{"id":3670,"date":"2017-12-13T04:28:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T12:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/?p=3670"},"modified":"2022-09-30T16:14:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T23:14:04","slug":"news-2nd-165mi-ozark-highlands-trail-unsupported-fkt-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/news-2nd-165mi-ozark-highlands-trail-unsupported-fkt-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: 2nd 165mi Ozark Highlands Trail Unsupported FKT Attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\r\n Update: I finished in 70:01:16 (2 days 22h 1min). See report here<\/a>.\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\n

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017, I will make a 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0unsupported fastest known time<\/a> (FKT)\u00a0attempt of the 165 mile\u00a0Ozark Highlands Trail<\/a> (OHT) in northwest Arkansas. The 1st<\/sup> attempt on Feb 1, 2017, was not exactly a success. You can check out the depressive\u00a0movie clip report here<\/a>\u00a0if you don’t know what to do with your next 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

The 2nd<\/sup> attempt will mainly serve as the peak training effort and gear kit test for Britain’s most brutal\u00a0267 mile\u00a0winter Spine race<\/a>. As the saying goes, the attempt will either break me or make me stronger. No matter what, it will be another experiment, another test, another bad idea, another lesson, another painful experience.<\/p>\n

Below is a short clip about the Ozark and Spine training of the last couple of weeks. It had taken me a long time to recover from the UTMB\/Tor double.<\/a>\u00a0I guess I’m getting old. An extremely painful shingles outbreak, perhaps because of my weakened immune system, set me back in addition. But I was finally able to fully reboot my training and go through several solid cycles. More gear was purchased, shoes were tested<\/a>, navigation skills were honed, muscles were built, pain was had, beer was consumed, and the willpower was nurtured.<\/p>\n