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

LETTERS

BUILDING MOMENTUM, NOT PERFECTION

YOUR DREAM RUN • SEVEN CONTINENTS. SEVEN ULTRAS.

RACE AND EVENT PLANNING – CHOOSING FOR THE YEAR AHEAD

BREAKING THREE

GUT FEELING: THE SECRET TO GOING THE DISTANCE

DIVERSITY OUTDOORS: EMBRACING DEI

THE BEST PICS FROM THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHERS • CAPTURED THE MOST SCHMICK TRAIL, LANDSCAPE OR VIEW WHILE OUT FOR A RUN? TAG OUR SOCIALS HANDLE @TRAILRUNMAG ON INSTA.

MEET THE SMILING KNIGHT • AT JUST 21, TASMANIAN-BASED GEORGE KNIGHT HAS QUIETLY BECOME ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST RISING TALENTS IN AUSTRALIAN TRAIL RUNNING – STACKING WINS, OUT-SMILING ENTIRE START LINES, AND EARNING THE TITLE OF WORLD #1 U23 MILER. IN THIS CANDID CHAT WITH KATE DZIENIS, GEORGE OPENS UP ABOUT HIS UNLIKELY BEGINNINGS, THE JOY OF COMMUNITY, AND HOW A HANDWRITTEN NOTE ON A VAN SPARKED THE JOURNEY HE’S NOW CHASING ACROSS CONTINENTS.

THIN AIR, BIG GAINS • ALTITUDE TRAINING ISN’T JUST FOR ELITES ESCAPING TO EUROPEAN PEAKS ANYMORE. AS HYPOXIC TECH BECOMES MORE ACCESSIBLE, TRAIL RUNNERS ARE USING ALTITUDE TRAINING TO SHARPEN ENDURANCE, SPEED RECOVERY, AND HANDLE TOUGH TERRAIN. DAVID BYRNE UNCOVERS HOW IT WORKS, WHY IT’S GAINING TRACTION, AND WHY SIMULATED ALTITUDE IS NO LONGER JUST FOR THE PROS.

RE-WRITING THE RUN MAKING STRIDES WHERE IT MATTERS • A QUIET SHIFT IS GAINING PACE ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AS MORE WOMEN STEP ONTO START LINES, LEAD COMMUNITIES, AND RESHAPE WHAT TRAIL RUNNING LOOKS LIKE. PROGRESS IS REAL, BUT THE NUMBERS SHOW HOW FAR PARTICIPATION STILL HAS TO CLIMB. SOPHIE GERAGHTY PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON HOW THE TRAIL INDUSTRY IS MOVING AHEAD FOR WOMEN, AND SHOWCASES SOME STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHY TAKEN AT THE BRIGHT FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY WHERE SHE LED A WORKSHOP ON TAKING IMAGES OF FEMALE TRAIL RUNNERS.

ABOVE THE CLOUDS RISING WITH MT FUJI • AUSTRALIAN TOURISM TO JAPAN AND ITS FAMOUS PEAK ARE AT RECORD HIGHS. SAMANTHA TURNBULL JOINED THE THRONGS WITH HER TEENAGE DAUGHTER TO CLIMB MT FUJI EARLIER THIS YEAR.

YEAH BUDDY: DESIGNED WITH SOUL, PURPOSE & A LITTLE CHAOS

YOUR TRIBE, YOUR TRAIL: THE ULTRA SERIES RESOLUTION

BAROSSA TO HAHNDORF: CONNECTING THE ICONS

CONQUER SOUTH AUSTRALIA: INTRODUCING THE VINES, BREWS & VIEWS THRILLOGY

THE ENDLESS LOOP: WHY AUSTRALIA LEADS THE GLOBAL BACKYARD ULTRA RACE

THE FERAL PIG ULTRA: WHERE LEGENDS ARE MADE

BACKYARD EVEREST: THE WORLD-FIRST EVENT WHERE YOU CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THE PLANET

DELIRIOUS WEST: THE 200-MILE BEAST OF THE BIBBULMUN TRACK

2026 CALENDAR OF EVENTS • As a new year begins, the greatest question isn’t what resolution you’ll make, but which Ultra Series event will be the epic, trailblazing adventure you tell stories about for the rest of 2026!

GEAR UP & GO

COMFORT SO GOOD, IT’S ALTA-MAZING

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