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Double Defending Champ: Ludovic Pommeret’s Pre-2026 Hardrock 100 Interview

A video interview with Ludovic Pommeret before the 2026 Hardrock 100.

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Two-time defending champion and course record holder Ludovic Pommeret of France comes to the 2026 Hardrock 100 after a month-long adventure of running in the Colorado mountains. In the following interview, Ludo talks about what keeps bringing him back to the race, how he has no real training plan, his Softrock loops this year, training with some of the other top men in the lead-up to the race, the secret to his longevity as a runner, and his Fourth of July 5k race in Silverton dressed as a rooster.

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Ludovic Pommeret Pre-2026 Hardrock 100 Interview Transcript

Transcript coming soon.

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Eszter Horanyi

Eszter Horanyi identifies as a Runner Under Duress, in that she’ll run if it gets her deep into the mountains or canyons faster than walking would, but she’ll most likely complain about it. A retired long-distance bike racer, she turned to running around 2014 and has a bad habit of saying yes to terribly awesome/awesomely terrible ideas on foot. The longer and more absurd the mission, the better. This running philosophy has led to an unsupported FKT on Nolan’s 14 and many long and wonderful days out in the mountains with friends.