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
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
Run Mountain Peaks Podcast – Episode 8
00:00 Intro
1:45 Big Pharma got me/30x your money
6:30 Hamsterwheel 100 Recap
23:15 How to be a good pacer
44:00 Javelina 100 obliteration
46:30 20 hikers rescued off Mt. Washington
55:40 Blackout 10k/5k results
60:15 Outro
#TrailRunning #Mountains #WhiteMountainNationalForest
Run Mountain Peaks Podcast – Episode 7
00:00 Intro
3:15 Bear Talk
24:45 My First Ultramarathon
39:20 Hypothetical Moose Scenario
45:15 Zone 1 & Zone 2 Training
57:30 Big's Backyard Ultra World Record
60:30 My Week of Training
66:00 Deer Season Update
71:55 Outro
#TrailRunning #Mountains #WhiteMountainNationalForest
Run Mountain Peaks Podcast – Episode 6
00:00 Intro
3:45 Insta & AI is nuts
6:15 Midstate massive the first ultramarathon I signed up for and how I met other ultrarunners
15:45 Ankle rolls and how to train around them
31:00 Strava vs. Garmin
36:00 Courtney Dauwalter marathon debut & motivation
44:45 Bigs Backyard Ultra
48:30 Van life & biking with a group
53:15 Deer season update
57:30 Outro
#TrailRunning #Mountains #WhiteMountainNationalForest
Run Mountain Peaks Podcast – Episode 5
00:00 Intro & I was Robbed
2:30 Pemi Loop FKT and FKT attempts
29:30 Starting Run Mountain Peaks
38:30 Deer hunting
51:00 Bubbas Results
55:50 Quick Tecumseh story
#TrailRunning #Mountains #WhiteMountainNationalForest
Run Mountain Peaks Podcast – Episode 4
00:00 Intro
01:15 Lodge2dodge FKT Recap
1:07:02 White Mountain Throwdown Results
1:14:30 Bubbas and Last Man Standing Races
1:20:30 World Mountain Champs
#TrailRunning #Mountains #WhiteMountainNationalForest
Run Mountain Peaks Podcast – Episode 3
00:00 Intro
02:00 Trail World Champs
16:00 Motivation minute
22:00 Run the White Boott Spur Throwdown Update
28:00 Quick Bubbas preview
32:00 Why I don't regularly use Strava + week of my training
39:00 How hard to do speed workouts
42:15 Tripyramids via North Slide
48:30 Outro
#TrailRunning #Mountains #WhiteMountainNationalForest
Run Mountain Peaks Podcast – Episode 2
In this episode, I dive into some big mountain running topics and recent adventures. I talk about the recent Kilkenny Ridge Race and what makes it such a unique race, then shift over to UTMB — one of the biggest trail races in the world. From there, I share a story about running up Mount Moosilauke from Beaver Brook, snagging the Strava crown on the climb, and bumping into a hiker with headphones along the way.
It’s a mix of racing, training, and White Mountains talk.
Epsiode 1 - Run Mountain Peaks Podcast
Topics:
-My background
-Northeast Trail Running
-Running Motivation
-White Mountains 100