February - April 2021

Trail Run

NZ's best running magazine

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WHEN YOUR BODY GOES Into Lockdown
It’s been 42 days since I’ve gone for a run. Not because of a COVID-19 lockdown. Although it is a lockdown in a way – one imposed by my body, which has decided it has had enough of this running caper! Usually so abiding when it comes to ridiculously
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EDITOR: Lauren Shay DESIGN: Jess van de Vlierd CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Lauren Shay, Brad Dixon, David Lipman, Hajo Späthe, Mark Green. PHOTOGRAPHERS: Lyndon Marceau, Karl Forcey, Nancy Jayde Photography, Shioban – In2Adventure, Kepler Challenge, Dale F
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Stockists
WE DON’T TRUST OUR TRAIL BIBLE WITH ANY OLD RUNNING SHOP STOCKIST. RATHER, OUR STOCKISTS ARE A SPECIAL BREED OF RETAILER WHO HAVE HAD TO MEET STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS TO BE ALLOWED TO SELL TRAIL RUN MAG IN THE FLESH: THEY HAVE TO UNRESERVEDLY, AND WITH
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PATAGONIA NETPLUS® WEARABLE RECYCLED FISH NETS CAPS & HATS
Discarded fishing nets are a scourge of the ocean, deadly to sea life and accounting for around half of the ocean’s plastic pollution. Patagonia has teamed with start-up company Bureo to develop NetPlus™ – a 100% recycled, traceable material made fro
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Bundarra ¾ Elite Leggings
Many runners would argue that running is an artform. It offers us a way to express ourselves; a celebration of the human body and what it can do. Bundarra sportswear truly does bring art to the world of running. Its range of activewear showcases beau
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Whoop Heart Rate Monitor
Whoop, there it is … ‘90s music references aside, strap yourself in (bad pun, I know) for a quick rundown of the WHOOP strap. At its core, WHOOP is an optical heart rate monitor that works to help you balance strain (heart rate predominantly) and rec
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Dead Cow Gully Backyard Ultra
Dead Cow Gully is a sprawling 1,600-acre cattle property 11km north of Nanango, a country town in the South Burnett region of Queensland. It was named after a poor beast that lost its footing by the creek’s edge, only to be discovered a week later ta
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Snowies Trail Run Festival
You’ve got to love a trail run that starts with the crack of a stockman’s whip. The Snowies Trail Run Festival is alpine wilderness at its best. Starting from Lake Crackenback Resort and Spa, the course traverses the stunning Thredbo Valley, which un
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Tararua Mountain Race
Established in 1990, the Tararua Mountain Race is one of New Zealand’s oldest mountain races. With 2,300m of ascent a over 34.5km, it’s seriously tough! But, in the words of the event organisers, it is a “benevolent challenge” – an escape from the ca
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Mt Oxford Odyssey
So, you think you’re a bit of a mountain goat? Ain’t no mountain high enough? Well, why not put those vertical-loving legs of yours to the ultimate test at the Mt Oxford Odyssey! There are four races to choose from, but it’s the marathon – touted as
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Dream Run West Macs Monster
You know anything with the word “monster” in the title is going to be seriously epic, and the West Macs Monster Trail Running Festival is exactly that. Set in the rugged West MacDonnell (Tjoritja) Ranges in the Red Centre of the Northern Territory, t
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Feel The Burn
The main way to train our system to utilise fat during activity is to move at a steady state. This means our aerobic engine does not venture out of second or third gear. In athletic circles, this is described as “zone 2”, with the heart rate in the a
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Q&A BYRON BAY
1. How did your group begin? Our trail crew is a group within Byron Bay Runners (which started in 2011). Initially, we were a group of mates looking for shade, single trails, and a bit of adventure in North Coast NSW. Even the runner in our logo repr
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The Ultra Mindset
My running routine was thrown into disarray during Queensland’s COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. As I grappled with my sudden new role as my daughter’s home-school teacher, my work suffered, and I struggled to stay positive. Normally, I’d bust some stress
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Shattering Stereotypes one Mile At A Time
If you haven’t watched the 11-minute short film, The Mirnavator, I suggest you do so right now. The opening is shocking. Not because of any graphic imagery, but because of the cutting statements Mirna Valerio reads from an email she received while sh
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FIGHTING FIRE WITH Fire
The final months of 2019 were dark and filled with smoke in the Scenic Rim of Queensland. The acrid air sat at the back of people’s throats as wildfires swept through the mountain ranges that encircle my home, the small rural town of Boonah, populati
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Next-gen Inspiration
New York City Marathon, 2018. The start-line crowd was overwhelming. Indigenous Australian runner Rachael Howard’s anxiety was in overdrive. The 28-year-old longed her for family back in Maitland, New South Wales. Stomach in knots, she shed a few tea
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Keeping IT Real
As it was for all of us, 2020 was a year of ups and downs for Lucy Bartholomew, Australia’s much-adored champion of the trail and ultra-running scene. Racing plans were upended as travel was restricted and events cancelled or postponed. But Lucy kept
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ISOLATION Deluxe
Stewart Island is pure adventure. Its Māori name, Rakiura, means “land of the glowing skies”. Even getting to the island, which is New Zealand’s third-largest island and 30km south of the South Island, is an adventure! The only way to get there is by
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REDEMPTION Run
Pain is the dogged companion of an ultra runner. Run for long enough, and it slinks out of the bushes eventually. We can try to push it away, ignore it, bargain with it, wrestle it, even hold its hand as we push into deeper dark. It waxes and wanes,
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Seven wonders
Mick Chapman and Reece Evans had their heads down, uploading their runs to Strava. They had just completed day three of their self-made 7in7 challenge – an audacious mission to run seven of New South Wales’ most iconic trails in seven consecutive day
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Kerryn Bell
I RAN MY FIRST HALF MARATHON AT THE AGE OF SIX.As a child, I belonged to both athletics clubs and the local joggers club. My father and I used to run every weekend with the local joggers. As a young kid, I was involved in swimming and competed nation
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It’s Evolution, Baby
In July 2020, beast ultra runner Damian Hall set the fastest known time on the 268-mile Pennine Way in an incredible 61 hours, 34 minutes. He beat the previous record on this brutal trail (Great Britain’s oldest National Trail), held by John Kelly, b
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Running Through My mid-life Crisis
What is it about turning 40 that is so scary? It’s only a number. With age comes wisdom and experience, so perhaps it is something we should look forward to rather than dread. I think for me, the biggest issue with turning 40 was that it invoked a fe
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Road To Trails All-rounder
If I could work my life out so that I only ever ran on glorious rainforest trails, I would be a happy runner indeed. Sadly, I have not yet worked my life out to be so! Roads and pavement feature in my weekly running schedule, so it’s great to have a

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