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Fabiola Conti of Italy placed third at the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail after running in that position for most of the race. In this interview, our first with her, Fabiola talks about switching from road running to trail running, her work in the Italian military, how she approached this race's 82-kilometer distance, and how she took it out too fast but dealt with late-race fatigue and cramps to hold onto third position. For more on how the race played out, read our in-depth 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail results article: https://www.irunfar.com/2025-trail-world-championships-long-trail-results

Nepal's Sunmaya Budha ran a strong race to finish second at the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail. In this interview, our first with Sunmaya, she talks about growing up in Nepal, how she got into trail running, how her race played out — including running with Italy's Fabiola Conti for the middle part of the race — and her goals for future world championships events. For more on how the race played out, read our in-depth 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail results article: https://www.irunfar.com/2025-trail-world-championships-long-trail-results

The U.S.'s Jim Walmsley emerged with the win at the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail after spending much of the race running with the French duo of Benjamin Roubiol and Louison Coiffet. In this interview, Jim talks about what it was like to run with the Frenchmen over the more technical first half of the course, what he thought of the course at race pace versus scouting pace, some of the strategies he used to play to his strengths, and how he finally opened the gap he was able to hold until the end. For more on how the race played out, read our in-depth 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail results article: https://www.irunfar.com/2025-trail-world-championships-long-trail-results

An interview with Hillary Gerardi before the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail. Coming from a mostly skyrunning background, Hillary Gerardi of France arrives at the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail excited for the year's technical terrain. In our first interview with her, Hillary talks about growing up in America and finding trail racing once she moved to France, her love of skyrunning, her thoughts on how the course has something for every runner, and what it's like to make a world championships team after more than a decade of racing. iRunFar is covering the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail. Check out all our coverage: https://www.irunfar.com/tag/trail-world-championships

An interview with Andreas Reiterer before the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail. With two podium finishes at the 2023 and 2022 Trail World Championships Long Trail, Italy's Andreas Reiterer arrives at the 2025 race ready to let the pressure sit on the shoulders of others. In this interview, Andreas talks about how he likes the technical and slower nature of this year's course, running like a beginner at CCC just a few weeks ago and how he hopes not to make the same mistakes again, and what he thinks about the strength of Team Italy this year. iRunFar is covering the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail. Check out all our coverage: https://www.irunfar.com/tag/trail-world-championships

An interview with Katie Schide before the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail. Coming off a podium finish at the 2025 Sierre-Zinal and a win at the 2025 Hardrock 100, the U.S.'s Katie Schide comes to the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail continuing her year of multi-distance racing. In this interview, Katie hilariously talks about her hat choices for iRunFar interviews over the years, recceing the course earlier this year, her transition between the various races she's done this summer, and what she thinks about the race course. Click here to see the hat Katie references in this interview, after her win of the 2019 Madeira Island Ultra-Trail: https://www.irunfar.com/katie-schide-post-2019-madeira-island-ultra-trail-interview iRunFar is covering the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail. Check out all our coverage:https://www.irunfar.com/tag/trail-world-championships

An interview with Jim Walmsley before the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail. The U.S.'s Jim Walmsley arrives at the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail after a summer slowed by injury but with a win at OCC just a month before race day. In this interview, Jim talks about his recovery since OCC, the injury that took him out of the Western States 100 earlier this year, what he thinks about the Trail World Championships course, and his motivations for racing. iRunFar is covering the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail. Check out all our coverage!

An interview with Katharina Hartmuth after her third-place finish at the 2024 Hardrock 100.

An interview with Diego Pazos after his second-place finish at the 2024 Hardrock 100.

An interview with Ludovic Pommeret after his course record setting win at the 2024 Hardrock 100.

An interview with Tara Dower before the 2024 Hardrock 100.

An interview with Katharina Hartmuth before the 2024 Hardrock 100.

An interview with Ludovic Pommeret before 2024 Hardrock 100.