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Germain Grangier Pre-2025 UTMB Interview

A video interview with Germain Grangier before the 2025 UTMB.
By on August 26, 2025 | Comments
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Frenchman Germain Grangier, who seems to have a knack for running this race well on odd-numbered years, returns to the 2025 UTMB after a podium finish at the Hardrock 100 just 1.5 months ago. In the following interview, Germain talks about his recovery and training since Hardrock in July, the importance of not trying to replicate experiences in ultras, and the changes he’s seen at UTMB in the past decade.

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Germain Grangier Pre-2025 UTMB Interview Transcript

Transcript coming soon.

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Bryon Powell is the Founding Editor of iRunFar. He’s been writing about trail running, ultrarunning, and running gear for nearly 20 years. Aside from iRunFar, he’s authored the books Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons and Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running, been a contributing editor at Trail Runner magazine, written for publications including Outside, Sierra, and Running Times, and coached ultrarunners of all abilities. Based in Silverton, Colorado, Bryon is an avid trail runner and ultrarunner who competes in events from the Hardrock 100 Mile just out his front door to races long and short around the world, that is, when he’s not fly fishing or tending to his garden.