Trail Run

It’s been just over a year. It was the Feb/Mar edition of Trail Run Mag (#42) that was my first as editor, and I had big shoes to fill. Lauren Forcey did a stellar job in the role after taking over from the legendary Chris Ord, who created the magazi

WITHOUT A DOUBT, MAGNESIUM IS AN ESSENTIAL MINERAL WITH A BARRAGE OF VITAL ROLES WITHIN THE MANY PROCESSES AND FUNCTIONS for health as well as performance. Muscle contraction and relaxation, energy production, nerve function, cardiac activity, blood

OUR EYES ARE EXTREMELY SUSCEPTIBLE TO SUNBURN – OUCH! SERIOUSLY, DID YOU EVEN KNOW THAT? So just like we put sun protection on our skin, we really need to have a good pair of UV protective sunnies on hand when we’re out in the great outdoors. Actuall

THE NORTH FACE’S FLIGHT SERIES COLLECTION IS MADE WITH ATHLETES IN MIND. A premium, high-grade compilation of gear made to move with you, not against you, offering everything from vests and jackets to shoes and shorts. And one accessory that comes in

SUUNTO’S NEW WATCH CAPTURES ITS HERITAGE IN FITNESS AND ACTIVITY TRACKING WITH AN ULTRA THIN AND TIMELESS DESIGN THAT LOOKS GREAT ON THE WRIST. Extremely tough in its build and extensive in its benefits, the 9 Peak Pro offers Suunto’s most advanced e

ALL OF PATAGONIA’S TRAIL RUNNING APPAREL IS MADE WITH A MIX of recycled materials and sewn in Fair Trade Certified™ facilities, without any compromises in durability and performance. The Endless Run Shorts are designed as part of an integrated system

Starting out as a physiotherapist in the late 1990s it was very apparent that most patients referred to me came with a preconceived idea that I would fix them. In the early phase of my physiotherapy career I obliged; I’d get caught up in what patient

The Volcanic is unlike any other race around the world with participants circumnavigating an active volcano in Washington state (USA)! Each with a good pair of trail shoes and a trusty hydration pack, runners race all the way around Mt St Helens alon

How did your group begin? Our Facebook group and official parkrun club was first created in an effort to get friends and family active by promoting events, highlighting achievements and special milestones, providing tips and motivation, and challengi

PREPARATION TIME: 45 minutes SERVINGS: 3 An energised body is a body that performs better. So an energy-boosting meal or snack before heading out on your run is recommended, especially if it’s been more than four hours since you last ate. Apart from

Erchana Murray-Bartlett’s energy isn’t just infectious…it’s endemic in the sheer presence of her voice. Having just finished run through Kabi Kabi and Jinibara Land/Sunny Coast, I spoke with the vivacious 32-year-old on the phone on Day 83 of her exh

Before completing my first ultra-trail run, I viewed ultra runners as ‘nutters’. Obviously, they were a bunch of ‘running away from life’ with issues that needed a couch and lots of therapy. After completing my first Tarawera Ultra 60km in 2016, runn

There is vanlife and then there is living in a motorhome – and both of these things are very, very different. I first came to realise this as I was trying to squeeze all our life’s belongings into the tiny drawers of our new home-on-wheels (all the w

Failure is the most likely outcome. When it comes to New Zealand’s most gruelling ultra race, that’s The Revenant’s motto. Not because failure is a bad thing…by far, it’s isn’t…we all learn from failure. But because it’s that incredibly tough, race d

It was February 2017 and Victorian athlete Paul Watkins stood at the 250km mark of the 580km Arctic Ultra…frozen, hallucinating, starving and broken. Was this where his dream ended? Mentally and emotionally he had been under siege from the very first

Cairns is like the trail lover’s gateway drug to all things adventure, forests, beaches and mountains. In whichever direction you turn, the sites are enough to stir the senses aching to hit the trails that you just know must be hiding up there in the

CW // Mental Health, Eating Disorders TRM would like to advise that this article focuses on James Sieber’s experience, and therefore discusses sex health, mental health and eating disorders. We understand that this discussion may be difficult for som

CW // DOMESTIC ABUSE TRM would like to advise that this article touches on Tanya Bottomley’s experience, and therefore mentions domestic abuse. We understand this discussion may be difficult for some in our community, and have included support servic

Thanks to the team at Altra Running, we’re celebrating the launch of their two new trail kicks - the Altra-Lone Peak 7 (RRP $269.95 AUD) and the Altra-Olympus 5 (RRP $309.95 AUD). When you subscribe to Trail Run Magazine, you’ll automatically be put

It’s hard to not notice the world around you when you’re out on the trails, especially if you’re a mindful runner taking note of each bird call, second guessing if that stick 30m away is a snake or not, and keeping tabs on the terrain underfoot. You’

Gripping, inspiring and a rollicking tale of adventure have all been used to describe Paul Watkins’ book Lost and Found: Why We Need Adventure. And yes, they are all true, but this book is also so much more. In the early stages while reading the publ

Jenny Tough is an endurance athlete and adventure traveller who hails from Canada and has in the past written across various media platforms about her solo mountain expeditions and tales of travel as a solo athlete. Now based in Scotland, her latest

I grew up in North East Victoria on flat, and often dry, Dja Dja Wurrung Country. We were 30 minutes from the closest town, with paddocks for days, and a river along the edge of the property. As a kid, I’d spent days building cubbies with cousins and