Hardrock Updates Parental Entry Deferral Policy

Announced on Instagram today:

At Hardrock, we firmly believe that runners of all types shouldn’t have to choose between chasing their dreams on the trails and pursuing the option of becoming parents. That is why we have updated our Pregnancy Entry Deferral policy to provide a more generous deferral period for pregnant women and new mothers, and expanded coverage to include other types of new parents such as in situations of surrogacy and adoption.

This is great news, and while this will only affect a small number of runners due the small entry field, folks work for many years to try to get to run Hardrock and family planning decision shouldn’t get in the way of this.

Here’s a link to the full PDF outlining all the nuances.