US Trail Running Conference is heading to Knoxville, TN for 2024

After two years in the Pacific Northwest the show is moving across the country and announcing some much needed changes:

We are already planning exciting changes to the Conference content for next year, along with major organizational changes to the Conference structure as well. More details on these exciting developments to come in the near future.

Over the past two years the conference focused its content almost entirely on race directors. Not sure if a conference can be sustainable with that sole focus, but why not go all in and really make race directors the focus in name and marketing. RDs surely are playing a crucial role in the way our sport is growing and experienced, giving them a place to learn, and a platform to come together wouldn’t be wasted time or effort. Sort of the way the elite athletes are gathering under the umbrella of the Pro Trail Runners Association as their ‘union’, this gathering could become this space for race directors.