#3 Female: Anna Troup
FKT: Pennine Way (UK)
Time: 3d 00h 46m 37s
Notes: The premier long trail in the UK is also very competitive; 8 hrs quicker than her own FKT set 2 weeks earlier
Athlete Comments: "It was typical English weather, which means it rained most of the time.”
"The classic style in the UK is full Support, partially because we've been doing this a long time, before GPS and watches and so forth, so people were just there to watch and verify you. And to share in the joy."
#3 Male: Timothy Olson
FKT: Pacific Crest Trail (CA, OR, WA)
Time: 51d 16h 55m 00s
Notes: Very consistent pace (51.3 mpd) on a very long trail (2,653 mi) while navigating numerous Fire Closures; 16 hrs faster than Karel Sabbe 2016
Athlete Comments: (None at this time)
Previous Podcast: https://fastestknowntime.com/podcast/137-timothy-olson
#2 Female: Mikaela Osler
FKT: Long Trail (VT)
Time: 6d 11h 33m 00s
Notes: Unsupported fast time on a gnarly Premier Route; 7min faster than Nika Meyers 2020
Athlete Comments: "If I had went Self-supported I could slept at my own house next to the trail! I underestimated the food so I was hungry the whole time. This Trail is so hard; there are no switchbacks."
Previous Podcast: https://fastestknowntime.com/podcast/118-fktoy-2020-p1
#2 Male: Karel Sabbe
Time: 30d 08h 40m 00s
Notes: Traversed the entire Alps through 8 countries, starting and finishing on the sea; 14 days faster than Self-supported from 2019
Athlete Comments: "My plan was 87km/day, the same at the AT, but the Via Alpina has 20-25% more vertical gain. Originally I desperately wanted to hike the PCT, but didn't have enough time off work to do it slowly - that's how I got started with fast thru-hiking."
Previous Podcast (our 2nd ever!): https://fastestknowntime.com/podcast/episode-2-karel-sabbe
Anna Troup
- Age: 51
- City: Henley on Thames, United Kingdom
- Family: Two teens one 18 the other 17 (18 year old was youngest finisher at Javelina 100 mile race when she was 16 in 2019)
- Do most of my race adventures with my partner, Richard Staite who often makes great videos of our races.
- Occupation: Non Executive Director for financial services companies
- Sports Highlights - - -
- Aug 2021 - Pennine Way FKT
- July 2021 - Lakeland 100 - 1st
- June 2021 - Summer Spine - 1st (2nd overall)
- Jan 2020 - Arc of Attrition - 1st and course record
- Mar 1991 - Stroked Oxford Blue Boat to victory over Cambridge
- Social Media - - -
- Strava: Anna Troup
- FB: Anna Troup https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070398050859
- ‘Gram: @troupgirlsrun
- Twitter: Annatroup4
Timothy Olson
- Age: 38
- City: Boulder
- Occupation: Professional trail runner for Adidas TERREX
- Family: wife Krista, children Tristan, Kai, and Esmeray
- Sports Highlights - - -
- Western States 100: 2011 6th, 2012 Course Record 14:46:44s, 2013 1st
- UTMB: 4th, 21:38:23
- Penyagolosa 1st 2018
- Social Media - - -
- Strava: Timothy Olson
- ‘Gram: @timothyallenolson
- Facebook: Timothy Olson
- Websites: Timothyallenolson.com; Adventuremindful.com
Mikaela Osler
- Age: 27
- City: Albuquerque
- Family: My partner Troy (also a trail runner) and a lot of house plants
- Occupation: Writer (Technically writing is more of a vocation. Being a grad student teaching college composition courses pays my bills)
- Sports Highlights - - -
- CT Women's Self-supported FKT (#2 FKTOY 2021)
- LT Women's Unsupported FKT (#3 FKTOY 2020)
- A couple of top-10 finishes in local ultras
- Triple Crown (PCT 2016, CDT 2018, AT 2019).
- Social Media - - -
- Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/43251360
- ‘Gram: @mikaelaosler
Karel Sabbe
- Age: 32
- City: Anzegem, Belgium
- Family: Wife Emma, son Jack
- Occupation: Dentist
- Sports Highlights - - -
- 2016 Pacific Crest Trail FKT
- 2018 Appalachian Trail FKT - #1 FKTOY
- Social Media - - -
- Strava: @karelsabbe
- ‘Gram: @karelsabbe
- FB: Karel Sabbe Ultrarunning
- Website: www.karelsabbe.com
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