SOLE and Montrail Running Footbed Reviews

Many of you address any number of running issues by replacing a shoe’s standard sockliner with a premium footbed, a/k/a insole. Today, we provide you with iRunFar reader reviews of three heat-moldable footbeds: the SOLE Slim Sport, the Montrail Enduro Sole, and the SOLE Softec Ultra. If you regularly use insoles, we’d love for you [...]

2009 Western States 100 Group Think Predictions

With all the data pouring in to the iRunFar Western States Prediction Contest, we just couldn’t help but play with the data. Below we attempt to apply a hive-mentality approach to see how the men’s and women’s fields play out when the collective thoughts of 175 contest participants are accumulated. In addition to showing how [...]

This Week In Running : Special Western States 100 Edition

It has been two long years since Hal Koerner crossed the finish line in first place at the 2007 Western States Endurance Run with a time of 16:12:16. Two long years since Nikki Kimball won her 3rd WSER in 18:12:37. It has been too long. The 2008 edition of the WSER just didn’t happen. Race [...]

These Runners Climbed Mount Washington

In deciding to cover the La Sportiva Mountain Cup (iRF’s coverage) there was one race that stood out as falling outside iRunFar’s normal scope – the Mount Washington Road Race. While this race is neither far nor on trail, such labels are superficial when it comes to the mother of all US mountain road races. [...]

2009 Western States Prediction Contest

In this, the final installment of Western States Synchroblog Project, we’re making the post all about iRunFar readers… or at least their ability to pick the winners of next weekend’s Western States Endurance Run. The top three prognosticators will be rewarded with trail-worthy Montrail and Mountain Hardwear gear. Read on to learn how this contest [...]

This Week In Running (Week of 6/20 & 6/21)

Welcome to the Summer Solstice (which occurs this year at 5:45 AM on June 21) edition of This Week In Running. Before we take a look at a handful of races/events taking place on the weekend of Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21. We begin this week with the Bighorn Trail 100 Mile Endurance [...]

Inov-8 Race Pro 22 (and Inov-8 Shoulder Strap Bottle Holders) Review

With this review, I feel as if I am revealing the location of an endangered animal, what could be perceived as both a documentation of an important scientific occurrence and a callous expose. While I’m aware that my gear-review subject, the Inov-8 Race Pro 22 backpack, is a widely available inanimate object, I still think [...]

iRunFar Gear Closet Giveaway Winners

Thanks to the nearly 50 folks who offered to give some good gear a new home. If you entered iRunFar’s Gear Closet Cleanout, check below to see what might be headed your way. If you won an item, send us your address ASAP so we don’t have to drive your winnings clear across two countries. [...]

This Week In Running (Week of June 13 & 14)

Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, where today we preview just a handful of the races/events taking place on the weekend of Saturday June 13 and Sunday, June 14, 2009. We previously mentioned that TWIR was working on some new features for its weekly TWIR post. Today we will start with [...]

Heavenly Runs at Mount Diablo 25k

This past weekend the La Sportiva Mountain Cup (iRF’s LSMC coverage) headed clear across the country for the Mount Diablo 25k run just a few miles east of Oakland, California. There on the flanks of the aptly-named Mount Diablo the LSMC participants would face an even greater challenge than they did last week at the [...]

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