Seven Continents Club®

Criteria

The following is a list of criteria for a race event to count towards your Seven Continents Club®️ Finishers Medal and Certificate for half-marathon division, marathon division and ultramarathon division.

• A race, organized by an identifiable race director, open to all applicants (which may be subject to entry limits or qualification restrictions), advertised at least 30 days beforehand in the running press, web, by leaflets at other races or similar manner. A race is not required to be competitive in nature.
• A race must hold a permit or license from the local authorities
• A race must have a minimum of 25 participants finish. The events that comprise that race may include half-marathon, marathon and/or ultramarathon.
• Race results or a record of race completion must be published or made available.
• The runner must have completed the whole race entered, abiding by the event rules and have completed the whole course (unless misdirected by the organizers) for the race to count. The declared race distance counts (the runner is not penalized if the race distance appears to be short). However, a runner cannot count a race they know in advance to be short. Participants in relay events or teams, no matter the distance covered, cannot count that race.
• If a race advertises in advance a rule that allows participants to withdraw at a shorter distance than the full race distance, but still over the minimum threshold of a half-marathon, marathon or ultramarathon then this is permitted to count if other criteria are followed. (i.e., results must be published of the time & distance covered.)
• If a runner finishes a race outside a stated time limit the race will not count unless the runner is included in the official race results with their completion time or a FNT (Finished No Time) designation.
• A marathon, half-marathon, or ultramarathon event shall be run without interruption regardless of the cause.
• Participants shall retain information to substantiate completion of an event, such as a finisher’s certificate or published event results.
• Half-marathons, marathons and ultramarathons run in multi-sport events are not accepted.

Definitions

Half-Marathons: Counts towards SCC Half-Marathon Division

(i) Road: Races where the distance is accurately measured and stated by organizers to be 13m 192.5y (13.2 miles) / 21.098km (21.1 kilometers) on a road or predominately road surface or,
(ii) Trail: Races where it is accepted that exact measurement is not possible, rounded down i.e., minimum 13 miles or 13km.
(iii) A marathon or an ultramarathon cannot be counted for a half-marathon.

Marathons: Counts towards SCC Marathon Division

(i) Road: Races where the distance is accurately measured and stated by organizers to be 26m 385y (26.2 miles) / 42.195km (42.2 kilometers) on a road or predominately road surface or,
(ii) Trail: Races where it is accepted that exact measurement is not possible, rounded down i.e., minimum 26 miles or 42km.
(iii) A marathon or an ultramarathon cannot be counted for a half-marathon.

Ultramarathons: Counts towards SCC Ultramarathon Division

(i) Road: Races where the distance is accurately measured and stated by organizers to be a minimum of 50km (kilometers) on a road or predominately road surface or,
(ii) Trail: Races where it is accepted that exact measurement is not possible, rounded to be 50km.
(iii) An ultramarathon can count towards your SCC Marathon Division; however, it cannot count twice towards your SCC Ultramarathon Division and SCC Marathon Division.
(iv) An ultramarathon cannot be counted for a half-marathon.

Timed Events

Events that are advertised as 6-hour, 12-hour, 24-hour or longer shall count as a single event, no matter the distance covered, or time allowed. A runner who completes a minimum of 13.1 miles can count a half-marathon. A runner who completes a minimum of 26.2 miles can count a marathon. A runner who completes a minimum of 50km can count an ultramarathon.

Staged Events

Each individual day or stage of a multi-day event can be counted as a half-marathon, marathon or ultramarathon if the following criteria are met.
(i) It is possible to enter each individual day or stage as a separate independent event.
(ii) That individual day or stage is at least 13 miles in length to count for a trail half-marathon or 13.1 miles for a road half-marathon.
(iii) That individual day or stage is at least 26 miles in length to count for a trail marathon or 26.2 for a road marathon.
(iv) That individual day or stage is at least 50km in length to count for a road or trail ultramarathon.
(v) Separate results are produced for each individual day or stage.

Important to Know

When you register to become an SCC Member you are asked if you will be completing half-marathons, marathons OR ultramarathons on the seven continents. You are not able to combine half-marathons, marathons and ultramarathons to earn your Seven Continents Club®️ Finisher Medal. The series must be all half-marathons, marathons or ultramarathons (note: ultramarathons can count towards marathon instead of ultramarathons – see above). You can set a goal to complete half-marathons, marathons and ultramarathons on all seven continents by running each distance on all seven continents!

How to Add Races To Your Profile

Login to your profile page and add your race for each continent. In order to receive your Finisher Medal and Certificate you will need to send proof of each race for verification, please use this FINISHER FORM. This must be either a copy of the Finisher’s Certificate or a link to the official race results. You can email this information to ann@marathontours.com or fax it to: 617-242-7686. Events must meet our criteria as listed above.