Welcoming Our Eighth Member  Andrea Prais Completes Her World Run in London London, United Kingdom – 27 June 2026 – The World Runners Association (WRA) proudly welcomes Andrea Prais (Switzerland) as its eighth official member following the successful completion and…

A landmark moment for world running: Runner’s World UK publishes an 8-page feature exploring the history of the WRA and the remarkable surge in global circumnavigation attempts — more than ever before.

We are pleased to share with you the live tracking of all current, verified human-powered circumnavigation attempts, allowing the public to follow each journey as it unfolds. Most participants are tracked via Strava: Current Circumnavigation Attempts Runners: Walkers: We invite…

The World Runners Association (WRA) is pleased to announce a positive step forward in global cooperation with the Global Organization of Multi-day Ultramarathoners (GOMU). Following a formal request from WRA, GOMU has confirmed its support for collaboration between the two…

2025 has been a busy year on the roads of the world. As the year comes to a close, we have 7 attempts (3 runners and 4 walkers) in various stages of their circumnavigations. Alexander Campbell (AU) started his world…

After 10 years of existence, the WRA website underwent a little rejuvenation.