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Vincent Bouillard Pre-2025 Western States 100 Interview

A video interview with Vincent Bouillard before the 2025 Western States 100.

By on June 26, 2025 | Comments
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Coming off a surprise win at the 2024 UTMB, Vincent Bouillard of France is not an unknown at the 2025 Western States 100. In the following interview, Vincent talks about how his life has changed since winning UTMB last summer, how he approaches his training and life by focusing on doing fewer things but doing them well, and what type of shoes he thinks will excel on a course like this one.

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

Vincent Bouillard Pre-2025 Western States Interview Transcript

Transcript coming soon.

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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.