SALTY Field Journal 2026

The first ever SALTY Field Journal is here.

A printed object about trailrunning for people who suspect this sport is bigger than splits, shoes, start lines and looking briefly alive in a finish-line photo.

Inside: The SALTY Field Guide to Trailrunning. Body, kit, training, terrain, culture and industry. Not a scientific paper. Not a motivational pamphlet. Not a catalogue in trail shoes. A proper field guide: useful, sharp, readable and built from years of obsession, self-study, practical experience and conversations with people who know more than we do.

The Field Journal looks at what actually happens out there: why the body starts negotiating, why training only works when a real human life is attached to it, why gear matters most when it quietly does its job, why terrain is never just a surface, and why trailrunning culture is both deeply beautiful and occasionally in need of a chair.

Alongside the Field Guide, the issue includes a curated Brand Area with editorial partner stories from people and brands helping shape the sport. Transparent collaborations. Real access. No copy-pasted press releases wearing nicer trousers.

It has paper. It has weight. It does not refresh. It will not vibrate in your hand unless you are having a caffeine issue.

Read it after a run. Keep it on the table. Throw it into the van. Gift it to the friend who talks about mandatory equipment with suspicious intensity.

The SALTY Field Journal 2026 is our attempt to give trailrunning the print product it deserves: honest, useful, good-looking and strange enough to feel like the sport itself.