Best Mountain Running Gear of 2025
Here’s the iRunFar editorial team’s favorite mountain running gear.
Bryon Powell
Title: Founding Editor
Location: Silverton, Colorado
Social Media Links:
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Expertise
- Topics of Expertise: Trail running, ultrarunning, running gear, run coaching
- Amount of Expertise: Over 30 years of trail running, over 20 years of ultrarunning, nearly 20 years of reviewing running gear, and 3 years coaching runners. More than 2,000 articles and interviews published on iRunFar. The author of Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons and a co-author of Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running.
Education & Certifications
- Education: Bachelor of Arts, History, Haverford College; Juris Doctorate, George Mason University
- Years of Professional Experience Relevant to iRunFar: 18
- Certifications: Inactive Member, DC and Utah Bars
- Club or Association Memberships: Running Rivers (conservation non-profit) board vice president , Sierra Club, Trout Unlimited, Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity
- Awards or Recognitions: George Mason University Law Review
- Other Relevant Positions, Current or Past: Former Contributing Editor at Trail Runner magazine, former freelancer with publications such as Outside, Sierra Magazine, Running Times, and GearJunkie
A Word from Bryon Powell
I aim to inform and inspire others about and through trail running and ultrarunning. My personal interests include trail running, ultrarunning, fly fishing, gardening, and skiing (both Nordic and Alpine).
Best Trail Running Shoes of 2025
iRunFar’s experts share their best trail running shoe selections from the more than 300 available trail shoe models, with picks from Altra, Brooks, Hoka, La Sportiva, Nike, Salomon, Saucony, and Topo.
Best Trail Running Shoes for Mud of 2025
A guide to the best trail running shoes for mud with models from Inov8, Salomon, Asics, and La Sportiva.
Ludovic Pommeret, 2025 Hardrock 100 Champion, Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Ludovic Pommeret after his win at the 2025 Hardrock 100.
Mathieu Blanchard Post-2025 Hardrock 100 Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Mathieu Blanchard after his second-place finish at the 2025 Hardrock 100.
Germain Grangier Post-2025 Hardrock 100 Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Germain Grangier after his third-place finish at the 2025 Hardrock 100.
Run Your Own Ultra: How and Why to Run a Self-Created, Self-Supported Ultra
Considerations for why and how you might run your own self-supported ultramarathon.
Ludovic Pommeret Pre-2025 Hardrock 100 Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Ludovic Pommeret before the 2025 Hardrock 100.
Katharina Hartmuth Pre-2025 Hardrock 100 Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Katharina Hartmuth before the 2025 Hardrock 100.
Mathieu Blanchard Pre-2025 Hardrock 100 Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Mathieu Blanchard before the 2025 Hardrock 100.
Germain Grangier Pre-2025 Hardrock 100 Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Germain Grangier before the 2025 Hardrock 100.
Katie Schide Pre-2025 Hardrock 100 Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Katie Schide before the 2025 Hardrock 100.
Fu-Zhao Xiang Post-2025 Western States 100 Interview
A video interview (with transcript with Fu-Zhao Xiang after her second-place finish at the 2025 Western States 100.
Chris Myers Post-2025 Western States 100 Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Chris Myers after his second-place finish at the 2025 Western States 100.
Kilian Jornet Post-2025 Western States 100 Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Kilian Jornet after his third-place finish at the 2025 Western States 100.
Vincent Bouillard Pre-2025 Western States 100 Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Vincent Bouillard before the 2025 Western States 100.
Marianne Hogan Pre-2025 Western States 100 Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Marianne Hogan before the 2025 Western States 100.
Adam Peterman Pre-2025 Western States 100 Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Adam Peterman before the 2025 Western States 100.
Fu-Zhao Xiang Pre-2025 Western States Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Fu-Zhao Xiang before the 2025 Western States 100.
Tara Dower Pre-2025 Western States 100 Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Tara Dower before the 2025 Western States 100.
Dan Jones Pre-2025 Western States 100 Interview
A video interview (with transcript) with Dan Jones before the 2025 Western States 100.
Best Running Shirts for Men of 2025
We tested dozens of running shirts for men for hundreds of hours, and created this guide for you.
2025 Broken Arrow Skyrace Ascent and 23k Live Coverage
iRunFar’a live coverage of the 2025 Broken Arrow Skyrace Ascent and 23k from Olympic Valley, California.
2025 Western States 100 Men’s Preview
An in-depth preview of the men’s race at the 2025 Western States 100.
