How to Fill a Race Schedule in Two Months
October 31, 2007 by Bryon Powell · Leave a Comment
As of August 31, my running schedule for the remainder of the year was completely empty with the exception of pacing duties at the Grand Teton and Wasatch 100s the following two weekends. It was around that time that my excitement about running was piqued during my running trip out west. To keep me motivated [...]
Best Run of This Past Weekend?
October 30, 2007 by Bryon Powell · 1 Comment
With all due respect to Jorge Pacheco and Andy Jones-Wilkins‘ throw down at the Javelina Jundred this part weekend. The Trinity Tigers football team had what must be the best run of this past weekend against Millsap. Probably the best play I have ever seen in football, if not all of sports and it’s from [...]
Marine Corp Marathon – The Peoples Marathon
October 29, 2007 by Bryon Powell · 2 Comments
Participants in front of the Smithsonian Castle. While I love trail running and ultras, I also enjoy me a good ole fashion big time road race and the Marine Corps Marathon is my favorite. Why is it my favorite? It’s in what’s become my hometown – Washington, DC (and environs) It’s in my favorite season [...]
Kahtoola MICROspikes – Down and Dirty
October 24, 2007 by Bryon Powell · 13 Comments
Last night I arrived home from a rainy run to find my pair of the just released Kahtoola MICROspikes had arrived. Kahtoola describes the Microspikes as “pocket-sized traction” and that’s about right. The newest addition to the product category that includes Yaktrax and STABILicers, the Microspikes are lightweight devices that you slip on over your [...]
Run Commuting
October 18, 2007 by Bryon Powell · 18 Comments
The past two weeks have been a microcosm of the past 5 years of my life – too much to do and too little time to do it all. During the last half decade I’ve done a pretty god job of trimming wasted time out of my life, so it’s hard to come by further [...]
Training for an Ultramarathon
October 15, 2007 by Bryon Powell · 74 Comments
An in-depth guide to ultramarathon training. Long runs, training specificity, back-to-backs, mileage, speedwork, and overtraining are all covered.
How To Select a First Ultramarathon
October 14, 2007 by Bryon Powell · 10 Comments
Tips for choosing your first ultramarathon.
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October 14, 2007 by Bryon Powell · Leave a Comment
I dropped out of the 24 Hours of Momentum early and often. Two points led to me initially dropping out. First, the course was entirely runnable. While I had no problem going long in the Tetons and Wasatch last month, those runs had plenty of walk breaks. This course did not. I was not ready [...]
Awesomeness
October 12, 2007 by Bryon Powell · 3 Comments
Awesomeness has nothing to do with my running at the moment and everything to do with the great responses to my post about multiday running packs. Thanks for the info Sparky, Jeff, and Aaron. Everyone else, keep the info, whether on packs or more broadly about fastpacking, coming. Please! I’m really excited (and become more [...]
Packing It In
October 10, 2007 by Bryon Powell · 7 Comments
Hi all, I’m looking for some reader input here. I’m serious about trying out the fast packing/really long unsupported run thing, but as I stated earlier, I know next to nothing about this realm and don’t really know anyone who has. (It seems to be a much more common practice out West.) I’m clueless on [...]
