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Billy Meredith

Billy Meredith is a long-distance thru-hiker and FKT athlete. Astral reports that he completed New Zealand’s Te Araroa Trail self-supported in 52 days in March 2025.

March 2025 Te Araroa account: 52 days · self-supported completionAstral’s athlete profile reports this event month. The page’s publication date is unknown; no current record claim.Source

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In The Ultra Minute

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February 7, 2025Published in TUM

Two distinct Te Araroa attempts underway

TUM reported Billy Meredith starting a self-supported Te Araroa attempt while Karel Sabbe was pursuing the route with full support. Their support categories and unfinished status remain distinct; the 49-day benchmark and Meredith’s 234-day CalendarYearTripleCrown record were retrospective context.

Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: February 7, 2025

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Attempt reported in February 2025

Te Araroa Trail

The February TUM account describes an attempt underway. Astral’s later athlete profile reports a self-supported 52-day completion in March 2025; supported and self-supported categories stay separate.

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Coverage details

February 2025 Te Araroa account: A self-supported attempt was underwayThis is the unfinished February account, not the later source-reported March completion.Source

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Public background sources checked October 30, 2026. The selection contains 127 published issues.

Astral Undated original athlete profile; explicit event date March2025 · Checked Oct 30, 2026

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Public background & sources Checked October 30, 2026

Career context from one original public source. TUM’s dated reporting appears below.

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Published TUM issueThe Ultra Minute · 2025-02-07
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Public source linked by TUMinstagram.com · linked in 2025-02-07
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