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Simon Kearns

Simon Kearns is a mountain runner whose FKT submissions include a round trip on foot of Mount Rainier. The record entry lists 3:43:52 on May 9, 2026.

Recorded Rainier variant: Round trip on footOriginal public-source context; keep separate from dated TUM coverage.Source
Recorded time: 3:43:52 · May 9, 2026Original public-source context; keep separate from dated TUM coverage.Source
Structured Rainier record: 3:43:52 ·May9,2026Original structured time; no automatic reconciliation with other narrative wording.Source

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In The Ultra Minute

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May 23, 2026Published in TUM

Simon Kearns’s May 9 Mount Rainier mark receives coverage

TUM reported his May 9, 2026 Mount Rainier 14.5-mile round trip in 3:43:52 and linked Outside coverage and a Steep Stuff interview; support style was not specified.

Event date: May 9, 2026 · TUM publication: May 23, 2026

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Reported 14.5-mile round-trip mark of 3:43:52 on May 9, 2026

Mount Rainier round trip

TUM reported Simon Kearns’s May 9, 2026 Mount Rainier 14.5-mile, roughly 9,000-foot-gain round trip in 3:43:52, 30:21 faster than Alex King’s 2021 unsupported on-foot benchmark of 4:14:13. Outside covered the effort and Steep Stuff interviewed Kearns. The item does not establish Kearns’s support style.

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Appeared to discuss his Mount Rainier effort

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Coverage details

TUM account · 2026-05-23: Reported 14.5-mile round-trip mark of 3:43:52 on May 9, 2026Source publication date; exact event date and result/plan category remain separate.Source

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Reported 2026-05-23

Simon Kearns’s May 9 Mount Rainier mark receives coverage

TUM reported his May 9, 2026 Mount Rainier 14.5-mile round trip in 3:43:52 and linked Outside coverage and a Steep Stuff interview; support style was not specified.

TUM · May 23, 2026

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Fastest Known Time / Simon Kearns Publication date unstated; original body checked in this review · Checked Oct 23, 2026

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Published TUM issueThe Ultra Minute · 2026-05-23
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