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Rod Farvard Pre-2025 Western States 100 Interview

A video interview with Rod Farvard before the 2025 Western States 100.

By on June 25, 2025 | Comments
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The highest-placed returning runner from the 2024 race, Rod Farvard is back at the 2025 Western States 100 and looking to improve on his second-place finish. In the following interview, Rod talks about his race last year, his advantage on the rest of the men’s field, how he thinks this year’s race will play out, some changes to his training leading up to the event, and what he thinks the winning time will be this year.

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


[Editor’s Note: If you are unable to see the video above, click here to access it.]

Rod Farvard Pre-2025 Western States 100 Interview Transcript

Transcript coming soon.

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