Freetrail’s 2023 Trail Runner of the Year Award

For this year’s 2023 Trail Runner of the Year Award (TROY) Dylan Bowman of Freetrail announces a partnership with the Pro Trail Runners Association:

One of Freetrail’s core missions is to elevate the profile of the professional athletes, helping the general public to feel connected to their stories and invested in their careers. TROY and our partnership with PTRA is an extension of that motivation.

It’s great to hear from the PTRA, they’ve been a bit quiet over the last few month. Many had expected them to make a statement in regard to the UTMB Whistler announcement, but unless it’s forthcoming, it might make sense for an organization focused on runners, to focus on issues pertaining to runners, as supposed to race directors. I’m not suggesting ‘shut up and dribble’ here, I would love to hear from them, but I also understand that an international organization with many voting members might have a hard time coming to a conclusive statement given the sensitivity of the issue. Opposing UTMB’s partnership with Dacia was a lot easier to agree on.