HardTracks is in Beta. We are taking on a small number of races this year to test it and make sure it runs well for every runner.

HARDTRACKS BETA
FKT attempts

EXAMPLE Every FKT is a story worth telling. What your attempt page looks like. The athlete, Wren Calloway, her crew and her day are made up. The route and every record on it are real.

Fictional example portrait of Ash M., made up for this demo

CREW LEAD · EXAMPLE

Ash M.

Wren's best friend since the back of the high school cross country pack. Runs the clock, the cooler and every check in at Newfound Gap and Kuwohi.

The attempt: Wren Calloway

Where they are

Mile 37.8 of 70 at the last check in, Sat 1:44 PM.

Follow live

EXAMPLE A made up scene for this demo, not a real photo.

Fictional example scene with Ash M., made up for this demo

Post this story

Paste the caption into Instagram or Facebook with a photo from the trail, or put the link in a story sticker as "Follow Ash live".

Storyboard

Ash's day, frame by frame: 4 frames so far. Every frame comes from a check in, a photo or a note posted on the day. On this Example the people, the photos and the words are made up.

  1. hr 0:00 Sat 5:30 AM Crew, Ash M.

    Off from Davenport Gap

    Ash logged the start from the trailhead and pulled out for Newfound Gap before the fog lifted.

    Off from Davenport Gap in the fog.

  2. Fictional example scene for this demo: Before first light EXAMPLE

    02 hr 0:18 Sat 5:48 AM Crew, Ash M.

    Before first light

    The back seat, laid out by the hour. One bag per stop, the hour on each in marker.

    Car packed like an aid station and ready before first light. Long day ahead.

  3. hr 6:13 Sat 11:44 AM 30.4 mi Crew, Ash M.

    Newfound Gap, ten minutes

    Shoes, socks, food, headlamp, out. One rule here: nobody says the word record.

    Shoes and socks, big refuel, headlamp checked.

  4. hr 8:13 Sat 1:44 PM 37.8 mi Crew, Ash M.

    Kuwohi, the last stop

    Full resupply and the night gear. Then the long drive round to Fontana Dam, to stand next to Dale on the walkway and watch the dark ridge for a headlamp.

    Full resupply and night gear. Last crew for 32 miles.

The story

Ash met Wren on the first day of high school cross country, when they were both last up the hill and decided together to stop pretending otherwise. Ash quit running after graduation and became an emergency room nurse. Wren kept going. They never lost each other.

When Dale got sick, Ash was the one who sat at the kitchen table and explained the words the doctors used, slowly, twice, until June stopped crying. When Wren said she wanted to run the whole Smokies in a day, Ash did not ask why. Ash asked where the crew could park.

On the day, Ash is the crew lead. That means the plan, the cooler and the phone. Every arrival and every departure goes into HardTracks from the parking lot, so the arrival times at the next stops update for the crew and for everyone following at home. Ash has one rule at Newfound Gap: nobody says the word record. Shoes, socks, food, headlamp, out.

After Kuwohi there is no crew for thirty two miles. Ash will drive the long way round to Fontana Dam and stand next to Dale on the walkway, watching the dark ridge for a headlamp.

From the trail

Sat 1:44 PM

Full resupply and night gear. Last crew for 32 miles.

Sat 11:44 AM

Shoes and socks, big refuel, headlamp checked.

Sat 5:48 AM

Car packed like an aid station and ready before first light. Long day ahead.

From the trail

Sat 5:30 AM

Off from Davenport Gap in the fog.

The attempt timeline

Every stop, and where the lead changed hands.

  1. Davenport Gap 0 mi
    Off Sat 5:30 AM
  2. Newfound Gap 30.4 mi
    In Sat 11:44 AM Out Sat 11:54 AM Plan Sat 11:37 AM
  3. Indian Gap 31.5 mi
    In Sat 12:11 PM Out Sat 12:12 PM Plan Sat 11:56 AM
  4. Collins Gap pullout 36 mi
    In Sat 1:10 PM Out Sat 1:12 PM Plan Sat 12:58 PM
  5. Kuwohi (Clingmans Dome) 37.8 mi
    In Sat 1:44 PM Plan Sat 1:30 PM
  6. Fontana Dam 70 mi
    Due about Sat 8:25 PM Plan Sat 8:00 PM