This week I go through each of the 48 new FKTs in the White Mountain National Forest that were established in 2025 and discuss some of the best and most competitive times. The trails in the northeast are gnarly and the racing scene is getting more and more competitive each year. You have to be fast, tough and good on steep, technical terrain to go after these times.
00:00 Intro04:52 Dirritisema FKT

14:30 White Mountains 100 FKT

17:50 White Mountains Double 100 Out & Back FKT

19:15 NH AT FKT

20:30 Flume and Liberty Loop FKT

22:00 Mahoosuc Traverse FKT

23:40 Lodge2dodge FKT

24:50 Pemidential FKT

26:15 Mt Hancock Loop FKT

27:40 Swan Song FKT

30:20 Grafton Loop FKT

31:20 Double Pemi FKT

33:20 Isolation FKT

33:50 Bald Peak and Artists Bluff FKT

35:45 Evans Notch Loop FKT

36:20 Carter Moriah Traverse Picnic FKT

37:25 Cannon and Kinsmans Loop FKT

38:05 Super Pemi FKT

38:25 Twins Bonds Traverse FKT

38:50 Carter Moriah Traverse Out and Back FKT

39:40 Eastern Peaks of Conway FKT

40:15 Owls Head FKT

40:50 Tilted Compass FKT

42:55 Easter White Mountains Triple Infinity Loop FKT

43:40 Mahoosuc Out-and-back FKT

43:50 Desolation Loop FKT

44:10 Not a Pemi Loop but a Loop in the Pemi FKT

45:10 Mahoosuc Picnic FKT

46:00 Cannon Round Trip FKT

46:30 Hale FKT

50: 20 Flume and Liberty Loop FKT

50:55 Slippery Brook - Baldface Loop FKT

51:15 Cohos Trail FKT

51:55 Appalachian Trail FKT

54:20 Outro#TrailRunning #Mountains #WhiteMountainNationalForest

Run Mountain Peaks Podcast – Episode 14

Discuss Ryan and I getting dominated by snow on the Osceolas (12/13 trip report). Recapped TARC winter fells 8, 32, and 40 mile results. Talked about my first winter Presi traverse 5 years ago and how I thought the Adams five peaks was actually Adams, Jefferson, Clay, Washington and the rest of Presi Traverse was going to be a piece of cake (wrong). Cutting down your own Christmas tree in the Whites seems fun and easy until you realize you are probably going to end up with a skimpy tree unless you really work for it. Fantasy football blues: fifth in the league in points scored but missing the playoffs. I'm on season 3 of Stranger Things and the bad guy is back somehow and Dustin, the hair guy, and the new girl just cracked the Russian code. Little motivation at the end.

00:00 Intro & Osceola's trip report

8:02 Mac n cheese update

12:15 TARC Winter Fells 8 mile, 32 mile, 40 mile results

22:05 First winter Presidential Traverse story

31:54 Cutting down a Christmas tree in the Whites42:15 Fantasy football blues

46:15 Stranger things update

55:35 Motivation minute and outro #TrailRunning #Mountains #WhiteMountainNationalForest

Run Mountain Peaks Podcast – Episode 13

Recapped my first hundred miler in 2023. Talked about the training leading up to it and stories from the race. Some thoughts about what to expect going into your first hundred miler and how good holding that buckle feels at the end. Did a trip report from Cannon Mountain (12/6). Previewed the Kraft vs. Annie's mac n' cheese taste test I will be conducting this week.00:00 Intro

2:00 Lead up to Jigger Johnson

15:00 Getting to the start line

55:00 Post race stuff

1:02:20 Mt. Cannon 12/6 trip report

1:06:00 Kraft vs. Annies preview

#TrailRunning #Mountains #WhiteMountainNationalForest

Run Mountain Peaks Podcast – Episode 12

00:00 Intro

2:40 Mt. Ascutney Backyard ultra reaction

34:00 JFK 50 miler results

38:35 Training talk

49:20 Thanksgiving food is average

53:15 Moosilauke trip report

55:50 Deer season struggles

#TrailRunning #Mountains #WhiteMountainNationalForest

Run Mountain Peaks Podcast – Episode 11

00:00 Intro

4:45 Winter footwear for trail running

25:00 Road and trail training shoes

29:15 Winter Strava segments

38:30 Winter FKTs

41:40 Surprise

43:00 Winter cross training

48:30 Motivation minute

53:00 Ku Fu Panda recap + tea talk

#TrailRunning #Mountains #WhiteMountainNationalForest

Run Mountain Peaks Podcast – Episode 10

00:00 Intro

5:00 Endurance training and training thru sickness

17:30 Avoiding sickness during race week

20:15 Risk in the mountains during cold season

25:40 Missing hiker/tent on Mt. Madison

29:30 Rehabbing knee injuries

36:00 Maximizing speed workouts

43:20 Ascutney Backyard last man standing race preview

51:15 Motivation minute

54:30 Victory vs the fruit flies 2025

#TrailRunning #Mountains #WhiteMountainNationalForest

Run Mountain Peaks Podcast – Episode 9

00:00 Intro

2:00 History of the Jigger Johnson races & Is this the hardest ultra in the US?

12:00 Why did they make the course easier?

17:20 Section by section course breakdown

44:00 Winning the inaugural JJ 50 miler

54:00 This race changed my life?

56:30 Every year race results

70:10 Outro

#TrailRunning #Mountains #WhiteMountainNationalForest