Old Pueblo 50 Mile and Tucson Trip Preview
February 29, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
As I type, I’m airborne in route from DC to Tucson, Arizona. As with many of my vacations, this one involves a race -the Old Pueblo 50. The Old Pueblo 50 miler is run in the Santa Rita Mountains well south of Tucson and within a three-hour run or so of the Mexican border. Folks [...]
Sports Drinks for Women
February 28, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 1 Comment
photo credit – Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Today’s New York Times includes an article discussing sports drinks aimed at women. The article also reviews four female-oriented sports drinks, including: Nuun U Luna Sport Electrolyte Splash (Clif product) Crystal Light on the Go Hydration Propel Fit Water with Calcium (Gatorade product) It’s my understanding that [...]
The Week of February 18-24, 2008
February 27, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 2 Comments
Gretchen and Mason dropping me early on Friday’s run. Synopsis of Week’s Training:For reasons I do not recall, I took Monday off. Tuesday, I logged a decent 7.5 miles around Arlington, while I ran home from work on Wednesday. I took Thursday off as my sis and I tried to beat an ice storm down [...]
La Sportiva Fireblade Review
February 27, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 22 Comments
Every once in a while you forget your preconceptions and leave constructs behind as you fall in love with something you’ve got no business falling in love with… and such as been my story with the La Sportiva Fireblade. You know how the story goes. Maybe your friends tell you about the new girl in [...]
Mount Mitchell Challenge Race Report
February 24, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 12 Comments
My run at the Mount Mitchell Challenge yesterday can be broken into four distinct sections. However, before I get any further into my race report, I need to cut to the chase – my sister beat me in our brother vs. sister challenge… and even handily bettering my prediction that she’s beat me by 28 [...]
Mount Mitchell Challenge 2008 Preview [Updated 2/22/08 10 PM]
February 22, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 11 Comments
I’ve wanted to run the Mount Mitchell Challenge (MMC) held outside of Asheville, North Carolina ever since I heard of it. Earlier this decade, my sister spent some time living in Asheville and I loved visiting her. Well, more than a decade later my sister and I will be road tripping down to MMC this [...]
Anyone Familiar with the La Sportiva Raceblade/Fireblade
February 20, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 12 Comments
Recently, ultrastud Mike Mason commented enthusiastically about the La Sportiva Raceblade in response to my review of the Montrail Streak. Mike said, Phenom shoe. Flat, fast, just enough protection, elastic tongue keeps the rocks out, and a nice wide toebox. This is by far the best trail shoe I’ve run in. Well, such words from [...]
Fleet Feet – Bend
February 19, 2008 by Bryon Powell · Leave a Comment
My buddy and ultra-stud Sean Meissner will be managing a new Fleet Feet store being opened in Bend, Oregon this April by his fellow stud ultramarathoner, Rod Bien. While I obviously I have no basis to compliment a store that hasn’t opened yet, I can safely say that with Meissner and Bien in charge this [...]
Training Advice from Anna Pichrtova
February 19, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 8 Comments
Last week, in reflecting upon why he trains, Scott Mason over at Wasatch Speed Goat noted La Sportiva runner, Anna Pichrtova, was spotlighted on mountainrunning.com. After looking over the piece on Anna, I thought I’d share some of her thoughts on training. (For those who don’t know, Anna is pretty much an untouchable sub-ultra distance [...]
The Week of February 11-17, 2008
February 18, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
Synopsis of Week’s Training:Another week and yet more progress in the right direct. I started the week off right on Monday by reintroducing my “Walker’s Fear” loop back into my training. Essentially, Walker’s Fear is my already hilly 6.5 mile loop with mile and a half out and back that adds two long climbs. I [...]
