SKYRUNNING – Discipline of mountain running, where the slope exceeds 30%, and the climbing difficulty does not exceed grade II. Running poles and hands may be used to help progress.
VERTICAL KILOMETER® – It is a Skyrunning discipline which consists of the ascent of 1000 meters with a significant slope and that does not exceed 5 km of linear extension. The Vertical Kilometer is divided into three altitude levels (ranging from ± 200 meters), from 0-1000 m, 1000-2000 and 2000 to 3000 meters, with a tolerance of 5%.
Ultra SkyMarathon® Madeira – USM 2023 is an event that includes five competitive mountain races, to accomplish in semi-autonomy. The MSR 45 km 3600m D+ and the SSR 23 km 1672m D+ runs mainly in mountain terrain, with start and finish line next to Santana Town Hall (Câmara Municipal). The MSR will count towards the ranking of the world circuit of the skyrunning modality.
The Santana’s Vertical KM is part of the national calendar in the discipline of Km Vertical. Competition disputed on a predominantly rising course, with a positive difference of 1000 meters and an approximate distance of 4800 meters between the start and the finish line. It will start at Eira do Trigo, Vale da Lapa – Ribeira Funda, at about 780m of altitude and finishes at Encumeada Alta at 1787m of altitude.
The FSR 10 km 617 m D+ will start and finish next to Santana’s Town Hall.
The SVK and SSR races are also part of the FCMP / Skyrunning Portugal Youth Trophy, aimed for young people between 14 and 23 years old.
The KIDS race is for children between 6 and 13 years, divided in four different courses / distances: 6 to 7 years – 600 Mts; 8 to 9 years – 1100 Mts; 10 to 11 years – 1300 Mts; 12 to 13 years – 18000 Mts.
The SVK race (vertical Km) will take place on June 16th, 2023, at 09:00 AM, while the MSR, SSR, FSR will take place on June 17th, 2023 beginning at 7:00 AM, 09:00 AM, 10:00 AM, and 16:00 PM respectively.
Each participant must know and accept the conditions of the present regulation. When registering, each athlete declares acceptance of the content of this regulation. Any incidents in the race will be resolved by the Ultra Skyrunning Madeira Competition Jury – USM 2023. This Jury will be composed by the President of the Jury, the Race Technical Director / Deputy Director and the race-referee judges. In competitions under the ISF, you will also have the presence of an ISF referee.
Fees and registration periods are as follows:
Registration | Fees | ||||
MSR | SVK | SSR | FSR | KIDS | |
01 February 2023 To 23 May 2023 | 45€ | 25€ | 25€ | 12€ | Free |
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The registration fee includes:
MSR – 300
SVK – 200
SSR – 300
FSR – 300
KIDS – 100
ACCIDENT, DISEASE OR PREGNANCY DIAGNOSED AFTER REGISTRATION IN THE EVIDENCE (PROOFED BY A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OR ACCIDENT NOTE) | |
Until March 30th, 2023 | 100% of the fee will be refunded |
After April 1st, 2023 | No refund |
Mandatory equipment | MSR | SVK | SSR | FSR |
Race bib (supplied by the organization) to be placed on the chest or abdomen of the athlete and visible during the entire race | X | X | X | X |
Backpack or similar for the transport of equipment | X | – | X | X |
Water reservoir or equivalent with a minimum capacity of 1 liter (for MSR) or 0,5l (for SSR) | X | – | X | – |
Thermal blanket (min. 140 x 200 cm) | X | – | X | X |
Waterproof jacket with hood and long sleeve that fits the athlete; SSR and FSR races windbreaker is accepted | X | – | X | X |
Operational mobile phone to receive and make calls | X | – | X | X |
Food reserve | X | – | X | |
Whistle | X | – | X | X |
Cup of 12cl minimum (the organization will not supply cups at refreshment stations) | X | – | X | X |
1 flashlight / headlight, with extra batteries | X | – | – | – |
Recommended material |
*Walking poles |
Long trousers, that at least cover the knee |
Cap/Beanie/Scarf/Bandana |
Gloves |
Sunglasses |
Change of clothes |
Sunscreen cream |
* Poles may be left in the checkpoints with personal assistance and be picked up again at any post with personal assistance. It is not allowed to receive the poles anywhere else in the race. For technical and safety reasons, poles must be collected / stored between the Achada do Teixeira and Pico Ruivo checkpoints.
