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Are you familiar with ITRA?
ITRA stands for the International Trail Running
Association
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PRESENTATION AND OBJECTIVES
On September 3rd 2012, the 1st International
Trail running conference was held in Courmayeur,
Italy with more than 150 delegates (race
organisers, manufacturers, journalists and elite
athletes) who came from 18 different countries
around the world.
This was the first time that so many players in the
field of trail-running were were gathered. This
conference allowed all the participants to see
the diversity of points of view and to understand
the necessity for trail-running to be organised
as a discipline, in its own right, while taking into
account the different approaches on the different
continents: America, Asia, Africa Oceania and
Europe.
Divided in 5 working groups, 50 volunteers (race
organisers, athletes, federation representatives,
manufacturers, journalists, coaches...), from 13
different countries on the 5 continents, worked
together around a virtual round table.
Uniting their cultures and points of view to
accompany this discipline in full evolution,
they have worked on writing an ethical charter,
proposing an international definition of trailrunning,
and the setting up of a policy for health
matters and anti-doping. They founded a basis
for a reasonable management of top-level
athletes and reflected upon the creation of an
international ranking system.
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These conclusions laid down the foundations for
the practice of trail-running, and established the
basis on which to create an association wanting
to bring together all the actors of trail-running
worldwide, around shared values and principles.
This is how the International Trail-Running
Association (ITRA) was born in July 2013,
driven by the passion for trail-running and the
enthusiasm of its founding members.
The International Trail-Running Association is
open to all players in the field of trail-running
and wishes above all to be a place for meeting,
listening and exchanges.
The main objectives of the ITRA are:
• To develop and promote trail-running as a
discipline in its own right, accessible to all,
rich in its diversity of cultures and venues of
practice;
• To promote its sporting ethic which relies
heavily on strong values (authenticity,
humility, fair-play, equity, respect and
solidarity) with not only all the players in
trail-running but the general public as well;
• To contribute to the improvement of the
quality of the organisation and the security
of participants;
• To promote the preventative actions
concerning health matters and above all
to do everything possible to fight against
doping;
• To contribute to a better practice of respect
for the environment and to promote
sustainable development at the heart of
trail-running;
• To allow all its members to express their
feelings and to be heard at an international
level;
• To maintain constructive relationships and
to collaborate with national trail-running
associations and national and international
federations;
• To promote and collaborate in the
organisation of championships or of
continental or world trail-running circuits
which will reinforce the international
visibility of trail-running and produce
valuable recognition to elite athletes.
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