“I keep thinking I’m in really good shape, even though I know I’m actually destroyed.”, “It was crazy to think I was going up against Meltzer and Jurek. It’s better. “A GPS isn’t really your first thought. Stringbean carried a SPOT tracker and typically sent several track points per day, though there were some "holes" in the track of up to 30 hours or so. Those big gaps don’t exist in McConaughy’s data. His knees are puffy, swollen masses, walking is “a chore” and his appetite is unrelenting. … (laughs) I wouldn’t have told you that all the time on the trail, but you know you can see some incredible things and meet really interesting people. It was McConaughy’s second attempt to set a FKT on the Long Trail, following a failed bid in 2015 and successful FKTs on the Appalachian and Pacific Crest Trails. Joe McConaughy is the kind of person to whom things come easily. Weird, but whatever. That said, you have to have a certain physical and mental shape going in. McConaughy did that on June 21 with a post on the Trail Animals Running Club’s Facebook page. He knew he could do 50 miles a day, the approximate pace required to beat the supported record on the Appalachian Trail, set two years ago by Scott Jurek and then bested by Karl Meltzer last September. McConaughy first made a real name for himself as a distance runner while enrolled as a student at Boston College. He talked about the experience for Competitor.com soon after finishing the trek. McConaughy was also a collegiate runner, competing in track and field and cross country for Boston College, and he has now earned a reputation for superhuman endurance. Gift a PodiumRunner membership and save 20% → Joe “Stringbean” McConaughy just set a new unsupported FKT on the Long Trail with an overall time of 4 days, 23 hours, 56 minutes—besting the previous unsupported record by nearly a day. SHARE: Facebook Twitter: The Appalachian Trail, or the AT, is one of the most trekked paths in North America. I talked with my girlfriend about maybe hiking that one day. By the third day of symptoms, when his urine turned blood red, McConaughy knew he was potentially in big trouble. Still, McConaughy hadn’t even seen most of the trail before he began. An FKT attempt of the Pacific Crest Trail, even though he’d never run more than 20 miles in a day. By Marion Fernandez Publish Date: Nov 14, 2017 . Joe ‘Stringbean’ McConaughy did it in a staggering 45 days, 12 hours, and 15 minutes. Watch: STRINGBEAN – Joe McConaughy’s Appalachian Trail FKT Documentary Watch Joe McConaughy's recently released 14-minute documentary depicting the challenge and beauty of his self-supported FKT record on the Appalachian Trail in 2017. In 2014, after setting out on the Pacific Crest Trail for the first time, he broke the supported speed record. The self-supported AT FKT was last set by Heather “Anish” Anderson in 2015, with a time of 54 days. The first day went off smoothly. Create a personalized feed and bookmark your favorites. Joe ‘Stringbean’ McConaughy, a well-known speed hiker, set a new record on the Appalachian Trail today. We hope you’ll support us. I had really good energy and made it all the way through. But it’s the reality of what you have to do.”. That’s a big part of what makes this dual record so significant, says Peter Bakwin, of Fastestknowntime.proboards.com, the clearinghouse for FKT attempts. For 45 days I was trying to cover as much ground as I could in any situation on every day. And then it was all up to him. Everything hinged around my re-supply boxes, so I packaged around 7,500 to 8,000 per day. To bag the record he had to run nearly nonstop over the final 36 hours to cover the 110 miles to the finish while dealing with a hamstring injury, swollen legs and a bad ankle. McConaughy’s pack weighed 27 pounds when he started at 6:30 a.m on June 10. In recent years, Outside Online has reported on groundbreaking research linking time in nature to improved mental and physical health, and we’ve kept you informed about the unprecedented threats to America’s public lands. But it’s the reality of what you have to do.”. I had maybe 600 calories and I needed to go about 12 more miles until I’d get to a place where I could get some food. Three months later, he was doing more physical therapy than trail running. Wasn’t the pizza the same thing? So every day you’re pushing to cover as much distance as you can, so I tried to run as much of it as I could. It was 37 hours to get to the top and I didn’t take any (long) breaks. That’d be the signal for him to start hitting a button that allows for manual location stamps and to take photos and videos, which he then posted on Instagram. I would love to go over it, but I don’t have any plans to do it for speed (laughs). I did bonk toward the middle of the day with like 28 miles left. “They elevated the runner’s legs and did all the things doctors know to do,” says McConaughy. Get 25% off membership →, the then fastest-known completion of the AT by Karl Meltzer in 2016, Harvey Lewis On Track to Set a New FKT on the Appalachian Trail, Kilian Jornet Sets a New FKT on the Bob Graham Round. I find a lot of peace in being able to say I did everything I could on that day and being proud of that. Then we’ll see what the next year has for me.”