Natural Born Hero: Christopher Mc Dougall

  He’s the most famous as the author of the-book-every-runner-worth-their-salt-has-read-even-if-it’s-passe-to-now-admit-it: Christopher McDougall, the man behind and featured in the classic run novel ‘Born To Run‘. Travelling to New Zealand for the New Zealand Festival Writers Week being held in Wellington in March (from the 12th), the writer chatted to Trail Run Mag about his new book Natural Born Heroes, his approach to running and its growth in popularity around the world.    Casting though across your running-related writing, can you talk to the different reasons you…

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DIRTY SECRETS: Confessions of a trail runner

Over the last four weeks, we’ve run a competition in partnership with The North Face, daring trail runners to bare their deepest, perhaps darkets, hopefully funniest secret from on trail. A confessional of sorts that gives insight into the weird and wonderful things that happen out on trail, be that physically or in the farthest reaches of your minds (which trail running, especially endurance trail, tends to reach into!). The judges from The North Face have laughed and blushed through…

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Confess your trail sins (and win shoes)

Trail Run Confessional  – tell us your dirty trail secrets (of the mind if not the flesh) and you could WIN A PAIR OF Ultra Trail IIs (pictured below and reviewed in current edition of TRM. Yes, they come in other colours, too). In the lead up to The North Face 100, we’re giving away FOUR PAIRS of The North Face Ultra Trail II’s, one pair per week. Read on for how to win… With all the hours spent on the trails in the lead…

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