Bryon Powell looking back on Western States, forward to UTMB

Despite not otherwise feeling bad, I gave up mentally. I just stopped and walked for a couple hundred meters of runnable terrain and over the next 2-3k mixed in much more walking that I had been doing over the previous 15k. It’s hard know that this defeat was almost entirely mental. – Bryon Powell, WS2011, […]

3 quick questions with Krissy Moehl before UTMB 2011

I prefer to not have bad patches 🙂 but it is a reality of life. We have to keep moving forward even when things are tough. Ultras teach us a lot of life lessons if we are open to learning them. – Krissy Moehl, 2011 Make sure to check out the latest issue of Outer […]

Beer Bet – DJBLEAKMAN

Faaaaark!!! Trying to finish priority task but getting bombarded by running quality this a.m. Check out this obnoxiously funny instalment from the Swear Bears. Thanks Dan, your running is ass.

New Zealand’s kids are tougher than you.

So I’ve just been reading quite a bit of good insightful stuff about what makes New Zealand trailrunning such a distinct experience and culture, as well as how it fits in with the global trail running explosion that seems to be so very on right now. Than I saw this video, just posted here at […]

First Look at Upcoming Trail Shoe Releases

Bryon Powell, host/convenor/kickass-runner of iRunFar.com and author of Relentless Forward Progress just posted pictures of upcoming shoe releases from the Outdoor Retailer Gear Show on his Twitter feed – @iRunFar – with promise of a detailed write-up at iRunFar on Monday (Tuesday Sydney time). Anybody not knowing what the Outdoor Retailer show is – it’s […]

Sprint Cyclist’s Daily Supplement Regime

Just watched great youtube clip about what it takes for Shane Perkins to be a total 0-50km/h in 5s animal. They flashed up a pic of his daily supplement intake so I grabbed a still out of interest. I’ve been using L-glutamine as immune support and for enhanced glycogen uptake, beta-alanine for lactic, and caffeine […]

A Laugh Riot

Also loving Photoshop Looter. Definitely seems to be a racial bias in who gets Photoshopped, but a lot of good image adjustments happening as well. but I think this is my favourite because it’s just blatantly ridiculous:

Great Endurance Article & Training Update (M7 too)

Just reading this article about how some elites deal with race day difficulties and it’s really worth sharing – http://www.chrissiewellington.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Psychology-of-Stamina.pdf It also makes reference to Central Governor Theory which is something every endurance athlete who’s remotely serious about achieving their goals needs to have a clue about. Was going to write an update last week […]

Running: Are Brands The New Countries?

O no, a thinkpiece. What about reviewing expensive waterporous socks you hate again just to make a point? Running the half-marathon today, sandwiched between questions of “how much faster can I run without throwing up before the changeover zone?” and “would I be faster at this distance in less couchy shoes?” was this much more […]

M7 Marathon and Pairs Relay Update

Will post cool stuff like pictures and official times tomorrow when they’re available but great day out! I ran roughly a 91:55 for the half so missed goal but still PB and couldn’t have done much more to get there…except lose about 4kg…. next time. Team mate went through the 2nd half in around 75:50, […]