Anna Troup

Anna Troup (born 1970)[1] is a British ultramarathon runner who, in 2021, achieved the fastest known time for a female completion of the Pennine Way. She is a qualified lawyer and works in financial management.

Early life, education, and rowing

Troup has an MA in PPE from the University of Oxford and is a qualified lawyer, having trained at Slaughter and May.[2] While at Oxford she rowed as stroke in the winning boat in the 1991 Women's Boat Race.[3][4] She has been chair of the Oxford University Women's Boat Club and a member of the board of The Boat Race Company, which runs The Boat Race, and is on the board of the Leander Club.[5]

Running career

On 17 August 2021, Troup completed the 268-mile (431 km) Pennine Way in 72 h 46 min,[6][7] breaking the fastest known time previously held by Sabrina Verjee who had completed in 74 h 28 min 19 s in 2020.[8]

Troup is the female record holder of the Summer Spine Race along the route of the Pennine Way, having completed the 2021 race in a time of 80 h 28 min 35 s.[9] In the 2022 Spine Race, run in January, she dropped out at Torside;[10] the fastest female completed in 104h 08min 22s.[11]

Troup was the fastest female in the 2021 Lakeland 100 race, in which her partner, Richard Staite, was the fastest veteran; one of her daughters was the youngest finisher in the associated Lakeland 50 race, and her other daughter supported the family runners at the aid stations.[12][13] She has also been fastest female in the 2020 Arc of Attrition 100,[14] the Wendover Woods 100, and the Exodus 100, and has been placed in several other races.[6]

As of January 2022, Troup plans to take part in the 2022 Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, which starts on August 28.[15][16]

Personal life and employment

Troup's partner is ultrarunner Richard Staite, and she has two daughters who also compete in ultramarathons.[3][12] She lives in Henley.[3]

She works in financial management[2] and, among other roles, is a non-executive director of the Charles Stanley Group[17] and of T. Bailey Financial Services.[18] She is a trustee of the Triathlon Trust.[19]

In a 2019 interview, she said that her favourite book was Steve Peters's The Chimp Paradox; her favourite app, Strava; and her favourite quote, Henry Ford's words: "If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."[5]

References
  1. "Athlete Profile: Anna Troup". World Triathlon. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. "Anna Troup". www.ppf.co.uk. Pension Protection Fund. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. "Couple who love a challenge". Henley Standard. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  4. "Meet New Committee Member: Anna Troup" (PDF). Leander News. Autumn 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  5. Tobin, Lucy (2 August 2019). "Asset Management Specialist Anna Troup shares her insights on how a hobby can spawn a NED career". Nurole. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  6. "Runner Anna Troup sets new women's record on 268-mile Pennine Way". FionaOutdoors. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  7. Smith, Bob (17 August 2021). "Runner Anna Troup completes Pennine Way in new record female time". www.grough.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  8. "Sabrina Verjee sets new female record on the Pennine Way". FionaOutdoors. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  9. "Summer Spine Race". Spine Race. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  10. "Updates from the 2022 Montane Spine Races". Canadian Running Magazine. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  11. "Spine Race Results". Spine Race. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  12. Duckers, Joe (6 January 2022). "Pennine Way record holder Troup heads to the Spine Race". Run247. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  13. "Lakeland 100 2021 Results". results.opentracking.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  14. "The Arc Of Attrition 2020 Results". results.opentracking.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  15. Hambleton, Brittany (27 January 2022). "Jim Walmsley is taking another stab at UTMB". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  16. "UTMB - 2022 elite runners". utmbmontblanc.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  17. "Our people & locations: Anna Troup". Charles Stanley. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  18. "Anna Troup, Non Executive Director". T. Bailey Fund Services Limited. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  19. "Trustees". www.triathlontrust.org. Triathlon Trust. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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