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ITRA is the largest trail running platform in the world.
We deliver the official Trail-Running world ranking, recognized by World Athletics.
By joining us, you will be able to advertise your race on our international calendar & upload your race results and make all your competitors part of the Official Trail Running World Ranking.
Adding your races on our race calendar & uploading results on ITRA is FREE !
You can also become a member (starting from 100€/year) and benefits from different services and support ITRA's actions.
As a member, you'll benefit from additional exclusive services dedicated to race organizer:
- ITRA points & evaluation of your race course
- Make your race part of the National League of your country
- Advanced visibility on our race calendar
Some key data :
- 165 countries representes
- 11 000 000 annual page views on our website
- More than 2 500 000 runners ranked by our Performance Index
- 4 000 organizers accounts
- More than 26 000 races joined ITRA since 2013 !
We hope to welcome you, your races & competitors soon !
Your organization member subscription fee is based on the total yearly income from registration fees paid by runners for all trail-running races you organize during the year.
The table below will help you to calculate the annual ITRA subscription fee.
Calculation formula: Annual fee = (Number of runners) X (bib price)
Note: Please include all races you organize in this calculation.
Annual Fee |
Annual budget for inscription (minimum) |
Annual budget for inscription (max) |
100€ |
0€ |
20 000€ |
150€ |
20 001€ |
30 000€ |
200€ |
30 001 |
50 000€ |
250€ |
50 001 |
75 000€ |
300€ |
75 001 |
100 000€ |
350€ |
100 001 |
150 000€ |
400€ |
150 001 |
200 000€ |
450€ |
200 001 |
300 000€ |
500€ |
300 001 |
50 000€ |
550€ |
500 001 |
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Payment can be done from your organizer account or directly here (need to be logged in)
If you need an invoice, please email us clearly listing all the information you require to be listed on the invoice: contact@itra.run
We will reply to you email with your invoice as soon as possible.
A race organizer can register different type of races in ITRA's calendar.
We accept the following type of races :
How to add my races ?
You first need to create an event and then add the races inside this event.
Specific races : Stage races, Relay & Backyard Ultra
The ITRA National League is a new and exciting initiative, open to ALL trail running enthusiasts, aimed at growing the sport at a national level.
By launching this initiative, ITRA’s aim is to:
- Promote the development of trail-running at the national level.
- Create a challenge accessible to every runner based on simple rules.
- Encourage runners to reduce their carbon footprint by running locally.
- Expand services for runners and organizers
To be ranked on a National League, runners needs to finish 3 National League races in a same country/territory between January 1st to 31st December.
More information about National League can be found here
Only two steps are mandatory to have your races included in the National Leagues:
ITRA Points (from 0 to 6) are a way to estimate the endurance difficulty of a race. (However, they do not consider the technicality of the terrain)
ITRA points are awarded to runners finishing an ITRA Member race.
To be awarded, the race organizer (member) needs to upload a GPX file of the race from their organizer account.
ITRA Points are considered as a proof of a runner experience to achieve races of a certain difficulty.
Some race organizer require runners to show proof of experience by collecting iTRA points.
The organizer will require the runners to have obtained a defined number of ITRA points to be able to register to the race.
This system is often put in place by organizer to avoid beginner taking part into races they will probably not be able to finish, especially for longer distances or challenging races.
Please use our Itra points calculator (.xlsx) to simulate your race data and find out how many ITRA points your race will award.
For single race stage, (not a multistage race), ITRA uses a validated method to calculate the level of difficulty of a race and this method is based on the notion of ‘Km-effort’.
The total “Km-effort” of a race are calculated by taking into account both the distance and the elevation gain as follows:
For standard races
Distance |
1km = 1 Km-effort |
Vertical |
+100m vertical meters = 1 Km-effort |
Based on the number of Km-effort, each race is then classified according to its level of difficulty with ITRA Points ranging from 0 to 6 as follows:
Penalties
The number of Aid stations & Loops can have a direct impact over the calculation of km-effort and ITRA point.
If a race has a large number of aid stations in relation to the distance, it will be deemed to not require self-sufficiency and therefore, the number of effort points will be reduced.
Regarding Aid stations, the average interval between 2 aid stations is calculated as follows:
The average interval = Number of effort points / Number of aid stations
Average Interval |
Number of aid station penalty points |
Equal to or greater than 13 |
No aid station penalty points |
11.0 – 12.99 |
Minus 10 points |
9.0 – 10.99 |
Minus 15 points |
7.0 – 8.99 |
Minus 20 points |
5.0 – 6.99 |
Minus 25 points |
Less than 5 |
Minus 30 points |
Example: 40km / 1500m+ course with 6 aids stations:
AI = (40+ (1500/100)) / 6 = 9.16 Penalty points = - 15 effort points.
Effort points final = 55 - 15 = 40 effort points.
This race course would obtain 1 ITRA points.
Stage races / backyard ultra races are assessed using a slightly different method, taking into account the number of stages, the distance and the vertical gain of the longest stage.
The longest stage serves as the basis for calculating the number of effort points. Each additional stage is evaluated based on its characteristics, and an additional adjustment is added accordingly.
To award ITRA points, you must ask for a "Race evaluation".
This service is reserved to ITRA member with an up to date membership.
To ask for the Race evaluation :
Note: Once the request made, it takes up to 7 days to receive the email of confirmation.
Guidelines
Create race
Specific races : Stage races, Relay & Backyard Ultra
Ask evaluation
If there are ANY CHANGES in the actual racecourse from the evaluated course, the organizer must update their GPX file and ask for a new race evaluation.
If the race is canceled, please cancel the race from your organizer space or kindly inform us by email: contact@itra.run
To publish the result file of a race, you must supply us with an excel file properly formatted, directly to your ITRA organizer account.
More information on the result file (data and formatting) please find in the necessary guidelines below:
Full video - how to prepare and format the race results file (video)
To publish the result file of a race, you must supply us with an excel file properly formatted, directly to your ITRA organizer account.
More information on the result file (data and formatting) please find in the necessary guidelines below:
Full video - how to prepare and format the race results file (video)
How to upload race results on the ITRA website? (video)
Once the file(s) are received (uploaded from your organizer account), the process of verifying and publishing the runners' results will only take a few days!
Any incomplete file may be refused.
To ensure your results are complete and correct we have in place several filters that check your results file before it is accepted into the ITRA results database.
If there is a problem, a message in red letters will tell you precisely which row (line) of your excel sheet contains the error.
You will need to make ALL the necessary changes before the file is accepted by our system.
1) If the mistake is in relation to the personal information of a small number of runners (First name / Last name / Birthdate / Nationality):
2) The mistake is in relation to the ranking or finish time of one or more runners:
Please re-submit the full and corrected result file through your organizer account.
NB: To make changes to the current year’s results, you are able to upload a new result file at any time using your organizer space. To make changes to a previous year’s results file please contact us by email.
To publish the result file of a race, you must supply us with an excel file properly formatted, directly to your ITRA organizer account.
More information on the result file (data and formatting) please find in the necessary guidelines below:
Full video - how to prepare and format the race results file (video)