Tierra Libre Run · Trail running nonprofit
Trail running is still being built.
The races, coaching, stories, and leadership that define the sport are still forming. Tierra Libre Run funds and prepares underrepresented athletes and coaches, so the people who shape trail running aren’t only the ones who already had access.
Not just who shows up. Who shapes the sport.
The people who shape trail running decide which races get built, which stories get told, who gets coached, who gets paid, and who gets taken seriously. Right now, that group stays narrow.
Underrepresented runners should not only be invited into trail running. They should have the support and credibility to help build what it becomes.
We remove the real barriers, then keep going.
Tierra Libre Run supports underrepresented athletes and coaches through four kinds of work. Each one is concrete, and tied to a real cost or a real relationship.
Direct funding
We pay the real costs that keep underrepresented runners and coaches out of the sport: race entries and coach certification.
Preparation
Money alone is not enough. We back it with mentorship, race-week support, and a coaching cohort, so people arrive ready, not just registered.
Partnerships
We work with race directors and brands who open entries, access, and support that no single runner or organization could reach alone.
Long-term development
We invest past a single race, helping athletes and coaches grow into the roles that decide what trail running becomes.
Two funds open now. Two programs in development.
Each program supports one step of the same path: from a first supported race entry, to the coaches who keep runners in the sport, to the people who will lead it.
Covers race entry for underrepresented runners entering trail and ultra racing, then backs it with mentorship and race-week support. Not just a bib, but a real shot at the start line.
Covers certification for underrepresented coaches and surrounds it with a cohort, mentorship, and real coaching practice, because one coach keeps many runners in the sport.
A program in development to help underrepresented people learn to direct, produce, and lead trail and ultra events, and become the people who decide which races get built.
A gathering in development for the athletes, coaches, race directors, and industry leaders shaping where trail running goes next.
Where we’re starting.
Tierra Libre Run is rebuilding around two core funds. These are the athletes our first phase has already reached: the base we’re building from, not the finish line.
Build it with us.
We work with race directors, brands, and donors who want to fund concrete support for underrepresented athletes and coaches, and see exactly where it goes.
Help build the future of trail running.
Whether you run, coach, direct races, or lead a brand, there is a concrete way to support who gets to shape the sport.