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Ultramarathon and Trail Running Camps

A guide to trail running and ultramarathon camps for adults from around the world.

The Runner’s Cookbook Review and Food Discussion

iRunFar Readers, you may remember Elyse Braner from her review of Lululemon’s Sergeant Jacket. Well, after that review, we had […]

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 […]

Why I Hate/Love Running in Winter . . . by Kevin Sullivan

[Kevin Sullivan from Team Inov-8 (and winner of iRF’s best debut 100 mile of 2008) kindly provided the following article […]

Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2009: Lighting, Apparel and More

Now that you’ve had a chance to read up on our favorite shoes and food from the 2009 Outdoor Retailer […]

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 […]

Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2009: Food and Shoes

This past weekend, iRunFar had dozens of appointments with trail running companies and scoured the entire 2009 Outdoor Retailer Winter […]

Nite Ize Marker Band Review

In addition to making the LED Sports Vest that iRunFar featured on Tuesday, Nite Ize makes what it calls a […]

Nathan Magnetic LED Safety Light Review

The second item in iRunFar’s series on night safety is the Nathan Magnetic LED safety light. While Nathan makes some […]

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 […]

Nite Ize LED Sport Vest Review

For many of us, road running and work are both facts of life… even if we would prefer it otherwise. […]

2009 Winter OR Show – Call for Questions

Right now, I’m somewhere in the Yellowstone National Park. If I’m not still sleeping (may I be so lucky), I’m […]

A Plea to the Western States Board for Transparency and Accountability

Dear Western States Endurance Run Foundation Board of Trustees, Transparency and accountability should be key principles for all non-profit entities […]

This Week In Running (Week of 1/17 & 1/18)

Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, brought to you in part by iRunFar.com, your source for […]

Moeben Sleeves Review

If you’ve been to any large trail running event during cool weather in the past year and a half, you’ve […]

La Sportiva Skylite Review

Our Favorite Trail Running Shoes To learn about our current favorite trail running shoes, check out our Best Trail Running […]

This Week In Running (Week of 1/10 & 1/11)

Happy New Year, and welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, brought to you in part by […]

Best Debut 100 Mile Effort of the Year?

Running a great 100 mile race is a difficult task. You need to dial in the training and then nail […]

Kahtoola MICROspikes Review

An in-depth review of the Kahtoola MICROspikes winter traction device.

STABILicers SPORT Review

An in-depth review of the STABILicers Sport winter running traction device.

Kako Ice Trekkers Ultra Review [Product Discontinued]

A review of the Kako Ice Trekker Ultra winter running traction device.

Winter Running Traction Devices

This past Friday, after 14 months of waiting, I finally got the chance to try the Kahtoola MICROspikes [iRF MICROspike […]

Flatland Ultra’s iRunFar Interview

Happy holidays everyone! Before we shut down iRunFar headquarters and head up to New Jersey for some sweet trail running […]

Energy Gel Comparison

An in-depth comparison of energy gels.

How to Run Trails!

“How to Run Trails!” That’s about as ambitious a post title as you’ll ever see here at iRunFar… but today […]

Clif Shot Bloks FastPak Review and Shot Roks Preview [Was Giveaway]

With the holidays upon us, iRunFar.com and Clif Bar teamed up to spread joy to runners around the country. If […]

GreenLaces

What happens when you combine an environmentally-conscious running blog, an overworked editor, and the holidays – a post about GreenLaces! […]

Gu Roctane Review

If you hang around running stores, outdoor retailers, or sporting goods stores nearly as much as we do, then you’ve […]

Greeting Cards for Runners

While you shouldn’t except a greeting card from iRunFar this holiday season, we’d like to introduce you to Far Gone […]

Do You Sardine? BELA-Olhão Sardine Contest!

Do you sardine? We do! While iRunFar.com is generally a meat-free publication, there are times when training or racing and […]

iRunFar Black Friday Giveaway Winners!

Here at iRunFar headquarters we spent this snowy night compiling entries from last week’s Black Friday Giveaway. Well, we’ve run […]

What Is a Trail?

