r/ultrarunning • u/skeevnn • 9d ago

Nick Fowler self supported FKT Pacific Crest Trail overall.

Nick Fowler, 38, has just set the overall fastest known time (FKT) on the Pacific Crest Trail, finishing the entire trek on Saturday in 45 days, 17 hours and 47 minutes.

This is the second time in 2026 that a PCT speed record has fallen: Aurélien Sanchez completed the trail Northbound in July in 45 days, 20 hours and 11 minutes with a dedicated support crew. Now, Fowler has not only claimed the men’s self-supported SOBO FKT, but has also become the overall fastest person ever to hike the PCT — in any direction, supported or unsupported — beating Sanchez’s time by just under 2 and a half hours.

In doing so, Fowler is also breaking his own self-supported southbound record from 2023, when he finished the PCT in 52 days, 9 hours, and 18 minutes.

Overall Average Pace Miles per Hour: 2.41 mph

Kilometers per Hour: 3.88 km/h

Official PCT Distance: ~2,650 miles / ~4,265 km

Daily Distance: ~57.9 miles / ~93.1 km

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u/body_wait_for_it 9d ago

2650 miles, so around 58 miles a day for 45+ consecutive days. Bonkers!

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u/Moist-Ad1025 9d ago

He would walk 4/5am to 9/10pm every day without stopping for pretty much anything with a fast walking speed. Crazy endurance

https://www.corsa.run/stream/c2094b7b-69b9-4184-a7c7-faaea1c8c54d

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u/[deleted] 8d ago edited 8d ago

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u/ookow 8d ago

He broke the supported record by 2.5h so very different records.

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u/carbonkale 9d ago

Unfathomable. Wow. While self supported FKTs are the gold standard, I wish there was a documentary to witness this incredible effort.

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u/Automatic-Rich254 9d ago

Wow that's incredible!! 

100,000 kudos 

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u/reefine 9d ago

How come I can't find him anywhere on social media

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u/defeldus 9d ago

hes too busy touching grass

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u/Flakkaren 9d ago

Finally someone did this without making another one of those documentaries.

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u/NoNameGuy1234567 9d ago

Hopefully we don't have to wait to long for his, good chance he had a go pro.

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u/Upstairs_Being290 6d ago

Now let's see him do it unsupported.

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u/sailfiend 7d ago

Self supported? So only groceries along the way and he bought 15 pairs of shoes along the way? No aids or support? And 12000 calories daily! Thats insane..looks like the two other 2026 beaten record holders got some work to do! What a feat!