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Marianne Hogan Post-2025 Western States 100 Interview

A video interview with Marianne Hogan after her third-place finish at the 2025 Western States 100.

By on June 29, 2025 | Comments

Canada’s Marianne Hogan repeated her third-place finish from 2022 at the 2025 Western States 100. In the following interview, Marianne talks about an injury that flared up during the early miles of the race that made it harder to enjoy some of the running, how she reacted to learning that she and the other lead women were running under course record pace in the early hours, where her motivation and focus were in the closing miles of the race, and how she’s going to enjoy the moment before starting to think about next year.

For more on how the race played out, read our in-depth 2025 Western States 100 results article.


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Marianne Hogan Post-2025 Western States 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.