Anna Troup
{{Short description|British ultrarunner (born 1970)}}
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Anna Troup (born 1970){{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Athlete Profile: Anna Troup |url=https://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/25695/anna_troup |website=World Triathlon |access-date=31 January 2022 |language=en}} 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 politics, philosophy and economics (PPE) from the University of Oxford and is a qualified lawyer, having trained at Slaughter and May. While at Oxford she rowed as stroke in the winning boat in the 1991 Women's Boat Race.{{cite news |title=Meet New Committee Member: Anna Troup |url=https://www.leander.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LeanderNews-Autumn19.pdf |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=Leander News |date=Autumn 2019}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Tobin |first1=Lucy |title=Asset Management Specialist Anna Troup shares her insights on how a hobby can spawn a NED career |url=https://www.nurole.com/news-and-guides/anna-troup-non-executive-director-t-bailey-fund-services |website=Nurole |access-date=1 February 2022 |language=en |date=2 August 2019}}
Running career
On 17 August 2021, Troup completed the {{convert|268|mile|adj=on}} Pennine Way in 72 h 46 min,{{cite web |title=Runner Anna Troup sets new women's record on 268-mile Pennine Way |url=https://www.fionaoutdoors.co.uk/2021/08/runner-anna-troup-sets-new-womens-record-on-268-mile-pennine-way.html |website=FionaOutdoors |access-date=31 January 2022 |date=21 August 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Bob |title=Runner Anna Troup completes Pennine Way in new record female time |url=https://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/2021/08/17/runner-anna-troup-completes-pennine-way-in-new-record-female-time# |access-date=31 January 2022 |work=www.grough.co.uk |date=17 August 2021}} breaking the fastest known time previously held by Sabrina Verjee who had completed in 74 h 28 min 19 s in 2020.{{cite web |title=Sabrina Verjee sets new female record on the Pennine Way |url=https://www.fionaoutdoors.co.uk/2020/09/sabrina-verjee-sets-new-female-record-on-the-pennine-way.html |website=FionaOutdoors |access-date=31 January 2022 |date=23 September 2020}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Will |date=2021-07-03 |title=Everything Endurance #67 {{!}} A New Summer Spine Race Course Record with Anna Troup |url=https://www.beyondtheultimate.co.uk/everything-endurance-67-a-new-summer-spine-race-course-record-with-anna-troup/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Beyond the Ultimate |language=en-GB}} She had previously won the 2021 Summer Spine Race in a time of 80:28:35.{{Cite web |title=Anna TROUP - Her Trail results and UTMB® Index |url=https://utmb.world/runner/207827.anna.troup |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=utmb.world |language=en}}
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.{{cite web |title=Lakeland 100 2021 Results |url=http://results.opentracking.co.uk/event/21lakeland100 |website=results.opentracking.co.uk |access-date=1 February 2022}} She has also been fastest female in the 2020 Arc of Attrition 100,{{cite web |title=The Arc Of Attrition 2020 Results |url=http://results.opentracking.co.uk/event/arcattrition20 |website=results.opentracking.co.uk |access-date=1 February 2022}} the Wendover Woods 100, and the Exodus 100, and has been placed in several other races.
Personal life and employment
Troup's partner is ultrarunner Richard Staite, and she has two daughters who also compete in ultramarathons.{{cite news |title=Couple who love a challenge |url=https://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/events/137115/couple-who-love-a-challenge.html |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=Henley Standard |date=18 March 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Duckers |first1=Joe |title=Pennine Way record holder Troup heads to the Spine Race |url=https://run247.com/running-news/anna-troup-pennine-way-record-spine-race |access-date=31 January 2022 |work=Run247 |date=6 January 2022}} She lives in Henley.
She works in financial management{{cite web |title=Anna Troup |url=https://www.ppf.co.uk/about-us/people/anna-troup |website=www.ppf.co.uk |publisher=Pension Protection Fund |access-date=31 January 2022 |language=en}} and, among other roles, is a non-executive director of the Charles Stanley Group{{cite web |title=Our people & locations: Anna Troup |url=https://www.charles-stanley.co.uk/help-and-contact/people-locations?departmentArea=&jobArea=&office=&page=1&q=anna%20troup |website=Charles Stanley |access-date=31 January 2022 |language=en}} and of T. Bailey Financial Services.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Anna Troup, Non Executive Director |url=https://www.tbaileyfs.co.uk/people/senior-management/anna-troup-non-executive-director |website=T. Bailey Fund Services Limited |access-date=31 January 2022 |language=en}} She is a trustee of the Triathlon Trust.{{cite web |title=Trustees |url=https://www.triathlontrust.org/about-us/meet-our-team/trustees |website=www.triathlontrust.org |publisher=Triathlon Trust |access-date=1 February 2022 |language=en}}
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."
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Category:Female ultramarathon runners
Category:British ultramarathon runners