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2 days ago | 
irunfar.com | Eszter Horanyi
The Patagonia Slope Runner Vest ($170) is a lightweight, minimalist running vest with functional storage in an everything-you-need-and-nothing-you-don’t package. While Patagonia’s involvement in the trail running world has fluctuated over the years, this vest, when first released in 2019, showed a big step forward in the brand’s commitment to the sport. You can read more about that first vest in our Patagonia Slope Runner 8L review.
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2 weeks ago | 
irunfar.com | Eszter Horanyi
It took Paulina Zäck 54 days, 9 hours, and 48 minutes to travel the Te Araroa (TA) trail, New Zealand’s premier long trail, a time that set both a new women’s self-supported and women’s overall fastest known time (FKT). She finished at the Cape Reinga Lighthouse at the northern tip of New Zealand’s North Island on the morning of March 27, 2025.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Eszter Horanyi
The post Germany’s Paulina Zäck Resets Women’s FKT on New Zealand’s Te Araroa Trail appeared first on iRunFar.It took Paulina Zäck 54 days, 9 hours, …
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3 weeks ago | 
irunfar.com | Eszter Horanyi
The Zpacks Duplex Lite Tent ($670) is a gram-counting fastpacker’s dream shelter, especially if traveling with a partner. Made of waterproof Dyneema Composite Fabric (DCF), the fully enclosed two-person tent, with its stuff sack, has an incredibly light actual weight of 15.9 ounces (450 grams) without stakes. This is lighter than many tarps that don’t offer bug protection. While expensive, this versatile tent excels in nearly any multiday situation.
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3 weeks ago | 
irunfar.com | Eszter Horanyi
Zach Friedley — professional runner, founder of the nonprofit Born to Adapt, and a human born missing his right leg from just above the knee — recently returned from Rotorua, New Zealand, where his team just wrapped up hosting their largest trail running event for parathletes.
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4 weeks ago | 
irunfar.com | Eszter Horanyi
Let’s face it: not everyone loves the trend of large-lens, loud sunglasses. For those of us who refuse to return to the era of Oakley M-Frames but still want exceptional optics, there’s the Method Seven Silverton Trail26 ($175). Many, dare I say most, higher-end sunglasses on the market today have gravitated to the single-lens style.
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1 month ago | 
irunfar.com | Eszter Horanyi
Starting in Radda in Chianti, Italy, at 4 a.m. Saturday, March 22, the 2025 Chianti Ultra Trail by UTMB 120k provided the setting for fast racing in both the women’s and men’s races, with deep fields on both sides gathering lots of attention from the ultrarunning community. As the second-to-last 2025 Western States 100 Golden Ticket race, top athletes were looking to secure their place in the California event, with two spots being awarded to the top two finishers in each category.
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1 month ago | 
irunfar.com | Eszter Horanyi
The Hyperlite Mountain Gear Aero 28 ($350) is the newest pack from a brand that has developed a cult-like following in the thru-hiking and packrafting communities. This is their first time using a running-vest-style harness system instead of traditional backpack straps. I’ve been waiting for the Maine-based company to jump on the running vest bandwagon for years, and they got a lot right in their first release.
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1 month ago | 
irunfar.com | Eszter Horanyi
Stephanie Case arrives on the screen for this digital interview with her daughter, Pepper in tow. The three-month-old gurgles and smiles at the camera, completely unaware of Case’s nearly three-year struggle with pregnancy that eventually brought her into the world. Pepper, while most likely realizing on some primal level that her mom is amazing, doesn’t yet know of the scope of the work Case has done around the world, and especially in the Middle East and Central Asia, to champion women’s rights.
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2 months ago | 
irunfar.com | Eszter Horanyi
After 31 days, 19 hours, and 41 minutes, Belgian Karel Sabbe arrived at the end of the Te Araroa (TA) trail in Bluff, New Zealand, the southernmost point of the South Island, setting a massive new men’s supported fastest known time (FKT) on the 1,898-mile (3,054-kilometer) trail. He reached the famous signpost at Stirling Point just before midnight on February 16, 2025.
