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About the Trail Running Association

The Trail Running Association (TRA) exists to promote and encourage participation in Trail Running across the UK. The TRA is an associate member of UK Athletics (UKA) and supports UKA in the management and regulation of trail running. We provide several facilities for participation in the sport.


For organisers, the TRA issues race licenses on behalf of UKA, as well as providing access to insurance. The TRA also offers information and assistance in the planning and organisation of trail events, as well as offering Grants to help set up and sustain high quality trail running events which encourage participation for runners of all abilities.

For runners, the TRA offers membership which provides race entry discounts, personal insurance, a quarterly magazine called Trailrunner and the opportunity to compete in the British Trail Running Championships whilst offering access to grants to the lead athletes.

The Championship events are held across three different distances annually, short, medium and ultra distance.  Please refer to the British Trail Running Championship page for further details.

The TRA is managed and overseen by a dedicated group of volunteers who all have a passion for the growth and development of the support.

A copy of the TRA Constitution is available here

TRA Officers & Key Supporters

 President  Antony Taylor
 Chairman  James Elson
 Secretary  Matt Jones
 Treasurer  Steve Turtle
 Membership Secretary  Andy Sambrook
 Deputy Membership Secretary  Ruth Mitchell
 Trailrunner Editor  Kathy Taylor
 Social Media Secretary  Lisa Martin
 Website Co-ordinator  Mark Stephens
 Race Permit Secretary  Chris Bradley
 Deputy Race Permit Secretary  Alan Joslin
 Championships Secretary  James Elson
 Grants Officer  Alan Joslin



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