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 most certainly NOT a dream. Roes, just two weeks after…
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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 26 and 27, such as Serena Williams (1981), Linda Hamilton…
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 did it blow by way too fast. Labor Day also…
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 as the official state song of Colorado on May 8,…
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 off. Well, not entirely. There are events happening this 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 in November and December 1928 in the German newspaper Vossische…
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), NORAD was created by the United States and Canada (August…
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 towns of Silverton, Lake City, Ouray, Telluride and Ophir…..Approximately 33,000…
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 States Endurance Run with a time of 16:12:16. Two long…
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 Running. Before we take a look at a handful of…
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 taking place on the weekend of Saturday June 13 and…
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, a move across the country. Yes, iRunFar headquarters has moved…
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 that are scheduled for the weekend of May 16 and…
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 few of the events/races that are scheduled for the weekend…
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 races/events that are scheduled for the weekend of April 25…
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 for the weekend of April 18 and April 19, 2009,…
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 weekend to participate in the Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run,…
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 for the weekend of April 4 and April 5, 2009….
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 miles to fall down at your door….Ok, ok, it was…
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 at some of the races/events scheduled to take place on…
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 the many events on tap for the weekend of March…
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 and wide, deep in the heart of Texas.” Ah yes,…
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 look at some of the races that are on tap…
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 blues and need to get out on the trails for…
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 sport we love, a plethora of winter trail racing options!…
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 of the races that are on tap for the weekend…
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 of January 31 and February 1, 2009. Before we begin,…
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 mud, mountains, miles and so much more. This week’s edition…
