Endurance

Endurance events like ultramarathons and adventure racing test the limits of human performance. Get inspired, train, and gear up for these growing sports.

Patagonian Race Update

I’m writing from a hostel that faces the Bay of Beagle in Puerto Williams, Chile. I just had a breakfast of cheese and avacado on…

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Patagonian Race Report #7

I am currently sitting in Puerto WIlliams, Chile. The race is almost over. Team Japan is still on the course, but all other teams have…

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Patagonian Race Report #6

The rushing white noise of the creek beside my tent was drowned by the thumping of an approaching helicopter. I unzipped the door just in…

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Patagonian Race Report #5

The rushing white noise of the creek beside my tent was drowned by the thumping of an approaching helicopter. I unzipped the door just in…

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Patagonian Race Report #4

This morning as I awoke from a hard sleep, I stepped from my tent home next to a rushing creek, stretched arms wide and squinted…

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Patagonian Race Report #3

So far, the pace of the race is faster than expected. During the night, all teams, except one, made it through checkpoint #3. CP #3…

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GoLite Lime Lites

Disguised as a semi-formal set of kicks, the GoLite Lime Lites can easily transport you from work, to the trail and then to the bar.

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Patagonian Race Report #2

To say that today has been an eventful day does not nearly begin to hint at what has gone down.

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Patagonian Race Video

Here is the official preview video for the 2010 Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race, a nine-day event that Team Gear Junkie begins in one week!

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Craft Winter Apparel

This winter, for running and skiing, I have been testing two Craft products. This is my review on the Swedish-made tights and top.

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Gearing up for Patagonia

Gear Junkie prepares for the Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race, a weeklong endurance event next month through Tierra del Fuego, Chile.

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Trail Running in 2010

iRunFar.com, a blog that covers trail running and ultra events, asked athletes and industry insiders “What are you most looking forward to in 2010?”

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New Balance 910

Our reviewer calls the New Balance 910s “solid and versatile trail-running shoes.”

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Team GJ to Race in Patagonia

The Gear Junkie is heading to Patagonia! The job: To captain a team in the Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race, one of “the toughest ultra-endurance events…

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Ahnu All-Terrain Shoe

Ahnu’s Firetrail Winter four-season shoe has a mesh outer that’s said to repel nearly every drop of water you encounter on the trail.

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Saucony ViZi-PRO line

Be seen. Saucony introduces “high chroma-fluorescent orange-red” running wear. So bright it almost hurts to look at.

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Adventure Racing Redux

In an effort to “turn a page in the sport of adventure racing,” a new program offers an alternative to the long-standard USARA rankings and…

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Review: New Balance MT100

The feathery MT100 shoes, New Balance’s latest trail flat, weigh half what “lightweight” shoes from other companies might measure on a scale. This is the…

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Wenger Nomad Compass Watch

You’ll be the best-looking navigator in the city with Wenger’s high-end Nomad Compass, a $375 timepiece enclosed in a stainless steel case with black and…

Written by Stephen Regenold

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