MSR – 10 hours
SVK – 2 hours and 15 minutes
SSR – 6 hours
FSR – 4 hours
KIDS – no set time
-Disqualify an athlete (removing his race bib) if they consider the athlete unfit to proceed in the race;
-Hospitalize an athlete whose state of health so requires;
-Evacuate, by all means available, an athlete whose health is considered to be in danger.
Before the race:
On the race day:
During the race:
The check-in and collection of the kit with the material provided by the organization should be done by the athlete himself by the presentation of the documents requested.
A participant will be disqualified for the following reasons:
USM 2022 | MSR | SVK | SSR | FSR |
Penalties | ||||
Not taking, cutting or hiding the race bib given by the organization | Disqualification | Disqualification | Disqualification | Disqualification |
Do not wear shoes suitable for mountain running | 2 hours | 2 hours | 2 hours | 2 hours |
No Backpack or similar to transport equipment | 1 hour | – | 1 hour | 1 hour |
No water reservoir (minimum 1 liter for MSR and 0,5 liter for SSR) | 30 minutes | – | 30 minutes | 30 minutes |
No Cup (minimum 12cl) | 30 minutes | – | 30 minutes | 30 minutes |
No operational mobile phone | 2 hours | – | 2 hours | 2 hours |
No Waterproof Jacket | 2 hours | – | 2 hours | 2 hours |
No Thermal Blanket | 2 hours | – | 2 hours | 2 hours |
Failure to respect the marked route or signaling, use shortcuts and do not pass the mandatory checkpoints | Disqualification | Disqualification | Disqualification | Disqualification |
Leave trash on the race course | 2 hours | 2 hours | 2 hours | 2 hours |
Abandoning the running poles during the race | 2 hours | Disqualification | 2 hours | 2 hours |
No Whistle | 1 hour | – | 1 hour | 1 hour |
No flash light/Headlight | 1 hour | – | . | – |
Image and publicity Rights – The participant authorizes the processing of voive and/or images data captured during the course of the event, assigning the rights over them to the organizer for 10 years free of charge and without the need for prior consultation of forms of use, the Organizer always acting in good faith and in accordance with its law and principles. The purpose of the treatment in the historical archive, the promotion and dissemination of the event in the various means of communication available, namely in posters, flyers exclusive USM® merchandising products, social networks, websites, television, radio and other equivalents.
Only the organization can transfer this image right to the Media via an adapted accreditation or license USM® its a registered trademark. The organization reserves the exclusive right to exploit the image of USM® – Ultra Skyrunning Madeira® and the photographic and journalistic audiovisuals of the event.
Any Advertising project or support produced for publication must obtain prior authorization . There will be accreditation of Journalists, photographers and audiovisual, which grants them access to restricted places and limited capture of images, as stipulated by the organizer.
This accreditation musts be carried out on the official website of the event. The use of advertising material provided by the organization is mandatory ( bills stickers etc.)
Modifying, folding or hiding advertising material will be penalized. Article 25 – Data Protection – Collection and processing of personal data – ( art.13, paragraph 1, paragraph a) of participants collected in the context of registration in one of the USM® events through the STOPANDGO platform, will be registered for the needs of the organization and in particular to identify each participant in order to communicate information related to their participation before, during or after the event. Filling in the data indicates as mandatory is necessary to able to participate in the event. – Data Protection Officer ( art. 13 no.1, point b line of the RGPD). The contacts of the data Protection Officer (DPO) of the Organization are: madeiraskyrunning@gmail.com – Purpose of personal data processing – ( art.13º. , nº 1, C line of RGPD).
