Trail Run

Trail Runner New Zealand & Australia (formerly Kiwi Trail Runner) is New Zealand's best running magazine. The writing is loaded with 'real' experience and connects readers with fellow runners and New Zealand's stunning landscape. Even the most ardent couch-dwellers have picked up Kiwi Trail Runner and said it has inspired them to head outside and run in terrain that is among the most spectacular on earth. This magazine will appeal to anyone who wants to feel part of a community of people who love running, the outdoors and the camaraderie that comes with having a shared purpose. 1 year subscription equals 6 issues. 2 years subscription equals 12 issues. Your subscription will begin when the next issue is published to make sure you get the latest edition. As this is a bi-monthly magazine your first delivery may take six - eight weeks.

Trail Run

LETTERS

LEAVE IT BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT

YOUR DREAM RUN • THE MOUNTAIN IS CALLING & RUNNERS ARE ANSWERING

EMBRACING THE LONG RUN

BREAKING THREE OR BREAKING BRAD?

ARE SUPPLEMENTS WORTH THE HYPE?

THE PUSH & PULL OF SEEING IT ALL

THE BEST PICS FROM THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHERS • CAPTURED THE MOST SCHMICK TRAIL, LANDSCAPE OR VIEW WHILE OUT FOR A RUN? TAG OUR SOCIALS HANDLE @TRAILRUNMAG ON INSTA.

FIND A WAY OR MAKE A WAY • THERE’S A SAYING IN THE WILD WEST COAST OF TASMANIA: “FIND A WAY, OR MAKE A WAY”. ONCE IT REFERRED TO DETERMINED MINERS, FORCING ROUTES THROUGH DENSE RAINFOREST AND STEEP MOUNTAINS TO MOVE A MOUNTAIN FULL OF GOLD, COPPER AND SILVER OUT OF THE AREA. BUT TODAY, THAT SAME SPIRIT IS INSPIRING A HARDY TRAIL RUNNING COMMUNITY AND ITS SUPPORTERS TO RECLAIM SOME EPIC TRAILS FROM THE BUSH.

BREAKING DOWN WALLS & HEADING STRAIGHT TO THE FRONT • FROM WEEKS OF NOT LEAVING HER BED, TO LEADING ELITE FIELDS AT INTERNATIONAL TRAIL RACES, HANNAH WALL’S RISE IS ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY STORIES IN NEW ZEALAND TRAIL RUNNING. RACHEL BRIDGEWATER SPEAKS WITH THE NORTH FACE ATHLETE ABOUT ADDICTION, RECOVERY, AND THE MOMENT SHE REALISED THE PERSON SHE’D BEEN WAITING FOR, WAS HERSELF.

IT’S NO SMALL FEAT • WHEN A KINGFISHER TRAPPED IN A DISCARDED FISHING NET FLIES FREE FROM YOUR HANDS, SOMETHING SHIFTS, AND A PERSONAL ENDURANCE CHALLENGE BECOMES SOMETHING FAR BIGGER. KATE DZIENIS SPEAKS WITH PERTH’S MICHAEL BOAG ABOUT RUNNING 80 MARATHONS ACROSS INDIA LATER THIS YEAR, AND WHY MOVEMENT MIGHT BE THE MOST POWERFUL ENVIRONMENTAL TOOL WE HAVE.

FREEZE THE DAY SNOW RUNNING DONE RIGHT • SAMANTHA TURNBULL SPEAKS WITH LIAM MCKENZIE, PROFESSIONAL RUNNER AND COACH, ABOUT WHAT IT REALLY TAKES TO RUN SAFELY IN SNOW AND ICE. FROM CHECKING FORECASTS TO ADJUSTING YOUR FORM, THE AUSTRALIAN-TURNED-NEW ZEALANDER SHARES THE HARD-WON LESSONS HE’S LEARNED TRAINING AMONG THE PEAKS OF WANAKA’S SOUTHERN ALPS.

LETTING GO OF COMPARISON • AS RUNNERS AGE, THE GREATEST BATTLE OFTEN ISN’T PHYSICAL, BUT MENTAL. THE PRESSURE OF COMPARISON, SOCIAL MEDIA NOISE, AND START LINE SELF-DOUBT ARE UNPACKED WITH HONESTY AND CLARITY AS YVETTE WILSON REVEALS HOW REDEFINING SUCCESS HELPED HER RECLAIM JOY, CONFIDENCE, AND PURPOSE IN ENDURANCE RUNNING.

MAD ENOUGH TO DREAM IT STRONG ENOUGH TO FINISH IT • AT 57, MAROUBRA RUNNER RENALD GALIS TOOK ON ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST RACES: LA DIAGONALE DES FOUS ON RÉUNION ISLAND. FROM GUT-WRENCHING LOWS TO VOLCANIC HIGHS, HE TELLS ERIC POULIN, FOUNDER OF MAPLEROO, WHAT ENDURANCE REALLY MEANS FOR HIM – PATIENCE, PURPOSE, GOOD NATURAL NUTRITION, AND A LITTLE BIT OF MADNESS. THIS IS A STORY ALMOST A DECADE IN THE MAKING.

17 RUNS

PRACTICAL FUELING FOR ENDURANCE ATHLETES

ULTRA RUNNING INTO RETIREMENT

OSPREY DURO 6 RUN HYDRATION VEST

TRUE PROTEIN ELECTROLYTES

REAL PEOPLE. REAL ADVENTURES. REAL STORIES. • And amazing photography...