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The Fastest In-Laws in Trail Running
Though they sprouted up from different family trees, Lotti Brinks and Careth Arnold have had a twin ascension in the sport. We speak to the sister-in-laws to understand what makes their relationship special.
Jessie Diggins is Running into Retirement. She’s Very Fast
Jessie Diggins, the best U.S. Nordic skier of all time, is in her era of saying yes. She's also a beast on the trails.
Fuzhao Xiang is More Than Just a Noodle-Slurping Boss
Despite being one of the top trail runners in the world, Western media knows very little about the back-to-back Western States runner-up. Trail Runner gets to know China’s Fuzhao Xiang.
At the Broken Arrow Skyrace, Orange is the New Everything
A new title sponsor brought a big prize purse and a big makeover to an event dedicated to preserving its roots. We invested how that played out.
To Will Murray, Ultrarunning is Baseball
“You have all the elements of a ball sport. Different courses, nutrition, hydration, cooling, eating, climbing, downhills. If someone says a sport has intangibles, they just mean there are a lot of skills involved.”
Inside Abby Hall’s Monster Western States Training Block
The reigning Western States champ threw down 150-mile weeks in suffocating heat as she prepares to become the first woman to defend her title in 14 years.
An Ode to Skinny Air
somethin’ about runnin’
The Case for Trail Running in New York City
I used an ice cream cart as an aid station.
What Is Trail Running, Anyway?
Trail Running is an invitation to get weird with what is ultimately a very weird thing to do in the first place: Run around outside for fun.
Trail Runner is Entering a New Chapter
Keep your eyes on Trail Runner for hard-hitting journalism and brutally honest gear reviews, alongside poems, cartoons, and irreverence.
A Camel Guide’s Unlikely Rise to Trail Running Greatness
An exclusive interview with the back-to-back Golden Trail World Series champion, who straddles a life racing around the world with living nomadically, tending to camels, in Morocco.
We Tried a Ton of Trail Super Shoes. These 8 Actually Make Sense.
Carbon plates, split forks, and high-energy foams—are these useful things for off-camber, un-uniform trail running surfaces? We explain and show off the eight best trail super shoes we tried for fast, sure-footed, off-road running.