Trail Running Lab: Vision, Community, and Trail App
Trail Running Lab: Vision, Community, and Trail App
The question often comes up: “Trail Running Lab, what exactly is it?”
TRL is our way of helping trail running grow.
By creating a complete ecosystem around the sport:
runners who come together,
an app that helps you train better,
an athlete team that pushes the project towards the highest level.
Three dimensions advancing together.
The community provides the energy.
The app provides the framework.
The team provides the demand for excellence.
The Community: On-the-Ground Energy
For several months now, the community has been taking shape on the ground.
In Annecy, Paris, Nantes, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse.
Through group runs, events, challenges (like the 24H of Elevation Gain), and meetings with brands. With runners who sometimes come for one session, then stay for the atmosphere, the discussions, the projects.
It is very clearly the most vibrant part of TRL.
The one that reminds us why we do all this.
To create connections, progress together, and bring a collective spirit back into a very individual sport.
The Application: A Digital Coach Dedicated to Trail Running
Alongside this, we are building our trail coaching and planning application.
It was designed as a digital coach dedicated to trail running. A tool to structure your training, suggest sessions, adapt the load, prepare for your races or off-trail projects, manage your nutrition, your recovery, and analyze your progress.
The goal is simple:
to help you train better, with a clear, intelligent framework adapted to your reality.
Trail Running Lab App Features
- Personalized trail training planning
- Sessions adapted to your level and goals
- Training load management
- Preparation for races or off-trail projects
- Nutrition and recovery tracking
- Progress analysis
The Athlete Team: The Demand for Elite Performance
And then there's the TRL team.
13 athletes who embody this ambition: 4 elite athletes and 9 in the academy.
With a strong goal: Top 10 UTMB within 5 years.
To achieve this, we provide comprehensive support: mental preparation, on-site training camps, equipment with X-Bionic, nutrition with Pyrene, athletic monitoring, content, visibility.
An On-the-Ground Laboratory
The team is also our on-the-ground laboratory.
What we learn with the athletes feeds the app.
What we build in the app helps the athletes.
What we experience in races inspires the community.
Trail Running Lab Projects
The coming months set the tone.
The TRL ultra journey continues with:
- 📱 App Launch with MaxiRace recognition
- 🎪 RunLab in Aix-en-Provence
- 🇲🇦 Atlas 4000 — Crossing the 11 peaks of the Atlas
- 📍 TRL Team Camp in Val d'Isère
- 🇺🇸 John Muir Trail — FKT record attempt (held by François D'Haene)
- 🌍 First TRL milestones in the US
Trail Running Lab at the RunLab Exhibition
Trail Running Lab will be present at the RunLab in Aix-en-Provence, to present our vision, connect with runners, meet brands, and bring the project to life on the ground.
Exhibition program:
- 📱 TRL Booth
Presentation of the TRL application - 🎤 Conference
“From Dream to Ultra: How to Prepare for and Live Your Own Challenge” - 🏃 Group Trail Run
A group trail run to run together, share the experience, and build connections
Trail Running Lab: A Collective Journey
Trail Running Lab is a collective journey.
A community that provides energy.
An app that structures progression.
An athlete team that embodies excellence.
With a clear ambition:
to become the trail reference for those who want to progress with method, passion, and purpose.
Every outing, every event, every race, every line of code, every athlete project brings us closer to this vision.
Join the Trail Running Lab Adventure
To participate in the adventure via sponsorship, partnership, or co-construction:
👉 https://teamathlete.trailrunninglab.com/
Run your own trail. Redefine your journey.
— Antoine, Baptiste, and Etienne from TRL