Trail Running Association of QLD

Our aim is to organise more running events on Queensland trails. There are so many great locations but very few races and we’d like to change that.

Why  TRAQ?
Some people asked us why we need a trail-running association when we already have an ultra-running association, a mountain-running association, and the CoolRunning website and calendar. Good question! The short answer is there just aren’t enough trail events, and an organisation gives us a base to make things happen – to draw in new volunteers, to plan new events, to turn talk into reality.

What makes trail running different to other, more established branches of running? First we want to organise runs on the best off-road trails we can. We’re less concerned with really challenging up and down gradients, or really long races, more on the lookout for quality trail experiences.

Permits for good trails have been hard to get in recent years, so we need to put in a lot of work with the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service to convince them runners and walkers can co-exist.

We also want to provide introductory runs to draw in new runners, and walking options where possible. Off-road running is growing in popularity with good reason. Its great to leave our busy working lives behind, get out of the city and into nature. There’s more to life than all those fun runs on hard roads and concrete footpaths.

TRAQ Aims:

• To promote trail running, support trail runners and trail events;
• To promote active use of Queensland’s trails and natural evironment;
• To coordinate a state-wide trail running series and calendar which complements existing races and provides events throughout the year;
• To pursue improved arrangements for approving access to quality trails for events;
• To arrange overall trailrunning sponsorship and support sponsorship for individual events;
• To create and maintain a website which supports the association’s objectives above.