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Hayden Hawks Pre-2025 UTMB Interview

A video interview with Hayden Hawks before the 2025 UTMB.
By on August 27, 2025 | Comments
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The U.S.’s Hayden Hawks will run the 2025 UTMB on the heels of a 2024 win of the CCC and a rapid restart to his training following knee surgery in late spring. In the following interview, Hayden talks about his long-term relationship with the UTMB Mont Blanc festival, how he’s changed as a person and runner since his first run here in 2017, his injury and surgery this year, and his desire to run free and with few expectations at this year’s UTMB.

For more on who’s racing, check out our in-depth men’s and women’s previews and follow our live race coverage starting Friday.

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

Hayden Hawks 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.