Great weather (aside from some storms between miles 20 and 40) lead to fast times, including the third and fourth fastest times in race history with Hal Koerner winning the men’s race after holding off a late charge by Joe Grant.
Diana Finkel dominated the women’s race for 87 miles before withdrawing for health reasons (she’s fine). That opened the door for ever-steady Darcy Africa to grab the women’s win.
In total, 98 runners (including 11 women) of the 140 starters finished for a 70.7 finishing percentage.
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2012 Hardrock 100 Men’s Unofficial Results
- Hal Koerner (The North Face) – 24:50:13 (race report & post-race video interview) (third fastest time in HRH history)
- Joe Grant (Arc’teryx) – 25:06:30 (post-race video interview) (fourth fastest time in HRH history)
- Dakota Jones (Montrail) – 25:45:05 (post-race video interview)
- Nick Pedatella – 28:04:31
- Ted Mahon – 28:20:10
- Scott Jaime (Pearl Izumi) – 28:38:02
- Karl Meltzer (Hoka One One) – 28:44:44
- Adam Wilcox – 28:55:23
- Jason Poole – 28:57:35
- Patrick Stewart – 29:04:30
Full overall results.
Hal Koerner en route to his 2012 Hardrock 100 victory. Photo: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
2012 Hardrock 100 Women’s Unofficial Results
- Darcy Africa (Pearl Izumi) – 29:09:47 (post-race video interview)
- Rhonda Claridge – 32:52:53
- Darla Askew – 33:52 (held the WS100/HR100 women’s double record for 2 hours and 44 minutes)
- Krissy Moehl (Patagonia/UltrAspire) – 36:36 (new WS100/HR100 women’s double record)
- Leah Fein – 38:09
- Susan Bebhart – 39:21
- Megan Finnesy – 39:24
- Betsy Kalmeyer – 40:26
- Gretchen Brugman – 43:10
- Kerry Owens – 44:20
Darcy Africa early in her victorious 2012 Hardrock 100. Photo: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
2012 Hardrock 100 Articles, Race Reports, and More
Matt Trappe’s amazing photos[broken link removed]- iRunFar’s Facebook photo albums: pre-race, 2012 Hardrock 100, and stunning post-race run pics
- Brendan Trimboli’s pic: Grant-Swamp Pass and other pics
- Happy Trails 2012 Hardrock 100 comic
- Runner’s World Trail Heads – Winning Words from Hardrock 100 (re Darcy Africa)
Race Reports
Men
- Hal Koerner (1st) – Surprising Myself and Others
- Joe Grant (2nd) – The 25th Hour
- Dakota Jones (3rd) – Something New
- Scott Jaime (6th) – Hardrock 100 – 28.37 6th
- Jared Campbell (13th) – Hardrock 2012
- Duncan Callahan (Timmy Parr’s (17th) pacer) [Broken link to July 18, 2012 Strategic Endurance blogpost “Hardrock Hallucinations” removed]
Women
- Darcy Africa (1st) – Hardrock 2012 and the Rocky Mountain Slam
