Woman in Trail

At HOKA Val d'Aran by UTMB® we want to encourage the participation of women in long distance mountain races. We know that there are very few women who dare to undertake this adventure and we want to reverse this situation.

In our first edition, women accounted for 12.5 per cent of the participants who took part in the different races. In 2024 that figure has increased to 18.78%, and the number of drop-outs is still lower in proportion compared to men.

Woman in Trail is an initiative with a clear purpose: to encourage women to take part in this experience, because we know that they are more than capable of crossing the finish line of any distance.

To this end, we are creating a series of specific programmes adapted and oriented to any woman who intends to start or improve her participation in long distance or trail running.

• Scholarships to participate and train in our races,
• Training actions.
• Communication and awareness-raising.

These types of actions will become an essential part of our event, with the shared objective of making women's sport more visible and increasing the number of female runners.

We continue to collaborate with Transvia Sport and Corro y Soy Mujer.

In 2022 we began to collaborate with Corro y Soy Mujer and Transvia Sort so that a group of female runners could participate in the HOKA Val d'Aran by UTMB® races. Two years later, the number of participants in this experience has doubled.

"Bringing the mountains closer to women runners, spending a weekend in a group, discovering new places, enjoying the gastronomy... Disconnecting. Tie your running shoes on tight and... live in the moment". With this objective in mind, the synergy between Corro y Soy Mujer, Transvia Sport, and HOKA Val d'Aran by UTMB® was born three years ago, and it is becoming more and more active.

A travel pack with a race bib, with excursions, yoga classes, and time to discover Vielha. Three projects, a single motive. From Corro y Soy Mujer, to create a community, to get to know each other, to reinforce the profile of women runners, and to support each other. Transvia Sport: to turn a weekend into a unique and hedonistic experience. And that of HOKA Val d'Aran by UTMB®, to bring trail running closer to women.

In 2024, the group, made up of more than twenty people, will discover that sports tourism is here to stay.

With the help of Woman in trail, from HOKA Val d'Aran by UTMB® we offer the possibility of travelling in a group with the same concerns and, above all, to get more women to take up mountain running, to lose their fear, to share experiences with other women and to see that they can, that they are capable.

Will you join the magic of trail running?"

Erica Sanchez

Founder of Corro y Soy Mujer