Welcome to Moretrail! This is the first of our blog posts and we thought what better topic than to introduce Moretrail and our visions for an online trail running community! 

An Idea is born...

Sitting at your work desk staring out the window - dreaming of bombing down a technical single track, mountain sounds around you, best mate charging behind you pushing the tempo.. that was us! To fill in the time between trail adventures we would spend the week sending each other trail memes, Youtube clips, ideas for our next race... you name it!

We know we are not the only ones in this boat and an idea started to take shape. More than just passing the time between long runs we have seen over countless trail running events how amazing the trail running community is and how rare it is to find that special camaraderie that exists amongst trail runners.

A community is only as strong as its members...

The idea of community is something that has always resonated with us and that is a big driving force behind the idea for Moretrail. We have plenty of ideas moving forward of ways we hope to add to the trail running scene and give back to a community that has given us so much over the past decade.

We are acutely aware though that the success of any community is highly dependant on it's members which is why we want to make sure the experience at Moretrail and the content we show is driven by members for members. Unlike the work colleague who immediately realises they have bitten off more than they can chew by asking you about which brand of running shoe they should buy - we are here for it all day!

Close to launch day...

The development side of the Moretrail community forum has been underway for months and we are getting ready to launch in the coming months. We are excited to share what we have come up with and to be amongst the first to have access make sure you sign up to the email list so we can let you know when we go live. We'd also be grateful for people to spread the word to their trail running friends and communities.

In the meantime...

In the meantime we will be doing weekly blogs on various trail running topics of interest. Feel free to drop us a line or head to the comments to let us know your thoughts and suggestions!

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