UTMB® Regulations

If you wish to register for the UTMB®, you must of course accept the regulations and therefore know a minimum of them. You can of course consult them directly on the event website or read the main elements of the text below.

Registration conditions and the nature of the events

The UTMB® regulations specify in detail the nature of the races organised as part of the UTMB® and the conditions for entering them. Amongst other things, it details the conditions of access in terms of points to be able to be a candidate in the draw and also specifies the obligation to provide a specific medical certificate as well as a statement on honour. You will also find details of the registration fees that you must pay to participate in the tests.

The principle of semi-autonomy and compulsory equipment

One of the important points addressed in the UTMB® regulations is the principle of self-sufficiency. This is the rule on the UTMB® events and semi-autonomy is defined as the ability to be autonomous between two feeding points, in terms of food, clothing and safety equipment. It is therefore necessary to be able to adapt to problems encountered or foreseeable (bad weather, physical problems, injury, etc.) between two feed points. For the UTMB®, CCC® and TDS®, personal assistance is tolerated exclusively at certain feed points, in a specific zone. This assistance can only be provided by one person and this person can only carry a bag with a maximum volume of 30 litres. Assistance by a team of professionals, or any medical or paramedical professional, is forbidden. In addition, each runner must carry all of his compulsory equipment with him throughout the race, in a race bag that is marked at the time of the race number distribution and cannot be exchanged on the course. At any time during the race, race officials may check the bag and its contents. Each participant must also carry "heat wave", "cold weather" and "bad weather" kits which are an integral part of the compulsory equipment. Depending on the weather conditions, the organiser may activate a kit and inform the participants that the kit in question must be carried during the event.

Ethics and health

Finally, of course, every runner must accept the ethical rules of the event and must comply with the anti-doping regulations and foresee the possibility of tests that may occur at any time, before, during and after the event. In addition, the UTMB® organisation has set up the QUARTZ Event programme to protect the health of the runners and to contribute to a doping-free sport. This programme is aimed at all participants, but it does not replace the regulations in force in terms of anti-doping, but its aim is to reinforce medical surveillance before and during the competition. It is ensured by a Health Commission made up of doctors, who can take advice from the experts of their choice and are responsible in particular for giving an advisory opinion to the race management on the medical condition of the participants. This Health Commission may propose to the race management that a participant be excluded from the race for health reasons.