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

THE LINE IN THE SAND • THE 60-HOUR CUT-OFF WAS ALWAYS AT THE FRONT OF MY MIND; A PRESSURE AS UNRELENTING AS THE TRAIL ITSELF.

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RUNFASTER SPORTS BRA

INJINJI LINER + RUNNER MINI-CREW

SPRING ENERGY GELS

AUSSIE GRIT WOMEN’S PULSE SHORTS

ALTRA TRAIL GAITERS

PIRONGIA TRAIL RUN WAIKATO, NEW ZEALAND

KEPLER CHALLENGE TE ANAU, NEW ZEALAND

RUN THE ROCK HANGING ROCK, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

GREAT SOUTHERN RUN FEST ALDINGA BAY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

BREATHE SLOW, BE WELl, Run Fast • WANT TO INCREASE YOUR RUNNING EFFICIENCY, RECOVERY AND OVERALL HEALTH? FOCUS ON YOUR BREATH, WRITES BRAD DIXON.

DREAM RUN SHOTOVER MOONLIGHT MOUNTAIN MARATHON

Q & A KUNANYI DIRTBAGGERS

FINDING MY FEET: MY STORY

SUBSCRIBE NOW! • TO AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND’S ORIGINAL AND BEST, GRASSROOTS, MUD-ENCRUSTED, DIRTY-KNEED TRAIL RUNNING MAG

No LIMITS • THE ATACAMA. SAHARA. GOBI. ANTARCTICA. SOME THE HARSHEST ENVIRONMENTS ON THE PLANET, YET THEY ARE NO MATCH FOR BRAZILIAN RUNNER VLADMI VIRGíLIO DOS SANTOS – AN ULTRARUNNER WHO LOST HIS EYESIGHT AT AGE 33, THEN SET THE WORLD RECORD FOR RUNNING THE LONGEST DISTANCE WITHOUT A GUIDE: 226KM AT THE EXTREMO SUL ULTRAMARATHON.

COAST LOFTY THE ONE COVID DIDN’T CANCEL • IN 2017, DAVID TURNBULL WAS CROWNED KING OF THE HEYSEN FOR NOTCHING THE FULL-LENGTH FASTEST KNOWN TIME ON THE HALLOWED SOUTH OZ TRAIL. WHEN COVID-19 STEAMROLLED HIS GOAL EVENT FOR 2020, HE AGAIN TURNED TO HIS OLD FRIEND, THE HEYSEN TRAIL – THIS TIME, TO SET AN FKT ON THE SOUTHERN-MOST SECTION. SIMON DUKE WRITES OF DT’S INCREDIBLE 204KM MISSION FROM CAPE JERVIS TO MT LOFTY.

CITY LIGHTS TO Mountian Heights • WANAKA-BASED TRAIL AND ULTRA CHAMPION RUTH CROFT DISCUSSES RUNNING DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN AND HER NEW TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CITY-BASED RUNNERS WHO WANT TO GET TRAIL AND ULTRA FIT.

Wild AND FINALLY Free • AT 34, HANNY ALLSTON HAS ACHIEVED SO MUCH. SHE’S AN ELITE ATHLETE AND RUNNER, A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OWNER, AND A RESPECTED SPORTS AND LIFE COACH. BUT HANNY HAS ALSO FACED A FIRESTORM OF TURMOIL AND TRAGEDY. HER COURAGEOUS MEMOIR, FINDING MY FEET, REVEALS HOW SHE HAS RISEN ABOVE HER ADVERSITIES, OFFERING HOPE TO OTHERS WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING SO THAT THEY, TOO, MAY TAP INTO THEIR WILD AND PLAYFUL SELVES.

INDOOR ISO MILER • WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU’RE IN COVID-19 LOCKDOWN, CAN ONLY EXERCISE OUTDOORS FOR ONE HOUR A DAY, BUT YOU SIMPLY. MUST. RUN? DO A 100 MILER IN YOUR OWN HOUSE, OF COURSE! VICTORIAN ULTRA RUNNER DUC DO PROVES HE IS TOTALLY NUTS – AND AN INSPIRATION.

‘HOW RUNNING HELPED ME DEAL WITH DEEP TRAUMA’ • MAREE LEITH IS A SURVIVOR. SHE’S ENDURED PAIN MOST OF US CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE. AND THAT WAS BEFORE SHE TOOK UP RUNNING. THE AUCKLAND MOTHER OF THREE SPOKE TO TRAIL RUN MAGAZINE ABOUT HOW RUNNING HAS HELPED HER FIND HERSELF.

DNF [Almost] GUARANTEED • ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE RUNNERS. ONE FINISHER. SOUND HARSH? IT IS! WRITER,...