{"content":[{"text":"Bob was an early member of the Trail Animals Running Club (TARC) in New England, \n USA, in 1996 and has co-led the organization ever since. During that time the \n membership has grown to over 6,000, and the organization now hosts 12 trail events \n that engage thousands of runners per year. Bob’s career began as an entrepreneur \n in cable television and later software. In 2003 Bob co-founded the private equity \n firm, The Mustang Group, where he remains a managing partner.","bbox":{"left":0.111804,"top":0.090859,"width":0.775612,"height":0.10133500000000001}},{"text":"José Carlos Santos (PRT) was appointed managing director of ITRA and will lead the \n staff and day-to-day operations. José is an ITRA founding member, executive board \n and steering committee member since its inception in 2013.","bbox":{"left":0.111804,"top":0.209041,"width":0.7634169999999999,"height":0.050728999999999996}},{"text":"José began trail running in 1995 and was early to venture into ultra-distance trail \n running, finishing several internationally-noted events such as the Ultra Trail du Mont \n Blanc (UTMB®). Santos co-founded ATRP - Trail Running Association of Portugal in \n 2012. He led the Portuguese trail team in their first Trail World Championships, and \n was appointed national coach by ATRP and FPA - Portuguese Athletics Federation, a \n position he still occupies. José earned his master degree in Training Planning in High \n Performance and Sports Training Medicine from the Faculty of Human Motricity.","bbox":{"left":0.111765,"top":0.511958,"width":0.775899,"height":0.118178}},{"text":"“I’m humbled and honored to have earned the confidence of my fellow steering \n committee members and look forward to guiding our team toward increasing \n leadership in our burgeoning community of trail running,” Commented Bob. “We see \n trail running continuing to grow rapidly and emerging from the coronavirus \n disruption more popular as people from across the globe have discovered the joy of \n their local trails while spending time at home. We will be prepared for the growth \n and look forward to welcoming newcomers as well as our current members, back to \n the trails when that day arrives. This is a new era for our sport, and therefore for \n ITRA, too. ITRA is well positioned to share the ‘good news’ of trail running and our \n values across the globe.”","bbox":{"left":0.111804,"top":0.646983,"width":0.766169,"height":0.16879699999999997}},{"text":"José added, “This is an exciting time in our sport. I’m very motivated to help guide \n ITRA to offer new and more services for our athletes and organizers. In the months \n and years ahead, we have an opportunity to make ITRA even more relevant to trail \n runners around the world. We have an exceptional and diverse team of volunteers \n 2","bbox":{"left":0.111804,"top":0.832627,"width":0.758557,"height":0.09644900000000001}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.321895,"top":0.276591,"width":0.356127,"height":0.21822}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.321895,"top":0.276591,"width":0.356127,"height":0.21822}]}