feat no more then an hour ago.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:25 am to Loup
Babytac will be along later to say he's done it in 38, but didn't bother reporting it as he doesn't like the attention...
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:26 am to Loup
Ultrarunners are pretty amazing. To take 2 months off to jog the entire Appalachian trail blows my mind.
54 days of running over a marathon per day up mountains, then camping in between runs.
54 days of running over a marathon per day up mountains, then camping in between runs.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:28 am to Spaceman Spiff
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She had a ride when no one was looking.
She must have faked her garmin data, then.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:28 am to Loup
This is insane. The two men who held it for a while were going back to back breaking the record.
Barkley Marathons next?
Barkley Marathons next?
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:28 am to Loup
Speed hiking is so fricking lame.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:28 am to Loup
IWH(ike)I
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:29 am to AtlantaLSUfan
No, 40 days to run 54 a day. Two marathons a day for 40 days straight.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:29 am to Loup
Is this one of the speed runners that had a team, stayed in RVs, and had other assistants? It's extremely impressive to trail run that quickly and that long, but these speed runners doing the longer trails with huge modern conveniences need to be put in different categories.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:29 am to WillFerrellisking
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40 days off work?
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Dower’s perspective changed during the pandemic. She moved to Hot Springs, North Carolina, an iconic AT trail town, to work for a guiding service owned by Jennifer Pharr Davis, the earlier record holder.
It kind of explains itself.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:32 am to WillFerrellisking
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40 days off work? Must be nice.
white privilege
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:32 am to AlextheBodacious
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Speed hiking is so fricking lame.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:37 am to Loup
quote:something stinks about this story
average of just under 54 miles per day
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:38 am to Loup
A man could do it in 20 days but none of us can take off work for that long
Posted on 9/23/24 at 6:38 am to Wally Sparks
I thought she would be a sack of firewood, but she actually has meat on her bones.
Posted on 9/23/24 at 7:06 am to wileyjones
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something stinks about this story
I'd be surprised. The were a lot of people involved and they'd all have to be in on it. It's probably legit.
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