The following article features Runners For Public Lands Everyone Runs Fund, its history, its mission, and the application process. Photos by: Runner’s for Public Lands. Shaun Wahl, a sixth grader from Ventura, CA, has cerebral palsy. He always dreamed of competing in sports. In 2022, Wahl’s dream came true at the inaugural Born To Adapt… Read more »
The Trail Mix Fund, founded in 2021 by Renee Janssen of Go Beyond Racing, is one of the best examples of a grassroots initiative that addresses the lack of diversity in trail running. White, affluent runners comprise the majority of startlines at trail races and the Trail Mix Fund suggests that one of the best… Read more »
Trail running is a predominantly white, male-dominated sport, yet an increasing number of voices in our community have been making concerted efforts to diversify and unite our sport. A few examples from the past year include, Addie Bracy hosting an LGBTQ running retreat at Mount Saint Helens, collegiate athlete Nicholas Turco founding the Colorado Athletics… Read more »
An Open Letter To The Trail And Ultra Running Community on Non Binary Inclusion November 14, 2022 Trail running is a sport home to nature enthusiasts and dirt lovers, adventure seekers and rock scramblers. The “trail community” is in constant high praise, often described as strangers who quickly become best friends, competitors who will always… Read more »
Thursday, October 28 marked day two of the ninth annual US Trail Running Conference in Fayetteville, AR, with a series of exhibitor presentations and panel discussions for trail race directors. Day two’s focus was on diversity. Several well-known presenters made virtual appearances including legendary mountain runner Pablo Vigil, Coach Morgon Latimore, Jordan Marie Daniel and… Read more »
Announcement from American Trail Running Association (ATRA) partner US Trail Running Conference. Industry leading event takes action to help and support race directors and community organizers from underrepresented groups in the sport. Active at Altitude, organizers of the US Trail Running Conference has announced an exciting new scholarship designed to bring more race directors and… Read more »
Announcement from American Trail Running Association (ATRA) partner US Trail Running Conference. Webinar sponsor Salomon is a long-time member of ATRA. Over 120 participated in webinar on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion focused on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. The second webinar in a nine-webinar series introduced by the US Trail Running Conference was hosted… Read more »
Nicholas Turco is working to create a more inclusive college and trail running community. This 22-year-old University of Colorado Boulder (CU) student is researching the sports climate for LGBTQ student-athletes at his university and fundraising for an endowment project that aims to increase inclusivity of the LGBTQ community within NCAA sports. At the same time,… Read more »
American Trail Running Association member Salomon & Running Industry Diversity Coalition to co-sponsor and Mirna Valerio to be lead trainer. Active at Altitude, organizers of the US Trail Running Conference, announces that Mirna Valerio will be the lead trainer for the second in their webinar series, focused on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) on February… Read more »
Press release by the US Trail Running Conference. The US Trail Running Conference has co-produced by the American Trail Running Association since its inception in 2013. Women can save 25% on conference registration until March 31! Estes Park, CO – Active at Altitude, organizers of the 2019 US Trail Running Conference has announced a discount… Read more »
Active at Altitude, organizers of the US Trail Running Conference, is proud to announce the theme for the 2019 edition of the annual event: Diversity and Inclusion: Trail Running for Everyone. Empowering long term success for a growing trail running community. This theme was inspired by discussions held at last year’s conference about creating opportunities… Read more »
We’re proud to welcome Joe Viger Photography as the newest partner in our trail running Event Standards Program. We introduced the Event Standards Program in 2012, and for the past two years, it has included vendors and suppliers as partners to further assist trail race directors in meeting the program’s 15 criteria necessary for staging… Read more »
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