Substacks recommended by Adam Lee | Community Trail Running

Recommended by Adam Lee

Telling the stories of everyday people doing extraordinary things on and off the trails. I’ll curate some cool trail and ultrarunning content too;)

Allison’s Substack

By Allison Powell

A personal Substack covering topics on running, storytelling, and life

Allison is an incredible trail runner and her writing is top notch too. Insightful and fun, a great subscription

- Adam Lee

Lazy Girl Running

By Laura Fountain

Sharing the joy and pain of running, with insights from the past 10 years coaching women runners, from beginners to marathoners.

Laura brings years of writing and coaching experience to her publication

- Adam Lee

10,000km Arriba en Latinoamérica

By Jack

Spirited tales from South America. Blending fact & fiction on a transcontinental bike trip. 🚲

Trail Running NZ

By Bradley Houghton

Your weekly hit of NZ trail running news - Results, Stories, Previews and everything in between.

A great glimpse into what's going on with trail running in New Zealand.

- Adam Lee

Bryan Hiatt

Get moving - Keep moving. March 2025: (re)thinking fitness, nutrition, and aging. Thoughts on outdoor adventures: trail running, mountain biking, camping, travel, and a little tech. Maybe a few recipes.

Bryan has tied trail running and AI in an interesting way and I'm curious to see where it all goes!

- Adam Lee

Running Sucks

By Raz

Step deeper into running culture through deep-dive commentary and interviews with fascinating people.

Raz is a joy to read and always finds great people and topics to cover

- Adam Lee

Trail Snacks by Mel Mac Runs

By Mel Mac

A weekly news blast covering the fun social posts, media and movies in the trail and ultra running scene.

Five Things

By Nico Lumma

Five Things is getting published every Sunday - with five great articles from around the web on a variety of topics! In addition to that you can read Five Things AI, Five Things Tech and Five Things Running!

I enjoy Nico's Five Things running as it's always fun to see what is highlighted!

- Adam Lee

100 lessons × Read before You Ultra

A publication inspired by ultrarunning, fueled by curiosity and appreciation of the wisdom, folly, and quirkiness of what some would call “I don’t even like to drive that far.”

Running Tales: After all is said and run

By Craig Lewis

The extraordinary stories of everyday runners.

Trailmix

By Matt Walsh

An exploration of the trail running business & media landscape.

Matt covers the business of trail running. I enjoy his writing and what he chooses to feature!

- Adam Lee

Adventure Unpacked

By Jill Homer

I write essays about outdoor adventures, mid-life, mental health, the unquenchable thirst for meaning, and learning to love the little joys.

Feral Angel

By Hannah Yoest

lifestyle beyond limits

Hannah Yoest is fun to read. She has race recaps and training entries and she writes about ultra distance running Worth your time :)

- Adam Lee

the micro mashup.

By Amie Mcgraham

weekly 100-word microstories about islands and road trips and writing. sometimes food will be involved.

A short newsletter that covers a lot of different things.

- Adam Lee

Run to Write

By Julie

Where Movement & Writing Meet. Poetry, stories, and running. Leading the Run to Write Club— Move. Write. Connect.

Newsletter that features poetry and running, sometimes at the same time :)

- Adam Lee

Mountain Running & Living

By Sarah Lavender Smith

Personal essays with practical advice about trail running, mountain life & midlife grit.

And Now, A Sonnet

By James Maynard

Poetry once a week, sometimes political, always music.

I enjoy seeing James posts pop up in my email every time. A subscription you'll enjoy and poetry to think about

- Adam Lee

THE BATFLIP

By Andrew Stoeten

Independent coverage of Toronto Blue Jays baseball

I'm a huge Blue Jays fan and Andrew Stoeten has been writing and podcasting about them for years. He's one of my favourites to follow and the substack is top notch.

- Adam Lee

The Rush of it All

By Jeff

Adventures in distance and wonderment (nature, human nature, humans in nature...)

Another runner telling great stories

- Adam Lee

The Half Marathoner

By Terrell Johnson

A running newsletter that isn't (just) about running