trail running

Trail running can be a lot of fun. Nobody gets shot out of a cannon or anything, but it can still be a lot of fun in its own right.

Trail running is just a different version of running. It's not unlike road running or track running, except you do it on trails instead (usually hiking trails). These trails can traverse varying types of terrain; hills, mountains, deserts, forests, narrow passages, etc. are all fair game when it comes to trail running. Also it is not uncommon for trail runners to ascend and descend thousands of feet in one run.

As of 2009, there were over 7 million regular trail runners in the United States and over 50 million worldwide. A trail run can be something as simple as a 10-minute run up the canyon for exercise every day to backpacking trips that last a week or 10 days.

Bloggers speaking about trail running can be found at sites like runtrails and trail-running-blog.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “trail running”

 

• Please Trespass: Private Property the Future of Conservation

  
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  Photo: Courtesy: Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy/Bearwallow Mountain  There’s a 50-mile trail system in the works for the Hickory Nut Gorge, a dramatic canyon on the edge of the Southern Appalachians 30 miles east of Asheville. The giant loop of singletrack will connect high elevation balds, rocky outcroppings ...
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• Challenge yourself: Idaho Adventure Sports Week June 2-9

  
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  ADVENTURE SPORTS — Fitness junkies who enjoy trail running, mountain biking, paddling and other outdoors sports will love the big event coming up based out of Farragut State Park. Adventure Sports Week Idaho features 14 different races and clinics over eight days, June 2 – 9. Racers are traveling from long ...
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• Photos & results from the 2013 Rock/Creek Scenic City Trail Marathon

  
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  Where to begin? The 2013 Rock/Creek Scenic City Trail Marathon and Half Marathon is in the books, and it was a beautiful day to be in the woods. Raccoon Mountain is a great place to run, and credit is due to SORBA-Chattanooga & TVA for this awesome trail system. We somehow managed to dodge the looming ...
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• Lessons Learned in Los Olivos

  
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  What happens in Los Olivos… by Patrick Reed I was anxious for the Born To Run Ultra Marathon weekend which is now just logged into the record books. Perhaps most noteworthy for history’s sake is James Bonnet’s speedy 15:58 100-mile victory, but my remembrances will revolve around a forgotten raceday ...
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• Learning to Run Free at the Born to Run Ultra Marathons

  
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  Learning to Run Free by Patrick Reed I was anxious for the Born To Run Ultra Marathon weekend which is now just logged into the record books. Perhaps most noteworthy for history’s sake is James Bonnet’s speedy 15:58 100-mile victory, but my remembrances will revolve around a forgotten raceday strategy, a ...
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• A weekend in pictures

  
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  Friday night: after a week that was not necessarily as frazzling as last week, but included the extra special ingredient that was a Mon-Fri off and on (mostly on) hormonal series of head/shoulder/neck/sinus aches so…yeah…it sort of didn’t matter that I only had one football meeting to go to (which was actually ...
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• Trail Buddies 228.28 Miles

  
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  A red eft on the trail at Glade Creek, West Virginia. You just never know what you’ll find on a trail run in WV. Just remember to look up – and down. 971.72 miles to go… The post Trail Buddies 228.28 Miles appeared first on Twelve Hundred Miles .
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• Shhhhh… | 221 Miles

  
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  Not all of the best moments are on the trail. Who doesn’t love the post run nap? Especially on a rainy Sunday afternoon. 979 miles to go… The post Shhhhh… | 221 Miles appeared first on Twelve Hundred Miles .
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• Spring In The New River Gorge, WV | 211.04 Miles

  
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  Water, on of the few things that stops the pup. Another memory from spring trail running in the New River Gorge of West Virginia. Sadie is a blur, as usual. 988.96 miles to go…  less than a thousand miles! The post Spring In The New River Gorge, WV | 211.04 Miles appeared first on Twelve Hundred Miles .
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• Spring In The New River Gorge, WV | 207.24 Miles

  
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  Wild geraniums blooming on the Craigs Branch trail in the New River Gorge. The wild geraniums are blooming again. Spring in West Virginia is amazing and it helps keep my motivation up! 992.76 miles to go…  less than a thousand miles! The post Spring In The New River Gorge, WV | 207.24 Miles appeared first ...
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• A Bright Idea: Runners Become Entrepreneurs To Make Pre-Dawn / Post-Dusk Running Safer

  
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  NightRunner LED shoe headlights for runners. With the development of their innovative Night Runner™ product, Doug Storer and his fiancé Renata, both avid runners, are on a mission to make pre-dawn and post-dusk running (on sidewalks, roads or trails) safer for the overwhelming percentage of runners who run during ...
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• Clips of the Week: May 17, 2013

  
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  Our favorite outdoor web videos from the week that was: Musky Lovers Volume 2 The folks at Bent Rod Media and Southern Culture on the Fly blow the musky doors off with some epic river wolf action from the Old Dominion. NSFW language at the beginning so ear muffs for the young’uns. Virginia is for Musky Lovers ...
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• The Running Dad – fitting it all in

  
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  All of us have to make choices about where we allocate the minutes and hours of our days. Work and family clearly consume a good chunk of that time leaving relatively small opportunities to do hobbies or other activities. For me blogging obviously takes up another part of the day (and can consume every evening if you ...
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• Patagonia Fitz Sneak: The one quiver shoe

  
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  Is it just me, or has the world become overly specialized? With more and more products flooding the market, and more and more people doing different stuff all the time, it seems like everything new is developed specifically for one special thing. Gone are the days of the one-quiver anything, now you have to have a ...
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• On the eve of the Cleveland Marathon, looking ahead, then far ahead

  
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  In a couple of days I hopefully will have completed my sixth marathon. It will be marathon number two in 15 days. For those who don’t read earlier posts , I ran the Flying Pig Marathon on  May 5, and set a PR on what was supposed to be a practice run for the Rite Aide Cleveland Marathon. This will also be two ...
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• International Adventure Guide 2013: Stockholm, Sweden

  
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  Filed under: Biking , Hiking , Paddling , Europe , Sweden , Camping Known as the Venice of the North, Stockholm is a city defined by water; its in the soul of the citys inhabitants. Cold and icy in the winter and ready for sailing and bathing in the summer, water is as much a symbol of Stockholm as Old ...
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• Adventure Sports Week Returns To Idaho

  
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  Looking to put a little adventure back into your life? Then youll definitely want to add Adventure Sports Week to your calendar. The event will once again take place in Farragut State Park near beautiful Coeur d Alene, Idaho and offer outdoor athletes of all levels just about every type of competition they could ...
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• Brazen "Trail" Running on The Embarcadero

  
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  I have to start by saying I like my lunch runs along theEmbarcadero. However, as I have stated before, the caliber of runners that runat lunch, well can be intimidating.    Butto be honest, after slogging 5 plus pavement miles, I really long for the trail. Don’t get me wrong.   Ihave one of the most ...
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• Everybodys Working For The Weeknd

  
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  We had a great week, eating a fabulous dinner on the rooftop at III Forks Chicago (go if you can, beautiful location and a great atmosphere). Laima went up to Milwaukee and got to meet Olympian Dara Torres ! Saturday the kids are headed over to an Aunt and Uncles while we go to a family wedding (kind of bummed no ...
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• Gear Review: Terramar Body-Sensor Helix Shirts

  
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  Some of you may know that I am a proud member of the Terramar Tribe. For those of you who dont, well now you do. Whats the Terramar Tribe you ask? Thats the brand ambassador program for Terramar Sports. Terramar Sports is the maker of wonderful base-layers that help to fuel our adventures by... This is a content ...
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