I’ve now had over a week to reflect upon my 2009 Leadville 100 and I couldn’t be more pleased with the race, more proud of the effort I gave, and…
Anyone who’s been following iRunFar for more than half a year knows that we love the Marathon des Sables. I personally ran the 2009 edition and can’t wait to go…
Less than three months ago, the 2009 La Sportiva Mountain Cup kicked off while anticipation of summer trail running adventures hung in the aid. Now, as the aspens begin to…
[Update: While the below is a sincere plea to Mr. Karnazes, the broader purpose of the post is to highlight the issues of over running or over racing. Below my…
With ski season not far away, the slopes of Ketchum, Idaho heated up one last time this weekend for Shop to the Top – the finale of the La Sportiva…
The “symbolic” end of summer, Labor Day, is quickly upon us. What an ultra running summer it was, but boy did it blow by way too fast. Labor Day also…
I’ll have a full report up on my run at Leadville in the next few days. For now, I’ll simply share the good news – I finished 10th and, more…
The Leadville 100 is just around the corner and boy do we have a treat for you… a video interview with the defending Leadville champion, Duncan Callahan of Vasque. Oh…
Oh boy, here I go again, but this time, maybe on my own. I will, for sure, be running the Leadville 100 on Saturday. There has been much uncertainty in…
To the right is the first verse of “Where the Columbines Grow”, the song written by A.J. Flynn and adopted as the official state song of Colorado on May 8,…
It looks like most of the top contenders in the La Sportiva Mountain Cup are either content with their current position or, more likely, are resting up for Shop to…
With the La Sportiva Mountain Cup entering its penultimate weekend and its final eight days, both the competitors and iRunFar readers have their eyes on the prize. Mountain Cup participants…
This is iRunFar’s first round up post in quite awhile. It’s got some news that we didn’t squeeze into our White River 50 race report, the end of END Footwear,…
As things gear up for next weekend’s “Race Across the Sky“, the ultrarunning world appears to be taking a weekend off. Well, not entirely. There are events happening this weekend…
Not since the Barr Trail Mountain Race have locals dominated a La Sportiva Mountain Cup race as much as they did at the Haulin’ Aspen Half Marathon in Bend, Oregon…
While the weather was cool at the Jupiter Peak Steeplechase this weekend, the competition was hot. According to La Sportiva Mountain Running team member, Luke Nelson, “This was the definitely…
Far north of the 49th parallel in a land where the woodland caribou still roams, runners can challenge the terrain and themselves at The North Face’s Canadian Death Race. Despite…
All Quiet on the Western Front….or is it ? Well, we certainly are not talking about the novel first published in November and December 1928 in the German newspaper Vossische…
This year’s La Sportiva Mountain Cup is turning out to be the most exciting trail race series we’ve seen in years. Through six of ten series races, three men and…
Oh boy, what a weekend! While the La Sportiva Mountain Cup competition may have been steep at the Eldora Trail 10k (iRF coverage), the course was no less steep at…
After another three week break, the La Sportiva Mountain Cup made its closest approach to La Sportiva’s North American headquarters with the Eldora Trail 10k. The race is run out…
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The dates of August 1st and 2nd are rich in history – Colorado become the 38th state (August 1, 1876), NORAD was created by the United States and Canada (August…
When we recently decided to cover the White River 50 we took a look at the entrants list and were really excited by what we saw: Krupicka, Wardian, Koerner, Jurek,…
This evening Montrail announced some major improvements to the Montrail Ultra Cup. Among those improvements are the addition of a couple races that make the MUC more geographically diverse, an…
This past Saturday Karl Meltzer and Scott Mason hosted the third annual Speedgoat 50k and with two years of practice these guys have things really dialed in. The course and…
As you’ve probably caught on to by now, we’re gear geeks and keen observers of companies’ engagement of the trail running and ultrarunning communities. Traditionally, the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market…
After a three week break, the La Sportiva Mountain Cup rocketed back to life on Sunday with the Barr Trail Mountain Race in Colorado. While Buzz Burrell rightfully called the…
[In the this post, iRunFar reader Alan Jaques reviews the SOLE Dean Karnazes edition custom footbed as a follow up to last month’s review of three footbeds. – Bryon Powell]…
As someone who loves running books, I was excited to read Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen. The book, written…
Due to popular demand, iRunFar is bringing you another prediction contest – this time for the gnarly Hardrock 100 (HRH). This contest will be the simple-yet-challenging Hardrock yin to Western…
Friday, July 10…..6:00 AM…..Siverton, Colorado…..A 100 mile counter-clockwise loop through the back country of the San Juan Mountains…..The old mining towns of Silverton, Lake City, Ouray, Telluride and Ophir…..Approximately 33,000…
iRunFar was lucky enough to catch up with New Englander Kevin Sullivan following his fifth place finish at the 2009 Western States 100. For those of you who don’t know…
We didn’t want a week to go by between the 2009 Western States Endurance Run and the announcement of the winners of the Western States Prediction Contest. That meant a…
Yeah, I was on the course and could report on what I saw at this year’s Western States 100. Not gonna do that as such coverage would be incomplete due…
Many of you address any number of running issues by replacing a shoe’s standard sockliner with a premium footbed, a/k/a insole. Today, we provide you with iRunFar reader reviews of…
With all the data pouring in to the iRunFar Western States Prediction Contest, we just couldn’t help but play with the data. Below we attempt to apply a hive-mentality approach…
It has been two long years since Hal Koerner crossed the finish line in first place at the 2007 Western States Endurance Run with a time of 16:12:16. Two long…
In deciding to cover the La Sportiva Mountain Cup (iRF’s coverage) there was one race that stood out as falling outside iRunFar’s normal scope – the Mount Washington Road Race….
