This Week In Running (Week of 7/11 & 7/12)
July 8, 2009 by Anthony Portera · Leave a Comment
Friday, July 10…..6:00 AM…..Siverton, Colorado…..A 100 mile counter-clockwise loop through the back country of the San Juan Mountains…..The old mining towns of Silverton, Lake City, Ouray, Telluride and Ophir…..Approximately 33,000 feet of total elevation gain…..It is one of the toughest 100-milers around, and it is the Hardrock 100 Mile Endurance Run. In the 2008 edition [...]
Kevin Sullivan, 5th Place 2009 Western States 100, Interview
July 6, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 5 Comments
iRunFar was lucky enough to catch up with New Englander Kevin Sullivan following his fifth place finish at the 2009 Western States 100. For those of you who don’t know Kevin, iRunFar readers voted his second place at last year’s Vermont 100 as the best debut 100 miler of 2008. Already in 2009, Kevin has [...]
2009 Western States 100 Prediction Contest Results
July 2, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 12 Comments
We didn’t want a week to go by between the 2009 Western States Endurance Run and the announcement of the winners of the Western States Prediction Contest. That meant a combination of good coding by Mitchell Goodman of the Ultra Good blog and some good old fashioned number crunching by Bryon Powell. As Bryon was [...]
2009 Western States 100 Roundup [Updated 7/3/09]
July 1, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 5 Comments
Yeah, I was on the course and could report on what I saw at this year’s Western States 100. Not gonna do that as such coverage would be incomplete due to my switch from reporter to Andy Jones-Wilkins’s pacer at Bath Road. I’ll leave the reporting to those who had a consistent role (be it [...]
