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Not to be missed! Women Running Trail Events Live QnA on Facebook

We are beyond excited to announce that our pre-event Live QnAs are back in 2023 - and we are kicking off with an incredible line-up of runners!

Clear your calendars - this is on tomorrow night, Tuesday 7 February!

We reckon you won't want to miss these incredible women chatting with our Run Director Lincoln! Everyone is invited to listen in! We guarantee there is lots for us all to learn.

They'll happily take your questions too! If you want to get in early, head to our socials now and pop them in as a comment on our most recent posts.

Less than 7 weeks to go to #kMR2023!

Time is flying by but if you've not registered for kMR itself, don't stress, there's still time!

Yep, spots are filling up (especially on the Mountain Run 25km!). Yep, there will be a waitlist - but is that a risk you want to take?!

And if the Mountain Run or Ultra 67km (Solo) aren't for you this year, what about our Foothills 9km? It features open dry forested hills as well as gorgeous ferny gullies - and you still get to #runwithkunanyi and be part of our incredible community over the weekend!

Is running really as simple as we make it out to be?

Hanny Allston, Tassie trail running legend and founder of trail running store, Find Your Feet (our Ultra 67km Solo run partner), says NO, it's not!

And Hanny has been kind enough to share some of her tips with our kunanyi Mountain Run community. Over the next few weeks, keep an eye on your inbox for more great tips from Hanny!

When we run uphill it becomes much harder to get our feet under our body. We also tend to want to slouch which makes us feel heavy. Despite this and contrary to what we might think, our braking forces actually reduce by approximately 40%. This is due to the fact that our foot strikes the ground with less force than when we run on the flat. In fact, by the time we are running on a nine percent gradient, the impact forces are almost negligible. However, the reason hill running is so tough is that the parallel propulsion we have to apply has to increase so dramatically to overcome gravity. For example, on a nine percent gradient, parallel forces have to increase by almost 75%. That is a lot of energy!

Therefore, to run faster up hill we need to:

 ✔️Remain tall and slightly leaning forward to capture some energy from gravity

✔️Increase our leg speed and shorten our stride length to decrease the amount of vertical we climb with each step.

✔️Increase our leg stiffness so that when our foot hits the ground we get a greater return on our energy. To envisage this, picture a kangaroo when it lands and how effortlessly it spring back off the ground

The FYF team are giving kMR runners 20% off!

Get into FYF in Hobart or Launceston, or head online, to get all your mandatory gear for kMR!

We'll be in touch again with a reminder about your mandatory gear requirements and the process to get it checked - but remember, this info is on our website too and our FAQs (on each run page) are a great place to head if you have burning questions! But if you still have questions, get in touch via register@kunanyimountain.run

There's plenty more good stuff going on to tell you about, but we know you have to train (aka adventuring on the trails)!

Hope to see you tuning in tomorrow night on Facebook!

Lincoln and the kMR team

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