Tips for GPS Improving Accuracy When Running

Tips to improve your GPS’s accuracy when running.

Ibuprofen and Its Effects During Ultramarathons

A look at the effects of ibuprofen use during ultramarathons.

Mental Approaches to Ultramarathons

Four mental techniques for ultramarathon success.

Heat Acclimation for Runners

A physician and exercise physiologist with desert racing experience examines heat acclimation in runners.

Marathon des Sables Tips, Training, and News

iRunFar brings together its Marathon des Sables articles to create a Marathon des Sables Guide and resource center.

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 hopes [...]

Heat Acclimation for Runners: A Coach’s Analysis

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 type and degree [...]

Ultramarathon and Trail Running Camps

A guide to trail running and ultramarathon camps for adults from around the world.

Energy Gel Comparison

An in-depth comparison of energy gels including energy density, caffeine content, electrolyte content, carbohydrate source, and additional “performance” ingredients.

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