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.

Ludovic Pommeret, 2025 Hardrock 100 Champion, Interview

A video interview with Ludovic Pommeret after his win at the 2025 Hardrock 100.

By on July 13, 2025 | Comments

France’s Ludovic Pommeret repeated his victory from last year by dominantly winning the 2025 Hardrock 100. In the following interview, Ludo talks about his plan to climb conservatively and push the pace on the downhills, being worried about the smoke in the air during the early miles of the event, and enjoying the final miles of the race, including having the luxury of walking the final climb up Shrine Road shortly before the finish.

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.]

Ludovic Pommeret, 2025 Hardrock 100 Champion, Interview Transcript

Transcript coming soon.

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.