The HERE FOR THE WOMEN’S RACE t-shirt campaign has been an [r]evolution. What started as a collective call from the Pro TrailRunning Association (PTRA) around the poor coverage of the women’s race in most live trailrunning productions, became a way to lift up all women making their way to the start line.

This campaign has grown into an incredible fundraiser with ambitious goals that go far beyond the professional and elite side of the sport - which we are calling the Women’s Trailrunning Fund, or the WTF.

THE FUND: From its conceptual birth in storytelling, the 2024-2025 grants aim to increase the visibility of untold and overlooked stories in trail and ultrarunning by funding creatives and athletes who wish to highlight female runners, specifically female runners across age, ability, color, gender expression, and sexual orientation. In keeping the mission of the WTF broad, we hope this means future grant years can meet the needs of the community where it’s at — be it supporting individuals, media, events, or community programs. Grant applicants will be selected from a steering committee composed of leaders in our global running community, to help us ensure that we are maximizing our impact.

MEET PRESSIO: We are excited to partner with Pressio, our online retail partner for all shirt and merch orders. We wanted to make sure that we were creating our t-shirts as thoughtfully as possible with the highest quality products + being good to our planet. We love them because their products are all recycled, recyclable, biodegradable, chemical free and dye free, life cycle assessed and third party authenticated. They produce all of their garments from recyclable products (ship in compostable packaging) and utilize 70% solar at their factory. And they ship internationally, which has been a huge and important piece for us to figure out!

Website and all designs/imagery by Hilary Yang