Issue 7 of TRAIL magazine is live this June!

Thabang Madiba powers up a Groenkloof tester. Photo Erik Vermeulen

Subscribe to TRAIL in print format from June to August and you’ll receive an inspirational ‘Share Our Passion’ trail running DVD from mountain brand Salomon. TRAIL issue 7 went into print in the first week of June and will reach subscribers from 21 June.

Do our annual Reader Survey and you could win one of two Brooks trail shoes! There’s the ever-popular Cascadia 8 or the new kid on the block, the PureGrit 2, if you want light and fast.

Articles in TRAIL 7:

• Run Cape Point with Katya Soggot
• Night Running with the Freaks: tips, dos and don’ts
• Injuries: Surviving The Three Most Common Ones: ITB, Calf and Achilles
• The Raw Truth About Food
• Recovery Foods That Work
• Harness The Power of Turmeric
• Chile’s Burning Hell: Atacama Crossing
• Gear Winter Guide 2013
• Profile Thabang Madiba
• Horny Runners: Somkhanda
• Profile Steve Black
• Salomon Sense Ultra
• Product tests Leatherman Skeletool, Hot Toddy, Chariot, Run Bag, ShoOops socks, Rush Bar
• DVD Reviews Mountain Of Greatness, Il Corridore, Unbreakable
• Calendar of 59 Events

TRAIL magazine became South Africa’s first print publication dedicated to the booming worldwide activity of trail running in December 2011.

Since then it has enlightened its growing readership with the best places to run, the most suitable gear and the most popular trail running events from every angle; visiting the Himalayas, Sahara Desert, Amazon and many local trails, including the famed Otter Trail Run and the arduous SkyRun.

Buy and subscribe to TRAIL

A quarterly, TRAIL retails for R39.95 (print) and R20 (digital special rate) and is available in one and two-year subscriptions (R130 for a year ), with optional add-on product being offered for a limited time. TRAIL is available at CNA, SPAR, Exclusive Books, Sportsman’s Warehouse, selected Dis-Chem stores and specialist sports retailers nationwide. Sign up for a year’s print subscription to TRAIL magazine and save R30 on cover price. Pay R32.50 per mag instead of R40.

The digital version is available at Zinio.com for download for iPad, Android, iPhone, laptop and desktop devices at R20 for single copies and R110 for four issues (one year).

TRAIL is South Africa’s first magazine dedicated to the love of trail running, launched Dec 2011.

TRAIL’s Latest Survey: Your Running Injuries – which of these has sidelined you for any time in the past year?

The cover for TRAIL 6 was shot by Capetonian ace photographer Craig Kolesky.

TRAIL issue 6, takes an in-depth look at what food the experts are loading up on for longer training runs and races. Do they lean towards nature-based or manmade? You get to see all the new options becoming available so you can make up your mind

Also in the magazine is a no-holds-barred article highlighting the health issues of drinking alcohol, even for ‘fit’ runners. The question that pro athlete and nutrition writer Glenn Macnamara poses is, is it worth it?

With that question answered, you’ll learn how to become a stronger, faster and smarter runner on that most shifty of substrates: sand, whether you drink alcohol or not!

Equipment is an important part of making the offroad experience an enjoyable one. This issue features a 10-page hydration guide including 18 of some of the most purchased backpacks in South Africa today. Brands include Camelbak, first Ascent, inov-8, Salomon and UltrAspire.

We all need heroes and trail running has some admirable examples of people who live their passions while experiencing some of the planet’s best sights. Ryan Sandes, the first person on the planet to record wins in ultra trail runs (those over 42km) on all seven continents, features on the cover, photographed by Craig Kolesky/Nikon/Lexar in Hout Bay.

Staying with stunning scenery, you’ll also get a taste of the scenic and isolated Alexandria Trail north of Port Elizabeth, a hike over two days that our intrepid adventurer writers did in one day. Newcomers and experienced trail runners alike will be mesmerised by the Three Cranes Challenge and Canada’s Matterhorn photo-essays, which will reveal new worlds possibly not known by many.

Buy it as a print or digital back issue now.

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Contact us for further information:

Editorial submissions and letters editorial@trailmag.co.za

Calendar: trail running events (Megan Anticevich) calendar@trailmag.co.za

Subscriptions (Liesl Braun) subs@trailmag.co.za

Advertising (Deon Braun) ads@trailmag.co.za

Marketing, Strategic Alliances (Deon Braun) deon@trailmag.co.za

Dedicated website coming soon.

Stockists Buy TRAIL mag at SPAR, CNA, Exclusive Books, selected Dis-Chem stores, petrol stations as well as clued-up specialists retailers in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.

STORE LISTINGS

• SPAR
• CNA
• Dis-Chem
• Exclusive Books
• Petrol station forecourts (BP, Caltex, Sasol)
• Nicodemus
• Runner Group
• Specialist running, multisport and outdoor stores
• Digital editions (Zinio.com)

Alternatively, be part of the movement with an annual subscription to TRAIL magazine.

Sign up for a year’s print subscription to TRAIL magazine and save R30 on cover price. Pay R32.50 per mag instead of R40.

And when you do, you get the right to secure other products at prices the retailers can’t even buy at. Or subscribe to the digital version at Zinio.com – hit the red button now! Subscriptions will start from the current available issue.

When you subscribe to the digital issue you get:

• A year of the mag (4 issues a year. Available locally or internationally)
• Digital edition for iPad, Android and more at www.zinio.com – four-issue subscription for R70 or single issue for R20 inc VAT.

Issue 1 Cover: Victoria Peak, Western Cape. Runner Eric Tollner
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Issue 2 Cover: Three Cranes Trail Run. Runner Jock Green
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Issue 3 Cover: Highover Trail Run. Runner Sonja Stafford-Northcote
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Issue 4 Cover: Devil’s Peak, Cape Town. Runner Landie Visser
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Issue 5 Cover: Lion’s Head, Cape Town. Runner Andre ‘AJ’ Calitz
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The first issue featured, among others: (still available for sale as a collectible single issue via our Shop)

• We run 100 rocky miles in the Himalayas and give you our tips for exotic stage races
• The best trail foods as voted by TRAIL readers
• We design, hunt, catch and eat the Pawpaw Bunny
• Attack of the Bite Valve: how to beat the nasties
• Trail Shoe Guide: 33 new models, 10 trail run-loving brands
• SA’s Grail of Trail? The Hi-Tec Otter African Trail Run 2011
• 21 Reasons that make trail running such a GREAT Sport!

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