Max King's Running Tip of the Month - June 2014

The following article was written by Max King and originally printed in The Footzone Bend's May e-mail newsletter.  Reprinted with permission from The Footzone Bend and +Max King.  

If you're like me, you probably get pretty bored doing the same route every day, same long run every weekend. This month I'm going to put out a challenge to find or explore something new each week in June. It can be something simple like a trail you see every day on your normal run but have never taken, or a completely new area of the state that you explore on a family vacation. Whatever it is, make it something fun that you haven't done in a while or ever.

Jeff Browning (left) and Max King (right) at the 2011 Flagline 50k

The beauty of this time of year is that almost a quarter of the state becomes accessible again with the snow melting and opening up new trails and roads we haven't been on in at least 8 months. We take vacations to different places where getting out for a run might be daunting by not knowing the area, but that's half the fun, just make sure you can get back.

It's so easy to reinvigorate your running with some simple changes to your daily routine. So get out there, mark your calendar if you need to, and go do something different. Explore!

- - Max King

Win an FREE entry to the Leadville 100

Can you run 100 miles & write about it?  The Leadville Trail 100 may be sold out but you can still win an FREE entry! We are happy to announce that Herbalife is offering one American Trail Running Association follower entry into the 100-miler on August 16-17, 2014, as well as a four-night stay at Herbalife Base Camp in Leadville, Colorado.  We ask that the winner write a story & submit photos of their Leadville experience for our newsletter.

To be entered in our drawing just comment on this blog post by Monday, May 19 (or send an email to richardbolt at trailrunner dot com). The winner will be randomly selected and notified on Tuesday, May 20.

Desert Runners - Inspiring Journey through World's Toughest Terrains

Hey trail runners! Here's a new film called Desert Runners that follows a group of athletes as they complete RacingthePlanet’s Four Deserts Grand Slam, the most difficult desert ultra-marathon series on Earth. The runners trek across four 250km ultra-marathons in the world's driest (Atacama Desert in Chile), windiest (Gobi Desert in China), hottest (Sahara Desert in Egypt) & coldest (Antarctica) terrains, all the while carrying everything they need to survive.

The film is now available for digital download and DVD, as well as screening across the country. You can watch the trailer here: http://www.desertrunnersmovie.com/

ATRA followers can get 10% off the digital download by using the code "ATRA".