Bryon Powell is the Editor-in-Chief of iRunFar. He’s been writing about trail running, ultrarunning, and running gear for 15 years. Aside from iRunFar, he’s authored the books Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons and Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running, been a contributing editor at Trail Runner magazine, written for … Read more
What You Need To Know Satisfy and Norda are dropping a new 001 colorway It’s inspired by the calm of trail running Launching July 21, 2022 If you want to see a collab done right, look no further than Norda. The Canadian-based brand has been on a tear since it dropped the 001, teaming up … Read more
To be honest, the Nike Alphafly Next%2 has too many names: Nike Next 2 Nike Air Zoom Alphafly Next 2 Nike Alphafly 2 I don’t know; Nike doesn’t need all those describing features for one shoe. Maybe it does at $275 and the most sought-after shoe on the internet. It’s not been a secret in … Read more
A few weeks ago, I ran my first ultramarathon since 2019. It was the Trail 100 Andorra by UTMB, a 105-kilometer race through the Pyrenees in Andorra. The last ultra I had started before this one was the UTMB, a race I failed to finish. The last ultra I had finished was the JFK 50 … Read more
What You Need To Know Weighs 11.2 oz. (318 g.) for a US M9/9.5 oz. (269 g.) for a US W8 A slight midsole modification of Enerzy and Enerzy Core New eco-friendly stretch woven upper RIP to XPOP, and bless everyone that could actually feel it Available now for $170 ALDREN: My runs lately have … Read more
Which is a better GPS watch: The Coros Apex or Coros Pace 2? While the Coros Apex and the Coros Pace 2 are the cheaper options from Coros, both are high quality watches. Eluid Kipchoge likes the Coros Pace 2 but Des Linden likes the Coros Apex. So it’s not as if the pros are … Read more
I pushed my bike up the steep road. The wind was howling and the sun was glowing through a thick veil of wildfire smoke as it set behind the mountains. I veered off the road to find a place to camp, and a view of the distant mountains opened up. The apocalyptic haze distracted me … Read more
Courtney Dauwalter returns to the 2022 Hardrock 100 looking give the finishing rock a bear hug. In the following interview, Courtney talks about what mistakes she made during the 2021 Hardrock and what she learned from them, how her running has gone so far this year, and what she hopes to get out of this … Read more
Canada’s Stephanie Case will make her first lap of Colorado’s San Juan Mountains during the 2022 Hardrock 100. In this interview, our first with Stephanie, she talks about her life work in human rights, how she found her way to racing very long mountain ultramarathons, and her ahead of Hardrock. To see who else is … Read more
Kilian Jornet has run the Hardrock 100 four times and has won the race four times. After a five year absence, Kilian returns to run Hardrock again in 2022. In the following interview, Kilian talks about what brings him back to Hardrock, how his training and racing have gone this spring, and what variables will … Read more