This Week In Running (Week of October 3 & October 4)
Is October almost here already, or are we dreaming? The recent accomplishments of ultrarunner Geoff Roes of Douglas, Alaska are […]
Abby Hall and Caleb Olson won the Western States 100! Read our 2025 Western States 100 results article for the full race story, and watch Abby and Caleb’s post-race interviews.
Anthony Portera
Anthony Portera is a contributing author to iRunFar.com.
This Week In Running (Week of 9/26 & 9/27)
We’re back. No, we haven’t returned to celebrate all of the great birthdays that fall on the weekend of September […]
This Week In Running (Weeks of 8/29 + 8/30 and 9/5 + 9/6)
The “symbolic” end of summer, Labor Day, is quickly upon us. What an ultra running summer it was, but boy […]
This Week In Running (Week of 8/22 & 8/23)
To the right is the first verse of “Where the Columbines Grow”, the song written by A.J. Flynn and adopted […]
This Week In Running (Week of 8/15 & 8/16)
As things gear up for next weekend’s “Race Across the Sky“, the ultrarunning world appears to be taking a weekend […]
This Week In Running (Week of 8/8 & 8/9)
All Quiet on the Western Front….or is it ? Well, we certainly are not talking about the novel first published […]
This Week In Running (Week of 8/1 & 8/2)
The dates of August 1st and 2nd are rich in history – Colorado become the 38th state (August 1, 1876), […]
This Week In Running (Week of 7/11 & 7/12)
Friday, July 10…..6:00 AM…..Siverton, Colorado…..A 100 mile counter-clockwise loop through the back country of the San Juan Mountains…..The old mining […]
This Week In Running : Special Western States 100 Edition
It has been two long years since Hal Koerner crossed the finish line in first place at the 2007 Western […]
This Week In Running (Week of 6/20 & 6/21)
Welcome to the Summer Solstice (which occurs this year at 5:45 AM on June 21) edition of This Week In […]
This Week In Running (Week of June 13 & 14)
Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, where today we preview just a handful of the races/events […]
This Week In Running (Week of June 6 & 7)
We’re back ! And we’re sorry that we’ve been away for a while. But hey, things happen, like, for instance, […]
This Week In Running (Week of 5/16 & 5/17)
Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, and a look at just a handful of the events/races […]
This Week In Running (Week of 5/9 & 5/10)
After an unexpected week off last week, TWIR is back this week to take a sneak peak at just a […]
This Week In Running (Week of 4/25 & 4/26)
Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, and a sneak peak of just a few of the […]
This Week In Running (Week of 4/18 & 4/19)
Welcome to today’s edition of This Week In Running, and a look at some of the races/events that are scheduled […]
This Week In Running (Week of 4/11 & 4/12)
Welcome to this week’s edition of This Week In Running. As it turns out, TWIR was in Raleigh, NC this […]
This Week In Running (Week of 4/4 & 4/5)
Welcome to today’s edition of This Week In Running, and a preview of a few of the races/events on tap […]
This Week In Running (Week of 3/28 & 3/29)
…..But I would run 100 miles and I would run 100 more, just to be the man who runs 100 […]
This Week In Running (Week of 3/21 & 3/22)
Back we are again for another edition of This Week In Running, all set to give you a sneak peak […]
This Week In Running (Week of 3/14 & 3/15)
We’re back with yet another edition of This Week In Running, and this week we preview just a few of […]
This Week In Running (Week of 3/7 & 3/8)
“The stars at night – are big and bright….deep in the heart of Texas. The prairie sky – is high […]
This Week In Running (Week of 2/28 & 3/1)
It’s Wednesday, and time for the Tony Portera birthday edition of This Week In Running. Today we will take a […]
This Week In Running (Week of 2/21 & 2/22)
Welcome back to the post-Valentine’s Day edition of This Week In Running. Yes, if you are feeling the post-Valentine’s Day […]
This Week In Running (Week of 2/14 & 2/15)
Welcome back to Valentine’s Day edition of This Week In Running. This week we all get a gift from the […]
This Week In Running (Week of 2/7 & 2/8)
Another winter Wednesday brings another edition of This Week In Running. Today’s edition of TWIR will preview a spring-like selection […]
This Week In Running (Week of 1/31 and 2/1)
This week’s edition of This Week In Running will preview a few of the races on tap for the weekend […]
This Week In Running (Week of 1/24 & 1/25)
Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, brought to you in part by iRunFar.com, your source for […]
