BREAKING: Woman breaks Karl Meltzer's Appalachian FKT (unsupported!!)

SKINS fan wrote:

When is Ross Tucker going to be hired to investigate? He should be done with his SKINS report by now, and so would have more free time (though he might waste it on Twitter).

They will be conducting their investigation from now until the end of August. SKINS will publish their report and our response to it, including any action we take, by the end of September.

I follow Tucker on Twitter. He retweeted a question today to the SKINS guy about when the report will come out? So I think he's waiting on the SKINS guy to weigh in.

Funny! Aren't all walking records pedestrian by definition?

This isn't a running story. Let the hiker/AT message board handle this one.

Forget this chic. There has to be somebody from LRC who is sitting there thinking they have the time, the means, and the desire to go after this record. I'd like to see a fully documented attempt from a legit runner and see what happens. Who's out there?

That guy... wrote:

Forget this chic. There has to be somebody from LRC who is sitting there thinking they have the time, the means, and the desire to go after this record. I'd like to see a fully documented attempt from a legit runner and see what happens. Who's out there?

I can do it, but I'll need some donations

fred wrote:

She said that she had food drops along the way.

She had acid drops too apparently.

gopetego wrote:

This isn't a running story. Let the hiker/AT message board handle this one.

Yes, because all the threads on letsrun are about running.

[Letsrun needs to add blue font.]

ahem wrote:

Move Along Now wrote:

Hopefully the girl enjoyed her personal walk in the woods, because that's all it was.

ahem....... or ride in the car......

In Appalachian Trail parlance, this would be called "yellow blazing." As in, "Kaiha Bertollini is trying to yellow blaze her way to glory."

She really should have read the Rob Young thread before claiming with no evidence that she broke a record. Sure a few people on the trail may remember her but that means nothing.

With so many cheaters out there, without absolute proof any attempt like this should quickly be forgotten because they diminish those like Karl who did it right by providing full evidence that should leave nobody doubting his record.

That guy... wrote:

Forget this chic. There has to be somebody from LRC who is sitting there thinking they have the time, the means, and the desire to go after this record. I'd like to see a fully documented attempt from a legit runner and see what happens. Who's out there?

Meltzer is a legit runner. Getting some guy with a 13:30 5k, or whatever you have in mind, isn't going to result in a new record. Leg speed is not the primary limiting factor here.

All you DBs who go on about how slow the FKTs are should try putting in a single day at record pace on the trail. Just one single day. You probably think you'd get out there and run 7-minute miles, and if things got rough, you could always take it easy and just cruise at like 9-minute pace. You grossly overestimate your own abilites.

Unless you've been out there, few people have a clue how demanding the Appalachian Trail is mile for mile, especially in the north. And you might feel great the first few days. But day 10? Day 20? Day 45? Mounting injuries, physically and mentally demanding, but I think mostly mentally. Setting legitimetaly setting a record on that trail is a hell of a feat.

Wow, I wonder how this will affect Edward Cheserek's inevitable attempt. Can you imagine if they race each other? I'd like to see Ches posturing for position behind Beterollini for 42 days, only to try and sprint by her at the end. Does anyone know anything about her closing speed? God I love this sport!

I'm sure that she broke out a sub-6 mile after a 50 mile day when someone promised her a pack of smokes at the end.

Let all the squirrel nuts have at it.

April1, 2017.

Nice lunch at Montaluce Winery in Dahlonega, GA.

Drive them to the top of Springer, and let them go.

See who really has it.

For attention and money wrote:

agreed wrote:

Yeah but why would people get butthurt to the point of cruel and ugly over this I don't understand that. There is no money involved in this and its not exactly a world record on the track serious kind of thing.

No money? Her "charity" donations go to HER account

http://www.hikeforourlives.org/donate-directly

This is great. I had missed the RY thread having 100's of posts a day. Now we have this one - :)))))))

Idiot I was referring to prize money for winning races but congratulations you obviously got a much finer research project going than me with the ins and outs of this woman.

Point taken that ultra athletes may see this more seriously, but how does one even know for example if there weren't a little tag team going on with the GPS signal. By no means am I accusing just saying its there's so many things you can do out in the woods 50 miles from everything. This whole incident shows you why FKT's are FKT's and you can't get too serious about it one way or the other because a smart conniving person would be unprovable. That's why if you want to get serious and be properly indignant do some real monitored competition, preferably something that requires moving faster than 20 minute miles on average. Otherwise everyone has their two cents and move on believe what you want to believe.

There may not be prize money, but in Meltzer's interview he claims that this latest attempt cost around 100K, which I would consider to be "serious" money. I imagine that Red Bull and other sponsors picked up most of the tab. Personally, I don't see the point to these FKT attempts, but others must, otherwise brands wouldn't be willing to shell out big money to associate themselves with them.

agreed wrote:

For attention and money wrote:

No money? Her "charity" donations go to HER account

http://www.hikeforourlives.org/donate-directly

This is great. I had missed the RY thread having 100's of posts a day. Now we have this one - :)))))))

Idiot I was referring to prize money for winning races but congratulations you obviously got a much finer research project going than me with the ins and outs of this woman.

Gjdjsfkg wrote:

Unless you've been out there, few people have a clue how demanding the Appalachian Trail is mile for mile, especially in the north. And you might feel great the first few days. But day 10? Day 20? Day 45? Mounting injuries, physically and mentally demanding, but I think mostly mentally. Setting legitimetaly setting a record on that trail is a hell of a feat.

It is I have not subjected myself to this kind of torture but the fact is even this current record is beatable by a hiker given the pace and lot less pounding on the joints. Which is probably why its incredible these elite ultra runners are barely beating the record of a hiker. You just need someone who can go without sleep to bring the record down even more.

Gjdjsfkg wrote:

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Unless you've been out there, few people have a clue how demanding the Appalachian Trail is mile for mile, especially in the north. And you might feel great the first few days. But day 10? Day 20? Day 45? Mounting injuries, physically and mentally demanding, but I think mostly mentally. Setting legitimetaly setting a record on that trail is a hell of a feat.

Yep. The 'easier' sections I've been on were extremely hilly with a rocky trail. Running 15 hrs a day would be suicide by broken ankle or ruined feet. A mile at brisk walking pace even without carrying gear is surely nearly as or more taxing calorie wise as a mile run on a flat road. The terrain in NH is ridiculous. Her physique alone is a bigger flag than Robert Young's was. She'd be an absolute rail going 50+ mpd on the AT.