ITRA Endurance Points (from 0 to 6) are a way to estimate the endurance difficulty of a race. (However, they do not consider the technicality of the terrain)
ITRA Endurance points are awarded to runners finishing an ITRA Member race.
To be awarded, the race organizer (member) needs to upload a GPX file of the race from their organizer account.
ITRA Endurance Points are considered as a proof of a runner experience to achieve races of a certain difficulty.
Some race organizer require runners to show proof of experience by collecting ITRA Endurance Points.
The organizer will require the runners to have obtained a defined number of ITRA Endurance Points to be able to register to the race.
This system is often put in place by organizer to avoid beginner taking part into races they will probably not be able to finish, especially for longer distances or challenging races.
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