The Week of March 12-18, 2007
Synopsis of Week’s Training:It didn’t take me very long this week to figure out that I was in a running […]
It’s Western States 100 week! Get prepared by reading our in-depth women’s and men’s previews and, then, follow along with our Western States live coverage over the weekend!
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).
Ice Runners (a.k.a, STABILicers) [A Gretch-tastic Guest Post]
Today, my sister ran in a new product (for her), a pair of “Ice Runners” that are better known as […]
Gretchalicious
Doesn’t my sister look like a nature trail ultra runner? Here she is 21.5 miles into her first trail race, […]
Defunkification?
I’ve been heeding recommendations of y’all and the advice I would normally give others and have taken the past 3 […]
Who's Got the Funk?
I’ve got the funk…. or at least I’m in one. I’m in a running funk and I risk falling into […]
Quick and Dirty on Way Too Cool 50k
Ok, so I was not quick nor did I get dirty today at WTC, but this post is both those […]
Way Too Cool 50k Preview
Phew! It’s been an exhausting last week, some of it pleasant, some of it not. I had a great long […]
Warped Thought of the Day
A friend of mine is headed south to Central America this weekend and that got me thinking about tasty rum. […]
Montrail Slipstream Update
I have it on good authority that the Montrail Slipstream that briefly appeared on the Montrail website and which I […]
You Go Girl!
Ok, now that the deed is done, I can expand upon yesterday’s post. On only a couple days notice after […]
Message in a (Water)Bottle
To MMFCS, I won’t wish you luck for tomorrow, cause I know you WILL do it! While the journey will […]
Looking for Floor Space for Way Too Cool 50k (and a Workout Report)
So I’m headed out to California next weekend for Way Too Cool and am hoping that someone who reads my […]
Dream of the Moment – A Trans-Eire Run
About half an hour ago, I was looking at Klas Eklof’s pictures of Hardrock and dreaming of running Hardrock next […]
The Week of February 19 – 25, 2007
Synopsis of Week’s Training:Easy Monday run, felt a bit tired. On Tuesday pre-pre-WUS (4 miles) and pre-WUS (9 miles with […]
Miles and Miles
Quick update, since I’ve been bad about updating. Last week I logged 86 miles and I’ve run 127 miles in […]
Daring to Dream, Daring to Fail
Those who know me, know that I’ve been fortunate enough to run (and finish) the Western States Endurance Run in […]
The Scoop
Ok, folks. Here it is, the first breaking scoop on I Run Far. Recently, during one of my frequent trips […]
Milestone
Over the weekend, I Run Far had its 1,000 page impression since I started it up back in December. Thanks […]
Buried Seed
(1) I’m buried. Buried in a back load of posts, that is. I owe myself and anyone who read this […]
Way Too Cool!
I just found out that I won an entry to the Way Too Cool 50k in California! And another race […]
Aloha Hawaii!
I am flying over America’s Heartland en route to Phoenix, where I will meet up with my running buddy, Steve […]
The Week of January 1 – 7, 2007
Synopsis of Week’s Training:This a lame week that I’ll chalk up to exhaustion. Work was crazy – I worked longer […]
The Week of December 25 – 31, 2006
Synopsis of Week’s Training:This week will be chalked up as a sick week. I woke up on Christmas morning knowing […]
Tyler Challenge Race
Upon running up to my parents’ house after the aforementioned rainy run, I saw folks getting out of the car […]
Ups and Downs
I’ve been horrible about blogging of late. Truth be told, I’ve had a rough stretch of it of late. I […]
Fun for My Feet
Wednesday night, I came home to a package with new Montrail Highlanders. After checking them out, I was pretty excited […]
The Week of December 18 – 24, 2006
Synopsis of Week’s Training: Monday was a nice easy run, but for the first time in 6 weeks of pre-training, […]
La Transmongolie
As I hinted at in a previous post, I dream of going to Mongolia. As best I can recall, I […]
