We’re at the Broken Arrow Skyrace all weekend! Anna Gibson and Patrick Kipngeno won Friday’s Broken Arrow Ascent! Follow our Broken Arrow 23k live coverage on Sunday and read our 23k preview to see who’s racing.

Next week, we’ll have wall-to-wall coverage of the Western States 100, so stay tuned!

Purg – Jan 2022 – first day – top of mountain

At the top of Purgatory’s Lift 1 for the first time. I amde it down, but it wasn’t pretty!
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Purg - Jan 2022 - first day - top of mountain

Bryon Powell

Bryon Powell is the Founding Editor of and Gear Editor at iRunFar. He’s been writing about trail running, ultrarunning, and running gear for nearly 20 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 publications including Outside, Sierra, Ultrarunning, and Running Times, and coached ultrarunners of all abilities. Based in Silverton, Colorado, Bryon is an avid trail runner and ultrarunner who competes in events from the Hardrock 100 Mile just out his front door to races long and short around the world, that is, when he’s not fly fishing or tending to his garden.