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.

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EXPLORE. EDUCATE. EMPOWER. THE LONGEST RUN IN ANTARCTICA • ACCORDING TO 2022 STATISTICS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION, ONLY 32% OF GIRLS AGED 15+ PLAY SPORT AT LEAST ONCE PER WEEK. THAT HURTS…THAT NUMBER REALLY HURTS WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT PROPERLY. SO NOW IS THE TIME TO EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF FEMALE ATHLETES TO DEVELOP A LOVE OF SPORT AND EXPERIENCE THE IMPORTANT HEALTH AND EDUCATION BENEFITS THROUGHOUT LIFE. MELBOURNE ULTRA RUNNER AND MOTHER DONNA URQUHART IS DOING JUST THAT, AND REVEALS TO EDITOR KATE DZIENIS JUST HOW AND WHY SHE SET A FREAKIN’ INCREDIBLE WORLD RECORD IN THE MOST FRIGID, FROSTY AND FEROCIOUS PART OF THE WORLD – ANTARCTICA.

RUN THE TRAIN TO EASE THE PAIN • IN EARLY FEBRUARY, THREE MATES SET OFF THROUGH THE BUSH AND FORESTS OF SOUTH WEST WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN MEMORY OF A RUNNING MATE. RUN THE TRAIN TO EASE THE PAIN, AS THEY CALLED IT, WAS TO REMIND ANYONE AND EVERYONE TO HAVE THEIR HEALTH CHECKS DONE, WHETHER IT BE A SKIN CHECK, BLOOD WORK, OR A GENERAL ONCE OVER. EDITOR KATE DZIENIS SPOKE WITH BROTHERS SIMON AND ANDREW ‘FELIX’ POLI WHO RAN WITH NICK SWALLOW TO FIND OUT WHAT RUN THE TRAIN TO EASE THE PAIN WAS ALL ABOUT.

MULTI-DAY Magic • SCOTTY HAWKER’S RUNNING RESEMBLES THE ELEVATION PROFILE OF A MOUNTAINOUS ULTRA RACE WITH ITS PEAKS AND TROUGHS, BUT A RECENT FORAY INTO THE WORLD OF MULTI-DAY EVENTS HELPED THE KIWI ATHLETE REMEMBER WHY HE LOVES THE ULTRA RUNNING COMMUNITY SO MUCH. SAMANTHA TURNBULL SITS DOWN WITH SCOTTY TO GET ALL THE DETAILS, AND AN INSIGHT INTO THE FORMAT.

(DON’T) GET LOST IN THE WILDERNESS (SERIOUSLY, PLEASE DON’T) • MOUNTAIN RUNNING ADVENTURES UPLIFT AND RESTORE THE BODY, MIND AND SOUL. THEY CONNECT US TO NATURE, FRIENDS AND OURSELVES BUT WITHOUT THE RIGHT STUFF IN YOUR PACK, AND THE RIGHT KNOWLEDGE IN YOUR HEAD, A BEAUTIFUL RUN CAN POTENTIALLY TURN INTO A DISASTROUS ONE. JO WOOD TALKED TO REMOTEMED CEO DUNCAN MAUGHAN FOR EXPERT ADVICE ON HOW TO MAXIMISE JOY, AND MINIMISE RISK, WHEN RUNNING AND RACING IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS.

STAGE RACE OF THE YEAR • The Grampians (Gariwerd in Djargurd Warrung) are a craggy range, located 260km northwest of Melbourne in Victoria. Long a seminal outdoors destination, when in late 2021 finally the existing trails were all linked into a single, sweeping epic 162km/7,700m+ route originating in the north at Mt Zero and culminating in the southern town of Dunkeld. The Grampians Peak Trail, or GPT, thus was...