Ludovic Pommeret | Hardrock 100 Pre-Race Interview
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
4.8 • 866 Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
This interview is part of Freetrail's coverage of the 2025 Hardrock 100. Our shows and athlete interviews are hosted by Dylan Bowman who sits down to talk with some of the favorites who are racing this year.
In this interview, Dylan talks to professional runner, Ludovic Pommeret (HOKA). Ludo is the reigning, returning champion and overall course record holder. Nearing his 50th birthday, Ludo serves as an inspiration to us all. We can't wait to watch what he does.
Make sure to tune into all of Freetrail's coverage leading into the 2025 Hardrock 100.
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Wednesday July 9th: 2025 Hardrock race preview with Hilary Yang and Billy Yang
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Wednesday July 9th and Thursday July 10th: Interviews with top athletes racing this weekend: Ludovic Pommeret, Stephanie Case, Zach Miller, Katie Schide, Germain Grangier, Hilary Yang and Mathieu Blanchard.
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Friday July 11th: We'll provide photo and video coverage of the race for the Freetrail social channels. Make sure to follow along here and @runfreetrail on Instagram.
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Saturday July 12th: We'll be hosting a Happy Hour and live podcast at 5pm at the Wyman Hotel in Silverton. If you're local, please stop by and enjoy good vibes and fun with the Freetrail crew!
Make sure to play Freetrail's own fantasy trail running at https://fantasy.freetrail.com/events and pick 5-deep for Hardrock for a chance to win sweet prizes including Freetrail swag and shoes from The North Face!
Our Hardrock 100 coverage is brought to you by The North Face trail. We're grateful for their support!
Make sure to check out the latest and greatest shoe innovation from The North Face. The VECTIV Enduris 4 is designed to play with distance. Combining the ultralight DREAM foam midsole with VECTIV 3.0's high performance TPU plate, the Enduris 4 provides increased cushioning and trail-optimized propulsion - Made to propel you even further.
Zach will be putting the product to the ultimate test this weekend during the Hardrock 100, providing its ability to withstand the toughest trail conditions.
You can learn more and check out the shoe for yourself here:
Men's The North Face trail running shoes here: https://www.thenorthface.com/en-us/c/mens/mens-footwear/mens-trail-run-213281
Women's The North Face trail running shoes here: https://www.thenorthface.com/en-us/c/womens/womens-footwear/womens-trail-run-213489
Freetrail Links:
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Twitter | https://twitter.com/dylanbo?lang=en
LinkedIn | / dylan-bowman-06174380
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, fam, welcome to the free trail podcast and our trailgating coverage of the legendary Hard Rock 100, celebrating its 30th year. Hard Rock is unquestionably one of the hardest and most legendary 100 mile races in the world. |
| 0:27.6 | And we are thrilled to be here on the ground in Silverton, Colorado all week, covering the race from all angles for the global trail running fan base. Our Hard Rock 100 coverage is brought to you |
| 0:39.5 | by the North Face, and we are very grateful for their support. Make sure you check out the latest and |
| 0:44.5 | greatest shoe innovation from the North Face, including the Vective Endurance 4, which is designed |
| 0:49.9 | to play with distance, combining the ultralight dream foam midsoul with high performance |
| 0:54.8 | tp u plate the endurance four provides increased cushioning and trail optimized propulsion made to |
| 1:02.0 | take you to new heights the tnf trail super shoe the north face athlete seth ruling wore the shoe |
| 1:09.5 | en route to a sub 1515-hour finish at Western |
| 1:12.5 | States a couple weeks ago. And Zach Miller will be putting the product to the ultimate test this |
| 1:17.2 | weekend out on the hard rock course proving its ability to withstand the toughest 100-mile trail |
| 1:25.1 | conditions. You can learn more and check the shoe out for yourself at the Northface.com or at the link |
| 1:30.5 | in the show notes. |
| 1:32.2 | Hard Rock 2025. |
| 1:33.8 | Enjoy the show. |
| 1:38.2 | Okay, and here we are with the rainingigning hard rock champion Ludovic Balmere, Ludo. |
| 1:48.9 | Welcome back to Silverton. |
| 1:50.2 | Good to see you. |
| 1:51.1 | Thanks. |
| 1:51.5 | Hello, Dylan. |
| 1:53.1 | Oh, man, you ran 2133 last year, breaking Killian Jornett's record by, I think it was |
| 1:59.5 | only about three minutes. Yeah, just a short |
| 2:01.9 | little bit. We actually just had Germant's studio here and he mentioned that you had said to him |
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