Is It Actually Worth It To Run Uphill?
When you're plodding so slowly it feels like you're moving backwards, wouldn't it be better to just...walk?
Humor
5 Things I Still Believe Are True About Ultrarunning
Here are some things I’d tell myself, if I could travel back in time, about ultrarunning
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I Did A Plank Every Day For 120 Days. Here's What Happened.
Do I like planks any more than I did at the start of this challenge? Ehhh...
My Fight Against Middle-Aged Malaise Involved an Ultramarathon
Feeling out of shape? Maybe you should run up and down a mountain three times.
Required Gear You Certainly, Definitely, Absolutely Need
A list of basic and completely necessary items that every trail runner needs for taking on their next endurance challenge.
The Rise of Floda: Trail Running’s New Secret Weapon
Can this super-energized drink take ultrarunners to new levels? Yes, absolutely!
Humor: The Too-Smart Smartwatch?
"But what if smartwatches are getting too smart? How much do we want them to know? How much do we want them to tell us? What if we don’t do what they say?"
Western States Announces That 2023 Event Will Be a Ski Mountaineering Race
April Fool's Post: After a historic snow year, the world’s premier 100-mile footrace will now be a skimo event.
Opinion: 400’s Are the New 200’s
April Fool's post: 400-mile races are the new 200-milers, and if you’re not running 400 miles at a time, you’re not really a runner.
The Bad Habits We’re Not Letting Go
Move over, resolutions. Here are all the bad habits our editors at Trail Runner are hanging onto in 2023.
Our Editor-in-Chief Analyzes Senator Josh Hawley’s January 6 Sprint
Hawley is lucky that his awkward run didn’t end in injury.
Morning After Syndrome
Paying for a big day out.
We Used AI to Invent a Bunch of Trail Names for Thru-Hikers and the Results Are, Well, Something.
What happens when you feed 2,000 actual hikers' trail names into a neural network? We'll let you see for yourself.
There Are No “Hacks”
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Better Together
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Trail Runner’s Meme of the Week, January 17
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Trail Runner’s Meme of the Week, January 10
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We Are Not Parasites!
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Trail Runner’s Meme of the Week, February 28
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Trail Runner’s Meme of the Week, February 21
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Trail Runner’s Meme of the Week, February 14
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Trail Runner’s Meme of the Week, February 7
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Trail Runner’s Meme of the Week, January 31
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Trail Runner’s Meme of the Week, January 24
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Trail Runner’s Meme of the Week, January 3
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Trail Runner Meme of the Week, December 27
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Trail Runner’s Meme of the Week, December 20
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Trail Runner’s Meme of the Week, December 13
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Trail Runner’s Meme of the Week, December 6
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Trail Runner’s Meme of the Week, September 19
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Trail Runner’s Meme Of The Week, November 8
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15 Excuses Overheard at Trail Races
Having the wrong gear, being too hardcore and other totally legitimate reasons why you’re having a rough race.
Drinking Problems
Hydration is both an art and a science. And sometimes, it's just hard to figure out.
Trail Runners vs. Road Runners
Sure, running is all one sport, but there are some key differences between trail running and its road counterpart.