. Subscribe to our What You Missed newsletter for the top headlines from the outdoor world, in your inbox six days a week. (Murphy and Dillon documented that in their film, Why Not.). Find more newsletters on our. I thought I could do 43 days. McConaughy says he’s definitely looking over his shoulder right now. “Joe isn’t really a traditional thru-hiker, but he saw the value and the aesthetic of the thru-hiker style. explore_mag_de . But there’s this imaginary threshold. Joe "Stringbean" McConaughy brought the AT record to a new level. You see a lot of small-town America you wouldn’t see otherwise. Le sentier de l'Appalachian Trail s'étend sur plus de 3500 km. “I got chubby. “I didn’t enjoy it anymore,” says McConaughy. I honestly thought I was going to get pretty close to that until I hit the White Mountains. My favorite food I had was some peach bread I got from this small sort of boutique farm. His parents flew out to wish him well as he started his attempt at Georgia’s Springer Mountain. No one has contested McConaughy’s time claim, and other than those salt tablets and pizzas, no one has taken issue with how McConaughy ran his race. Katahdin in 45 days, 12 hours and 15 minutes. But we now see that his body paid a price. You read about them in books, which is enough to tell that they are some of the best, to say the least. By the time the runner was back on his feet, McConaughy was ready to call it a day. Still, he couldn’t help but think about that FKT. Less than a week into his attempt, he developed rhabdomyolysis, a potentially life-threatening condition in which dead muscle fibers are released into the bloodstream, compromising kidney function and sometimes leading to cardiac arrest or organ failure. Curated running advice, news and perspectives for people who love to lace up. Averaging an amazing 48 miles a day, Joe McConaughy crushed the previous unsupported speed record for hiking the Appalachian Trail. The current record is 41 days, 7 hours, and 39 minutes, set by Belgian Karel Sabbe in 2018. And he’s hopeful that he’ll be back to ultrarunning a lot faster than he was after the PCT. McConaughy, an ultrarunner who carried a pack of less than 25 pounds, averaged more than 48 miles per day. I still have numbness on the bottoms of my feet. The pizza delivery, he says, is no different than a hostel or general store along the trail. He asked friends and family to keep track of it as well, and they’d text him whenever a couple of hours had gone by without an automatic update. Joe McConaughy has a serious case of cankles. Another ultra-speedy hiker, Joey Campanelli, is still making his own bid for an Appalachian Trail FKT. About an hour later, he overtook one of the runners, who he says had collapsed of heat exhaustion on the trail. The Boston College graduate is currently seeking medical treatment from a Boston-area sports medicine physician for a range of injuries – blisters and sores all over his body, possible tears in both hamstrings, an infected foot, and an injured knee. “You’re already concentrating on accomplishing the most challenging thing you’ve ever done. It was not only the fastest self-supported trek, but it also beat the then fastest-known completion of the AT by Karl Meltzer in 2016 by 10 hours. When it came time to pick a thru hiker trail name, it was an easy choice. Because it’s such a big endeavor people assume you must do some kind of superhuman training to prepare, but honestly, once you get out there for a week or so you get your trail legs under you and it becomes a lot more routine. I’ll do it the way normal people do it. McConaughy initially hoped that he was just dehydrated, so he slowed his pace and upped his water consumption for a couple days. McConaughy tended to him as best as he could, dousing the runner in water and trying to force him to eat. Then there was the psychological toll. Most hikers take 6 months or more to finish the trek. Those are on my radar. Interview originally published September 2017. On August 31, 2017, Joe "Stringbean" McConaughy completed his northbound thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. I was dealing with the hamstring and my feet started to hurt a bunch and they started to swell. Later it was more like 9 or 10,000 calories, which I’d get through towns or trail magic, just stuffing my face. But I bounced back. (Both the fundraising and the FKT were the subject of Run for Colin, a documentary produced and directed by Jack Murphy and Michael Dillon.). I knew I was going to have essentially two days to run 90 miles, and then I had a bad day and I was like, “I’m going to have two days to run 100 miles.” Then it creeped up to 110 miles (laughs) … I was pushing way harder than I was used to because the trail allowed it and my body, for whatever reason, was agreeing. Everything you do, you feel you’re being timed. I had a really nasty hamstring tendon, tendinitis, and that’s gone away. I was pretty tired. Contrast that with Joe, who carried a 25-pound pack and set up his own camp and slept on the ground every night.”