President's Report (SEPTEMBER 2026)

John Claridge • September 29, 2026

SePTember 2026

As the weather begins to warm across the country September has been another productive month for AUTRA, with strong participation across the Australian ultra and trail-running community.

Its always fantastic to see the number of events taking place around the country and the dedication of the athletes, race organisers and volunteers who continue to make our sport what it is today.

A key focus this month has been the Australian team selection for the 2026 Asia Pacific Trail Running Championships in China. Congratulations to all athletes and official selected to represent Australia. This is an exciting opportunity to showcase the depth of talent in trail and continue building Australia's presence on the international stage. We look forward to following and supporring our athletes in the short lead up and at the championships.

I would like to congratulate Rhiannon Snipe for her performance at the 100km World Championships, its never easy representing you country even more so on you own, Rhiannon should be incredibly proud of her acievement. Hopefully her performance will inspire more athletes to pursue the appropriate qualifying standards, allowing us to build a larger team and provide greater representation for Australia at future World Championships.

I would like to thank our committee, event organisers, volunteers and members for their continued commitment and support. Together, we are building a stronger future for Australian ultra and trail running.

jOHN CLARIDGE

PResident, AUTRA

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AUTRA Race Report 2-11-2026

By Kate Dzienis • November 2, 2026

Illawarra Escarpment Traverse, NSW Kunanyi Trail Series - Cascade Slide, Tas Harry's King of the Hill, Vic Upcoming Events WEEKLY RACE RECAP FOR 2-11-2026 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.