2008 GORE-TEX TransRockies Run – Day 4
August 28, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
Wow! It was another gorgeous (if brutally tough) day of running in the Rockies! Wings of Glory continues to run well and move up in the standings every day. If TRR was a baseball game and WoG was a baseball team, it would be the bottom of the 6th and our starter would still be [...]
2008 Gore-Tex TransRockies Run – Day 3
August 28, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 3 Comments
Each stage of the 2008 Gore-Tex TransRockies Run keeps on getting better and better. That goes for the course, team Wings of Glory’s fortune, and my personal experience. Actually, today may have been one of the best days of my life. While this post starts with a race report, many of my most meaningful memories [...]
2008 Gore-Tex TransRockies Run – Day 2
August 26, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 5 Comments
There was no stage of the Gore-Tex TransRockies Run that I was looking forward to more than today’s stage over Hope Pass. It’s not that I wasn’t or am not looking forward to the other stages; rather, it’s that I’ve run over Hope Pass a couple of times before and it’s awesome. It manages to [...]
2008 Gore-Tex TransRockies Run – Day 1
August 25, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
It’s 10 p.m., I’m sitting on a bench outside a restroom, and I’ve got a 6 a.m. wake up scheduled for tomorrow – Day 2 of the 2008 Gore-Tex TransRockies Run. Life is good… even better than yesterday(!?), but with the above in mind, I’m going picture heavy and a bit more stream of consciousness [...]
2008 Gore-Tex TransRockies Run Prelude
August 24, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 6 Comments
I sit here in Buena Vista, Colorado having had one of my best days in recent memory and the second annual Gore-Tex TransRockies Run hasn’t even begun yet! The day began, with Adam Chase, Ryan Padilla, my TRR teammate Martin Gaffuri, and I leaving Boulder, CO around 10 this morning to head up to Beaver [...]
Running Post-Race Recovery
August 23, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 2 Comments
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 [...]
TransRockies Run Final Training Update (July 18-August 21)
August 22, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
As my training for next week’s Gore-Tex TransRockies Run stage race has progressed, my training updates have tailed off. For a while the updates were weekly (May 5-11; May 12-18; May 19-25; May 26-June 1; June 2-8) and then there was July’s 6-week period update (June 9-July 17). While my training has not been ideal, [...]
TransRockies Run: Training for a Stage Race
April 30, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 18 Comments
With one email this morning my tentative 2008 running plans solidified – I’m running the Gore-Tex TransRockies Run. From August 25-30, this six stage race will cover 115+ miles from Buena Vista to Beaver Creek, Colorado by way of Leadville. TRR is run in two-person teams with both team members needing to finish each stage [...]
