Improve Your Uphill Running With Step-Ups
They're not the most fun or glamorous exercise, but step ups are probably the single most effective way to build hill-climbing power.
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Trails To Go
Some runners aspire to extended running trips, from a week to months or more. Here's what you need to know to set yourself up for success.
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Why 3 Top Trail Runners Choose Plant-Based Diets
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Run Wild, a New Initiative, Engages Trail Runners To Protect Public Lands
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Celebrate Local Trails This Earth Day
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Monumental Controversy: Exploring the National-Monuments Debate
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Traversing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in Defense of Public Lands
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Running Bears Ears
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Hayden Hawks Running 100 Miles For Bears Ears
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Raising Climate Awareness, One Stride at a Time
A Vermont professor's plan to promote environmental engagement by running 171 miles across Iceland.
Thanksgiving Foods For Hungry Runners
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Behind the Scenes of The New Film—Every Single Street: Le Tour
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Running Starts: Adjusting Expectations
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WATCH: Ungrounded—Episode 3
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Trail Runner VIP Race Partner Program
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WATCH: Give Covid the Boot
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Legends of the Trail
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Every Single Street
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Death and Taxes and Running Injuries
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Trail Runner Photo Camp 2020
Learn new photography skills from the best in trail running. This 3-day course drills down on specific skills while you run and mingle with professional athletes and the Trail Runner magazine team.
Photo Gallery: 30 Hours of Wind, Fog and Rain on Nolan’s 14
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Photo Gallery: 2017 Barkley Marathons
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Photo Gallery: An Adventurous Stage Race in Sri Lanka
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Photo Gallery: Faces of the 2017 Orcas Island 100
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Photo Gallery: Roaming in the Wind River Range
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Photo Gallery: Racing Around the World
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Photo Gallery: Everyman’s Exposed, the Best Trail-Running Photos From Our Readers
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Photo Gallery: Running Across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
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Photo Gallery: 2017 Monument Valley 50
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Photo Gallery: A Badwater-esque Race in Portugal
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Big’s Backyard Ultra: A Race With No End
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Ounce-Saving Gear for Stage Races
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NEWS FLASH: Pau Capell smokes UTMB field
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The Winners and Losers 16 Hours into the 2019 UTMB
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Ready for the Big Dance
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Dispatch from UTMB
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UTMB: By the Numbers
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Trail Runner’s Meme of the Week, August 20
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Seeking: Editorial Interns
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East Meets West
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The Finish Line
Life-changing experiences coalesce at the end of the race. A photo essay of memorable racing moments within the amazing trail-running community.
15 Inspiring Images From Trail Runner’s 2016 Photo Camp
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A Runner Claims Hardrock’s Lottery Is Illegal. The Race Is Pushing Back.
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The Art of Suffering
What it takes to survive the infamous 100-mile Barkley Marathons in the unforgiving mountains of Frozen Head State Park, Tennessee. PHOTOS BY HOWIE STERN
Winter/Spring Cross Training
Training during winter can be hard for trail runners. Here's an 8-part series to keep you fit through cross training.
How Can You Detect Nutrient Deficiencies?
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FAVORITE TRAIL—THE SALMON RIVER TRAIL, WELCHES, OREGON
MOUNT HOOD AREA, OREGON
Lack of Time? You Can Still Do It
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Pro Tips for Your 2018 Training
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DIY Seed Power Bars
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Getting Juiced – Deena Kastor Shares Her Favorite Recipes
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Recipe: Fruit Endurance Gel Blocks
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Sound Nutrition
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Pro Photo Tip: By Dan Patitucci of Patitucci Photo
Brody Leven on the Hardergrat, a 20-kilometer traverse that connects Interlaken to Brienz, Switzerland. The image is strong, because it features a small runner in a big, dream-like landscape and a unique ridgeline trail.
Favorite Trail: Bulldog Trail
One of our favorite trails for 2018, submitted by photographer James Kao. The Bulldog Trail in Malibu Creek State Park is open year round.
An Unlikely Pairing
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15 Fall Trail Races Under 15 Miles
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Jornet Takes Trail Running to Extreme on Mont Blanc
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6 Nutrition Tips for Trail-Running Teens
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What Gear Do You Need for Fastpacking?
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Does Compression Gear Actually Work?
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The Nutrition Secret of the Pros
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Joe Grant Completes Self-Powered 31-Day “Tour” of Colorado’s 14ers
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9 Fall Trail-Running Shoes, Reviewed
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Inov-8 Race Ultra 5 Vest
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Salomon Advanced Skin 3 5Set Race Vest
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Ultimate Direction SJ Ultra Vest 2.0
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Camelbak Circuit Race Vest
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6 Race-Ready Vests, Reviewed
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Hydration Pack Hygiene
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5 Women’s-Specific Running Vests Reviewed
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Hilleberg Anjan 2 Tent (Gear of the Year 2013)
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Secur Sun Power Bank 4000
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5 Fastpacking Essentials, Reviewed
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4 Portable Water Filters for Trail Running
Headed to the backcountry? Be better safe than sorry by packing one of these lighter-than-ever water filters.
6 Fastpacking Packs, Reviewed
Here are a few of our favorite tried and tested packs for your next (or first!) fastpacking adventure.
Pearl Izumi Fly Softshell Run Hoody
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