UTMB

Ultra X 125 / 50 Azores

Indi­vidu­al: £295 Team: £250pp (3 or more)

UTMB

Ultra X 125 / 50 Azores

Indi­vidu­al: £295 Team: £250pp (3 or more)

UTMB

Ultra X 125 / 50 Azores

Indi­vidu­al: £295 Team: £250pp (3 or more)

Distance/Time

125KM/2DAYS

Elev­a­tion

5,494M

Tech­nic­al­ity

4/5

Tem­per­at­ure

17–24°C

Air­port

PDL

Date

24–25 Apr 2021

Enter Race

As per cur­rent guidelines, we will be intro­du­cing a num­ber of pro­ced­ures to mit­ig­ate against the risk of Cov­id-19 trans­mis­sion and ensure our events are safe for par­ti­cipants, crew mem­bers, and the loc­al pop­u­la­tion. For more details, see our Cov­id-19 Trans­mis­sion Mit­ig­a­tion Policy.

ultra x 125 azores

Ultra X 125 Azores takes place on the island of São Miguel, nick­named “the Green Island”, one of nine vol­can­ic islands based out in the mid-Atlantic that form the Azores archipelago.

Gov­erned by Por­tugal, this wild and remote archipelago is char­ac­ter­ised by dra­mat­ic land­scapes, fish­ing vil­lages, moun­tain trails, lagoons, and lus­cious green pas­tures. Due to the mar­ine influ­ence, the cli­mate of the Azores is very mild for such a north­ern loc­a­tion and tem­per­at­ures remain around 20°C all year round.

ultra x 50 azores

Those that don’t fancy the full 125km multi-stage race can enter the 50km on Sunday as a single-stage race. Ultra X 50 Azores run­ners will be trans­ferred from Pon­ta Del­gada to the camp­site on Sunday morn­ing, where the 50km race will begin one hour after the 125km race.

Please note that much of the inform­a­tion on this page refers to Ultra X 125 Azores. For full details regard­ing Ultra X 50 Azores, please see the Race Inform­a­tion Pack below.

That said, a lot of the inform­a­tion is rel­ev­ant to 50km run­ners too. For example, the elev­a­tion chart for the 50km is shown below as ‘Stage 2’.

The cost of the 50km race is £95, although the price is less for those enter­ing as a team (3 or more) and for mil­it­ary per­son­nel. Full pri­cing details can be found at check­out by hit­ting the blue ‘Enter Race’ but­ton at the top of this page.

Itin­er­ary

Fri­day

Par­ti­cipants arrive into Pon­ta Del­gada air­port on Fri­day and trans­fer to their accom­mod­a­tion. Race wel­come and safety brief­ings will take place vir­tu­ally and man­dat­ory kit inspec­tions will be con­duc­ted as spot checks through­out the week­end. 

Sat­urday

The race starts at 06:00 on Sat­urday morn­ing and cov­ers 75km of spec­tac­u­lar moun­tain trails. Before the start­ing gun fires, run­ners will depos­it their race hold­all which will be avail­able when they reach camp that afternoon/evening.

Sunday

The final stage of the race is 50km and starts at 08:00 (full race) and 09:00 (single stage). Run­ners will again depos­it their race hold­all, which will be avail­able at the fin­ish line. All com­pet­it­ors are then trans­ferred back to Pon­ta Del­gada.

Prize Money

The prize pot for Ultra X 125 Azores is £3,000 and will be split equally between genders. Prize money will be awar­ded to the over­all podi­um fin­ish­ers, indi­vidu­al stage win­ners, and the over­all mas­ters age cat­egory (50+) podi­um fin­ish­ers. There is no prize pot for Ultra X 50 Azores.

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Over­all Podi­um (Men and Women)

1st — £550
2nd — £350
3rd — £150

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Over­all Stage Win­ners (Men and Women)

Stage 1 Win­ner — £150 (long stage)
Stage 2 Win­ner — £100

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Over­all Mas­ters 50+ (Men and Women)

1st — £100
2nd — £60
3rd — £40

Medal Rib­bons

All fin­ish­ers will receive a race medal. Dif­fer­ent medal rib­bons will be awar­ded based upon the fin­ish­ing times out­lined below. A blue ’50 KM — 1 DAY’ rib­bon will be awar­ded to all fin­ish­ers of Ultra X 50 Azores.

