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
editTroup has an MA in politics, philosophy and economics (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
editOn 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 for the Summer Spine Race covering 268 miles of the Pennine Way, having completed the 2022 race in a time of 78:57:49.[9] She had previously won the 2021 Summer Spine Race in a time of 80:28:35.[10]
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.[11][12] She has also been fastest female in the 2020 Arc of Attrition 100,[13] the Wendover Woods 100, and the Exodus 100, and has been placed in several other races.[6]
Personal life and employment
editTroup's partner is ultrarunner Richard Staite, and she has two daughters who also compete in ultramarathons.[3][11] 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[14] and of T. Bailey Financial Services.[15] She is a trustee of the Triathlon Trust.[16]
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
edit- ^ "Athlete Profile: Anna Troup". World Triathlon. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Anna Troup". www.ppf.co.uk. Pension Protection Fund. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "Couple who love a challenge". Henley Standard. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ "Meet New Committee Member: Anna Troup" (PDF). Leander News. Autumn 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "Runner Anna Troup sets new women's record on 268-mile Pennine Way". FionaOutdoors. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ Smith, Bob (17 August 2021). "Runner Anna Troup completes Pennine Way in new record female time". www.grough.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Sabrina Verjee sets new female record on the Pennine Way". FionaOutdoors. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ Roberts, Will (3 July 2021). "Everything Endurance #67 | A New Summer Spine Race Course Record with Anna Troup". Beyond the Ultimate. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ "Anna TROUP - Her Trail results and UTMB® Index". utmb.world. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ a b Duckers, Joe (6 January 2022). "Pennine Way record holder Troup heads to the Spine Race". Run247. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Lakeland 100 2021 Results". results.opentracking.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ "The Arc Of Attrition 2020 Results". results.opentracking.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ "Our people & locations: Anna Troup". Charles Stanley. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Anna Troup, Non Executive Director". T. Bailey Fund Services Limited. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Trustees". www.triathlontrust.org. Triathlon Trust. Retrieved 1 February 2022.