. Join Active Pass from PodiumRunner to access exclusive content, free books, 1,000s of training plans & more. Any food was good food. That was the only time I almost fell asleep (laughs). Still, McConaughy, age 26, couldn’t help but brainstorm about his next feats—maybe he’d try to set a 100-mile track record, just to see what would happen. Bakwin agrees. McConaughy just launched an eight-week online expedition-planning course with backpacking legend Andrew Skurka. If you ask if you had fun, it may not necessarily be fun when my knee’s swelling and hurt, but when I think about it, it is something I’m proud of and enjoyed. Friends and family had offered to meet him along the trail just to say hello, but McConaughy didn’t want to risk any claims that they were helping him. That was my low point. Stung by wasps, among 70 mile-an-hour winds, Joe McConaughy reached the northern terminus just before dark on August 31. He did training runs with friends on sections of the AT and completed two ultramarathons in back-to-back weekends. I saved it for that night and just devoured it. Looking for something else? That’s one reason he also made the decision to grant Bakwin full access to his Spot, a satellite tracking device, which he figured would make validating his claim easier. Help fund our award-winning journalism with a contribution today. In the end, McConaughy bested Meltzer’s time by more than 12 hours—completing the route in 45 days, 12 hours, and 15 minutes—even after losing nearly two days in the White Mountains to injuries and complications surrounding that infected foot. I love trail running. McConaughy, whose trail name is Stringbean (@thestring.bean on Instagram) lives in Boston and works in sales for the travel company EF College Break. I am an ultramarathon, marathon, and fastpacking coach currently living in Seattle with my wife Katie and our new pup, Crash Bandipooch. My name is Joe McConaughy, aka Stringbean. I ate right and hydrated right toward the end. February 25, 2019 Doug Williams (McConaughy created a short documentary on his training, including two ultra runs). The goal is to help all hikers extend distances by developing a system and strategy to prepare for their first (or 10th) overnight trip. Ones that have intrigued me are the Long Trail in Vermont, the Wonderland Trail (in Washington), the John Muir Trail in California, the Colorado Trail. Breaking the speed record: How Joe McConaughy mastered the Appalachian Trail. Our mission to inspire readers to get outside has never been more critical. “It was kind of frustrating,” says McConaughy. On Aug. 31 McConaughy reached the end of the 2,189-mile route atop Maine’s Mt. Or see if he could get a late entry into a 50-mile trail race near his house. Joe “Stringbean” McConaughy has plenty to share. “Healing is my current number-one priority. Thank you. He was, by his own admission, kind of a wreck: blisters and sores just about everywhere, strains and possible tears in both hamstrings, an infected foot, and an injury behind one knee that he thought was probably serious. I tried to run all the flats and all the downhills but some miles uphill, too. It’s been a week since 26-year old Joe McConaughy broke the Appalachian Trail record. Andrew Thompson, who set a supported record on the AT in 2005, says absolutely not. Joe McConaughy | Appalachian Trail FKT and Ultrarunning eric schranz September 14, 2017 Podcasts Earlier this month, Joe McConaughy stepped off the trail in Maine after demolishing the Fastest Known Time (FKT) for the 2,200-ish mile Appalachian Trail. McConaughy dedicated the run to his cousin, who died of cancer at age two, and raised $30,000 for cancer research along the way. Meanwhile, McConaughy is still thinking about other record attempts in his future. These guys have all the pedigrees and all the support,” says McConaughy. Give the gift of PodiumRunner. “Still, at the end of the day, I thought I had a shot if I could figure out a resupply plan.”, It took McConaughy and his girlfriend, fellow ultrarunner Katie Kiracofe, four months and a lot of Excel spreadsheets to dial in the logistics. “I really love it where these real traditional thru-hiker types lay it down and go after the supported record,” he says. The gray area of it all, he says, can easily become paralyzing—not to mention an exercise in futility. I tried to run everything (in the weeks before) with my backpack, with between 5 and 12 pounds, sometimes more, and doing 100-mile weeks. Share. He says the shelter is known among thru-hikers for its pizza delivery, and ordering it is part of the experience—that stopping for dinner there is no different than stopping to eat at some of the restaurants located directly on the trail in places like Shenandoah. He holds the speed-record (FKT) for both the Pacific Crest Trail