As part of our Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Policy, the Green Rib­bon will be awar­ded to the com­pet­it­or that dis­plays the highest com­mit­ment to redu­cing their envir­on­ment­al impact both in pre­par­a­tion for and dur­ing the race (as determ­ined by the organ­isers).

Black Rib­bon

Under 14 hours

White Rib­bon

Under 16 hours

Blue Rib­bon

Over 16 hours

Green Rib­bon

Envir­on­ment­al award

included:

1. Race entry

2. Accom­mod­a­tion dur­ing the race (5 Septem­ber)

3. Trans­fers from the fin­ish line to Pon­ta Del­gada

4. Med­ic­al staff on course and at camp­site

5. Drink­ing water at check­points on course and hot water
for pre­par­ing food at the camp­sites

6. Ground assist­ance and full safety sup­port

7. Digit­al cop­ies of all images from event pho­to­graph­er

8. Individual/team rank­ings and ITRA points

9. Finisher’s medal

not included:

1. Flights

2. Accom­mod­a­tion before or after the race (accom­mod­a­tion at the race hotel can be pur­chased as an add-on at check­out)

3. Per­son­al food, kit and equip­ment (see kit list below)

4. Com­pre­hens­ive insur­ance (to cov­er can­cel­la­tions, loss of items, injury etc)

5. Train­ing costs

6. Spend­ing money

7. Trans­port home for run­ners who are
dis­qual­i­fied or with­draw early

import­ant inform­a­tion

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The liv­ing accom­mod­a­tion con­sists of tents shared by between 6 and 15 com­pet­it­ors. All par­ti­cipants must provide their own roll mats and sleep­ing bags.
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This is NOT a self-sup­por­ted race. Run­ners only carry their daily nutri­tion and emer­gency kit. Race hold­alls are trans­por­ted by the organ­isers.

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Com­pet­it­ors will need to provide their own food from Sat­urday 24th April to Sunday 25th April. Dehyd­rated or freeze dried food is recom­men­ded.

 Please see the Race Inform­a­tion Pack and Kit List below for com­pre­hens­ive details about the race.

Race Inform­a­tion Pack
Kit List

Exper­i­ence The Azores

We under­stand that com­pet­it­ors may wish to travel to the Azores with fam­ily or friends. Should they wish to enjoy the islands while you race, we highly recom­mend vis­it­ing the fol­low­ing sights. Altern­at­ively, you can vis­it them togeth­er after the event.

If one of your party would like to volun­teer at the race while you take part, they can com­plete the Volun­teer Applic­a­tion Form and we will do our best to accom­mod­ate them.

Pico

The second largest Azores island is known for its 2,350m vol­cano, lava shores, and icon­ic land­scape of stone wall vine­yards.

Sete Cid­ades

One of the Sev­en Nat­ur­al Won­ders of Por­tugal, Sete Cid­ades is a twin lake situ­ated in the crater of a dormant vol­cano.

Whale Watch­ing

Sperm whales, com­mon dol­phins, and bot­tlen­ose dol­phins can be spot­ted in the Azores archipelago year-round.

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What oth­ers say

“I nev­er even knew where the Azores was when I registered! Turns out it’s a tiny archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic, 1,000 miles off the coast of Por­tugal. Moun­tains, coastal trails, vol­ca­noes, lagoons, beaches, canyons… I can­not wait to go to this place. It sounds like Jur­as­sic Park!”
Seb Mould­ing

UK

“‘The Azores’ sounds exot­ic and it turns out these islands are pretty remote! Hav­ing spent a week in the Azores already, I couldn’t recom­mend this area more highly for gnarly trails and var­ied land­scapes. Just two days into the weeklong trip I found myself book­ing onto Ultra X Azores, already know­ing I’d want more!”
Jod­ie Gauld

UK

“The Azores race sounds amaz­ing. Hav­ing taken part in the Ultra X Mex­ico last year, I really liked the concept of a two day event and the dis­tance. The loc­a­tion was also a huge draw; the Azores being some­where you almost cer­tainly wouldn’t go to for any oth­er reas­on and the scenery looks unbe­liev­able. Not an oppor­tun­ity to be missed.”
Dom Stuckes

UK

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