6 Days, 15 Hours: New CO Trail Run Record

July 3rd, 2024 • BY

Kyle Curtain of Durango, CO, set a new supported FKT on the Colorado Trail late Sunday night. He is the first person to run the route in under a week, with an unofficial time of 6 days 15 hours and 8 minutes
Kyle Curtain set a new supported FKT on the Colorado Trail.

Kyle Curtain of Durango, CO, set a new supported FKT on the Colorado Trail late Sunday night. He is the first person to run the route in under a week, with an unofficial time of 6 days 15 hours and 8 minutes. The time will be official once fastestknowntime.com verifies the data. View Kyle’s journey on Strava here.

Curtain raised money along the way for Big City Mountaineers, a non-profit focused on introducing kids to the outdoors through hiking and backpacking. He raised about $7,000. 

A Tailwind Nutrition-sponsored athlete, Curtain consumed the majority of his calories and electrolytes during the effort with Tailwind’s Endurance Fuel. His favorite flavor—Colorado Cola, a classic cola-inspired flavor. 

Photos: Maggie Guterl, Tailwind athlete manager who paced Curtain in the San Juans from Stoney Pass to Molas Pass. 
Photos: Maggie Guterl, Tailwind athlete manager who paced Curtain in the San Juans from Stoney Pass to Molas Pass. 
Kyle Curtain of Durango, CO, set a new supported FKT on the Colorado Trail late Sunday night. He is the first person to run the route in under a week, with an unofficial time of 6 days 15 hours and 8 minutes
Kyle Curtain set a new supported FKT on the Colorado Trail.
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After a 10-year career as an award-winning New York City-based editor launching and redesigning urban, style-driven magazines, Erinn Morgan left her downtown Manhattan digs after September 11th, 2001, in search of a less encumbered, freelance lifestyle. A life-changing, two-year-long trek around the country in a motorhome eventually landed her in Durango, Colo., which she now calls home. Her writing has appeared in numerous— More about this author →