15 Days to a PR – A 2007 JFK 50 Race Report
Some have suggested that in running three 50 milers in 15 days I’ve stumbled upon a new training regimen. Others […]
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Bryon Powell
Title: Founding Editor
Location: Silverton, Colorado
Social Media Links:
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Expertise
- Topics of Expertise: Trail running, ultrarunning, running gear, run coaching
- Amount of Expertise: Over 30 years of trail running, over 20 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. The author of Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons and a co-author of Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running.
Education & Certifications
- Education: Bachelor of Arts, History, Haverford College; Juris Doctorate, George Mason University
- Years of Professional Experience Relevant to iRunFar: 18
- Certifications: Inactive Member, DC and Utah Bars
- 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).
Size of Montrail-Nathan Ultrarunning Team Reduced for 2008
Beginning in 2008, the Montrail-Nathan running team will be reduced from its current size of nearly 90 runners to 15 […]
Stone Cat 50 Mile 2007 Race Report
For me the Stone Cat 50 is as much about community as the race, so let’s start with me touching […]
An Apology to the Ultrarunning Community
I need to apologize for portraying individuals that I highly respect in an inaccurate or negative light in an earlier […]
Brooks Customer Service
It’s not often that you hear about great customer service, but I recently encounter some so here goes. As I […]
2007 Mountain Masochist Trail Run Race Report
[To begin, I need to apologize for portraying individuals that I highly respect in an inaccurate or negative light in […]
You Can't Chafe There! – A Story of Why I Don't Want to Learn Something New Every Day
Did you know you could chafe your [insert body part here]? Having run for 15 years, I figured I know […]
I Don’t Need More Ultra Swag!
While hanging out after a pleasant trail run in DC last week, discussion turned to schwag given away at ultramarathons. […]
How to Fill a Race Schedule in Two Months
As of August 31, my running schedule for the remainder of the year was completely empty with the exception of […]
Best Run of This Past Weekend?
With all due respect to Jorge Pacheco and Andy Jones-Wilkins‘ throw down at the Javelina Jundred this part weekend. The […]
Marine Corp Marathon – The Peoples Marathon
Participants in front of the Smithsonian Castle. While I love trail running and ultras, I also enjoy me a good […]
Kahtoola MICROspikes – Down and Dirty
Last night I arrived home from a rainy run to find my pair of the just released Kahtoola MICROspikes had […]
Run Commuting
The past two weeks have been a microcosm of the past 5 years of my life – too much to […]
Training for an Ultramarathon
An in-depth guide to ultramarathon training. Long runs, training specificity, back-to-backs, mileage, speedwork, and overtraining are all covered.
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I dropped out of the 24 Hours of Momentum early and often. Two points led to me initially dropping out. […]
Awesomeness
Awesomeness has nothing to do with my running at the moment and everything to do with the great responses to […]
Packing It In
Hi all, I’m looking for some reader input here. I’m serious about trying out the fast packing/really long unsupported run […]
Afoot, Again
I’m super crazed at work, but I wanted to share that I’ve run three days in a row! So far, […]
Dreaming Long Dreams
I sit here barely having run the past three weeks terribly frustrated with my body and with not being able […]
Waiting, Impatiently
Ok, I took yesterday off completely from running and intend to do the same today. If I have as little […]
The Challenge is On
I now have confirmation that both my sister and I are in the Black Mountain Marathon/Mount Mitchell Challenge respectively for […]
Knee, Get Well Soon
At this point, my knee is trouncing my rib in terms of annoyingness. Today I can breathe deeply without pain. […]
Taking a Ribbing :-(
Boo. I’ve run once in the previous four days and it didn’t go well. On Tuesday, I set out to […]
Falling Hard … for Gravity (A Brief Odyssey Report)
A brief weekend update: I DNFed Oddyssey. I cruised through Lap 1 (13 miles) in 2:02. I made good time […]
Time for an Odyssey
I haven’t raced in more than there months and only once in almost half a year. Tomorrow morning I’ll once […]
Hadd Workout – 9/19/07
This is a place holder post re my workout last night. I’m not sure what it was, but it was […]
Lame (also, lamest 100th post ever!)
Last night was the best running night in Arlington since early last spring… and I didn’t run. Boo. If wait […]
