Welcome back or welcome to the Single Track Podcast.

I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and in this episode, I'm joined by David Hedges and Jack Kenzel.

You may have already seen it in the news, but David recently set a new supported and overall FKT on the Nolan's 14 route in Colorado,

finishing in a time of 39 hours, 6 minutes, and 40 seconds. Jack joins the conversation as a member

of his crew and pacing team and together we break down the effort, his strategy, his philosophy

around choosing personal projects versus formal racing goals, and the impact of this effort

in the broader trail running community. One thing to note, there are moments of profanity in this episode, so please keep that in mind

if you are someone that finds that to be off-putting or aren't in the best environment to listen

to such banter.

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let's get to the conversation with David and Jack. We're back with a special episode of the single track podcast. I'm joined by

frequent collaborator Jack Kenzel to help co-host this interview and also joined by the man,

the myth, the legend. We've had him on the podcast once before. David Hedges. David just set an

FKT on the vaunted Nolan's 14 route, and that's what we're

going to debrief today. I think before I get into some of these questions and some of Jack's

questions, it's good to check in with everybody. David, starting with you. How's it going? How

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