Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and in this

episode, we are trying something new again. If you are a longtime listener of the show, you know the

Appalachian Trail, also pronounced Appalachian Trail, I know, has a special place in my heart,

maybe the most special place in my heart, in the context of the ultra trail scene.

And I always thought it would be really cool at some point in time to create a sort of evergreen anthology of how to approach an FKT in the current era in this particular arena.

So I think what we're going to try to do over the next few months is recruit people like Jennifer Davis and Heather Anderson and Carl Meltzer, Joey Camps, Joe McConaughey, list goes on, many others to come on the show and talk about what the state of the art looks like from a training standpoint, pacing, mentality, logistics, financials, and more so that if any of you

out there ever want to try this one day or you're just excited to follow along, you can then

reference these episodes to get the inside look at what's required. Our first episode starts with

Christian Morgan, who has the southbound FKT and second fastest time ever on the trail.

He has dedicated a significant portion of his adult life to understanding the ins and outs of it.

And he's just a really interesting guy.

Before we get started, though, this episode is brought to you by NAC.

NAC spelled NAAK is the presenting nutrition sponsor for this show.

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Lately, I have been stepping outside my comfort zone, training for a road marathon at the beginning of

December and I've been adding their watermelon drink mix to my bottles. It's also again coming up

on a wintertime here in Salt Lake City and whether it's legit or not I have really enjoyed

mixing a hot cup of their salted soup drink mix in the evenings. But anyways, go check out NAC.

It's performance nutrition geared specifically to the ultra-running space.

I think you'll like it when you try it.

And with that, let's get on to the conversation with Christian Morgan.

Christian Morgan, it's a pleasure to have you on the single track podcast.

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