Prescription for the Trails? A Shoe Cocktail!
August 13, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 9 Comments
This is iRunFar’s first round up post in quite awhile. It’s got some news that we didn’t squeeze into our White River 50 race report, the end of END Footwear, and an article over at Competitor Running that might interest you. Update: We’ll also throw in the tidbit that Montrail is discontinuing its iconic Hardrock… [...]
This Week In Running (Week of 8/15 & 8/16)
August 12, 2009 by Anthony Portera · 2 Comments
As things gear up for next weekend’s “Race Across the Sky“, the ultrarunning world appears to be taking a weekend off. Well, not entirely. There are events happening this weekend across the USA, and today we will take a look at a short list of some of them taking place on Saturday, August 15. We [...]
Fresh Feet Haul Ass at Haulin’ Aspen
August 11, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 19 Comments
Not since the Barr Trail Mountain Race have locals dominated a La Sportiva Mountain Cup race as much as they did at the Haulin’ Aspen Half Marathon in Bend, Oregon on Sunday. That may be due in part to many of the top Mountain Cup contenders running the Jupiter Peak Steeplechase the previous day and [...]
Mielke and Kimmel Rocket Upwards at Jupiter Peak Steeplechase
August 10, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 35 Comments
While the weather was cool at the Jupiter Peak Steeplechase this weekend, the competition was hot. According to La Sportiva Mountain Running team member, Luke Nelson, “This was the definitely the deepest field I’ve ever raced in.” As far as non-ultramarathon trail races, we’d have to agree. Even with the steep competition, La Sportiva Mountain [...]
Living It Up At The Canadian Death Race
August 7, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 20 Comments
Far north of the 49th parallel in a land where the woodland caribou still roams, runners can challenge the terrain and themselves at The North Face’s Canadian Death Race. Despite many a suggestive slogan, runners are unlikely to die at this event run nearly as far north as Alaska. However, this IS a very difficult [...]
This Week In Running (Week of 8/8 & 8/9)
August 5, 2009 by Anthony Portera · 2 Comments
All Quiet on the Western Front….or is it ? Well, we certainly are not talking about the novel first published in November and December 1928 in the German newspaper Vossische Zeitung, and in book form in late January 2009 (or the subsequent 1930 and 1979 films of the same title). That book and its sequel, [...]
Drinking Up The La Sportiva Mountain Cup: Analysis Through 6 Races
August 3, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
This year’s La Sportiva Mountain Cup is turning out to be the most exciting trail race series we’ve seen in years. Through six of ten series races, three men and three women have separated themselves from the field in the hunt for a $5,000 payday! However, many other runners remain in the hunt for second [...]
La Sportiva Runners Squash Competition at Squaw Valley Mountain Run
August 3, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 20 Comments
Oh boy, what a weekend! While the La Sportiva Mountain Cup competition may have been steep at the Eldora Trail 10k (iRF coverage), the course was no less steep at the Squaw Valley Mountain Run. The course at SVMR is brilliantly simple – climb 2,000′ from Squaw Valley (6,200′) to High Camp (8,200′) in 3.6 [...]
Mountain Runners Open It Up At The Eldora Trail 10k
August 3, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 18 Comments
After another three week break, the La Sportiva Mountain Cup made its closest approach to La Sportiva’s North American headquarters with the Eldora Trail 10k. The race is run out of the Eldora Nordic Center, a private area on which competitors may on run on race day. This limited access by locals may have helped [...]
