American Courtney Dauwalter, queen of ultra-trail, achieved a new feat by winning the Hardrock 100 (165 km, 10,118 m of elevation gain) on Saturday in Silverton (Colorado, United States), finishing 4th overall. scratch, men’s and women’s ranking combined. In 26 hours and 14 minutes, Dauwalter won the women’s race, just three weeks after her victory in the Western States 100, the other benchmark ultra trail run in the United States, for an unprecedented double in the same year.
On a wild and very mountainous course, between 2,347 m and 4,282 m above sea level, Dauwalter (38) was only beaten by three male competitors. Frenchman Aurélien Dunand-Pallaz, 2nd in the UTMB in 2021, won in 23 hours ahead of his compatriot Beñat Marmissolle (11:50 p.m.), winner of the Diagonale des Fous on Reunion Island last year. Spaniard Javier Dominguez overtook Dauwalter about two kilometers from the finish to take 3rd place.
Dauwalter pushes the limits again
At 38, Dauwalter has already won the four most prestigious ultra trails on the planet, namely the Ultra-trail du Mont-Blanc (2019 and 2021), the Diagonale des Fous (2022), the Western States (2018 and 2023) and therefore the Hardrock (2022 and 2023). The queen of long distances, with an atypical style, continues to push the limits by rising to the level of the very best men in the discipline.