2025 FKT of the Year: Tara Dower & Jeff Garmire -#275

About this episode

Tara Dower and Jeff Garmire discuss their record-setting FKTs and the competitive landscape of trail running.

This year was a highly competitive year with stout efforts on trails across the world. For the first time, the majority of our top five were on routes outside the United States. For the second year in a row, Tara Dower has claimed our first place title for her Long Trail FKT in Vermont where she set the overall supported time. Our men’s winner is Jeff Garmire for his incredible Appalachian Trail self-supported FKT. Tune in to this week's episode to hear Tara and Jeff discuss their recovery, goals, and the sport with host Heather Anderson.

People in this episode

Host: Heather Anderson

Guests: Tara Dower, Jeff Garmire

Topics covered

• FKT
• running
• trail running
• recovery
• goals
• competition

Keywords

• FKT
• Tara Dower
• Jeff Garmire
• Appalachian Trail
• Long Trail
• running
• recovery
• goals

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Vermont, Appalachian Trail, United States

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