Later today, I head out to Salt Lake City to cover the 2008 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market (OR Show) for iRunFar.com. Pretty much every company that makes trail running gear…
Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running! Today we take a sneak peak at some of the races set for the weekend of August 9th and 10th….
iRunFar headquarters is in a tizzy! Google has gone and done it now. They are clearly part of the problem, not part of the solution in America. Why? They are…
More Trail Running Shoe Options To find more options for trail running shoes, check out our Best Trail Running Shoes article. Montrail Wildwood TR Preview Montrail is coming out with…
For our current favorite running shorts, take a look at our best running shorts for men guide. Brooks Element Shorts Review Since I picked up my first pair of Brooks Element…
Trail Goat, here. Until last week I never would have considered whether wearing a Garmin Forerunner or other GPS running watch during a trail race to be cheating. While I still…
Welcome back to another edition of This Week In Running! Before we get into what is to come, let’s take a look at a few races in the weekend that…
TWIR: TWIR and iRunFar.com are especially privileged to get to chat with Jamie Donaldson today, fresh off of her victory (1st place female and 3rd place overall) and women’s course…
Back in April, iRunFar noted that we were interested to what would come out of END Footwear (nee Outdoor) – a company committed to sustainable footwear from its founding. Four…
When this year’s Western States 100 was canceled, iRunFar pointed out a few issues raised by the cancellation. Well one of those issues, the determination as to the winners of…
iRunFar is psyched to bring you a new weekly feature – This Week In Running! Tony Portera of the Run-a-Long-Way Blog has kindly agreed to share TWIR directly with the…
Back in March, iRunFar reported that Pearl Izumi was rumored to be forming an ultrarunning team based on a comment we received. In private conversations at the time, we speculated…
It’s been a long time since I posted a personal training update. In part that’s due to some not so exciting training the last three weeks in June, but also…
Trail runners, this is a warning – if you are headed out of civilization and might encounter severe conditions, be prepared, not complacent. If you don’t, your decision could kill…
Our Favorite Running Sunglasses Check out our Best Running Sunglasses article to learn about our current favorite running sunglasses! Running Sunglasses Overview After all the great contributions to trail shoe…
More Trail Running Shoe Options To find more options for trail running shoes, check out our Best Trail Running Shoes article. END Stumptown 12 oz. Review iRunFar is excited to…
Despite the fact that iRunFar is headquartered a mere four miles from the political limelight that is DC… or perhaps in spite of it, we generally avoid discussing politics and…
A look at compression clothing and whether it can aid in post-running recovery.
Our Favorite Running Socks Check out our Best Running Socks article to learn about our current favorite running socks! What Socks Knock Your Socks Off? Running socks, once the most…
While many in the ultrarunning community are bummed out about the cancellation of this year’s Western States 100, many folks are already making lemonade from the Western States lemons they’ve…
The Western States Endurance Run scheduled for this weekend will be canceled! iRunFar has learned from a very reliable source that after extensive meetings with the Forest Service the WSER…
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…
With the 2008 edition of the Western States 100 less than a week away, I thought it would be an appropriate time to post a race report from my 2005…
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…
While the end of last week left a sour taste in my mouth, this week left me smiling. At this point in my training, any week with 5 days of…
Through Friday, this week was looking like a can’t miss winner, as I’d already logged 43 miles and a great workout. Then exhaustion hit and planned weekends runs of 20+…
Ok, this is a totally shameless post, but true to my DC lawyer ways, I’m cool with that. ;-) Regardless, as you may have gathered, I’m doing a bit of…
Those who know me, know I won’t pimp my sponsors’ products* and the same goes for their websites, races, or whatever. With that in mind, I want to let you…
Synopsis of Week’s Training:Oh, what a sweet week of consistent training and restoration of my joie de vivre. I didn’t get in the mega-mileage I had planned if I headed…
After the avalanche of great JFK 50 photos we received, we think it would be unfair not to give the JFK photos the same treatment the DC-area trails contest submissions…
Wow, up until a few hours ago, iRunfar’s first contest was a complete and total flop. However, a last minute surge from readers has left us with plenty of quality…
