Trail Runner US - Dirt 2021

Devoted to off-pavement running and adventure racing, Trail Runner is at the forefront of the fastest growing outdoor sport in the country. Enticing features, spectacular photography, detailed information on technique and wellness, and great gear reviews provide readers with everything they need to know to get off the road and onto the trail.

In our Special Annual Issue, DIRT: STUBBORN AS A BURRO: Bill Lee has been running off-road for over 50 years, and most amazing- he has run every World Championship burro race since the late 1980s. By Devon O'Neil A GAME OF MILLIMETERS: I was young and healthy when I had a stroke. Would two decades of running prepare me for this setback, and help me keep it in perspective? By Alex Kurt. RACING FROM COVID: How the pandemic affected our tribe-like racing culture. Photo essay by Howie Stern. THE ALCHEMY OF GRIEF: Race director and runner Elizabeth Reese has a message for the world: running isn't the same thing as therapy. By Yitka Winn. Photos by James Harnois. THE LAST EUROPEANWILDERNESS: The author took the train almost as far north as you can go and reconnected with his roots in the wilderness of Swedish Lapland. Story and photos by Mattias Fredriksson. LEAVING LAS VEGAS: Coree Woltering trains for another long FKT, this one in the Southeast. Photo essay by Kevin Youngblood.