Choosing a Race – What Do You Consider?
January 30, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 7 Comments
Howdy readers,I’m thinking of profiling some races here at iRunFar and am wondering how you choose which races to run. Do factors such as date, size, cost, and location – all of which are usually found a race’s website – play a predominant role? If so, which ones? Which factors beyond the vital stats that [...]
My Places – Anthony Portera edition: Rockefeller State Park Preserve, New York
January 30, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 5 Comments
My friend Anthony Portera from over at Run-A-Long-Way blog was kind enough to write the following post on Rockefeller State Park Preserve as the second installment of the My Places series here at iRunFar. (Last week, I posted about Potomac Overlook Park.) Tony’s a great guy I first met as he came into an aid [...]
Running With Friends and Other Stuff
January 29, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 10 Comments
Most of the time I end up running alone. In fact, a quick query of my mental mainframe reveals that I’ve run everyone of my 28 runs in 2008 by my lonesome, as I’ve done for each of my past 29 runs. In fact, the last run I can remember logging with another person was [...]
The Week of January 21-27, 2008
January 27, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
Synopsis of Week’s Training:After two back-to-back harder efforts, my legs were a bit tired on Monday. I headed out planning on run 8 to 12 miles, but bagged that idea early on. As the run progressed, my planned mileage continued to drop until I wrapped the run up after just 3.5 miles. However, during what [...]
weRunFar: Mike from Banff
January 23, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 6 Comments
Last fall I stumbled upon Canadian Mike’s blog. His pictures from runs in the Canadian Rockies are inspiring and often made useful by the inclusion of elevation profiles and trail maps. The site would be a great resource if you were planning a vacation (or live) near Banff, Alberta, Canada and wanted to were going [...]
The Week of January 14-20, 2008
January 23, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 3 Comments
Synopsis of Week’s Training:I came into this week having run 13 straight days, including my YTD longest run of 8 mile the preceding Sunday. On Monday, my legs felt tired. This was awesome! This feeling was totally different than the zero-energy problem [link] that resulted in me taking off the second half of December. Also, [...]
My Places: Potomac Overlook Park, Arlington, Virginia
January 23, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 6 Comments
One of the great things about running is that you end up exploring the areas where you live, work, and visit. During these explorations, we come across places that we might not otherwise discover. Some of these places become treasured spots. We might use these places for escape, peace, quite, remembrance, reflection, dedication, perspiration, or [...]
weRunFar: Andy Jones-Wilkins – Ultra Philosopher
January 17, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
What follows is the first in a new feature here at the iRunFar blog – weRunFar. weRunFar entries will be dedicated to collecting blog entries, blogs, photo albums, websites, and other online information by, about, or for those who run far. While this feature will primarily consist of trail running and ultrarunning content, posts may [...]
Streaking into 2008
January 17, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 9 Comments
I hope y’all don’t mind that I’m mostly posting about my mundane running at the moment. It’s a quiet time of year for ultrarunning and with me neither racing nor heading out for other adventures out in the woods, you are stuck reading about me getting back into shape. Hopefully, this record of my return [...]
The Week of January 7-13, 2008
January 15, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 5 Comments
Synopsis of Week’s Training:After not running 12 of the final 14 days of 2007, I started running again in the new year. Heading into this week I’d run 6 straight days and ended with 13 straight. The week started off with a fun AFS run through some nearby neighborhoods. Tuesday was a standard training; however, [...]
