Trail Runner magazine's professional marketing and communications team offers various services to help you promote your trail event.

Our passion is trail running and our goal is to encourage more people to discover the joy of off-road running and participate in more trail races.

Here's an overview of various free and paid services in addition to editorial coverage available only to race directors:

I. FREE MARKETING SERVICES

1. Online Race Directory

Join the largest, most comprehensive listing of trail races available! We have almost 1000 races listed here, including live links from our directory to your website--for free!

To view the race calendar, click here.

To send us your race's information for us to add to the race calendar, click here. Please note that new listings do not appear immediately on the website, as we update the online race directory on a monthly basis.

2. Annual Race Directory (Print)

A free listing published once annually in the December issue of Trail Runner magazine, distributed to 60,000 readers throughout North America. An online registration form is emailed to all races in our database each September.

If you have a new race not already in our database, click here to add it.

3. Online Reader Race Stories

Spread the buzz about your trail event! Encourage your participants to share their race experience with Trail Runner's online Community.

To post a story on our website, simply become a registered user of www.trailrunnermag.com and post your race report and a photo under "Reader Race Stories." Postings are live immediately.

II. PAID ADVERTISING

1. Must-Do Race Listing: Tell Trail Runner readers what makes your race so outstanding (using up to 25 words). $100

2. Race Finder: A ninth-of-a-page full-color display ad in our special race finder section. $250

3. Standard Display Ads at half off our published rate for not-for-profit races or events. To see our rate card (including ad deadlines and artwork specifications) click here.

For more information and rates, contact Cynthia Bruggeman, Advertising Manager at cbruggeman@bigstonepub.com

III. RACE SPONSORPHIP PACKAGES

1. General Race Sponsorship

Make Trail Runner magazine as an offical race sponsor (post our logo on your website) and receive the following gifts:

• Purchase copies of Trail Runner magazine for only 25 cents each (50 cents in Canada) for racers' goodie bags (including shipping).
• Receive complimentary one-year subscription gift certificates to award as race prizes.

2. Trail Runner Trophy Series

Around 115 races are selected each year (applications accepted only between late October and mid-November) for the Trail Runner Trophy Series, North American's largest off-road running series.

For details about all the benefits of being a Trophy Series race, click here.

IV. EDITORIAL CONSIDERATION

Want to get your race written up in the pages of Trail Runner magazine? We profile upcoming races in "Take Your Mark" and publish selected race reports in "Making Tracks" or Inside Dirt e-newsletter. We typically require at least four to six months' lead time.

Send your story ideas for consideration to Elinor Fish, Managing Editor: efish@bigstonepub.com.

(Please note we cannot guarantee editorial coverage, only that your idea will be considered).