Hardrock 100 2025: Pommeret and Schide take titles - but event overshadowed by tragedy | Trail Running News

Ludovic Pommeret of France became a back-to-back champion and French-based American superstar Katie Schide added a first Hardrock 100 title to her glittering CV in a course record time but the 2025 edition of the event was shrouded by tragedy.

That was because of the death of one of the 146 participants – more details here – early into the 100-mile run which starts and finishes in Silverton, Colorado and features over 33,000 feet of climbing.

The event continued and here are how the men’s and women’s events finished…

Men – Pommeret defends his crown

Pommeret, who turns 50 on July 22nd, was something of a surprise winner last year as he set a course record time for the clockwise direction.

The race alternates direction each year and this time he was among the favourites in a stacked men’s field – and he produced another masterclass.

He bided his time early on but took the lead from fellow Frenchman Mathieu Blanchard at the Sherman aid station after 28.8 miles and never looked back.

Paced in parts by none other than ultrarunning legend Jim Walmsley, Pommeret went further and further clear and having hugged his crew, he crossed the line in 22:21:53 – the second fastest counter-clockwise winning time after François D’Haene’s 21:45:50 in 2021.

It was well over an hour clear of Blanchard in second, with Germain Grangier rounding out an all-French men’s podium a further 20 minutes back in third.

Women – Schide eclipses Dauwalter mark

The women’s race was all about Katie Schide beforehand – and she justified favouritism in brilliant style.

She and great rival Courtney Dauwalter have dominated women’s trail running and the blue riband races of UTMB and Western States in recent years.

But Schide had never run at Hardrock before until now. A long spell of recces – punctuated by a fall which saw her injure a knee – underlined how important it was to her.

She was nearly 30 minutes ahead of Manon Bohard (FRA) by the Pole Creek aid station just 19.7 miles in and that gap continued to grow. It was over an hour at halfway and the big question now was whether Schide could stay ahead of Dauwalter’s record time of 26:14:08 from 2023.

It was close at times but when she left the final aid station at Putnam (94.7 miles) she had 10 minutes in hand on Dauwalter’s split.

And she made good progress to the finish line, finishing incredibly strong to stop the clock in Silverton at 25:50:23. That also placed her sixth overall – with David Ayala and Zach Miller (by just a minute) between Schide and her partner Grangier in third.

She becomes the first woman to break 26 hours for Hardrock in either direction.

Bohard was second, nearly three hours adrift.