Built to solve real problems. Shared because others have the same ones.
The Origin
Iron Miles started out of frustration — and a training plan. Like a lot of ultramarathon runners, I wanted a training plan that was built around my schedule, my fitness, and my race. Not a generic 18-week template I pulled off a forum. So I built one.
The race planner came from a similar place. Before my races, I'd spend hours trying to figure out split times for each aid station — not because I needed to hit them exactly, but because I wanted to give my crew realistic windows. When would I arrive? How long would I stay? What did I need them to have ready? Working all that out by hand was tedious, and getting it wrong added stress to the people trying to help me.
The irony wasn't lost on me: I was trying to reduce race-day stress by doing a bunch of stressful planning. So I automated it.
Why It's Online
Once the tools existed and actually worked, putting them online felt obvious. Every runner I know has dealt with the same problems — scattered training plans, vague crew instructions, gear research that takes forever. Iron Miles is an attempt to put all of that in one place and make it less painful.
The articles and gear reviews exist to support the tools and share what I've learned along the way. Some of the gear links are affiliate links, which help keep the site running and the tools at a low cost.
That's it. No company, no team — just a runner who built something useful and wanted to share it.