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

ROUGH PATCHES & RESILIENCE

AFTER THE FINISH

UNLOCKING THE POWER OF SKIPPING

HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR CARB REQUIREMENTS

FOSTERING AN INCLUSIVE TRAIL COMMUNITY

OFF THE BEATEN Track 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 STILLNESS BETWEEN STRIDES AN INTERVIEW WITH MIKEY DIMUANTES • New documentary A Long Running Joke, written and directed by Henri Scott, focuses on Canberra-based ultra runner Mikey Dimuantes and his ever-challenging pursuit to balance competitive trail running with the rest of everything that goes on in his life. The documentary is heading the 2025 RunNation Film Festival that’s now touring, and TRM’s Editor, Kate Dzienis, interviewed Mikey to learn more about it, about how he’s forged a more sustainable approach to training and life, and why a long healthy career in running is built on presence, purpose and the occasional late-night dinner.

FROM THE GROUND UP BUILDING A TEAM AND A MOVEMENT • FROM A POOL OF MORE THAN 200 APPLICANTS, 14 RUNNERS WERE HANDPICKED TO REPRESENT SINGLETRACK AND BECOME AMBASSADORS – NOT JUST AS ATHLETES, BUT AS STORYTELLERS, COMMUNITY BUILDERS, AND TRAIL LOVERS WITH SERIOUS HEART. KATE DZIENIS SPEAKS WITH COURSE DIRECTOR JOE DORPH AND AMBASSADORS MADDI O’DONNELL AND ANDY ZHANG ABOUT WHAT MAKES THIS TEAM MORE THAN JUST A SQUAD IN FULL KIT.

WHERE THE FINISH LINE DOESN'T END • AFTER LOSING HIS 10YO SON LANDON TO BRAIN CANCER, MATT MEO FOUND SOLACE IN RUNNING – BUT NOT IN FINISHING. AT CALIFORNIA’S FOLSOM LAKE 140, HE STOPPED ONE STEP SHORT, PLACING LANDON’S PHOTO OVER THE LINE TO HONOUR THE BATTLE WITH NO END. IT’S A SYMBOLIC DNF THAT’S SPARKED A MOVEMENT, AND MATT TELLS SAMANTHA TURNBULL HE’S JUST GETTING STARTED.

CAMERA, FOOTSTEPS, ACTION • THIS IS NOT A STORY ABOUT WINNING RACES. IT’S NOT A STORY ABOUT TRAINING, OR ABOUT CHASING PODIUMS, OR ABOUT FINISHING AN EVENT. IT’S A STORY ABOUT CONNECTION – TO PLACES, TO PEOPLE, AND TO THE PLANET. KATE DZIENIS SPEAKS WITH FILMMAKER AND CONSERVATIONIST PAUL GARDINER HAS REBRANDED NATURAL BORN RUNNERS INTO THE ECOVENTURIST, AN ONLINE CHANNEL WHERE TRAIL RUNNING BECOMES A LENS FOR EXPLORING REWILDING, BIODIVERSITY, AND THE URGENT NEED TO PROTECT WILD PLACES THROUGH PURPOSEFUL ADVENTURE.

STRANGERS to SOULMATES on the SONDER • THROUGH TECHNI-COLOUR YAWNS, HALLUCINATIONS, AND SHARED SUFFERING, FOUR RUNNERS FORGED UNEXPECTED BONDS DURING THE 2025 EKISTICA 231KM SONDER MONSTER – THE TOUGHEST TEST IN THE WEST MACS MONSTER TRAIL RUNNING FESTIVAL. AS THE LARAPINTA TRAIL PUSHED THEM TO THEIR LIMITS, SIMON DUKE EXPLORES HOW THESE STRANGERS BECAME TRAIL MATES, HOW RIVALS BECAME ALLIES, AND HOW THE FINISH LINE BECAME A SHARED TRIUMPH.

WHY HER START LINE LOOKS DIFFERENT • FOR MANY WOMEN, JUST GETTING TO THE START LINE CAN BE THE HARDEST PART. FROM TIME PRESSURES TO SAFETY CONCERNS AND A LACK OF...