Age Eligibility

		HMF Age Requirement for Marathons and Half Marathons: On the recommendation of our medical support team, the Hartford Marathon Foundation has established the following policies: Runners must be at least 16 years of age on race day to enter the Marathon Runners must be 12 years of age on race day to enter the Half Marathon

HMF Age Requirement for Duathlons & Triathlons:

Participants must be 16 to participate in the swim or bike portions of the event. If you are younger than 16, you may do the run portion as a team member.

The Hartford Marathon Foundation offers USAT sanctioned duathlons and triathlons and follows the USAT’s rules for “age up” which calculates an athlete's age based on December 31 in the year he/she was born.

Other age related information on running 26.2

The International Marathon Medical Directors Association (IMMDA) has issued this statement regarding children and marathons.

http://www.rrca.org/running/children/immdamarathonpolicy.pdf

The Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) also supports the IMMDA statement:

http://www.rrca.org/running/children/