SALTY Trailrunning Journal 03

SALTY Journal THREE is here. It took a while. Not because we were lazy. (Okay, maybe a little.) There was simply too much to say. How do you open a magazine that runs from pottery to pain caves, from Barkley hallucinations to garden hoses in the middle of a race?

So we stopped overthinking it. We just made it.

148 pages about what trailrunning actually is: muddy, chaotic, meaningful. Stories you won't find in your feed. A runner who trains with spreadsheets and needs zero hype. A teacher who finishes Barkley and goes straight back to class. A father who gave up coaching and just showed up for his son.

This issue isn't about impressive numbers. It's about what happens in between. The small, strange, human things. Why we run. What we carry. What we leave behind.

If you've ever gone for a run just to feel like yourself again. This one is for you.

On the cover: @ts.weller on his home trails in Marin County, CA. Photography by @robschanz.

Design and art direction, once again, by legend-in-residence Tania, aka @peakminddesigns.