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Hayden Hawks

Ultrarunner

Hayden Hawks is an ultrarunner and founder of Hawks Running. His coaching biography connects his exercise-science degree to the running method he uses to coach athletes, alongside race experience at CCC and Western States.

Coaching work
Founder of Hawks RunningOwn coaching biography.Source
Education
Exercise scienceDegree described in the athlete-owned biography.Source

25 TUM reports · Published coverage below

Publication history

Coverage over time

23 editorial issues

Distinct issues per publication month. Each issue counts once.

Hayden Hawks — monthly TUM coverageFrom Jul 2024 through Nov 2026. Highest month: 4 issues. Exact counts are provided in the accessible chart description.Jul 2024: 0 editorial issuesAug 2024: 0 editorial issuesSep 2024: 3 editorial issuesOct 2024: 0 editorial issuesNov 2024: 1 editorial issueDec 2024: 0 editorial issuesJan 2025: 3 editorial issuesFeb 2025: 4 editorial issuesMar 2025: 0 editorial issuesApr 2025: 1 editorial issueMay 2025: 1 editorial issueJun 2025: 2 editorial issuesJul 2025: 0 editorial issuesAug 2025: 1 editorial issueSep 2025: 1 editorial issueOct 2025: 0 editorial issuesNov 2025: 0 editorial issuesDec 2025: 0 editorial issuesJan 2026: 0 editorial issuesFeb 2026: 0 editorial issuesMar 2026: 0 editorial issuesApr 2026: 0 editorial issuesMay 2026: 3 editorial issuesJun 2026: 2 editorial issuesJul 2026: 1 editorial issueAug 2026: 0 editorial issuesSep 2026: 0 editorial issuesOct 2026: 0 editorial issuesNov 2026: 0 editorial issues
Jul 2024Peak 4Nov 2026

Monthly editorial issue counts: Jul 2024: 0; Aug 2024: 0; Sep 2024: 3; Oct 2024: 0; Nov 2024: 1; Dec 2024: 0; Jan 2025: 3; Feb 2025: 4; Mar 2025: 0; Apr 2025: 1; May 2025: 1; Jun 2025: 2; Jul 2025: 0; Aug 2025: 1; Sep 2025: 1; Oct 2025: 0; Nov 2025: 0; Dec 2025: 0; Jan 2026: 0; Feb 2026: 0; Mar 2026: 0; Apr 2026: 0; May 2026: 3; Jun 2026: 2; Jul 2026: 1; Aug 2026: 0; Sep 2026: 0; Oct 2026: 0; Nov 2026: 0.

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In The Ultra Minute

Newest first

Published in TUM

Three accounts of Western States difficulty

Hall described unraveling by Cal Street, Kaspersen a nutrition/nausea DNF after Green Gate, and Hawks escalating leg and back problems. Each is a first-person account; no extra diagnosis or placing is inferred.

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Freetrail’s Western States previews and interviews

Hayden Hawks: Pre-race interview. Dated June 25 reporting; historical context, plans and later outcomes remain distinct.

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Hawks’s heat-strategy training film

Lytle filmed Hawks’s2.5-hour Prospector Trail trial with cooling and nutrition practice. The figures describe that filmed session; no general hydration or medical recommendation is made.

Published in TUM

Lytle’s film of Hawks’s training camp

Hayden Hawks: Training-camp film described preparation, not a finish.

Published in TUM

Troyer shares his first Grand Canyon outing

Joined Hans Troyer on the Grand Canyon outing featured in his video.

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Trail Waves compares race broadcasting

TUM named Hayden Hawks in the Canyons field discussed by Trail Waves; no result or contract is inferred.

Published in TUM

The 2025 UTMB finishers and non-finishers

TUM listed Hayden Hawks among the UTMB 2025 DNFs.

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Hawks announces a 2025 UTMB plan

TUM reported Hayden Hawks planning to run UTMB in 2025 after missing Western States. This pre-race account is not his later result or current health status.

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Hawks’ dated return and UTMB goal

TUM reported Hayden Hawks returning to short, slow running after a May 2025 procedure and targeting UTMB. This is a dated plan, not a result or current health state.

Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: June 24, 2025

Published in TUM

Shen’s 2025 Western States Withdrawal

TUM listed Hawks among contenders sidelined ahead of the 2025 Western States.

Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: June 13, 2025

Earlier coverage (15)
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Western States plans and injuries

Announced his withdrawal from Western States 2025 after a procedure and named UTMB as a target.

Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: May 23, 2025

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Croft and Hawks return to training on film

Featured in Behind the Lens returning to training after a Tarawera win.

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15 Hours features Tollefson

Named as a past 15 Hours episode subject.

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Hawks and Tarboton win Tarawera 50K

Won the 2025 Tarawera 50K in 3:18:46 after a close race with Robbie Simpson and called it a course-record victory. Nutrition mishaps were relayed from sponsor reporting.

Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: February 21, 2025

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Ruhling’s 7:24:55 men’s record

Held the 2024 men’s course record that Ruhling lowered.

Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: February 14, 2025

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Troyer recalls racing Hawks in 2024

Troyer recalled running alongside Hayden Hawks for much of the 2024 Black Canyon 100K. The retrospective described his aggressive early pacing; it did not report a 2025 outcome.

Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: February 7, 2025

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Hawks’2024 record and Troyer’s tenth place

The feature recalled Hawks winning 2024 Black Canyon 100K in 7:30:18, a course record at that time, while Troyer faded to tenth.

Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: February 7, 2025

Published in TUM

Troyer starts working with Roche

The retrospective said Troyer began working with coach David Roche in August 2024 and revised his durability and fueling training. It recalled Roche’s Leadville record and 2024 Ultrarunner-of-the-Year runner-up placing.

Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: February 7, 2025

Published in TUM

Worldwide UROY’s 2024 top awards

TUM reported Katie Schide and Matthieu Bonne as UltraRunning’s 2024 Worldwide UROY top honorees, with Courtney Dauwalter, Hayden Hawks and Jasmin Paris among the further podium names.

Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: January 24, 2025

Published in TUM

Different 2024 trail and ultra awards

Katie Schide and Elhousine Elazzaoui led the 2024 TROY rankings, while Katie Schide and Hayden Hawks receivedUROY honors. David Roche’s Leadville performance won Trail Performance of the Year; Ellie Greenwood shared her ballot and observations. These are distinct awards, not interchangeable rankings.

Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: January 16, 2025

Published in TUM

Hawks’s announced 2025 UTMB plan

The item’s headline announced Hayden Hawks for UTMB in 2025 after his 2024 CCC win. Its stale next-year phrasing is not converted into a 2026 plan; the source establishes an announcement, not a start or finish.

Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: January 2, 2025

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Sinclair’s 2024 JFK course record

TUM reported David Sinclair winning the 2024 JFK 50 Mile in 5:08:26, more than ten minutes under Hayden Hawks’s 2020 mark. The account attributed his preparation and recovery choices to him; it is not a current record-status verification.

Event date: 2020 · TUM publication: November 27, 2024

Published in TUM

Julian Alps Sky Trail results

Followed Puppi in the Sky Trail in rounded 4:52.

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Hawks and Hemming’s separate fueling case studies

His CCC win was the subject of a linked Precision Hydration case study.

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Hawks wins CCC again in 2024

TUM reports his 2024 CCC win, his first since 2017 and four minutes faster than that earlier time.

Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: September 3, 2024

Repeated links & other mentions (2)
Repeated link

Repeated Hawks training film

The most-viewed module repeated Lytle’s film of Hawks at Western States training camp.

Repeated link

Repeated Grand Canyon training film

The most-viewed module repeated Troyer’s first Grand Canyon run with Hawks, Peterman, Small and Jones. A shared outing does not imply enduring personal ties or a specific Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim route.

Connections

First-person account of race difficulty

Western States 100

Hall described unraveling by Cal Street, Kaspersen a nutrition/nausea DNF after Green Gate, and Hawks escalating leg and back problems. Each is a first-person account; no extra diagnosis or placing is inferred.

Source

Pre-race interview

Freetrail

Freetrail linked ten pre-race athlete interviews, a champions show with Schide, Olson, Kimball and Gallagher, and a named 100-mile debutants list. These are dated previews and media appearances.

Source

Filmed dated heat-strategy session

Derrick Lytle

Lytle filmed Hawks’s2.5-hour Prospector Trail trial with cooling and nutrition practice. The figures describe that filmed session; no general hydration or medical recommendation is made.

Source

Joined Hans Troyer on his first Grand Canyon outing

Hans Troyer

Hans Troyer shared a video of his first Grand Canyon outing with Hayden Hawks, Adam Peterman, Jeshurun Small and Dan Jones, describing it as “hot and humbling”.

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Sources & notes

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Public background sources checked October 20, 2026. The selection contains 127 published issues.

  • Hawks Running Undated public page; inspected October 20, 2026 · Checked Oct 20, 2026

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Public background & sources Checked October 20, 2026

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