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Fastest Known Time

FKT v.

  1. Your goal is to get from Point A to Point B as fast as you can on a designated route.

  2. You are not simultaneously racing anyone else

  3. there are no course markings, race marshalls, nor aid stations

Alyssa has finished 37 iron-distance races, including 2 finishes at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii and 7 top-five finishes in the Professional field. Alyssa has completed over 50 marathons and ultramarathons, as well as several orienteering events and Adventure Races ranging from 9 hours to 5 days.

Alyssa’s drive to conquer new challenges has sparked a series of successful FKT attempts. Alyssa is the current record holder for the Female Supported Fastest Known Time (FKT) on Vermont’s 273-mile Long Trail, the Female Supported FKT for the 46 High Peaks in the Adirondacks, and the Female Supported FKT for the New Hampshire 48 High Peaks.

  • It took Godesky 5 days, 2 hours, and 37 minutes—a full five hours faster than Kimball. Godesky estimates that she slept less than 20 hours throughout the ordeal. For days afterwards, she was hobbled by swollen feet and would awake out of a dead sleep screaming from nightmares about being lost or injured on the trail.

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  • Lots of running, little sleep, and fast food. That was the recipe that helped Alyssa Godesky smash the women’s fastest known time (FKT) record for the little-known—and deceptively brutal—Vermont Long Trail. On July 31, the professional triathlete finished the 273-mile trek in just 5 days, 2 hours and 37 minutes, a speed that eclipsed the previous female FKT by more than 5 hours.

    Runners World

  • The oldest long-distance hiking trail in the United States, Vermont’s Long Trail is a 273-mile stretch of notoriously steep, rocky and muddy terrain, which runs from the Massachusetts-Vermont state line to the Canadian border.

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  • Runner’s World has called it the hardest FKT. The male supported record holder, Jonathan Basham, has said that the Long Trail “simply destroys the human body at that pace.” It’s incredibly rugged and technical and muddy and difficult. Its FKTs are held by a who’s who of ultrarunning’s elite and their records have endured for a long time in their wake.

    The Trek

  • Like any hike or backpacking trip, Godesky’s run through Vermont’s backcountry took preparation. This attempt is some two years in the making, according to her partner, Matt Cymanski. And Godesky spent the 10 months leading up to the run thinking of everything from what shoes she’d wear to what she’d eat.

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  • Endurance athlete’s 4,000-footer feat is hard on the feet

    There are 48 peaks in New Hampshire that stand at least 4,000 feet above sea level, and nobody has summited them all faster than Alyssa Godesky. A professional endurance sports athlete who moved this week to West Fairlee, Godesky set the record for the supported fastest known time (FKT) for the 48 highest peaks in the White Mountains last Saturday at 3 days, 8 hours and 56 minutes.

    Valley News

  • Long Trail. Adirondack 46 High Peaks. New Hampshire 4000 Footers.

    These three arduous fastest known time (FKT) challenges in the Northeastern U.S. attract national attention and have more DNFs attempts each year than completions, so you might be surprised to learn that one woman currently holds all three marks in a supported style.

    Alyssa Godesky.

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  • With Races Canceled, Runners Take To The Trails To Set Records

    NPR

  • Hiking to history: Virginia woman sets new Adirondack 46 High Peaks record

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