This runner just hiked the entire Appalachian Trail in record time

Scott Jurek
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Accomplished ultramarathon runner Scott Jurek hiked all 2,168.1 miles of the Appalachian Trail in record time, finishing in Maine on Sunday, National Geographic reports. His time of 46 days, 8 hours, and 20 minutes eclipsed Jennifer Pharr Davis' 2011 record by about three hours.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.