No More Free Gu Energy Gel with Stash Your Trash
6/26/08 Update: iRunFar reader Mr. Gump has informed us that returning 50 empty gel packets to Gu Sports‘ Stash Your Trash program no longer results in the company sending you…
6/26/08 Update: iRunFar reader Mr. Gump has informed us that returning 50 empty gel packets to Gu Sports‘ Stash Your Trash program no longer results in the company sending you…
Trail shoes are a waste and you shouldn’t wear them. That’s a wee dramatization of the comments some of Appalachia’s fine mountain men have left on iRunFar’s prior post on…
Earlier this spring, I was struck by the variety in trail shoe brands that folks were wearing at the HAT run. Not only were there trail shoes from a variety…
An anonymous reader of iRunFar’s review of the La Sportiva Raceblade asks, Has anyone tried the crosslites? I train solely on a pair of slingshots, and wondering how they compare…
While Petzl has been one of my sponsors since January 2007, I’ve been using the same trusty Petzl Tikka Plus for what must be four or five years now. I…
More Trail Running Shoe Options To find more options for trail running shoes, check out our Best Trail Running Shoes article. La Sportiva Raceblade Review When I wear the La…
New outdoor and running products are always hitting the market, but it’s rare when I learn of a new product and think “why didn’t I think of that!” Such was…
photo credit – Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Today’s New York Times includes an article discussing sports drinks aimed at women. The article also reviews four female-oriented sports drinks, including:…
More Trail Running Shoe Options To find more options for trail running shoes, check out our Best Trail Running Shoes article. La Sportiva Fireblade Review Every once in a while…
Recently, ultrastud Mike Mason commented enthusiastically about the La Sportiva Raceblade in response to my review of the Montrail Streak. Mike said, Phenom shoe. Flat, fast, just enough protection, elastic…
More Trail Running Shoe Options To find more options for trail running shoes, check out our Best Trail Running Shoes article. Montrail Streak Review It’s rare that I await a…
It’s not often that you hear about great customer service, but I recently encounter some so here goes. As I alluded in my post about chafing, I developed a rather…
While hanging out after a pleasant trail run in DC last week, discussion turned to schwag given away at ultramarathons. The discussion focused on whether a club should have input…
Last night I arrived home from a rainy run to find my pair of the just released Kahtoola MICROspikes had arrived. Kahtoola describes the Microspikes as “pocket-sized traction” and that’s…
Hi all, I’m looking for some reader input here. I’m serious about trying out the fast packing/really long unsupported run thing, but as I stated earlier, I know next to…
Each of the past two days I got a chance to hit the trails in the Montrail Streaks. They continue to get my seal of approval. Yesterday was a five…
As previously mentioned, I’ll be fit and wear testing the forthcoming Montrail Streak. After a bit of fretting earlier in the week, my Streaks arrived yesterday afternoon. Last evening, I…
These days I don’t often hit the trails. I live in an urban area with the near trail of significant length about 3 miles away. Back in the day I…
Woohoo! I’ll be fit and wear testing the new Montrail Streak that is scheduled to come out in Spring 2008. There are already a few reviews of the shoe following…
Today, my sister ran in a new product (for her), a pair of “Ice Runners” that are better known as STABLicer SPORTs. She shared her thoughts on the STABILicers with…
I have it on good authority that the Montrail Slipstream that briefly appeared on the Montrail website and which I previously discussed here is no longer in development. While I…
