From The Trails

Gary Mullins • June 27, 2025

a monthly update from your committee

june 2025

Each month, the AUTRA committee will bring you a quick hit from the inside, what we’re working on, what’s coming up, and how we’re helping shape the future of ultra, trail, road, and track running across Australia, all with a bit of dirt on our shoes.

The Playbook Is Underway

With two committee meetings in the first month, The Playbook, AUTRA’s bold new vision, is in motion. It’s big picture, and it’s something we’re excited to share with you this October.

Our focus areas include: 1. National Structure & Governance, 2. Race Director Support & National Presence, 3. Runner & Community Development, 4. Financial Sustainability & Identity, 5. Visibility, Connection & Recognition

New Initiatives

We know this sport is different. It runs on heart, grit, and long hours from the athletes chasing goals to the race directors and volunteers making it all possible. And that’s why we’re bringing in some fresh ideas:

Volunteer Month:

Celebrating the legends in hi-vis who keep events moving and make the impossible, possible.

Trail Regeneration Month:

Giving back to the land that gives us everything. Because the future of the sport is also the future of the terrain.

We’re here to do things differently, not for the sake of change, but because this sport deserves more. And it starts with action.

See you next month
The AUTRA Committee

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2026 AGM Notice of Meeting

By Dave Martin • March 31, 2026

AUTRA’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Wednesday 15 April 2026

AUTRA Race Report 30-3-2026

By Kate Dzienis • March 30, 2026

Kunanyi Mountain Run, Tas Buffalo Stampede Festival (Australian Long Trail Championships), Vic Cairns 50, Qld Lithgow Ridgy-Didge Trail Run Festival, NSW Southern Cross 24 Hour, SA Upcoming Events WEEKLY RACE RECAP FOR 30-3-2026 As always, we're continuously on the hunt for your stories and reports, so get those race reports and photographs in to ultramag@autra.asn.au with the following information: Word document, single spaced Include the name of the event, the date and the location anywhere in the report (just a bullet point at the top is great) Please attach photographs to the email – do not put images in the body of your Word doc. You’ll just get me emailing you back asking for the photos sent in the correct way! As many photos as possible. With our new website, it’s now easier than ever to include a nice gallery in each race report No PDFs please And remember, it doesn’t have to be about an AUTRA-listed event specifically! You just have to be an AUTRA member for the 2026 year. Also too, if you’ve run in a non-AUTRA listed event anywhere on home soil or internationally, we’d love to include your race results and experience in our Member Updates, so please do reach out to us via email to kate.dzienis@autra.asn.au If any corrections need to be made in any of the results listed below, please alert me via email.