***** Are you looking for how to qualify for the 2023 World Championships? You can find it here. ***** Approved by the USATF MUT Executive Committee on January 24, 2022. [Editor’s Note November 2022: This world championship is completed. Read about the U.S. Team results in the following three articles – Americans Claim Double Gold,… Read more »
Posts By: Richard Bolt
Fifteen Nations Ready to Kick Off the First SkySnow World Championships
Announcement from the International Skyrunning Federation (ISF). The American Trail Running Association is a longtime member of ISF. SkySnow, the new skyrunning discipline, will launch the first World Championships on February 4-5, 2022, in Andalusia at the Sierra Nevada Ski and Mountain Resort, Granada, Spain. Despite international Covid restrictions, fifteen ISF Member countries across the… Read more »
Chutes and Ladders at the Gurney Lane Snowshoe Race
Gurney Lane Snowshoe Race report was written by ATRA contributor Laura Clark. Laura is an avid mountain, trail and snowshoe runner who lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, where she is a children’s librarian. Photos: Heidi Underwood. Gurney Lane Snowshoe Race and its summertime counterpart, Churney Gurney Trail Race must be two of the best… Read more »
Marathon Printing to Sponsor 2022 US Trail Running Conference Webinar Series
Announcement from American Trail Running Association partner US Trail Running Conference. Marathon Printing as an American Trail Running Association (ATRA) member. Leading event supplier supports educational webinar series for race directors US Trail Running Conference organizers Active at Altitude, announces that Marathon Printing is the Presenting Sponsor for the 2022 Webinar Series. The USTRC webinar… Read more »
ATRA Member Go Sleeves Signs Elite Skyrunner Hillary “HillyGoat” Allen
Announcement from American Trail Running Association member Go Sleeves. GO Sleeves, the company that introduced the world’s first and only compression sleeve with built-in kinesiology strips, announced today the signing of skyrunner Hillary “Hillygoat” Allen to an ongoing partnership contract. “I’m so inspired and proud to welcome Hillary Allen into the GO Sleeves family,” said… Read more »
Cock-A-Doodle-Shoe Snowshoe Race: When the Rooster Crows
Cock-A-Doodle-Shoe Snowshoe Race report was written by ATRA contributor Laura Clark. Laura is an avid mountain, trail and snowshoe runner who lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, where she is a children’s librarian. Photos: Jen Ferriss This year we celebrated the 10th anniversary of Cock-A-Doodle-Shoe 5K and 10K Snowshoe races at the New Land Trust… Read more »
Spain’s Canfranc Canfranc Race to Bid for 2023 World Mountain & Trail Running Championship
Announcement written by Sergio Mayayo. Along with ATRA founder Nancy Hobbs, Sergio is a member of the World Mountain Running Association council. The Pyrenees based event would organize the 2nd edition, after Thailand. Spain faces a new challenge in the mountains from today on, with the hope of hosting the largest event in mountain and… Read more »
US Trail Running Conference Announces 2021 Event Was Operationally Carbon Negative
Announcement from American Trail Running Association partner US Trail Running Conference. Industry-leading event plans to be fully carbon negative in 2022 Active at Altitude, organizers of the annual US Trail Running Conference, announces that the 2021 event held in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in October, became carbon negative following purchase of appropriate carbon offsets. Carbon offsets are… Read more »
Jackpot Ultra Running Festival to Livestream USATF 100-Mile Road Championships
Announcement from Beyond Limits Running, host of the 2022 USATF 100 Mile Road Championships. Aravaipa Running is an American Trail Running Association corporate member. Beyond Limits Running, owner and producer of the Jackpot Ultra Running Festival, Southern Nevada’s premier ultra-running endurance event, is pleased to announce Steep Life Media, a subsidiary of Aravaipa Running, will… Read more »
Chasing Sunbeams at Brookhaven Snowshoe
The Brookhaven Snowshoe 5K (race #1) snowshoe race report was written by ATRA contributor Laura Clark. Laura is an avid mountain, trail and snowshoe runner who lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, where she is a children’s librarian. Photos: Rebecca Sewell. If you are always comfortable, it is not special. – Gary Cantrell The above… Read more »
