What do Jim Walmsley, Vincent Bouillard, Ludovic Pommeret and Hayden Hawks all have in common? They all smashed ultra marathons this year wearing the same pair of Hoka trail running shoes.
In case you haven't heard, on Saturday, little-known French runner Bouillard surprised everyone including himself when he won the UTMB 100-mile race around Mont Blanc in the third-fastest-ever time. Just behind him in fifth place was another Frenchman, Pommeret, who had taken the top spot the grueling Hardrock 100 in Colorado just weeks before aged 49 years old.
