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Julia Clarke

"Trials, tribulations and the 5 stages of grief" – second speed record claimed on the 800-mile Arizona Trail in one week

The grand canyon at sunset.

Ultra runner Georgia Porter has claimed a new speed record on the 800-mile Arizona Trail just four days after Nick Fowler set a new Fastest Known Time on the same trail.

Posting on Instagram yesterday, the Flagstaff-based runner writes that she completed an "unofficial FKT" – because her data still needs to be reviewed – when she ran the trail in 16 days, 22 hours and 6 minutes, which works out to an average of 48 miles per day.

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