UTMB Introduces Policy for Adaptive Athletes

(This links directly to the PDF summarizing the policy in detail.)

In the ongoing effort of UTMB to increase and encourage the participation of adaptive athletes in trail running, UTMB has implemented a new adaptive athlete policy across all UTMB World Series events.

The policy reads actually pretty straightforward:

If you qualify as an adaptive athlete based on various criteria’s that seems industry standards then you can apply to run in the Adaptive Athlete Open Division and are allowed a guide with you for the duration of the race.

Just this last week the US Trail Running Conference an adaptive athletes shared a rather disappointing experience they had running one of the UTMB races at one of the sessions. I’m not sure if this policy is sufficient, but it’s a start, an acknowledging that the community exists and has desires and abilities to run even the hardest ultras. Great to see UTMB respond and build a pathway for adaptive athletes to compete.