Leadville 100 2009: I'm Either In or I'm Out
August 19, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 20 Comments
Oh boy, here I go again, but this time, maybe on my own. I will, for sure, be running the Leadville 100 on Saturday. There has been much uncertainty in my road to starting line, as I’ll explain below. There also still uncertainty in my race plan. I’m currently without any pacer for the run, [...]
Marathon des Sables Training: Weeks 9-22
March 2, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 7 Comments
A summary of training for the Marathon des Sables.
Marathon des Sables Training: Weeks 1-8
November 23, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 9 Comments
Long time iRunFar readers may recall that I (Bryon/Trail Goat) used to regularly post training updates. As the focus of iRunFar has shifted from me to trail and ultrarunning more generally, I’ve practically eliminated these training updates. However, as I noted in my Marathon des Sables entry announcement, I’ll be posting a few training updates [...]
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, [...]
Training Update June 9 – July 17, 2008
July 18, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 1 Comment
It’s been a long time since I posted a personal training update. In part that’s due to some not so exciting training the last three weeks in June, but also because I’ve focused on writing other iRunFar posts. Read on for more about my last 5+ weeks of training, the Finger Lakes Fifties 50k, and [...]
The Week of June 2-8, 2008
June 9, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 3 Comments
While the end of last week left a sour taste in my mouth, this week left me smiling. At this point in my training, any week with 5 days of 75+ minute runs is a good week. As a bonus, half of my runs this week were mountain runs above 7,000′. In sum, the week [...]
The Week of May 26-June 1, 2008
June 5, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 1 Comment
Through Friday, this week was looking like a can’t miss winner, as I’d already logged 43 miles and a great workout. Then exhaustion hit and planned weekends runs of 20+ and 10+ pathetically faded to a day off and an easy 5 miler. Read on to see what went down. Synopsis of Week’s Training:The week [...]
The Week of May 19-25, 2008
May 29, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 6 Comments
Synopsis of Week’s Training:Oh, what a sweet week of consistent training and restoration of my joie de vivre. I didn’t get in the mega-mileage I had planned if I headed out to the mountains (which I did), but I am one week closer to regaining my fitness. Read on for more details regarding my training [...]
The Week of May 12-18, 2008
May 18, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
Synopsis of Week’s Training:This week’s running did not turn out exactly as planned, but the deviations were probably for the better and it was a great week nonetheless. Read on for a summary of my training this week. Monday I broke a cardinal rule the cardinal rule – Never miss a run, because you were [...]
The Week of May 5-11, 2008
May 11, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 5 Comments
After a long break, I hope to start posting weekly training updates for the foreseeable future. I had stopped when my training took a serious downturn in early March and never restarted because I wasn’t sure anyone read my training updates. However, with a teammate 4,000 miles away, I figure I should try to keep [...]
