Brian Robinson

Brian Robinson is a competitive distance hiker and long-distance runner who holds several world-firsts and ultramarathon world records. He was the first person to complete the Triple Crown of Hiking, the Pacific Crest Trail, the Appalachian Trail and the Continental Divide Trail, in a single year, a total of more than 7,000 miles, after taking a six-month leave from his job at Compaq in 2000 to attempt the Pacific Crest Trail with his father Roy. His rapid pace earned him the trail name Flyin' Brian. In the years after that calendar-year Triple Crown he became an active ultramarathoner and completed several 100-mile races, including the Western States 100 and the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run. In 2008 he set the record at the Barkley Marathons, a 100-plus mile course in Frozen Head State Park, Tennessee, a time that stood for four years until it was surpassed in 2012.