Anna Troup

Anna Troup, born in 1970, 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, trained at Slaughter and May, works in financial management and has an MA in politics, philosophy and economics from the University of Oxford, where she rowed stroke in the winning boat in the 1991 Women's Boat Race. On 17 August 2021 she completed the 268 mile Pennine Way in 72 hours 46 minutes, breaking the time of 74 hours 28 minutes 19 seconds held by Sabrina Verjee. She is the female record holder for the Summer Spine Race, finishing the 2022 race in 78:57:49 after winning the 2021 race in 80:28:35, and she was the fastest female in the 2021 Lakeland 100.