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 • ED48 // 2023 // AU/NZ / SPRING

SETTING SIGHTS ON Olympic STATUS

PATAGONIA DOWN SWEATER

TNF SUMMIT HIGH TRAIL RUN SHORT SLEEVE SHIRT

RED PADDLE ACTIVE JACKET

SPRING ENERGY

THE UNFORGETTABLE SNOWMAN

FEISST GROUP TANIWHA • North Island, New Zealand

BE HERE Now TO CREATE Flow IN LIFE AND TRAILS

SOMETIMES SLOWING DOWN IS THE BEST WAY TO SPEED UP

AN UNSTOPPABLE RUNNER

LIVE TO RUN TRAIL

ENERGY-PACKED RISOTTO

IF YOU LIKE IT THEN YOU SHOULDA PUT AN Olympic RING ON IT • (You sung that, didn’t you?)

Strength FOR MILES • ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT TRAIL RUNNING IS THAT NO MATTER YOUR BACKGROUND, NO MATTER YOUR HISTORY, THERE ARE LIFE SKILLS YOU CAN ALWAYS BRING ACROSS TO IMPROVE YOUR ABILITY AND YOUR TECHNIQUE. NO MORE SO THAN FROM THE SPORT OF BODYBUILDING, WHERE INCREDIBLE DISCIPLINE IS THE ONLY WAY TO SEE SUCCESS. KATE DZIENIS RECENTLY LEARNED THAT WA TRAIL RUNNER BIANCA HARDING, WHO IS KNOWN FOR HER BLONDE PIGGY TAILS AND CAPTIVATING SMILE, USED TO DON THE SPARKLY BIKINIS AND TAN UP THE SKIN FOR A SPOT ON THE BODYBUILDING STAGE, AND HOW THAT HARD AND FAST SPORT HELPED HER BECOME THE ULTRA TRAIL RUNNER SHE IS TODAY.

MAD MISSION: NINJAS ON SNOWBOUND TRAILS • THERE’S NO BETTER WAY TO EMBRACE WINTER RUNNING THAN WITH SNOW. AND ALTHOUGH THERE ARE LESS OPPORTUNITIES IN AUSTRALIA THAN IN NEW ZEALAND TO HIT THE SNOWY-COVERED TRAILS FOR YOUR DAILY DOSE OF RUNNING, THERE ARE LOTS MORE FACTORS TO CONSIDER – ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE AN AUSSIE ABROAD. KATE ALLMAN RECENTLY FOUND HERSELF EXPLORING THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS IN THE AMERICAN STATE OF COLORADO, WHERE TRAIL RUNNING THROUGH SNOW AT HIGH ALTITUDE BROUGHT WITH IT A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF CHALLENGE. SHE TESTED HER METTLE AND ALONG THE WAY, MET THE WILD LOCAL RUNNERS WHO GAVE HER ALL THE INFO SHE NEEDED.

Immerse YOURSELF IN GARIWERD • LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME, THE GRAMPIANS (GARIWERD) IN VICTORIA DRAW NATURE ENTHUSIASTS AND EXPLORERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO DISCOVER MAJESTIC WATERFALLS, DAZZLING WILDFLOWER DISPLAYS AND AWE-INSPIRING MOUNTAIN VIEWS. THE GRAMPIANS PEAKS TRAIL IS A WORLD-CLASS HIKING EXPERIENCE, BUT NOW IT’S HOME TO THE FIRST EVER GRAMPIANS PEAKS TRAIL 100 MILER EVENT – A TRAIL RUNNER’S ANSWER TO THEIR SEARCH FOR THE MOST EPIC AND SPECTACULAR TRAIL RACE DESTINATION. KATE DZIENIS GETS THE FULL LOWDOWN ON ALL OF IT THANKS TO COURSE DIRECTORS JOSEPH DORPH AND MAJELL BACKHAUSEN, AND GPT 100 AMBASSADOR LUCY BARTHOLOMEW.

KISSING THE ROADS Goodbye • MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY START RUNNING, LACE UP THEIR SHOES AND BEGIN BY HITTING THE PATHS, PAVEMENTS OR ROADS…THEY MIGHT EVEN HOP ON THE ODD TREADMILL HERE AND THERE. AND MOST OF THE TIME (WELL, UP UNTIL THE LAST FEW YEARS ANYWAY), RACES WERE DONE ON ROADS, OR AT THE VERY LEAST ON FLAT SURFACES. THAT’S HOW ISOBEL TAIT BEGAN RUNNING, UNTIL SHE CONSIDERED TAKING HER SPORT TO THE TRAILS TO GET AWAY FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF EVERYDAY LIFE. IT GOT HER THINKING AND WONDERING WHY...