Psychological benefits to trail running: A systematic review | Trail Science: Episode 5

Trail Culture by Emily Robertson

Episode notes

What are the psychological benefits to trail running?

In this episode we focus on:

  • Exercising in a natural vs urban environment
  • Effects of trail running on mental well being
  • The psycho - evolutionary theory & attention restoration theory

We get stuck into the research after an anecdotal introduction round what trail running does for our mental well being personally.

Keywords
trail runningresearchtrail sciencemental health