Dear iRunFar reader,
It’s with great excitement that we share that iRunFar has joined the AllGear group within Lola Digital Media this past week. We join other amazing websites like GearJunkie, Bikerumor, Switchback Travel, and ExplorersWeb among others.
To begin, at its core, iRunFar will remain the same. We continue to be the editor-in-chief and managing editor, respectively, and the work of our columnists will continue to fill iRunFar’s pages. We aim to retain the great mix of articles you’ve come to expect from iRunFar and return to live race coverage when it feels responsible to do so.
With this change, iRunFar will:
- Experience more stability, financial and otherwise, as we’re part of a larger organization.
- Gain the resources to grow and innovate.
- Have the opportunity to add staff, as we have been working near our limit throughout iRunFar’s existence.
- Offload some business, administrative, and technical tasks, so the two of us can focus more on the creative side of iRunFar.
- Work with the outside expertise of other editors and teams within AllGear, so we’re not making every decision from scratch in a vacuum.
Joining Lola energizes and invigorates us. We’re so excited to be part of a larger team and, hopefully, to grow our own team and, thus, iRunFar.
No matter what’s ahead on the trail, we’ll work with the trail running and ultrarunning communities as our focal points and we remain committed to iRunFar’s mission of inspiring and informing its readers. We can’t wait to take this journey with–and for–you.
Happy trails,
Bryon and Meghan
Meghan and Bryon covering the Hardrock 100. Photo: Drymax
Members of the iRunFar team at UTMB. Photo: iRunFar
Some of the iRunFar team running in Moab, Utah.
Meghan (left) interviewing Katie Schide at UTMB. Photo: iRunFar
Andy Jones-Wilkins, Bryon, and Meghan at the Western States 100. Photo: John Mackey
Congrats Bryon and Meghan! I could not be more stoked for you and to see the strong continuation of iRunFar!
Thanks, Ellie! So psyched for you to have been a part of iRunFar’s journey in so many ways. Looking forward to however we get to work together in the future!
Big news, congrats iRF team! And thanks for everything you do — looking forward to this new exciting chapter.
Thanks, DBo! We hope you’re on lots of the pages in this next chapter!
Delighted for you both! 2021 will be your best year yet.
Thank you so much, Conor!
Great news! Excited to see what the next chapter’s like! Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to the community so far!
Thank you for the kind words, Vince! And thanks for all your support of iRunFar and us over the years. Your friendship means so much!
Super exciting times ahead for iRF!!
Sean, thank you so much! And thanks so much to you and all your iRunFar efforts over the decade(s). What an adventure this is!
Great news, congrats to you both!
We appreciate your kind words, TJ, and all of the support you have given iRunFar over the years.
Congrats! That will bring some great opportunities for you all.
Colin, thank you so much, and we feel the same.
Congratulations Bryon and Meghan! This sounds like a great move for you and hopefully a great next chapter for iRunFar. As always, your openness and transparency in operating the site is greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much for the positive feedback, Adam!
Happy for you, Meghan and Bryon as I’ve been around for a while on here..but, for the love of all things running, please do NOT turn this site into nothing but ads now that some “big” company owns you because they want to “recoup” what they paid….
We appreciate you being a longtime reader, Jon. Most sincerely, we meant every word in this letter to you and all of iRunFar’s readers. We’ve always worked and will continue to work with the community and our mission as our guiding forces. Onward, together.
Sounds like a really great move!
Thank you, Boston Chris!
Congrats. Look forward to the next chapter of this amazing homegrown company you’ve built. Look forward to those late nights covering races :)
Looking forward the next race we get to work together on, Marissa. And can’t wait for when Jackson starts helping out!
Epic!! So stoked for you! And us!
The stoke is real, Clare! Thanks!
Huge congrats! I am thrilled for you both with this well deserved opportunity. I look forward to the content to come!
Thanks, Bradley!
Big Congrats you two…so good to see all your hard work and dedication to the greater ultrarunning community pay off. Happy trails ahead!
Scotty, iRunFar would have never have happened without you. Thanks for leading me… among so many down this ultrarunning path.
I join the chorus in congratulating you two for this awesome step forward! Cheers to many more years of exceptional content!
Thanks so much, Sophie. Here’s to many more!
Congratulations… Sounds like good financial and back office support. So…. do our monthly contributions still go to iRunFar or to corporate?
Hey Steve, I can confirm that all iRunFar reader funding goes directly to making iRunFar’s articles and race coverage happen.
Congratulations, so happy to hear good news in our ultrarunning media community!
Koichi, thanks so much for your support and assistance through the years. I can hardly wait until the next time we can run together again!
Congratulations! Glad to see iR moving forward with relentless forward progress.
Always, RFP, Ben. Always, RFP!
Congratulations for this new chapter! Best trail/ultra media hands down
You’re so kind, Eric. We’re so glad you enjoy iRunFar so much!
You two have worked really hard and defined media coverage of ultrarunning in the world. Congratulations.
Thanks, LB! Hoping we can continue raising the bar on ultrarunning coverage in the coming years!
Congrats! Stoked for you Bryon. I remember very clearly back when you were a lawyer who had this crazy idea to quit his job and launch a blog.
Thanks, Ian! I distinctly remember connecting with Backbone as part of my first gear review (a La Sportiva shoe), I think! Then, a year later, holing up in the old BB office for a day or two of work as I spent the summer of 2009 on the road diving fully into iRunFar. Looking forward to what’s next!
Congrats!!!
Maples. Fuck Yeah!
MFY, hell yeah!
Good move – makes sense – congratulations!
Thanks, Buzz!
This is great news! I’m really happy for you guys. I hope this now means you two are able to take a breather every once in a while. Happy trails!
Hey Alex, no breathers… yet. But, here’s hoping that Meghan and I can take an actual, no-work vacation sometime in 2021.
Seems like a great move. Thank you both for all you do and for being you.
Thanks, Tim. All we can do is be us… and that won’t change! Looking forward to doing a lot more!
So happy that you have been able to secure yourself, especially in the current times. Glad that I can still have my ultra news fix :-)
Thanks, Ciaran. It’ll be our pleasure to continue filling your ultra news needs!
This is exciting news! Time to start this new chapter … Congratulations, Meghan and Bryon!
Sabine, thank you so much! The new chapter has begun.
This is awesome, congrats IRF and thanks for everything you guys do for the sport.
Moi, thank you for the support and friendship over the years. We are looking forward to lots more of the same!
BEST NEWS EVER! So proud of you both for your amazing work, your brilliance, and most of all how incredible you are as humans!
David, two exclamation points in one comment. Winning! Thank you for the kind words and all of the support through the years. You and your energy are enough to buoy the world. Onward together!
Sounds great. Looking forward to you two continuing with the great coverage of our little sport.
Thank you, Jim! And thank you for all you do for this wild and crazy little community as well. What an adventure!
Well deserved!!! You two have put in so much work to building an inclusive and respectful trail running community, and inspiring us all.
Congratulations Meghan and Bryon (and team)! You guys deserve this. Thank you for your journalistic excellence and support for this sport.
Woohoo! So happy to see this. Big things on the horizon!