Bryon Powell

Title: Founding Editor and Gear Editor, currently managing iRunFar’s buyer’s guides and product reviews
Location: Silverton, Colorado

Social Media Links:
Strava | Instagram | Linkedin

Results Links:
UltraSignup | ITRA index | UTMB index

Expertise and Experience

• Topics of Expertise: Trail running, ultrarunning, running gear, run coaching
• Amount of Expertise: Over 35 years of trail running, over 25 years of ultrarunning, nearly 20 years of reviewing running gear, and 3 years coaching runners. More than 2,000 articles and interviews published on iRunFar. Book author of Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons and a co-author of Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running.
• Competitive Ultramarathon Highlights:
  • Winner & Course Record: 2024 Ultra Gobi 400k
  • 2x Age Group Winner: Western States 100 Mile
  • 2x Top-10 Finisher: Leadville 100 Mile
  • 4x Finisher: Hardrock 100 Mile
  • I use high-altitude, ultra-distance mountain races and the training for them as my laboratory for testing the limits of the gear we review at iRunFar.

Winning the 2024 Ultra Gobi. Photo courtesy of race.

Education & Certifications

• Education: Bachelor of Arts, History, Haverford College; Juris Doctorate, George Mason University
• Years of Professional Experience Relevant to iRunFar: 20
• Certifications: Inactive Member, DC and Utah Bars (I bring the same rigors for details, analysis, and ethics from my legal background to every gear review, buyer’s guide, and article on iRunFar.)
• Club or Association Memberships: Running Rivers (conservation non-profit) board vice president, Sierra Club, Trout Unlimited, Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity
• Awards or Recognitions: George Mason University Law Review
• Other Relevant Positions, Current or Past: Former Contributing Editor at Trail Runner magazine, former freelancer with publications such as Outside, Sierra Magazine, Running Times, and GearJunkie

A Word from Bryon Powell

I aim to inform and inspire others about and through trail running and ultrarunning. My personal interests include trail running, ultrarunning, fly fishing, gardening, and skiing (both Nordic and Alpine).

Bryon Powell, iRunFar’s Gear Editor, getting ready to test some trail shoes in his hometown of Silverton, Colorado. Photo: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks