273 Miles, 90 Hours, and a 15-Foot Baby Clown: How Tara Dower Shattered Vermont’s Long Trail Record

273 Miles, 90 Hours, and a 15-Foot Baby Clown: How Tara Dower Shattered Vermont’s Long Trail Record

Battling hallucinations and sleep deprivation, Dower took down the overall FKT by more than two hours.

"She's done it!": ultra runner Tara Dower sets new overall speed record on Vermont Long Trail, running 273 miles in less than 4 days

Dower made headlines last year when she smashed the Appalachian Trail speed record

Tara Dower Sets New Overall Supported FKT on Vermont’s Long Trail

The original version of this story was published on iRunFar. Before dawn on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, Tara Dower reached the southern terminus of the 272-mile Long Trail at the Vermont–Massachusetts border. She had set a new overall supported fastest known time (FKT) on the route with a time of 3 days, 18 hours, and 29 minutes. This bests the previous overall supported FKT, set by Will Peterson in 2024. Peterson ran the trail in 3 days, 21 hours…

Tara Dower breaks overall Long Trail speed record in Vermont - Canadian Running Magazine

Less than a year after her conquest of the Appalachian Trail, Dower's Long Trail FKT surpassed the men's supported time by more than two hours The post Tara Dower breaks overall Long Trail speed record in Vermont appeared first on Canadian Running Magazine.

Tara Dower Sets Fastest Known Time For Vermont Long Trail (3 days, 18 hours, 29 minutes)

3 days, 18 hours, 29 minutes…that is the new unofficial record time set by Tara Dower for a supported ended to end journey on Vermont Long Trail which runs 272 miles with a vertical gain of 68,000 feet: “She’s done it!!! Tara Dower aka Candy Mama aka The Race Car has unofficially set the overall Vermont Long Trail Supported FKT. We’re beyond proud of her and now it’s time to get some rest.” Tara’s goal for the effort was to raise $10,001 for the…

Tara Dower Sets New Overall Supported Fastest Known Time on Vermont's Long Trail

The post Tara Dower Sets New Overall Supported Fastest Known Time on Vermont’s Long Trail appeared first on iRunFar. Before dawn on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, Tara Dower reached the southern terminus of the 272-mile Long Trail at the Vermont-Massachusetts border, setting a new overall supported fastest known time (FKT) on the route with a time of 3 days, 18 hours, and 29 minutes. This bests the previous overall supported FKT, set by Will Peterson…