presentation of the international trail running association - may 2016

PRESENTATION

May 26, 2016 [email protected]

OVERALL PRESENTATION OF

THE INTERNATIONAL TRAIL RUNNING ASSOCIATION

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Beginning of the ITRA• The state of trail-running in 2012• The Courmayeur conference• The creation of the ITRA• The ITRA fundamentalsThe ITRA’s actions• Collaboration with the IAAF over the definition of trail-running• Collaboration with the IAU over the organisation of the World Championships• Collaboration with the UTWT over « regulations »• To favour exchanges at a national level with the different players in trail-running• Definition of an ethical charter• Promotion of a health policy for the runners• To make a security guide available to organisations• Emphasie the global nature of the runners and the diversity of trail-running through the races• Services for runners and organisersThe ITRA today• In a few figures• Flow chart

SUMMARY


BEGINNING OF THE ITRA

PART 1/3


A discipline in full development

Number of risks:• Security: inability to set up a security plan (e.g. the Ultra Fiord 2016) or security

system (e.g. the drama of the Mercantour in 2009) in relation to weather related hazards, lack of vounteers (e.g. the UTHK 2016), inability to manage abandonments...

• Health: doping, miltiplication of races for runners, risk of injury and poor knowledge of risks inherent to the pratice.

Necessary for the public authorities and players on the ground to get involved in the development of the discipline.

Involve the economic players in the sport without letting them decide upon the future of the discipline.

TRAIL-RUNNING IN 2012


Septembre 3rd 2012 : International trail-runnng conference• 150 people - 18 countries• Objective : to give all the players a voice: runners, organisers, members of national

federations or associations, brands, the media...Formation of 5 working groups• Definition of trail-running / Ethical charter / Management of high calibre athletes /

Health and anti-doping policy / International ranking

THE COURMAYEUR CONFERENCE


Formed in July 2013

14 founding members

5 commissions : Health / Security / Ranking / Race evaluation / Communications

THE CREATION OF THE ITRA

COMITÉ DIRECTEUR PROVISOIRE

BURE

AU E

XÉCU

TIF

Président Vice Président

Vice Président

SecrétaireTrésorier

SANTÉ

COMMISSIONS

SÉCURITÉ

CLASSEMENTÉVALUATION DES

COURSESCOMMUNICATION


To defend the ethic and values of trail-running

To protect the security and health of runners

To represent the players on the ground

To recognise the important role of the institutions like IAAF, IAU and the national athletics federations

To reinforce the collaboration between the players on the ground and government institutions

THE ITRA FUNDAMENTALS


THE ITRA’S ACTIONS

PART 2/3


Following the discussions of the “Definition of trail-running” commission

IIntegration of elite runners into the discussion: François D’Haene, Thomas Lorblanchet, Sébastien Chaigneau…Discriminating definition in relation to cross-country, mountain races, skyrunning

Definition of trail-running —> Rules 252 of the regulations of the IAAF competitions :

COLLABORATION WITH THE IAAFDefinition of trail-running : Article 252 governs the IAAF’s compettion rules

http://www.iaaf.org/about-iaaf/documents/rules-regulations


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Role of the ITRA in the organisation of the World Championships:• Annecy 2015 : To contribute with our expertise in the organisation of large-scale international

events / Set up a health policy• Gerês 2016 : Official collaboration split in to distinct roles:

• IAU : Administrative / Finances / Protocol / Transport / Accomodation• ITRA : Communications / Technique / Health / Security

• Next World Championships• Commission with equal representation• Definition of retro planning (Call for candidates M-36 ; Formalisation M-24)

Internationale survey of the community —> World Championships 2019 or 2020• To listen to all the different players concerning numerous points: the number of distances, the

frequency of the event, the event format (several races within the same event), the type of route or the method of registration (selection by federation, wild card, open races…)

• Set up a commission of international athletes

COLLABORATION WITH THE IAUOrganisation of the World Championships


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Support for the runners by the circuit calculated in part on the basis of their ITRA Performance Index

Scale of points calculated according to the level of competitiveness of the races linked to the runners’ ITRA points.

COLLABORATION WITH THE UTWTFor that which concerns the regulations


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To favour the organisation of trail-running at national level• To participate in the structuring of trail-running at a national level in collaboration

with the national federation of athletics (e.g. in France or in Sweden) or national association when this latter has a delegation (e.g. Portugal or The United States) or by favouring the emergence of national trail-running association in countries where the federation does not wish to get involved.

To favour the emergence of working groups at a national level with diverses players• E;G. in France with numerous discussions with runners, organisers / The

organisation of working groups / The integration of the FFA in these discussions

TO FAVOUR DISCUSSIONSAt the national level with the different players involved in trail-running


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Definition of an ethical charter to defend the values of trail-running:• Authenticity / Humility / Fair Play / Equity / Respect for others / Respect for oneself /

Respect for the environment / Solidarity

Promotion through our welcome page

ETHICAL CHARTER


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Make a security guide available for all race organisers• Freely available on our web-siteSecurity is still our priority• A few dramatic events remind us that it continues

Security guide


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The setting up of a health policy for numerous events (UTMB, Wordl Championships, Marathon du Mont-Blanc)• Objective : current state of runners’ health, prevention• Sampling (blood, urine) and analyses (numerous organic markers other than those

related to doping) at the organisation’s expense

Health Policy

RUNNERS’ HEALTH


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Putting in place a testing programme called “QUARTZ” targeting elite runners• A programme designed to reveal anomalies linked to health or connected to doping• Based on athletes volunteering• Possible to make the data public (analysis results and health data such as

medecines used, TUE, doctors, location…)Mobilisation of the best trail-runners

ITRA’s pilot project in partnership with Athletes For Transparency to manage the project and the Fondation for Medecine and Science in Ultra Endurance Sports for the finance

