FAQs

• Free account
• ITRA member (between 100€ & 550€  per year) 
  
  Both options allow you to advertise your race on our website and make your competitors part of the Official trail running world ranking thanks to our Performance Index.
  
  

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.

Payment can be done from your organizer account or directly here (need to be looged 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.

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.

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:

• Ask for a race evaluation (ITRA points) before 1st November 2023.
• Upload your race result file on ITRA's website after your race (please add the results within 7 days after the event).

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 his race from his 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

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:

• Distance = distance expressed in kilometers
• Ascent gain/loss =a hundredth of the ascent expressed in meters
• Number of aid stations =number of refreshment posts on the route (excluding start and finish line)

The average interval = Number of effort points / Number of aid stations

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 :

1. Create an event & races from your ITRA account
2. Upload the corresponding GPX file 

Note: Once the request made, it takes up to 7 days to receive the email of confirmation.

Guidelines

Create race

• How to create an event ?
• How to create a race ? (First, create an event and then, add races inside this event)
• How to edit event details ? (Event description, website link, logo, cover picture)
• How to edit race details ? (Change race date, edit number of aid stations, change race location...)
• How to renew / duplicate your event ?

Ask evaluation

• How to ask for a race evaluation ? (membership required)
• How to change my race path / update my GPX file ?
• How many ITRA points my race can award ? How to calculate the number of ITRA Points ?  - (please download the file to use it)