The 2026 Hardrock 100 begins in downtown Silverton, Colorado, at 6 a.m. U.S. Mountain Daylight Time on Friday, July 10.
Going clockwise this year, 147 runners will have 48 hours to travel the 102 miles (164 kilometers) and 33,000-plus feet (10,060 meters) of elevation gain while visiting Telluride, Ouray, and Lake City before returning to Silverton, where they’ll kiss the rock to stop the clock. It’s a much smaller event than many of the other well-known 100 milers, but there’ll be some exciting action at the front of the men’s and women’s races.
The start of the 2025 Hardrock 100. Photo: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
We’ll be livecasting the event on iRunFar’s X feed with text and photo reports from all over the course. We’ll also be live blogging the same material below. This article also includes the event’s livestream and other resources to follow the event.
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Resources for Following the 2026 Hardrock 100
Here are resources to help you follow the race:
- iRunFar’s in-depth 2026 Hardrock 100 preview
- iRunFar’s pre-race video interviews with Careth Arnold, Jimmy Elam, Ludovic Pommeret, and more coming soon.
- The Hardrock 100 website with the 2026 Hardrock Runners Manual and in-depth course description
- Aid station timing updates and runner GPS tracking (also embedded below)
iRunFar’s Live Blog of the 2026 Hardrock 100
Here we’re live blogging the progress of the Hardrock 100, and sharing the exact same content as on our X feed. Enjoy viewing it here or there! Also, give it just a moment to load, once you arrive.
MAProgress Runner Tracking of the 2026 Hardrock 100
Runners are wearing GPS trackers and may be tracked via MAProgress’s work here.
Race Organization’s Livestream of the 2026 Hardrock 100
Enjoy the Hardrock 100 race organization’s livestreams, of which there will be six over the course of the 48-hour event.
More to Read While Following the 2026 Hardrock 100
At a race as long and remote as Hardrock, there will be time gaps between our coverage. Here are some Hardrock-related nuggets to fill your time:
- Highlights from our 2025 coverage, including our 2025 Hardrock 100 results article and post-event interviews with champions Ludovic Pommeret and Katie Schide
- All of iRunFar’s Hardrock 100 articles and resources
- A recent memorial to John Cappis, one of the event’s founders
- Our profile of run director Dale Garland
- Our feature story Hardrocking: Sharing the Lode about the mining history along the Hardrock course
- Our How to Run Hardrock article
- Legendary Aid Stations: Kroger’s Canteen at the Hardrock 100, by Andy Jones-Wilkins
- A long-form Hardrock profile, Between a Hardrock and a Place, by Leon Lutz
- Evan Honeyfield’s Voices of Hardrock six-part video series from 2012
- Bryon Powell’s photo essays from running the 2023 race and 2018 race
- Our profiles of Blake Wood, now a 22-time Hardrock finisher, and Rick Trujillo, one of the Hardrock course’s designers and a past champion
- Dakota Jones’s A Personal Portrait of Hardrock from 2012
- Andy Jones-Wilkins’s Love Letter to the Hardrock course from Ouray to Telluride
