I’m not sure how I came across it, but when I did, I was hooked. One flick through the day-by-day run itinerary, a swoon at the pictures of the landscapes to be trotted through, and I was there in spirit already. And while the spirit flew to Nepal months ago, champing at the bit at the thought of the inaugural Manaslu Trail Race, I’ve got between now and November ten to get the body prepared. Stop the donuts. And the…
I can’t decide if ultra runner Scott Jurek’s Eat & Run is a good run genre read or better judged as a cookbook. Proof is in the (vegan) pudding I guess, which means on both counts Jurek’s first book is a worthy read – it had me inspired to get out running more (to be expected I guess), it had me thinking about my approach both physically and mentally AND it inspired me to try some vegan cooking (very much not…
A video jaunt of the first fifty kays of the Surf Coast Century – a new 100km trail ultra on Victoria’s Surf Coast – through the eyes of top end ultra runners Matt Coops, Julian Spence and Chris Wight. Stay tuned for Ep02 with Coops plying the back end of the course for the first full recce by potential pointy enders come 22 September… www.surfcoastcentury.com.au
Get your hands on the latest dirt on trail running with over 100 pages of gritty goodness! Edition 5 is now available to download HERE. (remember to save to desktop before opening in Reader or Preview – NOT in your browser!). HEART OF A HERO AU Editorial (slightly changed compared to in zine, with respects to the tragedy that has befallen Kilian Jornet’s mission). Kilian. Jurek. Roes. Jones. Bragg. They’re all good. Great, even. And inspirations to many. Not me….
Watch it and get excited… this despatch from Salomon / The Africa Attachment featured Kiwi trail Queen Anna Frost, but also this little vignette manages to capture something of the essence of trailrunning. It features the elites, sure, but hell, it feels like you’re watching people just like you and me. And really you are..they’re just that little but faster than you. But they have the same kind of dirty soul (a good one) as you and me… and they…
The beauty of awarefoot running is the ease, simplicity and freedom it allows you. Running is the most uncomplicated of endurance pursuits. As long as you are on the landlocked 33% of the planet you need little more than whatever your local society dictates is acceptable. No need for a bike, shoes, helmet and pump, nor a windsurfer or a fiberglass kayak. When running barefoot all you need are a pair of shorts and, if you’re soft like me, a…
Runners are generally a fairly obnoxious species, after all we are always running around, looking great, going on about endorphins and generally feeling pretty good about ourselves because we are fitter than everyone else. But today I would like to write about a particularly unpleasant member of the great running family: the morning runner. I don’t know what it is about morning runners, but they really get my goat.* Perhaps it is because I am not a morning person and…
The shod stand on one side of the river, gazing across the foaming abyss at the barefoot fraternity on the other. So far, so bizarre. Your colleagues on the shod side mock and degrade the lunatic fringe who are skipping along in their wacky sandals, minimalist shoes and, shock, completely bare feet. Most people at this point turn away and go back to trudging along in their heavily cushioned factory products, shutting out the possibility that something else could be…
Melbournite and Associate TRM Editor, Pat Kinsella, heads north, to the tropical climes of Far North Queensland, where it’s perfect trails one day, stunning trails the next…mind the wildlife. On my first day of trail running proper in Far North Queensland, I slammed my foot down about two inches from a brightly coloured snake that, thankfully, decided not to punish my clumsiness with a couple of poison-laced punctures. We were running around Dunk Island (pictured right), an idyllic isle a…
In only five years since discovering the sport of ultra running, three time Golden Glove boxer, Ray Sanchez, has fought his way from America’s mean streets, via the ring, to become one of the world’s most accomplished long run specialists. This year, he attempted to become only the second and the fastest man to finish La Ultra – The High, regarded as the world’s toughest footrace. Feature written by Chris Ord as first appeared in Men’s Fitness Magazine. “I’m just…
