You Are Being Watched? SPOT Satellite Messaging and Its Consequences

It’s late fall in the Wasatch Mountains and you decide to sneak in one last epic alpine run before the snow gods transform the peaks into a winter sports paradise. After a lazy morning you set out from Brighton around 10 a.m. and head up Catherine’s Pass. Miles and hours disappear as the effort of [...]

This Week In Running (Week of 11/1 & 11/2)

Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, brought to you in part by iRunFar.com. Today’s installment of TWIR previews a few of the races on tap for the weekend of November 1 and 2, 2008, including the Cactus Rose 100, the Mountain Masochist Trail Run 50 miler, and the inaugural New England [...]

iRunFar Survival Tip #1 – Emergency Electrolyte Sources

If you are ever stuck out on the trail or the road with water, but no electrolytes consider using your head… or, more specifically, your hat. If you’re like me, you don’t wash your running hat all the time. During this time various salts build up in and on the hat. When in need, just [...]

Tough Times Ahead for Trail Running?

If the release of the third quarter financial results of two outdoor retail conglomerates yesterday is indicative of outdoor industry as a whole, the industry and, in turn, outdoor sports may be headed for tough times. For starters, Montrail’s parent company Columbia Sportswear reported that while there was no year-over-year change in quarterly Montrail sales [...]

This Week In Running (Week of 10/25 & 10/26)

Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, brought to you in part by iRunFar.com. Today’s installment of TWIR previews a few of the races on tap for the weekend of October 25 and 26, 2008. Let’s get right to it……. We begin with our featured race, the 4 Deserts Sahara Race, which [...]

Ultrarunner Rankings

An iRunFar reader recently asked the following questions: Could you shed some light on how runners get national rankings in the ultra trail running world? Is there a set of races these rankings are based on? If someone is cited as “nationally ranked” what does that really mean? Just curious as to how it works [...]

Nathan HPL #020 Review

Nathan Sports‘ HPL #020 is easily my favorite hydration pack. It’s become such an essential part of my gear over the past year that I just assumed that I had reviewed it. Not so. I fell in love with the HPL 020 when I first laid my eyes on it at the Cascade Crest 100 [...]

Atayne POV Shirt Review and Company Discussion

Here at iRunFar headquarters we like a good “green” story almost as much as we like gear. So you can imagine we’re pretty jazzed when a story like that of Atayne crosses our path. Atayne is an Arlington, Virginia based start up that makes technical shirts using recycled plastic and non-toxic chemicals. The Atayne story [...]

2009 Western States Field Developing – Updated Oct 22

During the first half of this year there was a ton of chatter about how stacked the field was for the 2008 Western States 100… and then the race was canceled. Fortunately, this year’s WS entrants were given the option of entering the 2009 race and the vast majority of top runners opted in. Among [...]

This Week In Running (Week of 10/11 + 10/12)

Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, brought to you in part by iRunFar.com, your source for mud, mountains, miles and so much more. Today’s installment of TWIR previews a few of the races on tap for the weekend of October 11 and 12, 2008. Before we put on our packs and [...]

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