Long Trail supported overall FKT
Completed the 272-mile Vermont route in 3 days, 18 hours, 30 minutes, and 7 seconds.
Source-checked athlete record · Updated Aug 17, 2026
Tara Dower
Appalachian Trail and Long Trail supported FKT setter
Tara Dower set supported overall fastest known times on the Appalachian Trail and Long Trail before winning the 2025 Javelina Jundred.
🇺🇸 United StatesW30–34
The record so far
Tara Dower is an American ultrarunner whose results connect long-distance trail records with elite 100-mile racing. In September 2024, she completed the Appalachian Trail southbound in 40 days, 18 hours, and 6 minutes, setting the overall supported fastest known time recorded by Fastest Known Time.
Dower followed that performance in August 2025 by completing Vermont’s Long Trail in 3 days, 18 hours, 30 minutes, and 7 seconds. The run lowered the supported overall benchmark on the 272-mile route and was selected as Fastest Known Time’s leading women’s performance of 2025.
Her race record has developed alongside those trail projects. Dower set a women’s course record of 13:31:47 at the 2025 Javelina Jundred, then placed sixth at the 2026 Western States 100 and third at the 2026 Hardrock 100 on consecutive race weekends.
Defining performances
Performance history
| Date | Event | Performance | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardrock 100100-mile mountain ultra | 33:02:04 | 3rd woman · 14th overall | View ↗ | |
| Western States 100100-mile trail | 16:13:07 | 6th woman · 16th overall | View ↗ | |
| Javelina Jundred100-mile trail | 13:31:47 | 1st woman · 7th overall · Course record | View ↗ | |
| Long Trail272-mile supported FKT | 3d 18h 30m 07s | Supported overall fastest known time | View ↗ | |
| Appalachian TrailSupported southbound FKT | 40d 18h 06m | Supported overall fastest known time | View ↗ | |
| Umstead 100100-mile trail | 14:58:21 | 1st overall | View ↗ |
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