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Lin Chen Pre-2025 UTMB Interview

A video interview with Lin Chen before the 2025 UTMB.

By on August 26, 2025 | Comments

China’s Lin Chen arrives at the 2025 UTMB as one of the fastest-returning women, having taken fourth in 2024. In our first interview with Lin, we talk about her background in running, how she found her love for ultrarunning, to what she attributes her rapid improvement over the last two years, and her goal for this year’s UTMB.

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Lin Chen Pre-2025 UTMB Interview Transcript

Transcript coming soon.

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Bryon Powell

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.