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EVENT: Giving Tuesday with Parks Project

EVENT: Giving Tuesday with Parks Project

To celebrate Giving Tuesday this year we teamed up with Parks Project on a morning clean up run. This original blog was published by Parks Project and written by Gretchen Braulick. We started the hike at the Los Leones Canyon trailhead right outside of LA. The run...

10 tips for running your first ultra

10 tips for running your first ultra

10 tips for running your first ultra   Her Trails - a platform and community that supports you in discovering your resilience, self-reliance and play. We have witnessed the transformation of many women who have embraced discomfort and tackled their first...

Traversing the Great Himalayan Trail with Blue Dinosaur

Traversing the Great Himalayan Trail with Blue Dinosaur

Blue Dinosaur Bars have come along on our Her Trails adventures since the beginning! On our Larapinta retreats, group runs, weekends on the trail. More recently, these delicious bars found their way to Nepal, supporting Sam and Jessie on their traverse of the Great...

EVENT: Trail clean-up with Parks Project

EVENT: Trail clean-up with Parks Project

Partnering with Parks Project for trail run and clean-up days has been the perfect fit for us at Her Trails. We are so driven to give back to the places and parks that we play in by leaving these wild spaces better than we found them.  Parks Project wanted to learn a...

TRAIL TECHNIQUE: Stair running

TRAIL TECHNIQUE: Stair running

Stair Running As a trail runner, you will often need to tackle stairs in a race and being physically and mentally prepared for this makes all the difference! Our Her Trails programs will get you strong for the stairs. Learning to climb and descend efficiently in...

Getting back or getting started

Getting back or getting started

Took these pins for a cruise on my home trails today. Feels like a lifetime since I've rolled them out here. I've had a bit of a hiatus from consistent trail running recently. I needed to focus my energy elsewhere - Her Trails, family, transit, etc. Whilst I am a big...

TRAIL TECHNIQUE: Running hills with Coach Jo

TRAIL TECHNIQUE: Running hills with Coach Jo

Running hills can seem daunting, and whilst hiking climbs is often a great option, there are a few techniques that can help you get running uphill more efficiently and comfortably. In our Her Trails UTA program, we work on developing hill running skills, strength and...

Build your post-training smoothie

Build your post-training smoothie

Build your post-training smoothie with our Her Trails resident nutritionist, Thea Jayne (@theajaynenutrition) Smoothies make an ideal post training meal as they are portable, endlessly customisable and easily digestible. It’s sometimes tricky to know WHAT to put into...

TRAIL TECHNIQUE: 3 tips for running downhill

TRAIL TECHNIQUE: 3 tips for running downhill

Have you ever run trails with someone who can fly on the downhills? Like a swift gazelle as they float over obstacles, light and fast. I look up, and the distance between us is increasing as they dance the downhill. How do they make it look so effortless? I feel...