Ruth Croft finished second at UTMB last year and returns to the 2025 race with increased course knowledge and race experience. She has adjusted pacing strategies and refined training techniques to improve performance. Preparation includes targeted workouts emphasizing endurance, terrain-specific practice, and tactical pacing across race stages. Focus also includes optimizing recovery and applying lessons learned from the previous UTMB to better manage energy, aid-station logistics, and technical sections of the course.
Last year's second-place finisher, New Zealand's returns to the 2025 UTMB with more course knowledge and experience. In the following interview, Ruth talks about some of the things that she's changed from last year, her pacing, and some of her training techniques. For more on who's racing, check out our in-depth women's and men's previews and follow our live race coverage starting Friday.
Last year's second-place finisher, New Zealand's returns to the 2025 UTMB with more course knowledge and experience. In the following interview, Ruth talks about some of the things that she's changed from last year, her pacing, and some of her training techniques. For more on who's racing, check out our in-depth women's and men's previews and follow our live race coverage starting Friday.
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