Sports & Fitness · Part of Running
Trail Running
Walk the climbs, forget pace, and measure the outing in hours
Pace stops meaning anything: walking the climbs is standard, the same distance can take twice as long, and people count hours instead of kilometres. Your eyes stay a few steps ahead of your feet the whole time, which is tiring in itself. Deeper lugs on the shoes, and water plus a shell is the floor for going out alone.
First stepIn shoes with deep lugs, take a dirt trail you already know, walk the climbs, run the rest, and stay out for an hour.
Barriers
Cost to start
$50–300
Going deep → $2k–10k
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
Demanding
Without a teacher?
Self-taught
same as parent · Running
One session takes
Half a day
Where
Outdoors, free
Why people take it up