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Marianne Hogan Pre-2025 Western States 100 Interview

A video interview with Marianne Hogan before the 2025 Western States 100.

By on June 25, 2025 | Comments

After finishing third in 2022, Marianne Hogan of Canada is back at the start line of the 2025 Western States 100 after a bit of a hiatus from the race. In the following interview, Marianne talks about why she wanted to return to this event, how having more experience at the 100-mile distance is going to help, and how she’s changed as an ultrarunner over her career.

To learn more about who’s racing, check out our women’s and men’s previews before following our live race coverage on race day.


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Marianne Hogan Pre-2025 Western States 100 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.