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Running on trails and in the mountains is by no means just a sport for professional athletes. If you have experience in hiking, are sure-footed and free from vertigo and have a good basic level of fitness, you have all the prerequisites for running on trails. When trail running, we deliberately leave the paved paths and choose hiking trails or even easy, pathless terrain instead. We often run in an untouched environment and, depending on the region, the atmosphere can be quite alpine. Appropriate planning and tactics are therefore essential when running. Teaching these basics is part of what we offer at the Hike & Run Academy.
Trail running puts a lot of strain on our bodies. Subjective factors such as our condition and our physical and mental state have a major influence on how demanding and strenuous we perceive a run to be. There are also objective factors such as the weather, the condition of the paths and the level of difficulty at which we are running. In the case of mountain runs, we also have to take into account the expected altitude difference. All of these factors make trail running a challenging yet wonderful activity, which, with the right planning, allows us to experience lasting moments in nature and take home many long-lasting memories.
Trail running is a relatively modest sport in terms of the equipment required. Compared to classic running in an urban environment and on paved paths, you do need a little more equipment, but the equipment battle is kept to a minimum compared to many other outdoor sports. In our articles, we regularly discuss the equipment you need and show you where high-quality equipment is important and useful and which gadgets you can safely do without.
Running off-road or in the mountains is not relaxing per se. We are physically and mentally challenged, and yet it is a different, consciously induced type of stress. During sport and therefore also during running, serotonin and other messenger substances such as dopamine, adrenaline and noradrenaline are released and provide the so-called runner's high - a state of happiness that we achieve when things are going well in the truest sense of the word.
This positive stress helps us to cope with everyday stress situations in a variety of ways. In trail running, we also benefit from another positive factor, namely spending time in unspoiled nature. Well planned and confidently executed, runs in trail running terrain can have a lasting positive effect on us and reorganize the flow of our thoughts.
