What Socks Knock Your Socks Off?
June 30, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 29 Comments
Socks, once the most boring of running apparel, have undergone an evolutionary explosion in recent years. No longer are your only choices white or striped, knee or ankle, and thin or thick. Now you need too decide what feature is crucial. Is it the toed socks from Injini, right and left footed socks from Keen, [...]
Western States Lemonade [updated 7/3 11 a.m.]
June 26, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 10 Comments
While many in the ultrarunning community are bummed out about the cancellation of this year’s Western States 100, many folks are already making lemonade from the Western States lemons they’ve been handed. Some folks are running around the Sierras and Lake Tahoe, Sean Meissner’s organized an impromptu training camp in Oregon, AJW enjoyed some of [...]
Western States Endurance Run Cancelled!
June 25, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 11 Comments
The Western States Endurance Run scheduled for this weekend will be canceled! iRunFar has learned from a very reliable source that after extensive meetings with the Forest Service the WSER board will, in fact, officially cancel the race and that a press release to such an effect should be posted later tonight. Earlier this afternoon, [...]
No More Free Gu Energy Gel with Stash Your Trash
June 25, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 16 Comments
6/26/08 Update: iRunFar reader Mr. Gump has informed us that returning 50 empty gel packets to Gu Sports‘ Stash Your Trash program no longer results in the company sending you 5 free gu energy gel packets. Instead, for every 50 empty gel packets you submit to Gu Sports, they will submit $5 to their designated [...]
2005 Western States 100 Race Report
June 21, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 8 Comments
With the 2008 edition of the Western States 100 less than a week away, I thought it would be an appropriate time to post a race report from my 2005 run at the Western States Endurance Run. That year I lucked out with a solid training season, good race day conditions, and great support. The [...]
When, If Ever, Should You Wear Trail Shoes?
June 19, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 20 Comments
Trail shoes are a waste and you shouldn’t wear them. That’s a wee dramatization of the comments some of Appalachia’s fine mountain men have left on iRunFar’s prior post on trail shoe diversity. Their comments and the discussion it has sparked are worthy of a separate post, so read on. For this discussion, I choose [...]
Diversity of Trail Shoes
June 17, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 30 Comments
Earlier this spring, I was struck by the variety in trail shoe brands that folks were wearing at the HAT run. Not only were there trail shoes from a variety of big multi-sport companies like Nike, Adidas, Asics, Brooks, and New Balance, but also many “smaller” brands like Montrail, La Sportiva, Salomon, Teva, North Face, [...]
The Week of June 2-8, 2008
June 9, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 3 Comments
While the end of last week left a sour taste in my mouth, this week left me smiling. At this point in my training, any week with 5 days of 75+ minute runs is a good week. As a bonus, half of my runs this week were mountain runs above 7,000′. In sum, the week [...]
The Week of May 26-June 1, 2008
June 5, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 1 Comment
Through Friday, this week was looking like a can’t miss winner, as I’d already logged 43 miles and a great workout. Then exhaustion hit and planned weekends runs of 20+ and 10+ pathetically faded to a day off and an easy 5 miler. Read on to see what went down. Synopsis of Week’s Training:The week [...]
Share Your Thoughts on the JFK 50 Mile
June 3, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 3 Comments
Ok, this is a totally shameless post, but true to my DC lawyer ways, I’m cool with that. ;-) Regardless, as you may have gathered, I’m doing a bit of writing for a national running magazine to be named later. The good news is that the piece I’ve been working on regarding the JFK 50 [...]