QUARTZ Programme

RUNNERS’ HEALTH


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Promote the diversity of trail-running by making available a trail running calendar without charge available to all organisers• In 2015 : 2173 races grouped within 910 events in 2015• En 2016 : to date 2106 races grouped within 951 events

PROMOTION OF TRAIL-RUNNINGDiversity of the races


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Possible for all organisers to freely post race results and participate ITRA’s performance index for its runners• 1832 races results integrated in 2015 and already 524 for 2016For all results entered, the ITRA agrees to calculate the points for all the finishers

PROMOTION OF TRAIL-RUNNINGRace results


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Almost 700 000 runners of all levels with at least one result attributed to them and also ITRA performance index point calculated• Of whom 1200 runners registered with the ITRA and connected to a fileEmphasis on the runners via our dedicated web-page

Runners

PROMOTION OF TRAIL-RUNNING


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The main part of the ITRA income derives from the contributions of our members• 70 % derives from organiser members (annual

subscription of between 50€ and 500€ for the largest organisations)

• 10 % derives from runners who are members of the ITRA (annual subscription 5€)

• 20 % derives from non-member organisations who wish the access the ITRA race evaluation (100€ per race)

ITRA SERVICES


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The free services include:• The possibility of announcing a race by its appearance on the calendar• The possibility of posting their race results• Access to the security guideSubsricption to the ITRA includes :• More attractive promotion of their race on the calendar• Access to the race evaluation service• Help in the implementating a health policy for their race (estimate upon request)

SERVICES FOR ORGANISERSIn general


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Simply by sending in their GPS tracks, the ITRA route evaluation service allows:

1. Route certification:• In terms of the distance and ascent / descent2. Identification of route characteristics:• Evaluation of the endurance difficulties : ITRA Points• Evaluation of difficulty the mountains : Mountain level• Evaluation of a runner’s capacity to finish a race: Finisher CriteriaNota: The ITRA points, like the Mountain level, can be used by any organisation wishing to set up, at registration, a selection based on experience. By having their route evaluated, the organisation permits all participants the possibility of seeing the number of ITRA points or Mountain level which has been attributed to it. Numerous ultra races have resorted to this system to limit their registration numbers. E.g. theUTMB, Lavaredo, UTMF…Nota 2: Concerning the UTMB, it is necessary to contact the organisation in order to be on the UTMB list of qualifying races. It is automatic for other organisations.

Route evaluation service

SERVICES FOR ORGANISERS


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The free services include:• The ability to connect to their runner’s page, manage their own personal

information and to add a photograph• Access to their personal health page via the SHOL platform which has been

developped by Athletes For TransparencySubsricption to the ITRA includes:• Access to the complete runners’ data base which concerns runners results ans

statistics (coming soon)• Access to the complete listing of runners in relation to their ITRA performance

index

SERVICES FOR RUNNERSIn general


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THE ITRA TODAY

PART 3/3


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IN A FEW FIGURES

Organisations• 624 members coming from 71

countries

Individuals : 10786 registered• of whom 1292 members coming

from 65 countries

In general


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FLOW CHARTStatus

Status compatible for eventual recognition with the IAAF

Several categories of membership• Institutional members from national federations of athletics• Organiser members• Runners members• Founding members• Commercail membersNota: Abandoning the commercial member category is being studied so that various brands group together within a pool for better representativeness and more independence.


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General Assembly

Fair distribution of votes between institutional members and national organisers’ representatives and in a minority way for the founder members

Nota: A share of the vote to include runner members is being studiedHolders of vote to elect various members of the Steering Committee independently from their category

Nota : Designation of committee members uniquely by members of their category with a vote is being studiedE.g.: National representatives for « runners » will be the only ones to vote for member « runners » to join the Steering Committee and not as is the actual situation where all those with a vote can designate a runners' representative.

FLOW CHART


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National Representatives

National runner and organiser representatives are elected for a period of 2 years

They are elected by members of their category whose subscriptions are up to date

E.g.: The argentinian runners’ representative is elected by runners of that country whose subscriptions are up to date.

REPRÉSENTANTS NATIONAUX

ORG

ANIS

ATEU

RSCO

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URS

BUL ZAF AUT CAN BRA LET GER ISR POR POL KOR SPA JAP AUS FRA

ARG PER MEX CHN TUR HRV NOV ITA SUI USA DEN ?BEL ?HUNNEP

BEL ISL SUISPAGERARG JAPCRI USAKORITA IRL SWE URUCHL

FLOW CHART


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Steering Committee

Steering Committee members are elected for 4 years

There are 20 members• 17 members come from a balanced distribution of institutional and organiser

members / 1 runner’s representative / 2 founding membersNota: The institutional member category has not been activated while waiting for official recognition from the IAAF —> 17 organisers on the Steering CommitteeNota 2: A new distribution is being studied with a split 1/3 institutional members (6), 1/3 organisers (6), 1/3 runners (6)

COMITÉ DIRECTEUR

BURE

AU E

XÉCU

TIF

Président Vice Président

Vice Président

Vice Président

Vice Président Secrétaire Trésorier

FLOW CHART

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May 26, 2016

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