Appalachian Trail Record Untold Stories (and a Costco Pizza)

<p>What does an Appalachian Trail record attempt look like from the perspective of the person watching from home?</p><p><br></p><p>Check out the substack on eating an entire Costco Pizza: https://freeoutside.substack.com/p/what-a-costco-pizza-taught-me-about?</p><p><br></p><p>Allison Powell shares the untold story behind Jeff Garmire’s 45-day self-supported Appalachian Trail FKT, including planning resupply stops, managing logistics, decoding sleep-deprived messages, two left shoes, a discarded food box, lost battery banks, panic attacks, and the secret proposal waiting at Springer Mountain.</p><p><br></p><p>Jeff and Allison also discuss producing Rewritten, their new Appalachian Trail documentary premiering free on YouTube August 28, and why this record deserves more attention. Meanwhile, Jeff attempts a different kind of endurance challenge by eating an entire Costco pizza during the episode.</p><p><br></p><p>A funny and honest conversation about thru-hiking, ultrarunning, relationships, resilience, Fastest Known Times, and everything that happens behind the scenes of a 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail record.</p><p><br></p><p>Support our Sponsors: </p><p>Janji (code: Freeoutside): https://snp.link/a0bfb726</p><p>CS Coffee: CSinstant.coffee</p><p>Garage Grown Gear: https://snp.link/db1ba8ab</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to Substack: http://freeoutside.substack.com</p><p><br></p><p>Support this content on patreon: HTTP://patreon.com/freeoutside</p><p><br></p><p>Buy my book &quot;Free Outside&quot; on Amazon: https://amzn.to/39LpoSF</p><p><br></p><p>Email me to buy a signed copy of my book, &quot;Free Outside&quot; at jeff@freeoutside.com</p><p><br></p><p>Watch the movie about setting the record on the Colorado Trail: https://tubitv.com/movies/100019916/free-outside</p><p><br></p><p>Website: www.Freeoutside.com</p><p>Instagram: thefreeoutside</p><p>facebook: www.facebook.com/freeoutside</p><p><br></p><p>#Trailrunning #Runningnews #Outdoors #Outdooradventure</p>