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.

Trail Run

VIRTUAL REALITY

STOCKISTS • WE DON’T TRUST OUR TRAIL BIBLE WITH ANY OLD RUNNING SHOP STOCKIST. RATHER, OUR STOCKISTS ARE A SPECIAL BREED OF RETAILER WHO HAVE HAD TO MEET STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS TO BE ALLOWED TO SELL TRAIL RUN MAG IN THE FLESH: THEY HAVE TO UNRESERVEDLY, AND WITH EQUAL PARTS BOUNDLESS PASSION AND KNOWLEDGEABLE INSIGHT, BE UTTERLY MAD ABOUT THE TRAIL RUNNING LIFESTYLE. AND SO, IF YOU WANT TO PICK UP A QUICK COPY OF THE MAG (AND NAB YOUR NEXT PAIR OF SINGLETRACK SLAYERS WHILE YOU’RE THERE), WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THESE GUYS, THEY ARE THE BEST IN THE BIZ, BECAUSE UNLIKE THE OTHER RUNNING SHOPS, THEY GIVE A DAMN ABOUT RUNNING ON DIRT:

NOW’S A GOOD TIME TO BUY

BLACKALL 100 • SUNSHINE COAST HINTERLAND, QLD

DUVAL DAM BUSTER • ARMIDALE, NEW ENGLAND REGION, NSW

SOUTHERN LAKES ULTRA • QUEENSTOWN, NEW ZEALAND

WUU2K (WELLINGTON URBAN ULTRA 2K) • WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND

Less is More • DO YOU ALWAYS TRY TO ADD MORE KILOMETRES TO YOUR RUNS, MORE RUNS TO YOUR WEEK, MORE EVENTS TO YOUR YEAR? NEW ZEALAND PHYSIOTHERAPIST AND COACH BRAD DIXON EXPLAINS HOW LESS RUNNING CAN IMPROVE YOUR PERFORMANCE ON THE TRAILS AND LEAD TO GREATER WELLBEING.

DREAM RUN ALPINE CHALLENGE, VICTORIA

Q&A FRUNCHTIME RUNNERS

RELENTLESS • HOW A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DEFIED THE ODDS

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Making of an FKT • WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SET AN FKT (FASTEST-KNOWN TIME)? GEORGE HENDERSON FINDS OUT DURING HIS FKT ATTEMPT ON NEW ZEALAND’S 3,000KM TE ARAROA TRAIL.

REMOTE Control • THEY BREED THEM TOUGH IN THE COUNTRY. THEY BREED THEM EVEN TOUGHER ON ESMERALDA STATION, WHERE CATTLE STATION CO-MANAGER SARAH FOSTER LIVES, WORKS AND RUNS 200KM-PLUS A WEEK. HER GOAL? TO BE AUSTRALIA’S BEST FEMALE ULTRARUNNER.

POWER AND THE PASSION • LINCOLN QUILLIAM’S AWARD-WINNING SHORT FILM, MOUNTAIN IMMERSION, TAKES US ON AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY INTO THE FORMIDABLE AND STUNNING WESTERN ARTHURS MOUNTAIN RANGE IN TASMANIA, OFFERING US A POWERFUL HIT OF INSPIRATION AT A TIME WHEN WE'VE NEEDED IT MOST.

SHEPHERD’S CALL • NEW ZEALAND’S HIGH COUNTRY HAS SHAPED RYAN CARR – AKA FERRET – INTO PART MAN, PART MOUNTAIN GOAT: A WINNING COMBINATION WHEN IT COMES TO BLITZING THE TRAILS. WRITER HANNAH RAE GIVES US AN INTRIGUING INSIGHT INTO THE LIFE OF THIS LARGER-THAN-LIFE TRAIL-RUNNING SHEPHERD.

PROOF OF LIFE • SEAN PURCELL WAS ON A 5KM BEACH RUN WHEN HE SUFFERED A CARDIAC ARREST. HE WAS CLINICALLY DEAD FOR 45 MINUTES. THE FACT SEAN SURVIVED IS NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE. THE FACT HE’S ABOUT TO LINE UP FOR HIS FIRST 100KM AT SURF COAST CENTURY IS TESTAMENT TO HIS TENACITY AND GRATITUDE FOR LIFE. BEING A NUTBAG HELPS, TOO.

Larapinta BEFORE THE LOCKDOWN • JACQUI BELL MADE HISTORY AS THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO COMPLETE SEVEN ULTRAMARATHONS ACROSS SEVEN CONTINENTS. BUT NOTHING COULD PREPARE THE AUSSIE TRAIL RUNNER FOR THE CHALLENGE, BEAUTY AND...