If you are looking for fame and fortune, you came to the wrong place. However, iRunFar is running its first contest, which offers the possibility of publication in a national…
Synopsis of Week’s Training: This week’s running did not turn out exactly as planned, but the deviations were probably for the better and it was a great week nonetheless. Read…
iRunFar hates strongly dislikes clutter. While iRunFar’s separate MMT Updates served their purpose during the race, they clutter up the blog. Therefore, we’ve taken them and combined them into one…
I know there are quite a few iRunFar readers inside the beltway. As many of these beltway insiders will be stopping by for iRunFar’s Massanutten 100 coverage this weekend, it…
Alright, some folks seem to want play-by-play from the MMT course this weekend. If this post is successful (and there’s a cell signal in Fort Valley), we’ll go live from…
While women’s field at this year’s Massanutten 100 does not have the numbers the men’s field does (20 ladies in the race versus 140 lads), it promises to be an…
Race fans get ready, ’cause there’s sure to be some spectacular racing in Virginia’s Massanutten Mountains this weekend! I was excited when the initial field was drawn up in December…
After a long break, I hope to start posting weekly training updates for the foreseeable future. I had stopped when my training took a serious downturn in early March and…
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…
We here at iRunFar have long resisted covering worthy causes and never expected we would. However, it has come to our attention that the U.S. National 100k team will not…
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…
My body, firmly in flight mode, will not stop moving. The chemical cascade caused by the afternoon’s hill workout yet courses through my veins. While I await the Metro’s arrival,…
With one email this morning my tentative 2008 running plans solidified – I’m running the Gore-Tex TransRockies Run. From August 25-30, this six stage race will cover 115+ miles from…
It’s a naptastic rainy day here at iRunFar and, therefore, the perfect time to talk about caffeine… just after our coffee mugs get refilled. Ahhh… better. Whether you realize it…
The final installment in iRunFar’s Earth Week series is a simple plea to consider what you eat. There will be no call for you to become a raw food vegan….
Installment four in iRunFar’s Earth Week series focuses on trail runners’ gear consumption and the greening of the gear industry. Below we consider the amount of gear we use, the…
The head idiot at iRunFar has once again sprained his ankle. Doh! It’s nothing major … it’s happened before and it’ll happen again. However, with fine spring weather here and…
In the weRunFar contribution to iRunFar Earth Week series, we’ll share the blogs of a few individuals who espouse their environmental efforts or beliefs in their posts or actions. Read…
When you trail race, do you leave skid marks and a cloud of noxious fumes in your wake? This post, the second in iRunFar’s Earth Week series, considers the environmental…
Do you think about how your trail running affects the world around you and that of generations to come? You should, right? Sustainable running is the topic of this, the…
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…
Friend of iRunFar, Mike Mason, compiled the following table analyzing the 2008 entry fees for 21 of the most recognizable 100 mile races being run this year.* The entry fees…
Inspired by a recent conversation among the newly formed Wasatch Speed Goat Mountain Racing Team, we here at iRunFar have developed what is sure to be the next must have…
Now that Scott Mason has made it official, I can proudly announce that I’m now running as part of the Wasatch Speed Goat Mountain Racing Team. iRunFar previously covered the…
A recent change in personal circumstances was a catalyst for me to me to consider change in my life or, perhaps more accurately, changing my life. I’m hoping to get…
Below is the fourth and final post in the iRunFar series on ultramarathon sponsorship in 2008. While the three prior posts have covered large ultrarunning teams, smaller ultrarunning teams, and…
The weRunFar series has ended its sabbatical to inform you about Nancy Hobbs or, more precisely, her blog, as it’s far too useful to ignore. Not only is Nancy a…
Thanks to everyone who suggested races for me to run in the remainder of 2008. While a great deal of uncertainty remains in my schedule for the latter half of…
A super quick, off-the-cuff post here. I need to develop my race schedule for the rest of the year by the end of the day and it’s still wide open….
This is the third post in the iRunFar series on ultrarunning sponsorship in 2008. This post focuses on sponsorship of individual ultrarunners – both elite and not – rather than…
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