A video interview with Lizzy Hawker after her victory at the 2011 TNF UTMB, he fourth win at the race.
Lizzy Hawker has now won The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc four times. That’s more than anyone else, men or women. This year, she ran the course in 25:02, just four minutes off Krissy Moehl’s women’s course record. That alone will have her back to run next year’s tenth UTMB.
In the following interview, she talks about overcoming hip pain at mile 70 to win the race, why she’ll be back next year, and what she’s up to next.
Bryon Powell is the Founding Editor of iRunFar. He’s been writing about trail running, ultrarunning, and running gear for more than 15 years. Aside from iRunFar, he’s authored the books Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons and Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running, been a contributing editor at Trail Runner magazine, written for publications including Outside, Sierra, and Running Times, and coached ultrarunners of all abilities. Based in Silverton, Colorado, Bryon is an avid trail runner and ultrarunner who competes in events from the Hardrock 100 Mile just out his front door to races long and short around the world, that is, when he’s not fly fishing or tending to his garden.
