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The Chicago-born trail runner drops the fastest time on the Nolan's 14, one of Colorado's most daunting routes

David Hedges sets a new FKT on the rigorous Nolan's 14 route in the Sawatch Range of Colorado.

As much of the trail running world was focused on the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run last weekend in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, David Hedges quietly and stunningly put his name in the record books with a prodigious effort in Sawatch Range a few hundred miles to the northwest. The 25-year-old somewhat nomadic trail runner who originally hails from Chicago lowered the supported Fastest Known Time on the daunting Nolan's 14 route on the evening of July 15. Nolan's 14 involves connecting a line of 14 Colorado peaks that tower over 14,000 feet in a single push...

I grew up in Missouri thinking it was just a state next to the Mississippi River. Boy, was I wrong. As it turns out, Missouri is also a 14,000 foot mountain in Colorado. They should teach this in school.

I grew up in Missouri thinking it was just a state next to the Mississippi River. Boy, was I wrong. As it turns out, Missouri is also a 14,000 foot mountain in Colorado. They should teach this in school.