The processing operations carried out by the organization fall within one or more specific purposes constituting a basis of legitimacy the consent of the data subject and the processing being considered necessary for : Communication of informative, promotional and commercial information to the participant before , during and after the event.
The personal data collected may, and eventually, be subject to processing for statistical purposes, for information dissemination or promotional actions, and for communication actions, through direct communication, whether by correspondence, email, messages or any other electronic communications service. However , prior information and the collection of express authorization for the later purposes are always ensured, and users may , at any time, exercise their right to oppose the use of their personal data for purposes other than go beyond managing the relationship with the organizer within the scope of the event.
Data Conservation – (art. 13, nº2, point A of the RGPD). The participant´s data are kept in the database for a maximum period of 3 years. This period is renewable for each registration, regarding race insurance issues. After 3 years and unless the runner authorizes the organization to keep their data, all data is deleted except the participant´s last name, first name, date of birth, gender and nationality in order to maintain the classification. Recipients od personal data (art.13 nº 1 point E of the RGPD). For the purposes of sport insurance, personal data will be transferred to the insurance company that the organizations has contracted, namely: Name, gender, tax number , citizen Card, date of birth , nationality, address, email and mobile phone.
For the purpose of timing the race, personal data will be transferred to the STOPANDGO timing entity, namely: Name, gender, category, date of birth, citizen card, email, mobile phone, emergency contacts, nationality.
If the participant is a member of the FCMP- Associação de Montanhismo e Campismo de Portugal, the act of registration presupposes authorization for their personal data namely: Name, date of birth, citizen card and FCMP number to be transmitted to purposes of preparing the classification, statistics and evaluation of the event, procedures under the responsibility of that Association – Your Rights (art 13.nº 2 point B GDPR) in accordance with the general data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU GDPR 2016/679), any participant can exercise the right of access, rectification or cancellation of your personal data by sending an email to madeiraskyrunning@gmail.com – Any request for access or modification of personal data will be processed as soon as possible and within 1 month of receipt.
KIDS 1 – between 6 and 7 years
KIDS 2 – between 8 and 9 years
KIDS 3 – between 10 and 11 years
KIDS 4 – between 12 and 13 years
Initiated M/F – between 14 and 15 years
Juveniles M/F – between 16 and 17 years
Juniors M/F – between 18 and 20 years
Senior M/F – between 21 and 39 years
Veterans M40/F40 – between 40 and 49 years
Veterans M50/F50 – between 50 and 59 years
Veterans M60/F60 – between 60 years and 69 years
Veterans M70/F70 – ≥ 70 years
Madeira Sky Race – MSR 2023 | Santana Vertical Kilometer – SVK 2023 | ||||||
Men’s General | Women’s General | Men’s General | Women’s General | ||||
1ºClassified | 1000€ | 1ºClassified | 1000€ | 1ºClassified | 300€ | 1ºClassified | 300€ |
2ºClassified | 600€ | 2ºCClassified | 600€ | 2ºClassified | 200€ | 2ºClassified | 200€ |
3ºClassified | 400€ | 3ºClassified | 400€ | 3ºClassified | 100€ | 3ºClassified | 100€ |
4ºClassified | 300€ | 4ºClassified | 300€ | ||||
5ºClassified | 200€ | 5ºClassified | 200€ | ||||
6ºClassified | 100€ | 6ºClassified | 100€ | ||||
7º Classified | 100€ | 7º Classified | 100€ | ||||
8º Classified | 100€ | 8º Classified | 100€ | ||||
9ºClassified | 100€ | 9º Classified | 100€ | ||||
10º Classified | 100€ | 10º Classified | 100€ |
Any appeal against the Jury’s decision should consider article 10 of the “Regulamento de Competições de Skyrunning da FCMP”.
The Jury shall decide on all matters related to the event which have not been subject to regulation or regarding misinterpretations of this regulation.