Announcement written by Egon Theiner for the 2023 World Mountain & Trail Running Championships local organizing committee. Photos by Florentin Haunold, Roast Media. October 28, 2022 UPDATE: The early General Information Sheet for this world championship has been published. You can find a copy at this link. Course profiles are HERE. [PDFs] On 13 September,… Read more »
Written by Laura Clark. Photos: Don Proulx. Laura is an avid mountain, trail and snowshoe runner who lives in Saratoga Springs, NY, where she is a children’s librarian. I had a heart attack in early July. It came without warning, although had I been armed with foreknowledge, I could have recognized some of the signs…. Read more »
On Saturday, July 30, 2022, high school runners from across Colorado and neighboring states assembled in the small mountain town of Salida, Colorado, for the premiere youth trail running competition in the country, the National High School Trail Championships (NHSTC). Held annually for the past six years at the end of July, the NHSTC provides… Read more »
It’s July and that means trail, mountain and ultra running are in full swing both nationally and internationally! On July 2nd on the U.S. east coast, the USATF Mountain Running Championships at Whiteface Mountain in New York’s Adirondack Mountains decided the US Mountain Running Team, as Tabor Hemming and Andy Wacker captured national championship titles…. Read more »
Each spring, the American Trail Running Association conducts a survey to measure trail running trends from our national audience. This year we had over 1300 respondents. Complete survey results are made available to corporate members at the Switchback, Steep & Rocky and All-terrain levels. The following selected outtakes are from our most recent trail running… Read more »
Announcement from the 2022 World Mountain & Trail Running Championships, 3-6 November 2022 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. 43 teams from all over the world signed up, 900 athletes expected (+ mass races) $4,000 for the winners of each race. Prize money paid 5-deep, equal for men/women and mountain/trail Two successful site visits held – each… Read more »
Running and Returning: Seeking Balance in an Imperfect World, by Vicki Ash Hunter, PhD. CG Sports Publishing, 2022. 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. It is often observed that runners tend to be addictive,… Read more »
Announcement from the Golden Trail World Series presented by longtime American Trail Running Association member Salomon. Photos: @jsaragossa. A new race route and new winners! After 42 kilometers of grinding effort, Jonathan Albon (Team The North Face, Great Britain) and Sara Alonso (Team Salomon, Spain) win the Marathon du Mont-Blanc, with its new 2022 version… Read more »
Announcement from American Trail Running Association member LEKI. Top ultrarunners choose the LEKI UltraTrail FX.One Superlite pole to race this Summer. LEKI has unveiled a completely new trail running pole collection featuring the Trail Shark Grip – the first grip-strap system developed specifically for trail running. Unlike other companies that market trekking/hiking poles for running,… Read more »
The championships was originally planned to be held last year in Chiang Mai but postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Thailand was granted the opportunity to organize the event by WMTRC partnership, composed of the international associations for mountain running (World Mountain Running Association), ultra marathon (International Association of Ultrarunners) and trail running (International Trail… Read more »
A weekend retreat for the LGBTQ+ trail running community Hosted by Out Trails & Aspire Running. Making Outdoor Spaces More Queer & Inclusive – To run is to experience and express freedom, curiosity, and joy in the outdoors. On trails, we liberate our hearts, our minds and become part of a tribe of humans who… Read more »
“It’s gnarly, rocky, rooty, it’s got lots of small ups and downs to rack up the vertical without a major climb, and it’s got some incredible views that make it all worth it. It’s the type of running where you’ve gotta pay attention or else you faceplant!” – Amy Rusiecki, Race Director The Seven Sisters… Read more »
Back in April, long-time ATRA member inov-8 launched the PARKCLAW G 280, its first road-to-trail running shoe featuring graphene, the world’s strongest material. Inov-8, founded in 2003 in the U.K’s Lake District, has been pushing limits in shoe technology and earned a reputation in the shoe industry for incorporating some of the high performing and… Read more »
The first race of the Golden Trail World Series (GTWS) is hosting the best trail runners on the planet. May 29th, 2022, Start time is 9:00 am (CET), 42 KM, 2,736 meters of vertical climb. After a two-year hiatus due to Covid, the legendary Spanish Basque race is kicking off the Golden Trail World Series… Read more »
David Kilgore, trail athlete manager for On Running, is creating trail running opportunities in the heart of “The Big Apple,” New York City, NY. Kilgore, member of Team USATF at the 2019 Trail World Championships and third place finisher at the 2018 USATF 50-kilometer Trail Championships, has raced and explored trails world wide. Since settling… Read more »
Grafton 15K race report was written by ATRA contributor Laura Clark. Laura is an avid masters mountain, trail and snowshoe runner who lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, where she is a children’s librarian. Photos by Jessica and Naomi Hoffman. Bill Hoffman and his Mountain Dog Running enterprise, best known for its extreme trail races… Read more »
Announcement from American Trail Running Association (ATRA) partner Collegiate Running Association (CRA). Southeast Ohio Trail Runners (SEOTR) is an ATRA member. Race was held within the Thunderbunny 11K in Ohio’s Strouds Run State Park Hannah Kemp (West Liberty University) and Josh Park (Ohio University) were victorious in the Collegiate Running Association’s 2022 Trail Running National Championships… Read more »
Announcement from the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). Photos: Florentin Haunold at Roast Media. The joint application of Innsbruck Tourism and the Stubai Tourism Association for the right to host the 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships (WMTRC) was successful against strong international competition. The community of Innsbruck-Stubai will bring the WMTRC to Tyrol… Read more »
Written by USATF liaison Lin Gentling. Photos by Lin Gentling. A more perfect day to run the Breakneck Point Trail Marathon trails around the 6000 acre Hudson Highlands State Park would be hard to find. Saturday, April 30, dawned perfectly clear and crisp at 37 degrees with calm winds as over 300 runners lined up… Read more »
Written by US Mountain Running Team staff member and trail race director Paul Kirsch. Photos: Freddi Lynne Triback. Two New England mountain/trail runners start a hat fundraiser to raise money for the children of Ukraine. When you meet Freddi Triback and Brian Walfield at mountain and trail races across New England, they seem to know… Read more »
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