Sommaire pour Autumn 2023 de Trail Run

OUR EYES ARE EXTREMELY SUSCEPTIBLE TO SUNBURN – OUCH! SERIOUSLY, DID YOU EVEN KNOW THAT? So just like we put sun protection on our skin, we really need to have a good pair of UV protective sunnies on hand when we’re out in the great outdoors. Actually, scratch that. We need a good pair of UV protective sunnies FULL STOP. It’s the best way to prevent serious eye conditions like cataracts, macular degeneration and ocular melanoma…and if you want to keep running on the trails, you need to be able to see what’s out in front of you. In comes Knockaround, providing us nutters with affordable shades since 2005. The name says it all – if you lose them or break them, no big deal. They’re your knockaround pair to…

Discover the iconic snowy mountains with one of the most scenic and challenging trail run courses found in Australia! Australia’s home-grown trail running series Trail Run Australia heads to the Snowy Mountains for Round 3 of the National Series. The 2-day festival includes courses for every trail running craving you have – from hardcore ultra runners to beginners and the littlest mud rats, there’s something for everyone. Events include Ultra, Marathon, Half, 11k, 5k and a FREE Kids Mud Rats run. Before and after your run, it’s luxury all the way with full facilities at 4.5 Star Lake Crackenback Resort & Spa, which is the home base for the festival. Enjoy a true high country welcome, and experience your very own Man From Snowy River along the way. Join all…

How did your group begin? Our Facebook group and official parkrun club was first created in an effort to get friends and family active by promoting events, highlighting achievements and special milestones, providing tips and motivation, and challenging and inspiring people to conquer their goals and aspirations. Where does your group run mostly? Homestead Park in Thornlie, WA. What is your favourite local trail? It’s too hard to pick just one. The most common and favourite amongst members include Whistlepipe Gully, the Bibbulmun Track from Kalamunda, Sixty Foot Falls, Kitty’s Gorge…and further from home would definitely be the River Walk Trail in Margaret River, down south in the state. What local event do you rally around Mainly exclusive Warrior Challenges, and Homestead parkrun but we’ve also had groups attend the…

There is vanlife and then there is living in a motorhome – and both of these things are very, very different. I first came to realise this as I was trying to squeeze all our life’s belongings into the tiny drawers of our new home-on-wheels (all the while giggling at my Instagram-inspired naivety regarding this unique way of living). My partner Xavier, an outdoor sports photographer and avid adventurer, and I had been searching for weeks on end to find the perfect dwelling that would suit our pockets and lifestyle, but when I first stepped into Moomin (named after a Dutch cartoon hippopotamus, because she is just as curvy and completely white on the outside) I had no idea just how much she would colour in our day-to-day lives. Xavier…

Failure is the most likely outcome. When it comes to New Zealand’s most gruelling ultra race, that’s The Revenant’s motto. Not because failure is a bad thing…by far, it’s isn’t…we all learn from failure. But because it’s that incredibly tough, race directors don’t feel they should sugar coat what 200km at 16,000m of vert is like in the landscape that is Welcome Rock Station in Garston, South Island, New Zealand. The year 2023 will be The Revenant’s fifth event, and to date only four people have finished the four loops in under the 60hr cut-off. You read that right. Four people. Every year I get the privileged opportunity to lie in wait and photograph the physical, mental and spiritual journey participants take themselves on. Usually when I take photos at…

CW // Mental Health, Eating Disorders TRM would like to advise that this article focuses on James Sieber’s experience, and therefore discusses sex health, mental health and eating disorders. We understand that this discussion may be difficult for some in our community, and have included support services at the end of the article. Discovering I had entered a state of Low Energy Availability (LEA) was eye opening, but what did that mean? I had heard of the Female Athlete Triad which brought light to the risk of women losing their periods, known as Amenorrhea, but obviously this wasn’t for blokes. The term Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) was beginning to surface as a replacement for the Triad to encompass more aspects of health including men's health, yet the conversation…

WITHOUT A DOUBT, MAGNESIUM IS AN ESSENTIAL MINERAL WITH A BARRAGE OF VITAL ROLES WITHIN THE MANY PROCESSES AND FUNCTIONS for health as well as performance. Muscle contraction and relaxation, energy production, nerve function, cardiac activity, blood pressure regulation, hormonal interactions, immunity, bone health…all require magnesium. Since I started running, I’ve heard nothing but the words ‘take magnesium’ when I’d finish a long slog. I was always popping grocery store-bought capsules – until I came across Pillar Performance early last year with their Triple Magnesium Professional Recovery formula in the Natural Berry flavour. Created as a powder, one scoop is popped into a cup of water (or juice) and voila… an instantly refreshing ‘drink’ of magnesium for recovery. Later in 2022, Pillar Performance launched a new flavour, with Pineapple Coconut…

