Ida-Sophie Hegemann

🥇 @grandraidventouxbyutmb @utmbworldseries What a feeling, what a relief when everything falls into place. It’s always easy to say you’ll come back, but it’s been a lot of hard work. 🥹 239 days since my last race, 199 days after knee surgery. The race was so technical and a huge challenge for me, which makes me even happier about my victory and my finish time! Thank you to everyone who has supported me the past months and today, especially for believing in me when I didn’t do it myself. 🫶🏼 After this start of the season, I’m looking forward to everything that’s still to come, to more runnable races, to longer & shorter races and, above all, to the TDS. 125 k | +6500 hm | 15:57:25 h #trailrunning #utmb #worldseries #grandraidventoux

Happy and completely exhausted in the finish line of my second World Championship. 🇩🇪 Yesterday’s race was very tough. I knew that the course didn’t suit me and that it would be a tough day and I can say it definitely was. But I gave it my all and kept pushing, no matter what and I’m very proud of that. It’s just a great honor to be able to compete with the fastest trail runners in the world and to be part of it! I never thought I could run this technical course in less than 12 hours, nor that I would finish as the best German, as we had actually hoped to compete for a medal with such a strong women’s team. Unfortunately, that didn’t work out this time for several reasons, but we fought our way through this race and the rest of the German team supported us along the course and at the aid stations wherever they could. I am very grateful for that and it is incredibly inspiring how strong our @dlv_online mountain runners were this year!🏅 Tired, totally exhausted and happy, I can now recover and look back on the World Championships with some great memories. 📸: @johannesue / @_jonashill_ / @0emus

2025 in less than 20 sec 🪩 with all it’s ups & downs, my passion for running has never been greater 🫶🏼 2026 loading…

I’m happy to announce my new partnership with @ledlenserglobal 🔥 For the past two years, I’ve been using their headlamps for every training session & every race in the dark and I’m glad to have found a brand that offers the perfect model for every need. Whether I’m out for just an hour or running an ultra-race all night long, I can always rely on my headlamp, a long-lasting battery and a truly bright beam - so the night is no longer a weakness or a challenge, but becomes a strength. Whether I’m excited and nervous before the start, making final preparations, standing right at the starting line, in the middle of the race, or arriving at the finish line relieved and happy - the headlamps from @ledlenserglobal are my faithful companion 💡 📸: @anton.werner | @david.ferk

mixed 🥇 Everesting: 60,2 km | + 8848 hm | 9:18:24 h I couldn’t be prouder as a big sister @paulh310 ! 🥰 What an experience - what a big deal for my poor arms with those poles and what an amazing vibe among all the runners. It was truly a very special challenge. Whether running solo or as part of a relay team, mentally it’s a real game running the same loop 🔁 rounds and rounds. Hats off! Can’t wait to be back here in a few weeks for my next big goal @zugspitzultratrail ⛰️

the new @youtube episode about my race at the Mont Ventoux is here! 🔥 Follow me into the race, into pressure, insecurities & expectations, into a challenge that we women sometimes face in races and that’s still not talked about enough. Why am I back at @grandraidventouxbyutmb this year and why is it sometimes harder to return to a race you won last year? I hope you can feel sweat, struggle, tears and a real race feeling while watching. It’s actually the third season of my YouTube series, Chasing Ida. Crazy! Enjoy watching 🍿 Subtitles available in English, French & Italian. 🎥&✂️: @david.ferk @anton.werner

even if it’s 3 days late: April in 15 snaps - Mont Ventoux by @utmbworldseries 🥇 - spring at home - Côte d’Azur for a day - first ever live podcast @hoehenmeterprokilometerpodcast - 3 years of our podcast 🫶🏼 @kimischreiber - Community run in Innsbruck - 🇫🇷 - guess the place - campaign shooting in 🇪🇸 - racing - racing - got the honor of bib no.1 @grandraidventouxbyutmb 🙏🏼 - finisher ceremony - training - training happy & grateful for the past weeks 🫶🏼

Das war er also, unser erster Live-Podcast 🥂 Danke an die tollste Community! unsere Herzen sind voll 🫶🏼 📷: @david.ferk

My goal for this race was to run with strength & confidence, just like the women I look up to. Looking at the photos now, it’s hard to tell which kilometer I was at in each picture. My expression is always the same: I’m completely locked into race mode. I was highly focused the entire time, until I let my joy show at the finish line. ✨ pic 1: ~ 65 km & 68 km pic 2: ~ 14 km & 63 km pic 3: 🏁 pic 4: ~ 35 km pic 5: ~ 72 km & 73 km pic 6: 🏁

🥇 86 k | +4300 hm | 10:00:29 h @grandraidventouxbyutmb @utmbworldseries With great memories from last year, I headed back to Mont Ventoux to kick off my season. The last seven days leading up to the race were very exhausting, so I was feeling quite nervous and uncertain. But as soon as the starting gun went off, I got into the flow. I had a good feeling and was fully in the zone right from the start. My legs were a bit tired, but I was moving fast and well. Unfortunately after about two hours, I got my period. From that point on, period cramps and stomach issues plagued my race and it quickly turned into torture. I tried to convince myself that this was my female superpower today and pushed through, but countless toilet breaks and cramps made the race very difficult for me. It was also much hotter than expected, so every step up to Mont Ventoux was a struggle. I ran more with my head and my heart than with my legs, it was truly a battle and that’s why I’m so proud of my performance yesterday. Sometimes, from the outside, we don’t see the battles everyone is fighting inside, the problems and challenges. It looks easy and effortless. Yet these ultra races are often a journey to one’s own limits and beyond. Sometimes the greatest victory isn’t in being faster than everyone else, but in being stronger than oneself. In the starting photo, you can see @baptiste.chassagne telling me: “Above all, have fun today!” At that point, I didn’t know what the day had in store for me, but I kept repeating those words to myself over and over on the course, especially when things got really tough. ✨ Special thanks go to my crew @johannesue & @david.ferk who not only believe in me, but also gave it their all to film the race as closely as possible for the next YouTube episode. 🍿 I’m grateful, proud, and overwhelmed. Mont Ventoux seems to be a good place for me: two races, two wins and I’m already looking forward to the next time I’m back! 🫶🏼

after winning the 125 k last year, I had to do the 86 k this year 🥇

Ida-Sophie Hegemann remporte le 100K du Grand Raid du Ventoux ⛰️ Victoire sur le format 100K en 10h00. Une belle démonstration sur les sentiers du Ventoux. 📸 @leo.ouvrie