Salty Trailrunning Journal, Vol.4

We don’t print magazines to look clever. We make them because phones die, memories fade, and someone should write down what actually happened.

Author Craig Mod has this rule: move first, make after. Let the place do the editing. That stuck. We move, then we make. The trail decides what stays in.

SALTY Journal is packed full of inspiring, funny and captivating stories all about trail running. From epic adventures to heartbreaking tales, it’s all here.

In this issue:

SALTY Journal 04 started in a small valley that doesn’t care about your plan. The first Schnalstal Alpine Trail: big ideas, little sleep, coffee gone cold. Then snow, sideways. We stopped one race, rerouted another, and cheered until the last runners crossed the line. The mountain edited first; we followed later.

This Journal keeps that tone. Inside: Rosanna Buchauer reminding us that life doesn’t improve just because you win. Nils Arend turning right when everyone goes left. Thibaut Marquet saying his body can go fast, his mind can go far. Denisa Dragomir balancing mountains and motherhood. Daniel Gassner proving that style is an attitude. Emily Hawgood and Paul Lind bringing Western States dust and wisdom. Josh Lynott loving it all, writing some of the finest notes out there. And a nod to fell running, where there’s no medal – just a cup of tea and a sausage roll.

The pages aren’t just tidy, and that’s the point. Plain words. Honest photos. Commas slightly out of breath. You don’t buy this Journal for your shelf. You buy it because you’ve stood on a ridge in sideways rain and thought, yeah, this is about right. You need it for that delirious post-race day when the pain starts to fade and you already think about signing up again.

SALTY Journal 04 is proof that effort still counts, that plans collapse, and that’s fine.

See you where the signal dies.