Trail Runner magazine

At the Olympic Marathon Trials, the mountain, ultra, and trail communities will be well represented as athletes vie for spots in Rio.

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You want to get in a run while you’re in a new place, and make sure you hit the best local spots. Enter the new app Trail Run Project.

Trail runners do romance a little differently: less candlelight and heart-shaped truffles, more mud and hastily ingested sugars.

Bob Adler, the dean of the University of Utah law school, wants to put his legs where his mouth is to help law students.

The Rocky Mountain Flylathon sends participants on a trail run. You must catch a fish. The bigger the fish, the greater the deduction from your time.

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Trail runner and filmmaker Andrew Drummond set out to capture TDS, the epic companion to UTMB, and came away with these scenes from the race.

Watch Cody Callon get out into the wilds of the North Shore Mountains in this new short film.

Watch Rickey Gates and Dakota Jones run, raft, and scramble their way through one of Utah's famous slot canyons.

Your gut is home to trillions of helpful probiotics. Here are six foods to help you boost their immune-building power.

When Marshall Ulrich needed to build strength, he took an unconventional approach — he started pulling to a discarded car tire.

This video follows the two elites to the 54-mile Comrades Marathon road race in South Africa and the Mont Blanc Marathon in France.

This video follows four athletes who took on an unusual challenge: skiing the snow-covered course of the Hardrock 100 Endurance Run.

This video follows Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard on tour and into the Colorado hills, exploring his love of trail running.

When Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington were training to climb Cho Oyu in the Himalayas, they had a consistent tool: trail running.

In 2006, Brian Morrison collapsed with a few hundred yards to go at Western States. Now, he's back for redemption.

The nature of MUT running means drug testing is unevenly applied, policies are inconsistent, and the path forward is murky.

When Tom Mitchell ran the Tahoe 200, in 2015, he carried photos of 200 children diagnosed with cancer: one for every mile. Some lived; some had died. The 200th photo was of Mitchell’s own daughter.

The event—a 10K for seniors (age 20 and up) and a 5K for juniors—will be held in Saranac Lake, New York, at the end of February.

A team from Run Steep Get High traveled to Colorado’s renowned Hardrock 100 to document the stories of the women who were racing it.

Follow four athletes—Maggie Walsh, Luke Jay, Jason Michalak and Casey Hill—at the 2016 Leadville Trail 100 with this short film.

Taking great photos with your smartphone is getting easier. They’re small, light, and capable of taking beautiful photographs on the trail.

Arianna Huffington’s newest book touts sleep as one of the keys to thriving, and that extends to athletic recovery as well.

Armed with a foam roller, lacrosse ball, or rolling stick, you can help stave off major injuries. But there's a proper way to use those tools.

Anna Frost reflects on her long mountain running journey in this revealing new film from Salomon Running TV.

Meet the Eastern States 100—the East Coast’s answer to the popular ultra in California.

When Caitlin Looney got sick during a race and learned she was gluten intolerant, she immediately went looking for a gluten-free beer.

Utah's Red Hot 55K/33K has quickly gained a following. Check out the incredible course in this new video.

Transvulcania attracts top international competitors, as well as a few thousand other runners, and the stunning scenery is part of the draw.

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In this video from the Dalmacija Ultra Trail, a race in the Dalmatia region of Croatia, a runner traverses the area's towns and mountains.

Hardrock is one of the most difficult 100-milers in the country. This group of athletes will attempt the course in winter.

This weekend kicked off the 2016 La Sportiva Mountain Cup—and with it, the race for some sizeable prize purses.

There's only so much you can run. What to do with the excess stoke? Head to the Trails In Motion Film Festival.

22-year-old Darren Thomas's Ultrasignup page lists 23 trail-race finishes, many of them podium placements and all but three of them ultras.

In this second week of the Trail Runner Trophy Series, presented by Altra Running, four races took place, all in the South.

If you - like us - love running, dogs, and running with your dogs, watch this video from Salomon and The African Attachment.

Injury has stymied Ellie Greenwood recently. But now, she's back, and everyone should be watching out.

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Outside Voices, a new film by Joel Wolpert, loosely chronicles the happenings of Jenn Shelton during the summer of 2015 in the American West.

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There are plenty of ways to make your next run epic in its own right, even without three weeks off. Here are a few tips we’ve gleaned.

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The Barkley Marathons is perhaps the most legendary, mythic race in American ultrarunning. Here's how athletes are prepping for it.

Tapering is a key part of any training plan. Here's what to keep in mind for the last phase of pre-race training.

Informal “races,” devoid of accoutrements like port-a-potties and finishers’ swag, aim to emphasize is on fun, and community over all else.

Many of us have had training disrupted by travel. While our time and patience might be sacrificed, our active lives don’t have to be.

Camille Herron has become an ultrarunning legend. Here's a look back at her thoughts after her first-ever trail race.

Running might not be the riskiest sport, but if you're not properly prepared, the backcountry can get dangerous fast.

Race director and ultrarunning icon Greg Soderlund passed away after a three-year battle with kidney cancer. He was 68 years old.

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Just minutes before the start of the 2016 Rut 50k, race directors had to make a weather-induced transition to a plan B course route.

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The weekend of April 15-16, 2016, experienced runner Arturo Héctor Martínez Rueda passed away during a mountain race in Patagonia.

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Gels and bars are great when you’re in the middle of a race. But once you get home, try one of these three recipes.

Everything you need to know to plan the best trail running road trip, no matter where you decide to travel.

How many races is too many? And how far apart do you need to space them to recover sufficiently before going again?

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As trail runners, hydration is essential. We talked to leading coaches and athletes on how to stay properly hydrated on the trail.

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