RULES & REGULATIONS
TARA ULTRA TRAIL
RULES
It is essential to:
- be completely aware of the length and specificity of the event and to be perfectly prepared for it;
- know how to confront, without outside help, climatic conditions that could be very difficult to deal with (night, wind, cold, fog, rain or snow) ;
- know how to manage, physical or mental problems arising from great fatigue, digestive problems, muscle or articular pains,
- be conscious that the organization’s role is not to help a runner manage these problems.
Supply a specific medical certificate, not older than 6 months (for TUT 62)
- It must be posted before June 25th, 2025. (the organization does only accept medical certificates sent by email or the post)
Runners younger than 18 years old cannot participate in the TUT 62 race. Competitors under the age of 18 on the day of the race (for participation in other races) must obtain parental consent.
Runners younger than 14 years old on the date of the event, can only participate with parents.
Each competitor must sign the Declaration of Liability at the competition center (bring your ID, please).
The organizer reserves the right to cancel or interrupt the race at any time in case of force majeure, unforeseeable situation or violation of the safety of race participants and other persons. In case of cancellation of the race due to the mentioned reasons, the participants are not entitled to compensation.
The organizer reserves the right to join or cancel the race in case of an insufficient number of registered competitors (minimum 20 completed entries).
- Hot weather kit (Recommendation)
- Sunglasses
- Sun cream (Recommendation: minimum sun protection factor 50 (SPF)
- Supply of water of 2 liters minimum
Other recommended equipment
- Poles in the case of rain for your security on slippery ground
- Vaseline or anti-heat cream
- GPS watch
- Emergency sewing kit
If you choose to take poles, it is for the duration of the race. It is forbidden to start without poles and recuperate them during the race. No poles are authorized in the drop bags.
It is strictly forbidden to abandon your rubbish (gel tubes, paper, plastic wrappers…) along the race route. Trash/rubbish bins are available at each refreshment post, and they must be used.
All participants must keep any rubbish and wrappers with them until they can throw them in the bins which are provided for them at each refreshment post.
You must follow the paths as they are way-marked, without short-cutting them. Short-cutting a path causes additional damage to the environment.
The principle of an individual race in semi-autonomy is the rule. Semi-autonomy is defined as having the capacity to be autonomous between two refreshment posts.
Each runner must have with them throughout the duration of the race the totality of their obligatory equipment. They transport this equipment in a pack, tagged during race-bib distribution and which cannot be changed along the race route. At any moment of the race, the judges can verify the pack and its contents
The refreshment posts supply drinks and food to be consumed on-site. The organization only supplies still water for filling water bottles or hydration packs. The runner should take care to ensure they have, when leaving each refreshment post, the quantity of drink and food which is necessary to keep them going until the following refreshment post.
A personal assistant is tolerated exclusively at certain refreshment posts, in the zone specifically reserved for this use and at the discretion of the chief of the post. This assistance can only be given by one person.
It is forbidden to accompany or be accompanied along any part of the race route by a person not registered for the race, outside of the tolerance zones which are clearly marked in the proximity of the refreshment posts.
The race bib must be worn on the chest or stomach and be permanently and completely visible throughout the totality of the race. It must always be placed on top of all clothing and can in no case be positioned on a leg or pack.
Each competitor receives a 30-liter bag with their race-bib. After having filled it with the necessities of their choice and having closed it they can drop it off at the Race center. This bag is taken to the transit station by the organization. Upon arriving in the transit station the runner must, obligatorily, withdraw their bag. When they leave the life base they, personally, leave their bag in the allotted area. The bags are then returned to the finish area Mitrovac.
Only bags supplied by the organization will be transported. Poles are not allowed in these bags. The contents of the bags will not be verified, no contestation over the contents of the bag at the finish will be accepted. The placing of valuable objects in these bags is not recommended.
The organization ensures the presence of solid and liquid refreshments along the race-route. The organization supplies water for filling water bottles/hydration packs and personal beakers are obligatory. The runner must take care, when leaving each refreshment post, that they have the necessary quantity of food and drink to last them to the next refreshment post.
A check is carried out at the arrival at a refreshment post and at certain security posts. Unexpected checkpoints are set-up at posts other than those of refreshment or security posts. Their location is not divulged by the organization.
The route is marked with PVC tapes placed on the surrounding trees or flags stuck in the ground.
For better orientation at night, the markings will be supplemented with pieces of reflective material.
WARNING : If you don’t come across a marking for more than 100-200 meters, be sure to go back to the last one you passed.
GSS and the mobile medical team will be on track throughout the race.
Every runner must assist any person in danger and alert the security services.
Do not forget that hazards of all sorts, linked to the environment and the race, may require you to wait for assistance for a longer time than expected. Your security therefore depends upon the quality of that which you have put in your pack.
Each runner must stay on the way-marked route, even to sleep.
The maximum time for the event, for the totality of the route is fixed at:
- TUT 62 – 16 hours
- TUT 28 – 7 hours
- TUT 12 – 3 hours
Time barriers will also be placed along the route. These time barriers are calculated to allow participants to arrive at the finish within the maximum time allowed while having made eventual stops (rest, food…). In order to be authorized to continue with an event, competitors must leave the checkpoint before the fixed time (whatever their time of arrival at the checkpoint).
When you finish, you will receive a finisher’s medal.
Except in the case of injury, a runner must not abandon outside of a checkpoint. They must inform the person responsible for the post. In the case of the decision to abandon between two checkpoints, the runner must go to the nearest checkpoint where they announce their abandonment.
In the case of an injury, the competitor should notify the security team by phone or ask the competitor passing by him to notify the chief of the next post.
Any cancellation of race registration must be done via email info@taraultratrail. Withdrawal cannot be registered by phone or via social networks. Reimbursement of the registration fee paid at the time of registration will be made by a partial return of funds to the indicated bank account, under the following conditions:
- The organizer will refund the entry fee in the amount of 50% of the paid amount if the cancellation of participation is registered by June 10, 2025.
- Refunds are not possible if participation in the race is canceled after June 10, 2025.
- The organizer will perform the obligation to return the funds no later than July 31, 2025.
- If desired, the participant can, instead of a refund, ask the organizer to transfer the entry fee in full for the next edition of the race.
- If desired, the participant can, instead of a refund, ask the organizer to transfer the entry fee to another competitor no later than June 10, 2025.
- Short-cutting the route at the race – DISQ
- Absence of obligatory equipment – DISQ
- Refusal to have obligatory equipment checked – DISQ
- Phone turned off – penalty
- Lack of respect for others (organization or runners) – DISQ
- Not assisting a person in difficulty (in need of care) – DISQ
- Assistance by persons who are not competitors – penalty/DISQ
- Being accompanied along the route outside the clearly defined zones – penalty/DISQ
- Cheating (eg: use of a means of transport, sharing a race-bib, …) – DISQ
- Lack of visible race-bib – penalty
- Absence of passage through a control point – penalty/DISQ
- Departure from a check point after the time barrier – DISQ
By registering for the race, competitors give their consent to be photographed and filmed during the event. The organizer has the right to use all photo and video material created during the race. Only the organizer can transfer the right to use photo and video material to the media.