and Appalachian Trail. I definitely need a full month of recovery before I start thinking about that. I also spent two weeks in Canada where I was hiking and running the majority of the day, just to get my body used to that sort of grind. By the third day of symptoms, when his urine turned blood-red, McConaughy knew he was potentially in big trouble. Nach dem finalen Sprint in 37 schlaflosen Stunden auf den Mount Katahdin hält Joe McConaughy den neuen Rekord für die schnellste jemals … I wanted do the Appalachian Trail because it’s the sister trail of the PCT and I wanted to do it self-supported because the trail lends itself more to being self-supported (with more places along the route to buy food or ship it in advance). The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) considers every hiker that completes the Trail a "2,000-miler," whether they take the average 6 months to thru-hike or a lifetime of section hikes. I’m eating more than I should. But this time, not even the extra weight could hold him back, and he smashed the previous record by more than a day, finishing the trail in 4 days, 23 hours, and 54 minutes. McConaughy beat the supported FKT on the Pacific Crest Trail that year—it took him 53 days, 6 hours, and 37 minutes—but the attempt took its toll. On Thursday, McConaughy beat the speed record for the Appalachian Trail by 10:41, finishing in 45 days 12 hours 15 minutes. Heather Anderson du nord au sud, le 24 septembre 2015, en 54 jours, 7 heures et 48 minutes [34]. That’s an average of about 48 miles per day on the rugged AT, people! This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, Thanks for signing up! Lead Photo: Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe/Getty, our entire suite of free newsletters here. “I consider it part of the AT, just like any other trail amenity.”. But I pushed through and I got there. 7th September 2017. Katahdin in Maine, which marks the end of the Appalachian Trail. Joe McConaughy’s Appalachian Trail Self-Supported FKT Interview. It will be around another few months or so. Record lié à l'âge. Making a financial contribution to Outside Online only takes a few minutes and will ensure we can continue supplying the trailblazing, informative journalism that readers like you depend on. I loved it … Now that I finished, I loved it. Subscribe to our newsletters to stay up-to-date on the latest outdoor news. Joe McConaughy, du sud vers le nord, le 31 août 2017 en 45 jours, 12 heures et 15 minutes [33]. But what’s actually first on my list, I always do a few indoor track races. And the little ones are closed by the photos he posted on social media. When I did actually run, it felt miserable.”. The longer I take to set up my tent the longer this day is going to take. Time outside is essential—and we can help you make the most of it. Photo Marie-Soleil Desautels, La Presse. You don’t really factor that into your calculations before getting started,” he says. Joe McConaughy is a professional runner from Seattle, Washington. In the first two weeks or so that was fine. My nickname came during my speed record attempt on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2014. He then set a record in 2014 for the fastest-known supported time on the Pacific Crest Trail, covering 2,663 miles in 53 days, 6 hours and 37 minutes. Exactly a week after smashing the self-supported fastest known time record on the Appalachian Trail, Joe “Stringbean” McConaughy was fidgeting in the waiting room of a Boston-area sports medicine physician. It takes most people six months or more to complete the approximately 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail (AT). Bakwin says McConaughy did a heroic job at validating his attempt—and set the bar steep for all those who will try to best him in the future. 3500 Kilometer in 45 Tagen: Ultrarunner knackt Speed-Rekord auf dem Appalachian Trail Joe McConaughy vollendet den Trail ohne Fremdhilfe mit 77 täglich zurückgelegten Kilometern. “C’mon, I had to have one visually disturbing post,” McConaughy wrote on … Overall, he … And Bakwin notes that hikers regularly order supplies from Amazon and have them delivered on the trail, even when they are attempting an FKT. As audacious as that seemed, McConaughy figured it was worth a shot. I ate so much, especially near the end. Others raised objections when he posted an Instagram photo of himself with pizza that he’d ordered outside Sugar Grove, Virginia. If you go too fast for a period of time your chances of injury are increased, so there were times I’d hold myself back. People say I don’t look as gaunt anymore, which is a compliment I think. The last day, a couple of times I blinked and my eyes just wanted to stay closed. In 2017 he set a record for the Appalachian Trail. NEXT > Nov 14, 2017 Marion Fernandez . He averaged about 50 miles a day and completed the journey in an unsupported fashion. Unlike the prior record holder, Karl Meltzer, he … It’s nice to see that.”