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Emily Hawgood Pre-2025 Western States 100 Interview

A video interview with Emily Hawgood before the 2025 Western States 100.

By on June 25, 2025 | Comments
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Coming back to the event for the fifth year in a row, Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe, living in the U.S.) lines up for the 2025 Western States 100 knowing the course better than nearly anyone else in the field. In the following interview, Emily talks about what it’s like living in the area and getting to train on the course, her incremental improvements in the race year after year, what finish time she hopes to achieve this year, and her plans of potentially doubling up with UTMB later this summer.

To learn more about who’s racing, check out our women’s and men’s previews before following our live race coverage on race day.


[Editor’s Note: If you are unable to see the video above, click here to access it.]

Emily Hawgood Pre-2025 Western States 100 Interview Transcript

Transcript coming soon.

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Meghan Hicks is the Editor-in-Chief of iRunFar. She’s been running since she was 13 years old, and writing and editing about the sport for more than 15 years. She served as iRunFar’s Managing Editor from 2013 through mid-2023, when she stepped into the role of Editor-in-Chief. Aside from iRunFar, Meghan is the Board President of the Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run, has worked in communications and education in several of America’s national parks, was a contributing editor for Trail Runner magazine, and served as a columnist at Marathon & Beyond. She’s the co-author of Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running with Bryon Powell. She won the 2013 Marathon des Sables, finished on the podium of the Hardrock 100 Mile in 2021, and has previously set fastest known times on the Nolan’s 14 mountain running route in 2016 and 2020. Based part-time in Moab, Utah and Silverton, Colorado, Meghan also enjoys reading, biking, backpacking, and watching sunsets.