Jeff Garmire, known on the trails as "Legend", is one of America's most accomplished endurance athletes. A professional endurance athlete, thru-hiker, coach, author and podcast host, Jeff set the self-supported Fastest Known Time on the Appalachian Trail in 2025, an achievement that won FKT of the Year. He completed the 2,198-mile trail from Maine to Georgia in 45 days, 8 hours, and 37 minutes.

His resume is staggering: over 35,000 miles hiked and around 20 trail speed records, including FKTs on the Colorado Trail,John Muir Trail, Arizona Trail, and Long Trail. He's a Calendar Year Triple Crown finisher completing the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and Continental Divide Trail in a single year and has trekked the 7,000-mile Great Western Loop. His book, Free Outside: A Trek Against Time and Distance, chronicles that eight-month, 8,000-mile Triple Crown journey.

Jeff is also an outspoken advocate for mental health and the restorative power of time in nature. Based in Bozeman, Montana, he coaches endurance athletes and, famously, brings costumes, leopard print, and a sense of humour to a sport known for suffering.

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