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Mathieu Blanchard Pre-2025 Hardrock 100 Interview

A video interview with Mathieu Blanchard before the 2025 Hardrock 100.
By on July 7, 2025 | Comments
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France’s Mathieu Blanchard arrives at the 2025 Hardrock 100 acclimated, mentally prepared, and ready to run. In the following interview, Mathieu talks about what drew him to the event, how he’s spent the past several weeks in the area adjusting to the altitude, how he’s learning to deal with pressure, and the French men’s contingent lining up for this year’s event.

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Mathieu Blanchard Pre-2025 Hardrock 100 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.