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Aug 2017

Wonderland FKT

What do we do between running adventures? More running adventures!

On August 14, 2017, Allison Macsas (our co-founder) and Mallory Brooks set out running on the 93 mile Wonderland Trail that circumnavigates Mt. Rainier. 29 hours, 12 minutes, 25 seconds, 22,000 ft. of climbing and 22,000 ft. of descending later they finished exactly where they’d started, setting a new women’s unsupported FKT.

Check out the video that we put together for an inside look!

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