ITRA - International Trail Running Association
On 03.09.2012, in Courmayeur ITA the first international trail-running
conference was held, the objective of which was a discussion with all the
actors of the discipline and to try to determine in the shorter or longer
term the convergent policies. At the end of long discussions where the
diversity of points of view of the different countries were expressed, all
the members of the working group formed a definition of trail-running and
its categories. The Trail-running is defined as a running race, open to
everybody, in a natural environment (mountains, desert, forest, on the
plain…). Ideally but not necessarily, it takes place on a minimum of
tarred roads (20% of the race) and in semi or total autonomy.
The International Trail Running Association held its constitutive general
assembly in Paudex SUI on 01.08.2013. ITRA's mission is to give voice to
trail runners from all continents to promote trail running throughout the
world and defend its ethical values.
Trail running was first recognised by the International Association of
Athletics Federations (now World Athletics) in 2015 as a discipline of
athletics.
Since 2016, ITRA has been involved in organizing the IAU Trail World
Championships. In 2021, a new biennial event the World Mountain and Trail
Running Championships should be started in partnership between the World
Mountain Running Association (WMRA), the International Association of
Ultrarunners (IAU) and the International Trail Running Association (ITRA),
with support from World Athletics.
Presidents
| 01.08.2013 - 14.04.2020 | Michel Poletti FRA |
| 14.04.2020 - 04.09.2021 | Bob Crowley USA |
| 04.-11.09.2021 | vacant |
| 11.09.2021 - | Janet Ng HKG |
Secretaries General
| 01.08.2013 - 10.06.2015 | --- |
| 10.06.2015 - 25.09.2017 | Paco Rico ESP (Secretary only) |
| 25.09.2017 - | Enrico Pollini ITA |
Last modified: 07.05.2022