iRunFar Black Friday Giveaway! [more products added 12/2/08]

Here at iRunFar we get approached to test many items on the trail. Rather than have all the fun ourselves we’ve decided to let you, the iRunFar reader, test out some of this gear. All you have to do to get a particular item is leave a comment by the end of next Friday, December [...]

This Week In Running (Week of 11/29 & 11/30)

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. With the last 100-mile race of the 2008 racing season in the books, today we focus on a few shorter distance ultras on tap for the weekend of [...]

Marathon des Sables Training: Weeks 1-8

Long time iRunFar readers may recall that I (Bryon/Trail Goat) used to regularly post training updates. As the focus of iRunFar has shifted from me to trail and ultrarunning more generally, I’ve practically eliminated these training updates. However, as I noted in my Marathon des Sables entry announcement, I’ll be posting a few training updates [...]

Ultramarathons and Performing Enhancing Drugs

While the two biggest factors on how someone performs at an ultramarathon are usually genetic talent and training, there will always be people looking for a shortcut. Blatant rules violations such as literal shortcutting and muling are uncommon in ultras. Why? Perhaps, because most people never would and for the rest it’s too easy to [...]

JFK 50 Miler Weekend

A roundup of some great JFK 50 Mile resources.

This Week In Running (Week of 11/22 & 11/23)

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. As the 2008 racing season begins to wind down, we today preview a few of the races on tap for the weekend of November 22 and 23, 2008, [...]

Snowshoe Running – Fun or Flop?

[Hi visitor, if you're interested in snowshoe running take a look at our snowshoe running basics and snowshoe racing articles.] Winter is fast approaching in many parts of the United States, if it hasn’t arrived already. With snow on the horizon it’s time to start thinking about how to stay in shape when your favorite [...]

iRunFar Survival Tip #2 – Emergency Signal Mirrors

You’re in the middle of an easy 10-miler on a trail just outside of town. While up on little-used ridge top trail, you twist your ankle and snap your fibula. You get up and try to hobble down the trail, but the terrain is too technical for you to make worthwhile progress. Seeing as how [...]

This Week In Running (Week of 11/15 & 11/16)

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 we preview a few of the races on tap for the weekend of November 15 and 16, 2008, with a special look at the Ultracentric Races. The [...]

2008 GORE-TEX TransRockies Run – Summary

I thought iRunFar readers would enjoy and future GORE-TEX TransRockies Run participants would benefit from a consolidated account of my 2008 TransRockies Run. Speaking of future participants, registration for the 2009 TransRockies Run (August 23-28) opened on October 1 and they’ve already received more applications than they had runners in this year’s race. If you [...]

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