Pommeret, 50, wins a third straight Hardrock in record 21:11:36; Dauwalter takes a fourth
On the clockwise loop from Silverton, the Frenchman cut 22 minutes from his own course record; Courtney Dauwalter ran 26:03:10, fifth overall.
Photograph: Ludovic Pommeret racing Transvulcania on La Palma in 2017, by Alexis Martín, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Hardrock 100 started at six on Friday morning, 10 July, in Silverton, Colorado, with 147 runners and the course run clockwise: about 102 miles through the San Juan Mountains, 33,000 feet of climbing, an average height of 11,000 feet and a high point of 14,048 feet on Handies Peak. Midweek rain had cleared the smoke from fires in the region, and the organisers confirmed the start early on Friday.
Ludovic Pommeret of France finished in 21:11:36, a course record in either direction, about 22 minutes faster than the mark he set himself in 2024. He is 50, turns 51 in under two weeks, and has now won three Hardrocks in a row, ten years after he won UTMB. Jimmy Elam was second in 23:48:56, back in Silverton just before six on Saturday morning, and David Ayala third in 24:28:17. Ryan Smith ran 25:45:37.
Courtney Dauwalter, 41, won the women's race in 26:03:10 and was fifth overall. It is her fourth Hardrock win in four finishes and a clockwise record, eight minutes under her own 26:11:49 from 2024. Katie Schide's 25:50:23 from last year, run counter-clockwise, remains the fastest by a woman. Careth Arnold was second in 30:32:31 and Tara Dower third in 33:02:04.
The course had its old Grouse Gulch aid station back in place of Animas Forks, which made it about half a mile shorter than 2025, and for once it was free of snow.
Hardrock gives its finishers a rock to kiss, not a medal. Pommeret has kissed it three Julys running, and each time faster.
Sources: iRunFar; Hardrock 100 results on OpenSplitTime; iRunFar.
