Snowshoe Racing

Fresh on the powder covered heels of his snowshoe running basics article, Atlas Racing Team captain Adam Chase is back to fill us in snowshoe racing. If you agree that snowshoe running is fun and enjoy occasional competition, keep reading to find out why snowshoe racing might be for you. Adam covers snowshoe racing generally, [...]

Snowshoe Running Basics: The Why and How

Last winter, we published a post entitled Snowshoe Running – Fun or Flop? Well, based on the amount of interest the post has generated and our own recent experience, we’d say that snowshoe running is fun! With that in mind, we approached Adam Chase, the long-time captain of the Atlas [Snowshoe] Racing Team, in [...]

Heat Acclimation for Runners

Trail runners and ultramarathoners are groups that like to take on challenges. The tougher, the better, right? In a quest for new and tougher challenges we go longer, higher, hillier, and sometimes hotter. If we choose to face the heat, it may be appropriate to apply various degrees of heat acclimation. The [...]

Ultramarathon and Trail Running Camps

With the Wasatch 100 lottery out of the way, all the major American ultramarathon lotteries are done for the year.* As Heidi Klum would say, “You’re either in or you’re out.” (Ah, what a long time I’ve been waiting a long time to say that!) Either way, it’s the time of year when an [...]

Energy Gel Comparison

With energy gels being my primary energy source during ultras and weight being an essential consideration at the Marathon des Sables, I started thinking about which energy gels offer the greatest caloric density. While I initially planned on looking at only caloric density, I ended up comparing many other aspects of energy gels including [...]

How to Run Trails!

“How to Run Trails!” That’s about as ambitious a post title as you’ll ever see here at iRunFar… but today we share resources from some masters of the sport that we’ve collected over the past few months. While we could throw in our two cents on how to run trails (and likely [...]

Ultramarathon Coaches

A guide to ultrarunning coaches.

Ultrarunning and Trail Running Clubs: Mid-Atlantic Region

Whether you’re headed to an unfamiliar area for work, vacation, or relocation it’s great to learn the trail systems in the area. You can always look at a map or conduct an internet search for area trails, but often the most efficient way to check out the website of or get in touch with [...]

Running Post-Race Recovery

For those competing in the Gore-Tex TransRockies Run next week, the time for training is over. While strategy and perseverance will undoubtedly influence how individuals perform in this grueling 6-day stage race across the Colorado Rockies, the athletes’ ability to recover for subsequent stages will have a huge impact on performance. Below are some tips [...]

DC Area Trails (Northern Virginia and Maryland, too)

A few months ago, iRunFar readers stepped up and shared their thoughts on and pictures of both the JFK 50 Mile run and DC area trails. (JFK 50 thoughts, JFK 50 photo contest, DC trail thoughts, DC trails photo contest) Thanks to all who contributed. I’m happy to report that the September 2008 [...]

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