William Peterson

Will is a 26-year-old ultra-runner, backpacker, and medical student at Dartmouth College. Originally from southern Maine, he grew up in the outdoors skiing and hiking. In 2019, he hiked the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail, and since then, he's been taking on the largest multi-day trail running records in New England. 

Most recently, this culminated in Will taking over seven hours off the overall FKT (Fastest Known Time) for the Long Trail in Vermont, a premier FKT route and one of the most competitive routes in the country. Combined with his 2023 unsupported Long Trail FKT, this makes Will the first and only person to simultaneously hold the supported and unsupported records on a premier FKT route. This year, he will be competing at Tor des Géants, a 330-kilometer race in the Italian Alps, along with taking on more competitive 100+ mile New England FKTs.