. However, Joe earned his 2,000-miler status with an impressive 45-day, 12-hour, and 15-minute hike. It’s lonely in the wilderness. “Guys like Jurek and Meltzer run with a fanny pack or a hydration vest. Brookline resident Joe McConaughy joined Jim Braude to discuss his record-breaking hike of the Appalachian Trail. Along with its famous counterpart the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) on the other side of the continent, the AT is one of the two most challenging trails you can find. McConaughy, 26, grew up in Seattle and went on to run track and cross country at Boston College. Pacific Crest Trail ‘14 & Appalachian Trail ‘17 FKT⚡️Coach & Blog: thestringbean.co ⚡️Insta: @thestring.bean⚡️Running for Columbia, Trail … Controversy over recent self-supported attempts, he says, made him extra wary about the need to prove he’d received no assistance. “From the start, I was always injured, always knocked around from the trail. Our rigorous coverage helps spark important debates about wellness and travel and adventure, and it provides readers an accessible gateway to new outdoor passions. Joe McConaughy declared his intentions for pursuing the Appalachian Trail speed record on June 21, 2017, in a Facebook post. The longer I take my rest break the less time I’ll have to run. Eventually, two ultrarunners passed by, took one look at him, and offered him their salt tablets, which he readily accepted. To that end, he points out that Binde’s use of other hikers for resupplying wasn’t ultimately what did in his claim: It was his inability to resolve inconsistencies between his trail log and his Spot tracker, along with big gaps in his GPS data. Still, there have been some detractors who point out that McConaughy accepted those salt tablets from the ultrarunners. To inspire active participation in the world outside through award-winning coverage of the sports, people, places, adventure, discoveries, health and fitness, gear and apparel, trends and events that make up an active lifestyle. He figures he sustained a noteworthy injury pretty much every day. He peeled off the trail and spent the evening having dinner in Hot Springs, North Carolina, where he could lick his wounds and regroup. I’ve been blessed to have some […] The Partnership Shelter there is legendary for its pizza delivery, which regularly caters to thru-hikers, but detractors argued McConaughy was receiving assistance by availing himself of the delivery service. If verified (which is looking likely), this record will smash both the self-supported and supported fastest known time (FKT) on the AT. If you’re suffering from the side-effect that is cabin fever, trail inspiration can help. Joe ‘Stringbean’ McConaughy is already well-known in the thru-hiker world, having already beaten the Pacific Crest Trail record, finishing the 2,660-mile journey in just 53 days, 6 hours and 37 minutes. A couple falls caused swollen knees, cuts and bruises, and rugged terrain slashed his … All of a sudden I was like, “Whoa, do not fall asleep.”. I think the longest break I took was when I sat on a log for maybe 15 minutes and rested my head in my hands. I got injured, too, that hurt, but I didn’t realize how much the White Mountains would slow me down and how much I would get injured doing them. He then tried walking and, eventually, jogging slowly on the trail. Plus, resupplying on the AT is much easier than it is on the PCT. Definitely there are some shorter trails (records) I’d like to go after. I’ve eaten a lot and sat around a lot. von Steffen Schröer. McConaughy beat the supported FKT on the Pacific Crest Trail that year—it took him 53 days, 6 hours, and 37 minutes—but the attempt took its toll. “I keep thinking I’m in really good shape, even though I know I’m actually destroyed,” he laughed. In time, he was joined by two ER doctors who were also hiking the trail. His graduation present to himself? You’re constantly pushing yourself physically and pushing yourself to do something impossible for that day. Maybe, then, he could break their records with a self-supported attempt. They pointed to Dan “Knotts” Binde, who claimed to have set an FKT on the AT earlier in the season and was criticized for sending his credit card off with other hikers to get him supplies. Rhabdo, as it’s often called, is fairly common in the ultrarunning world and often first manifests as unusually dark urine. He hiked GA to ME in a remarkable 45d12h15m, July 17 - August 31, 2017, averaging 48 miles per day and beating Karl Meltzer's fully supported time by over 10 hours! Joe ‘Stringbean’ McConaughy Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, my mom would joke that my body type resembled that of a stringbean. Il faut marcher sans relâche pour atteindre son but en quelques mois. He stopped at a stream and tried to chug water, but that was difficult with a persnickety filter. It appealed to me in the sense I really do want to be adventurous and challenge myself. Get 25% off membership →, Gift a PodiumRunner membership and save 20% →, Give the gift of PodiumRunner. 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