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

BUILT FOR THE LONG RUN

YOUR DREAM RUN • RUNNING THE RIVER FLOW TO THE MOUNTAIN

RACE DAY PREP

BUILDING RESILIENCE: THE SECRET WEAPON

THE SECRET FORMULA

BEING A RESPONSIBLE RUNNER

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.

THE LONGER THE RACE THE CLOSER IT GETS • IN OUR RUNNING WORLD, THE GAP BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN IS NARROWING. EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY LECTURERS AND RESEARCHERS CAITLIN FOX-HARDING AND KRISSY KENDALL, WRITING FOR THE CONVERSATION, EXPLORE HOW ENDURANCE, PHYSIOLOGY AND MINDSET COULD SEE WOMEN NOT JUST KEEPING UP IN THE LONGEST RACES – BUT POSSIBLY WINNING OUTRIGHT.

SKY HIGH THRILLS AN ULTIMATE VICTORY • BAKING HEAT, SHIFTING SAND, AND A RELENTLESS WIND – NAMIBIA’S VAST DESERT IS A PLACE WHERE ONLY THE TOUGHEST SURVIVE. FOR BRITISH RUNNER JON SHIELD, IT WAS A TEST OF MENTAL CAPABILITY, PUSHING THROUGH 50 DEGREE TEMPS AND BRUTAL TERRAIN THAT SAW HIM BECOME THE FIRST MAN TO WIN EVERY RACE IN BEYOND THE ULTIMATE’S GLOBAL RACE SERIES FOR 2024. KATE DZIENIS SPEAKS WITH HIM ABOUT HIS RECORD-BREAKING ACHIEVEMENT AND THE MINDSET IT TOOK TO CLAIM THAT TITLE.

LAPPING IT UP BUILDING SOMETHING BIGGER THAN MILES • WHEN PATRICK AND JOANNA MANULAT SET OUT TO BRING A BACKYARD ULTRA TO INVERCARGILL, NZ THEY WEREN’T JUST CHASING LAPS – THEY WERE BUILDING A COMMUNITY, BUILDING RESILIENCE, AND BUILDING HOPE. KATE DZIENIS TALKS TO THE COUPLE ABOUT THEIR INAUGURAL SANDY POINT BACKYARD ULTRA, AND WHY AT THEIR EVENT, THEY PROVED THAT EVEN ON THE FLATTEST GROUND, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

READY TO GET DIRTY? A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO HITTING OFF-ROAD • TRAIL RUNNING IS HAVING A RED-HOT MOMENT, AND NO ONE KNOWS THAT BETTER THAN AUSTRALIAN ENDURANCE RUNNER AND COACH JODIE OBORNE. FROM HER HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN THE PERTH HILLS TO REPRESENTING HER COUNTRY ON THE WORLD STAGE, JODIE SHARES WITH TIFFANY WATSON HOW HITTING THE TRACKS CAN BE THE ULTIMATE EQUALISER FOR RUNNERS OF ALL ABILITIES.

FUELLED BY PASSION, POWERED BY VOLUNTEERS • THEY’RE THE FIRST TO ARRIVE ON-COURSE AND THE LAST TO LEAVE. THEY’RE THE SMILING FACES, THE WATER BOTTLE FILLERS, THE COWBELL RINGERS AND THE BLISTER POPPERS. THEY’RE VOLUNTEERS AND MOST TRAIL RUNNING EVENTS WOULD NOT EXIST WITHOUT THEM. SAMANTHA TURNBULL CATCHES UP WITH A FEW OF THE SELFLESS VOLLIES WHO HAVE MADE HER RUNS MEMORABLE.

CREWING beyond the FINISH LINE • DR VICKI LIM TRAVELLED TO ROMANIA LAST YEAR TO SUPPORT HER FIANCÉ, DR INIA RAUMATI, AS HE TACKLED THE GRUELLING 2024 ULTRA RACE ROMANIA IN AUGUST. THROUGH DENSE AND RUGGED CARPATHIAN TERRAIN, SHE NAVIGATED THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF CREWING – PROVING THAT ENDURANCE RACING ISN’T JUST ABOUT THE RUNNER, BUT THE TEAM BEHIND THEM.

Oceania’s Toughest Sub 60 Minute Trail Race • David Byrne from NSW took on the legendary Shotover Moonlight Mountain Marathon Vertical Kilometre at Ben Lomond...