During a run commute sometime last autumn I found myself wondering, “What is a trail?” Those of you who are […]

Lululemon Sergeant Jacket Review

Here at iRunFar.com we’ve been hearing more and more Lululemon Athletica running apparel. We’ve seen it on roommates, transcontinental enviro-charity […]

This Week In Running (December 2008)

Welcome back to the final 2008 edition of This Week In Running. With the holiday season upon us, and with […]

Cyber Monday at iRunFar

Not to be done by its curmudgeony older sibling, Black Friday, Cyber Monday demanded more iRunFar product giveaways AND the […]

iRunFar Black Friday Giveaway! [more products added 12/2/08]

Here at iRunFar we get approached to test many items on the trail. Rather than have all the fun ourselves […]

This Week In Running (Week of 11/29 & 11/30)

Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, brought to you in part by iRunFar.com, your source for […]

Marathon des Sables Training: Weeks 1-8

Long time iRunFar readers may recall that I (Bryon/Trail Goat) used to regularly post training updates. As the focus of […]

Ultramarathons and Performing Enhancing Drugs

While the two biggest factors on how someone performs at an ultramarathon are usually genetic talent and training, there will […]

JFK 50 Miler Weekend

A roundup of some great JFK 50 Mile resources.

This Week In Running (Week of 11/22 & 11/23)

Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, brought to you in part by iRunFar.com, your source for […]

Snowshoe Running – Fun or Flop?

[Hi visitor, if you’re interested in snowshoe running take a look at our snowshoe running basics and snowshoe racing articles.] […]

iRunFar Survival Tip #2 – Emergency Signal Mirrors

You’re in the middle of an easy 10-miler on a trail just outside of town. While up on little-used ridge […]

This Week In Running (Week of 11/15 & 11/16)

Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, brought to you in part by iRunFar.com, your source for […]

2008 GORE-TEX TransRockies Run – Summary

I thought iRunFar readers would enjoy and future GORE-TEX TransRockies Run participants would benefit from a consolidated account of my […]

2008 GORE-TEX TransRockies Run – Day 6

It’s been a long time since I ran the final stage of the 2008 GORE-TEX TransRockies Run; however, it’s a […]

Ultramarathon Coaches

A guide to ultramarathon coaches and why a runner might want one.

This Week In Running (Week of 11/8 & 11/9)

Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, brought to you in part by iRunFar.com, your source for […]

END Footwear: The Beginning of Sustainable Footwear (Part 2)

Back in July, iRunFar featured Part 1 of its profile of End Footwear nee Outdoor. At the time we thought […]

You Are Being Watched? SPOT Satellite Messaging and Its Consequences

It’s late fall in the Wasatch Mountains and you decide to sneak in one last epic alpine run before the […]

This Week In Running (Week of 11/1 & 11/2)

Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, brought to you in part by iRunFar.com. Today’s installment of […]

iRunFar Survival Tip #1 – Emergency Electrolyte Sources

If you are ever stuck out on the trail or the road with water, but no electrolytes consider using your […]

Tough Times Ahead for Trail Running?

If the release of the third quarter financial results of two outdoor retail conglomerates yesterday is indicative of outdoor industry […]

This Week In Running (Week of 10/25 & 10/26)

Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, brought to you in part by iRunFar.com. Today’s installment of […]

Ultrarunner Rankings

An iRunFar reader recently asked the following questions: Could you shed some light on how runners get national rankings in […]

Nathan HPL #020 Review

Nathan Sports‘ HPL #020 is easily my favorite hydration pack. It’s become such an essential part of my gear over […]

Atayne POV Shirt Review and Company Discussion

Here at iRunFar headquarters we like a good “green” story almost as much as we like gear. So you can […]

2009 Western States Field Developing – Updated Oct 22

During the first half of this year there was a ton of chatter about how stacked the field was for […]

This Week In Running (Week of 10/11 + 10/12)

Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, brought to you in part by iRunFar.com, your source for […]

Sardines – A Sustainable Meat for the Trailhead?

This summer, I was given the opportunity to try BELA-Olhão sardines. While my first through was…. um, no, I’m vegetarian… […]

Ultrarunners: Who Are We?

The question for today is “What makes a person an ultrarunner?” I’m not talking about whether one needs to cover […]

This Week In Running (Week of 10/4 – 10/5)

Welcome back to This Week In Running, brought to you in part by iRunFar.com, your source for mud, mountains, miles […]

Marathon des Sables 2009 – A New Challenge

Today, was kind of a big day for me – I verbally committed to running the Marathon des Sables in […]