Trail Run Magazine a dirty, dirty, filthy magazine about trail running in Oz and NZ.

 For those of you who run trail here in Australia or in New Zealand there is finally going to be a TRAIL running specific magazine for our neck of the woods, Trail Run magazine.  It looks like the makers have taken the task seriously and will be putting out a quality mag.  The down side, (or up, depending on how you look at it) is that it will only be available online for now, though looks to fill a huge hole for local trail runners and be a great source for inspiration and information for all things trail.  You can play a part in it all too, by subscribing to the mag, submitting trail reviews, stories and pics etc.  I'll be getting behind it and doing what little I'm capable of, to help out.  If you like to get down and dirty, jump on board and help get Trail Run Magazine and local trail running on track trail.

New Rubber

With my ever growing interest in barefoot living and minimalist footwear, I have become a little obsessed with shoes.  Please don't be worried, although I have this new shoe affliction, which is generally thought of as a woman's problem, I assure you it is based around a solid and very manly idea of getting back to my hairybacked hunter caveman roots.  Thats right, nothing sus!  But lets get to the point, there are a lot of minimalist shoes on the market right now, but sadly a lot are still too close to the modern standard for running shoes wielding their technical terms and space age materials.  There are however, some that do come pretty close to a barefoot ideal and even a few I believe, really embrace that ideal and manage to look and feel good doing it.  I wont dwell on the failures, instead I will talk a bit on a few of ones I think have made my feet happy or at least look like they will.

We all know of the success of the Vibram Five Fingers, I wont go into detail on them right now but will say that I'm a fan.

Then there is the new Merrell Trail Gloves, I have to say, these feel sensational on and although I have not run in them or have a pair to review, I hope to shortly.  If you're after a review now, check the link and look at the customer feedback, pretty much speaks for itself.  The Trail Glove looks the goods if you run trail and want to go minimalist, they're comfortable, light weight, zero drop and well constructed to cope with the rigours of trail running. Easily my #1 choice for a shoe style minimalist runner.

Then as a casual option I stumbled upon these little beauties from Stem footwear.  I love the look and the feel for the shoe I get when browsing their website.  There may be other minimalist options out there for a casual shoe but this is the first I've found that really appeals.  That being said, I really love the Trail Gloves and wouldn't mind a second set of those just for cruisin!

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Some VFF trail action...

Another swimming hole, it's so nice here I wish it were closer still.

Top waterfall, most of this would've been underwater in the recent floods.

Ahh...the serenity....

Look at the toad, he loves it....

My feet, the Carney's TrekSports and XandiePants'ses funny sock things and foot coffins!
Thanks lads had a great run, have to hit this spot again soon.


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