It’s cliché enough to warrant inclusion in those ‘Sh#! Ultra Runners Say’ videos doing the YouTube rounds: “You’re gonna hurt after 50-kays no matter what. After that, it’s all in your head.” Even on shorter trail dashes, you’re bound to hit a wall or two. So how do you push through the brain barrier? Can you condition your mind into faster times and longer distances? Yes you can, says Trail Run Mag’s resident sport psychology guru, Greg Layton … ”…
EDITORIAL (AU) FROM THE LATEST TRAIL RUN MAG Ed4, now live and downloadable online HERE. “I can run faster than you, so that means I will get there quicker. And I have 100 of energy (sic), so I just know I can run the whole way, Dad! Pleeeease let me come.” Ah, the logic of children. So beautiful, so boundless. My daughter – all of four years old and more than “100 of energy”, whatever that wonderful sounding unit of…
Salomon Australia has announced its trail team for 2012, with four exceptional athletes – including TRM’s own senior contributor Margaretha (Gretel) Fortmann – set to race under the Salomon banner this year. Congratulations to Andrew Vize, Mick Donges, Matt Cooper and Gretel. Here’s a brief bio of each (below) or you can download more detailed profiles HERE (500kb). Interestingly, we have one Salomon team member interviewing another with Margaretha’s profile of Mick Donges, along with fellow gun runner Brendan Davies, in edition #4…
Not really. No one would ever want to eat my shorts. There is something about the interaction of nylon and sweat that produces an odour that I like to describe as rich and fragrant, although my wife prefers to use a different adjective. My feeling is that if you were a short-eater, you would be the kind of gourmand who enjoys those aged soft and stinky goat cheeses. Or the tins of fermented herrings that Swedes love eating but have…
UPDATE: The weekend’s NZ Team Salomon Taranaki assault and its likelihood of success swings like a yo-yo with weather predictions changing every six hours with new updates. If you’re watching Metservice then you’re going to get wet from Friday-Sunday. Booooooo. Metvuw only has you getting wet on Friday so I’m running with Metvuw… Friday, it seems, is pretty wet by all ‘expert’ accounts, so no summits, lots of coffee. Yes, that’s legitimate nutritional preparation. Saturday/Sunday are looking good for everyone…
It was only the week before the Two Bays Trail Run in a high-level Trail Run Magazine editorial meeting (held on the 25th floor of our penthouse office, complete with indoor trail running track), that the decision was made for me to run the race. From my memory the conversation went a little something like this: ‘Rosco, we need someone to run the Two Bays Trail Run and report back, and since you are the fastest, the best-looking and…
With Salomon New Zealand’s Grant Guise, Matt Bixley’s inspiration, my ‘why not’ attitude and Salomon’s support we are off to Taranaki to try and set/break some speed records in the Egmont National Park.There are many record attempts, routes and fastest known times that can all be seen here but this is what we are hoping to accomplish on our assault: Grant is going to have a go at the ‘Round the Mountain’ record which at the moment stands at 5:17:00set by…
Santa’s a trail runner. He must be. ‘Cause he just delivered Trail Run Magazine Edition #3, the first pressie to land under your e-tree. Oh yes, it’s here. Hot on the heels of the ‘mook’ coffee table book-like hardcopy edition (www.trailrunmag.com/shop) is the summer edition of Trail Run Mag. DOWNLOAD IT TO YOUR DESKTOP FROM www.trailrunmag.com/zine. What’s in this edition? – Bustin’ the Bibbulmun – psychologist trail runner Bernadetta Benson faces her demons over 1000km – Hoofing it on Hinchinbrook…
Trail Run Mag ezine #3 is just around the corner trailites – here’s a sneak peek via the AU editorial and don’t forget that the first ever hardcopy edition is now available at www.trailrunmag.com/shop: I am a loser. Not in a deadbeat, you’ll find me in the gutter snuffling around for a dropped ciggy butt and can ya spare a dollar mister I gotta get a fix, kind of way, mind you. I mean I’m a loser in the literal…
I WENT BAREFOOT ON TRAIL the other day. It was for a photoshoot for the upcoming Edition #3 of Trail Run Mag (what?! you haven’t read number #2 yet? Well get on it!). Anyway, the idea was to get an image for a story by Nick White about turning up to a trail event sans shoes (he forgot them). I thought a cracking shot of some mud between the toes might suffice. Conceptually, it didn’t work. Or maybe my photography…