Adaptive “Trail Blader” Zachary Friedley to Speak at the Run Show USA
Announcement from American Trail Running Association (ATRA) member GO Sleeves. Partnership will focus on forwarding both the GO Sleeve mission to keep every body moving and Friedley’s broader mission to help adaptive athletes enjoy more access to trail running events. GO Sleeves, the company that introduced the world’s first and only compression sleeve with built-in… Read more »
WMRA Announces the 2022 Mountain Running World Cup Calendar
Announcement from the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). ATRA founder Nancy Hobbs is a WMRA Council member. With 12 Gold Label races across 6 countries and 9 locations, and a further 5 Silver Label races in 5 different countries, the 2022 World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) Mountain Running World Cup promises 5 months of quality… Read more »
Featured Trail Town – Lubbock, Texas
Welcome to the first 2022 installment of our “Trail Town” series spotlighting Lubbock, Texas. Contributions by Katherine White, Director of Marketing & Communications from The Lubbock Economic Development Alliance (LEDA) & Visit Lubbock. Known as the “Hub City” of West Texas, Lubbock is located on top of the caprock escarpment, or the peak of the… Read more »
Endurance Town USA Host Goes International with RacingThePlanet
Announcement from Endurance Town USA, American Trail Running Association partner at the 2018 US Trail Running Conference. California-based Race Director and marketing professional joins global ultramarathon producer, RacingThePlanet, to expand its reach and tell its epic 20-year story. Endurance Town USA (ETUSA), a media production company focused on fostering human connection through outdoors, adventure and… Read more »
Book Review – Trail Running Illustrated: The Art of Running Free
Trail Running Illustrated: The Art of Running Free, written by Doug Mayer and Brian Metzler, Mountaineers Books, 2021. Illustrated by Schreiber Marion. Reviewed by trail runner Laura Clark. Laura is an avid mountain, trail and snowshoe runner who lives in Saratoga Springs, NY, where she is a children’s librarian. You’re off to Great Places, Today… Read more »
ATRA Member Go Sleeves Signs World Champions Joseph Gray and Josiah Middaugh
Announcement from American Trail Running Association member Go Sleeves. Partnership will focus on forwarding the GO Sleeves mission to empower runners at every level to train strong and reach their peak performance. GO Sleeves, the company that introduced the world’s first and only compression sleeve with built-in kinesiology strips, announced today the signing of World… Read more »
Ohio’s Thunderbunny 12K to Host Collegiate Trail Running National Championships
Announcement from American Trail Running Association partner Collegiate Running Association. 2022 and 2023 Collegiate Trail Running Championships will be held within the Thunderbunny 12K Trail Race in Strouds Run State Park. Collegiate Running Association and Southeastern Ohio Trail Runners (SEOTR) renew partnership through 2023. The Collegiate Running Association (CRA) is excited to announce an extended… Read more »
Kicking off the Snowshoe Season at Gore Mountain Ski Bowl
The Gore Mountain Ski Bowel snowshoe race report was written by ATRA contributor Laura Clark (pictured above #27). Laura is an avid mountain, trail and snowshoe runner who lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, where she is a children’s librarian. Photos: Paul Allison, North Creek Ski Bowl. Our 2021-22 Dion WMAC Snowshoe season was all… Read more »
Leadville, Colorado to Host 2022 Collegiate Snowshoe National Championships
Announcement from American Trail Running Association (ATRA) partner Collegiate Running Association (CRA). Colorado Cup Snowshoe Race will host the 2022 Collegiate Snowshoe National Championship and the Youth Snowshoe National Championship The Collegiate Running Association (CRA) is pleased to build upon existing partnerships with the United States Snowshoe Association (USSSA) and the American Trail Running Association… Read more »
Trail Times Winter 2021- Volume 26, No. 97
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