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Goals & Achievements

Goals

• Flip the statistics: have more women than men set FKTs in Oregon and Washington in 2022
• Generate some buzz: set 20 new female FKTs during the weekend of June 4 - 5, 2022
• Diversity the field: have 20 FKTs set by women from underrepresented groups in trailrunning
• Encourage the curious: have 50 women set their first FKTs in 2022

 Achievements to date (Current 7.1.2022)

• Flip the statistics: Current FKTs in OR & WA: 32 women's | 28 men's ✓
• Generate some buzz: June 4th - 5th weekend accomplished ✓
• Diversify the field: 6 FKTs planned by women from underrepresented groups; we're working on updated stats in this area
• Encourage the curious: 39 FKTS have now been set by women in this project who had never set one before 

Check out our verified FKTS set within this project.

Project History

​December 7, 2021
Project launches via social media. Over 120 women sign up to be a part of the project in the first few weeks.

January 9, 2022 2:30pm
KICK OFF MEETING ON ZOOM. YAY!
The topics covered at the meeting were introductions, goals and next steps for the project.

February 10, 2022 6:00 pm
How to Set an FKT Zoom Meeting​

​April 10, 2022 3:00 pm PST
Women Who FKT Panel with Ashley Nordell, Becky Grebosky, Emily Halnon, Alex Bond and Bethany Garretson
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April 16, 2022 - FKTea live meetup in Portland.

June 4 - 5th, 2022 - FKT weekend - new FKTs set around the US in celebration of women participating in outdoor adventure

June 13, 2022
FKT Stories & Connection at the Mountain Shop, Portland, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Celebration of our goals and accomplishments together. Free pizza and drinks provided by the Mountain Shop.

Media

"Women Who FKT | A group of women who are out to make history, and upend how we think about competition in the process", Trailrunner DIRT Magazine (Digital and print)
 "Seattle woman runs length of Whidbey Island", Whidbey News Times | Riley Nachtrieb's FKT coverage
Women Who FKT with Marta Fisher | Off the Couch Podcast
Episode 17, Mental Health Deep Dive with Danielle Synder. | Trail Society Podcast interview with Danielle Snyder, one of the project organizers. Good discussion of Women Who FKT and a fantastic interview about mental health as it pertains to endurance sports
"My friend helped me beat her FKT record. We both won." | Not part of our project, but an article that speaks to the truest sense of what we are trying to do
"Women Who FKT Look to Flip Gender Gap in 2022" | NW Dirtchurners
"Flip the Statistics with Marta Fisher" | Singletrack Podcast