ALL OF PATAGONIA’S TRAIL RUNNING APPAREL IS MADE WITH A MIX of recycled materials and sewn in Fair Trade Certified™ facilities, without any compromises in durability and performance. The Endless Run Shorts are designed as part of an integrated system for mountain running. With a 4” in-seam, their construction minimises the need for additional pieces, thereby streamlining your kit. Two side pockets and a back pocket accommodate phone, snacks, map and more while you’re on the move, all the while reducing bounce. They’re made with NetPlus® 74% post-consumer recycled nylon made from recycled fishing nets to help reduce ocean plastic pollution, 26% spandex knit, and are Fair Trade Certified™ sewn, meaning the people who made them earned a living wage for their work. Other handy features include a reflective logo…

PREPARATION TIME: 45 minutes SERVINGS: 3 An energised body is a body that performs better. So an energy-boosting meal or snack before heading out on your run is recommended, especially if it’s been more than four hours since you last ate. Apart from increasing your energy levels, it’s essential to avoid the risk of any gut upset during your run. Reducing fat and fibre intake in the lead-up to your activity is important to achieve this. Additionally, recent research suggests that lowering FODMAP consumption could be beneficial in minimising gut distress in runners. All of the above makes this rice pudding one of my favourite recommendations as a pre-training snack. It’s packed with carbohydrates, easy to eat and digest, and low in fat, fibre and FODMAP without mentioning absolutely delicious.…

Before completing my first ultra-trail run, I viewed ultra runners as ‘nutters’. Obviously, they were a bunch of ‘running away from life’ with issues that needed a couch and lots of therapy. After completing my first Tarawera Ultra 60km in 2016, running from Rotorua to the beautiful Tarawera falls in NZ, my view of the ultra running fraternity completely changed – they are the sane ones. Training and getting involved in these events is about embracing all the best aspects of life. I’ve coached trail runners for ultra distances from 50km right up to 170km. Before 2016 I competed in the odd triathlon, and I’d run road half marathons and marathons for almost 25 years. As part of my own training, I run on trails as they’re more forgiving on…

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THE NORTH FACE’S FLIGHT SERIES COLLECTION IS MADE WITH ATHLETES IN MIND. A premium, high-grade compilation of gear made to move with you, not against you, offering everything from vests and jackets to shoes and shorts. And one accessory that comes in spectacularly handy is The North Face Flight Race Ready Belt, designed to be your running buddy. It's super-lightweight and considered minimalistic, despite the fact it has more than you could ever bargain for. There are four stash pockets, one of which has a zip and is located at the front – perfect for some keys and a bank card – whilst two are handy for gels or lollies. The last stash pocket feature is located at the back, and is designed specifically for trekking poles, so if you’re…

The Volcanic is unlike any other race around the world with participants circumnavigating an active volcano in Washington state (USA)! Each with a good pair of trail shoes and a trusty hydration pack, runners race all the way around Mt St Helens along the single track Loowit trail with stunning views of the volcano and the surrounding mountains. Seriously, be prepared to be amazed with everything you’ll experience in this event. There’s a pure adrenaline rush as you realise Mt St Helens last erupted in 1980 and is still considered an active volcano. As you make your way around the course, you’ll experience slopes of boulders that you rock-hop across, lush forests that survived the eruption, a roped descent and ascent to and from a river, the blast zone where…

Cairns is like the trail lover’s gateway drug to all things adventure, forests, beaches and mountains. In whichever direction you turn, the sites are enough to stir the senses aching to hit the trails that you just know must be hiding up there in the mountains and forests. As the descent is concluding coming into land at the airport, what seems just like green and flat rainforests from the air, upon closer inspection you realise are intimidating, yet equally exciting bloody big mountains hidden by the forests. The minute you step off the plane, you feel that far north Queensland air in the lungs, and you just know adventures are about to happen. Cairns is literally the only region in the world where trails meander and link up through ancient…

I grew up in North East Victoria on flat, and often dry, Dja Dja Wurrung Country. We were 30 minutes from the closest town, with paddocks for days, and a river along the edge of the property. As a kid, I’d spent days building cubbies with cousins and siblings, helping Dad on the farm, or playing on the trampoline. It was a very wild childhood surrounded by nature, animals, and often oppressively hot summer days and frosty winter mornings. Fast forward a few years, most of which I spent in Melbourne/Naarm, and I’m now based on the beautiful Surf Coast in Aireys Inlet. Wadawurrung Country is home to rugged sandstone cliffs, orchid filled heathland and beautiful coastal bush – there are trails galore here, and I absolutely love still being…