Trail Run

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.

GREGOR PAUL EDITOR

Dream Event

WHY WE RUN RELOADED

THE PERFECT MIX • HAVING PUSHED HIS RUNNING AS FAR AS HE FELT WAS POSSIBLE, SPUTNIK DECIDED HE NEEDED A FRESH CHALLENGE. RATHER THAN SIMPLY TRY TO RUN FURTHER, HE TURNED TO ADVENTURE RACING.

MR DURABLE • CODY REED IS AN EMERGING FORCE ON THE TRAIL RUNNING SCENE AND THE 28-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN IS HELPED NO END BY HIS INVALUABLE SKILL FOR AVOIDING INJURY. DAWN TUFFERY WITH THE STORY.

Our Little Secret NZ • Matarangi Bluff Track Coromandel

Our Little Secret Oz • Cape to Cape Track Western Australia

TACKLE YOUR PERTH RUGBY EXPERIENCE HEAD ON!

Beating the Ring of Fire • THE RING OF FIRE IS A UNIQUE ULTRA-RUNNING EXPERIENCE: 72.9 GNARLY KILOMETRES AROUND MOUNT RUAPEHU WITH A TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN OF 3398M. FOUNDATION RUN MEMBER DEBBIE CURRIN RAN HER SECOND RING OF FIRE THIS YEAR. SHE OFFERS US A GLIMPSE INTO HER SELF-TALK THROUGH THE RACE.

THE HE ALING POWER OF RUNNING • AT JUST 18 GABRIELLE FINLAYSON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS. HER BATTLE WITH THE DISEASE HAS BEEN CHALLENGING BUT SHE HAS FOUND RUNNING TO BE ONE OF HER BEST WEAPONS IN STAYING ON TOP OF IT.

IN IT FOR THE Long Run • IT PROBABLY HAD TO HAPPEN DIDN’T IT..? THAT A COUPLE OF DEDICATED TRAIL RUNNERS WOULD OPT TO HOLD THEIR WEDDING WHILE OUT ON A RUN.

Stick the Needle in • HOW ON EARTH DOES STICKING NEEDLES IN YOUR BODY ALLEVIATE PAIN, TREAT AND PREVENT INJURY I HEAR YOU SAY. YET, FOR APPROXIMATELY 3000 YEARS, THE CHINESE HAVE USED THIS ALTERNATIVE FORM OF MEDICINE TO TREAT MANY DISORDERS AND INJURIES. THE FIRST DOCUMENTATION OF ACUPUNCTURE DESCRIBING IT AS AN ORGANISED SYSTEM OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT IS IN THE YELLOW EMPEROR’S CLASSIC OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, WHICH DATES BACK TO 100 BC. GRADUALLY, THE PRACTICE OF ACUPUNCTURE WAS HONED AND INSERTION POINTS BECAME MORE SPECIFIED, UNTIL IT BECAME A STANDARD PRACTICE IN CHINA, ALONGSIDE MASSAGE, DIET, AND HERBS. MORE RUNNERS ARE CHOOSING ACUPUNCTURE AS THEIR CHOSEN METHOD OF TREATMENT. TRAIL RUNNER’S MICHELLE CURRAN LOOKS AT HOW THIS ANCIENT TECHNIQUE COULD BENEFIT THE MODERN-DAY RUNNER...

LIQUID GOLD • IT’S COMMONPLACE FOR RUNNERS OF ALL DISTANCES TO USE ENERGY GELS. ALEX GARDEN ASKS WHETHER WE NEED THEM AND DO THEY EVEN WORK?

SO IN SUMMARY

AN AUDIENCE WITH THE Queen • MEGHAN LAWS IS WIDELY CONSIDERED TO BE TRAIL RUNNING ROYALTY. DAWN TUFFERY CAUGHT UP THE AMERICAN VETERAN WHEN SHE WAS RUNNING TARAWERA EARLIER THIS YEAR.

MAKING REAL CHANGE • BRAD DIXON BELIEVES THAT WE CAN ALL MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGES IN OUR LIVES THAT WILL NOT ONLY SAVE THE PLANET BUT MAKE US BETTER ATHLETES, TOO.

EXPANSIVE WELLNESS HABITS TO SAVE THE WORLD AND MAKE YOU HEALTHIER

Race Calendar New Zealand

Race Calendar Australia

Voyage of Discovery • TRACEY FREDRICKSON HAD ALWAYS HATED RUNNING BUT DECIDED LAST YEAR THAT SHE WANTED TO LOVE IT.

AVOID THE WINTER OF DISCONTENT • Want to stay motivated...