inov-8 unveils world-first running shoe

inov-8 has unveiled the world’s first-ever running shoes to utilise a Graphene-enhanced foam, bucking the carbon plate trend and doubling the industry standard for longevity. Collaborating with Graphene experts at The University of Manchester, the trailblazing brand has sped its way to landing the biggest sports footwear innovation of 2021. The Graphene-enhanced cushioned foam, called G-FLY™, features as part of inov-8’s revolutionary new trail shoe, the TRAILFLY™ ULTRA G 300 MAX, which is designed for ultramarathon and long-distance runners. Scientific…

Tarkine to host new ultra

Everyone loves a new ultra but when it comes aligned with a cause that seeks to protect our wilderness, the announcement resonates all the more deeply within the trail community. So we welcome the news that the Bob Brown Foundation will host a new 70km ultra-marathon event, the takayna Ultra, in Tasmania’s stunning north west. The event will take trail-runners across a wild and remote region; over grass plains through coastal eucalypt forests, and along open beaches, dunes and impressive rocky shorelines along the rugged wild coastline of…

Ragnar Relay comes to Australia

Ragnar relay comes to Australia

Ancient Khmer Path lures trail runners

ADVERTORIAL You could hardly say that running – let alone trail running – is exploding in impoverished Cambodia. It’s not exactly a national past time. Talk to the locals and the only tales of running that come to pass are those involving the word ‘away’: running away from the marauding enemy and into the jungle in most cases. There was running through wilderness, of course, but it was very much of the life saving survival kind, not life affirming recreational…