POMMERET AND DAUWALTER SET COURSE RECORDS AT THE 2026 HARDROCK 100

Ludovic Pommeret reached the finish in Silverton, Colorado, at 21:11:36 on Saturday morning, breaking his own course record by roughly 20 minutes. The 50-year-old Frenchman won the Hardrock 100 for the third year in a row.

Courtney Dauwalter won the women's race in 26:03:10, the fastest time recorded in the clockwise direction of the course. The American worked through stomach trouble overnight and still finished more than four hours clear of the field. The win was her fourth at the race.

Men's Race

Ludovic Pommeret led from the front and finished 2 hours and 37 minutes ahead of the next runner. Jimmy Elam of the United States took second in 23:48:56. David Ayala was third in 24:28:17, Ryan Smith fourth in 25:45:37, and Arlen Glick fifth in 26:41:17.

Pommeret already held the overall course record before this year and lowered it again at age 50. The winning time extends a stretch of record running at the front of the race, a progression detailed in The Record and the Mountain.

Women's Race

Courtney Dauwalter started as a three-time winner and the clear favorite, a storyline covered in our 2026 preview. Stomach problems slowed her through the night, but the race for the win was never close.

Careth Arnold finished second in 30:32:31, nearly four and a half hours behind. Tara Dower took third in 33:02:04, and Bailey Eppard finished fourth in 35:41:59.

Dauwalter's 26:03:10 set a new mark for clockwise years. The record in the counterclockwise direction was not at stake this year, since the course reverses annually.

Conditions and Course

The 2026 edition ran clockwise, starting at 6 a.m. Friday in Silverton. Smoke from the nearby Gold Mountain Fire had threatened air quality in the San Juan Mountains during race week, but rain during the event helped keep the air clear.

The loop covers just over 100 miles through the San Juans with 66,882 feet of total elevation change, and much of the course sits above tree line. Finishers end the run by kissing the Hardrock, the painted slab of stone that gives the race its name.

The race alternates direction each year and is set to run counterclockwise in 2027.