In this, the final installment of Western States Synchroblog Project, we’re making the post all about iRunFar readers… or at least their ability to pick the winners of next weekend’s…
Welcome to the Summer Solstice (which occurs this year at 5:45 AM on June 21) edition of This Week In Running. Before we take a look at a handful of…
With this review, I feel as if I am revealing the location of an endangered animal, what could be perceived as both a documentation of an important scientific occurrence and…
Thanks to the nearly 50 folks who offered to give some good gear a new home. If you entered iRunFar’s Gear Closet Cleanout, check below to see what might be…
Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, where today we preview just a handful of the races/events taking place on the weekend of Saturday June 13 and…
This past weekend the La Sportiva Mountain Cup (iRF’s LSMC coverage) headed clear across the country for the Mount Diablo 25k run just a few miles east of Oakland, California….
As you probably know by now, iRunFar is going through some major changes at the moment. As part of the changes, we need to unload some of our gear –…
We’re back ! And we’re sorry that we’ve been away for a while. But hey, things happen, like, for instance, a move across the country. Yes, iRunFar headquarters has moved…
This past Friday evening Black Mountain, North Carolina played host to the first race of the 2009 La Sportiva Mountain Cup (iRF’s LSMC coverage) – the Rock2Rock Trail Run. With…
Do you ever put down your hydration pack and lace up a pair of lightweight racing shoes to tear up the trails? Well, this summer some of America’s best sub-ultra…
We here at iRunFar.com have been out on the trails busily searching for new stories… that is when we haven’t been moving iRunFar headquarters clear across the country. While we…
One interesting aspect of the Marathon des Sables is that each of the awards is named for a sponsor. I and the rest of Dreamchasers USA team were awarded the…
As noted in last week’s iRunFar Goes Fulltime post, I’ll be touring the mountain west from late-June until at least late-August. Well, truth be told, there will actually be three…
A lazy, hazy morning on the Shenandoah river Ferns along the “trail” into the Gap Creek aid station. (Can you find the trail?) Mario Raymond along the same trail. (Can…
iRunFar would like to give a hearty salute to those women and men still out on the Massanutten 100 course. Yeah, the weather conditions could have been worse, but it…
At 2:34 this afternoon Karl Meltzer stormed through the unofficial aid station at 211 East (58.1). Less than 10 minutes later a severe thunder storm rumbled through 211 East and…
The 5.6 miles from Camp Roos to Gap Creek 1 (mile 39.8) ran tougher than usual today. A recent fire cleared things out up on top and made for some…
Karl Meltzer (10:12) opened up his lead over Todd Walker and the field between Habron Gap (mile 24.7 – no update) and Camp Roosevelt (mile 34.2). That said, he took…
Todd Walker had the lead into the first aid station at Shaw Gap (8.7 miles) with Karl Meltzer just a few meters back. Glen Redpath was three minutes back with…
This year’s MMT 100 men’s race is so competitive and so chock full of friends that we’ve put off writing this preview for well over a week. This year’s race…
We enjoyed predicting last year’s women’s MMT field so much that we’re doing it again. This year’s field features three more ladies than last year (23 vs. 20), and much…
Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running, and a look at just a handful of the events/races that are scheduled for the weekend of May 16 and…
Bryon Powell’s journey from soccer team reject to law student to full-time head of iRunFar.com.
There’s no aid station that I’m looking forward to more at this year’s Western States 100 than Peachstone… or Cal 2 as the purists call it. That’s my response to…
