Katie Schide and Ludovic Pommeret won the Hardrock 100! Read our 2025 Hardrock results article and watch Katie’s and Ludo’s interviews for more of the race story.

Katharina Hartmuth Post-2025 Hardrock 100 Interview

A video interview with Katharina Hartmuth after her third-place finish at the 2025 Hardrock 100.

By on July 13, 2025 | Comments

After finishing third last year, Germany’s Katharina Hartmuth repeated her placing at the 2025 Hardrock 100. In the following interview. Katharina talks about how important it was for her to finish the event, even after losing much of her vision in the event’s second half, how the early miles of the race played out, having to walk the final climb and descent because of vision issues, and needing to run the final half mile of the event to maintain her podium position.

Read our 2025 Hardrock 100 results article for the full play-by-play on this year’s race.

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

Katharina Hartmuth Post-2025 Hardrock 100 Interview Transcript

Transcript coming soon.

Meghan Hicks

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.