RULES AND REQUIREMENTS

The Race Director reserves the right to add, modify or cancel any of these rules at any time.

Captains: Please ensure that your entire team (including runners, volunteers, drivers and other support personnel) understand these rules.

RACE

• Race Management reserves the right to add and/or change any rules and requirements at any time. Changes and additions will only be made with participant safety in mind.
  All registration fees and donations MUST be received on or before race day. If fees are not received, teams will NOT be allowed to run.
• All runners must be registered and listed in running order in the proper data field in the online database by EOD August 29th, 2008. There will be a $15 fine for each change made after this date. Runners and running order will be confirmed by team captains at the check-in table on race day. Changes after the deadline must be emailed to the race staff at race@coloradorelay.com.
• All waivers must be signed and returned to the Colorado Relay, prior to or on race day, in order to participate in the race. Missing waivers = no run, no fun.
• Any runner under the age of sixteen must be accompanied by an adult pacer while running their legs and may participate ONLY after gaining approval to do so from Race Management.
  

VOLUNTEERS (for Volunteer Requirements click here)

• All teams with at least one member living within 100 miles of the course, MUST provide two volunteers to work on race day at an Exchange Point or other assignment. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old.
• Ultra Teams must provide only ONE volunteer if any member of their team lives within 100 miles of the Colorado Relay Route
• Volunteers must be registered in the online database by EOD August 29th, 2008.
• Volunteers are strongly encouraged to attend the volunteer meeting.
• Fines: In 2008 the fine for only having ONE volunteer is $50 payable online or in person at check in. The fine for missing TWO volunteers is $175.
• Please remember that volunteers are vital to the success of the Colorado Relay!

TEAMS

• Every team MUST HAVE THE REQUIRED TEAM EQUIPMENT to participate on race day. NOTE: Team captains will have to present the following at their check in: 2 wireless phones, 2 headlamps/flashlights, 2 reflective vests, 2 “Caution: Runners on Road” signs for vehicles (which include Team Name and Vehicle ID (A or B)) and 2 first aid kits.
  All team members must be present and remain at the starting line until your first runner begins.
• Each team is responsible for its own food and water throughout the entire race. Five hydration stations will only accommodate the finishing and starting runner at each Exchange Point. PLEASE bring plenty of food and water for your entire team!
• If runners are injured during their leg of the race and are unable to continue running, the next runner on the team roster must substitute at point of injury and complete the leg. That runner will then complete their own leg. Runners, from there, continue in original order. If a runner who finished another's leg is unable to begin his own leg, you may make a substitution. Please report all injuries and substitutions to Race Staff.
  
• If any runner is injured on race day, while not running, and/or is unable to participate, they are to be substituted out in the safest manner possible and all other runners continue in original order (if possible).
  • Example: Vehicle B is sitting at exchange 10 (where leg 11 Georgia Pass begins). Runner number 1 is warming up. She sprains her ankle warming up. Runner 10 finishes leg 10, but then Runner 1 can’t go. Your team must decide which runner (#s 6-10 are standing there) is able to run the leg — safely. If no one is able to do that leg you MUST skip it and drive around to do an exchange of the wristband for runner 12 at the top of Tiger Road. Let’s say, though, that you put runner 7 onto leg 11 (Georgia Pass). He completes it. Hands off to Runner 12. You get runner 1 (the one who sprained her ankle) back into her appropriate vehicle. You’ll also need to make a switch for that runner on leg 21. The most important part of this rule is that you make the safest decision possible if a runner is unable to begin (or finish) their leg.  
    
• The Colorado Relay is ONLY responsible for each team’s finishing time. If your team is interested in the time of individual runners, your team needs to track and record that time on its own.
• ALL RUNNERS ON A TEAM MUST CROSS THE FINISH LINE TOGETHER. Whether it is the last 10 feet or the last mile, all teammates must finish together. The official Timer will only stop the clock for a team when all members have crossed the finish line. If you are a runner who crosses alone, you must go find your teammates and cross together to stop your official time.
• Leave No Trace - All waste must be removed from the course! Failure to comply with this simple rule will result in time penalties or disqualification from the event. Teams seen littering or runners seen leaving garbage, clothing, water bottles or anything on the route will be disqualified. If you carry trash bags for your feet on leg 9 you MUST pack them out.

VEHICLES

• No vehicles may be left at or near the starting line.
  Alternative Parking is available.
• All vehicles must display at least one “CAUTION: Runners on Road” signs through vehicle window throughout the ENTIRE race. Signs may be hand-drawn, but must be clearly visible to all traffic and include team name and vehicle ID (ie “A” or “B”).
• Teams are required to have ONLY two vehicles. Because of limited parking and exchanges, we strongly discourage the use of 12-15 passenger vehicles.
• Motor homes, campers, fifth wheels, buses or limousines are NOT allowed. Violators will be assessed a 10-hour penalty or disqualified.
• ABSOLUTELY NO VEHICLE PACING! Team vehicles MUST drive ahead to the next Exchange Point. They CANNOT trail or pace the active runner along the route. Please help us reduce Exchange Point congestion by limiting the time spent at each Exchange and especially at each Vehicle Exchange!!

RUNNERS

• Runners MUST carry a flashlight/headlamp and wear a reflective vest during all non-daylight hours on day one and two (6:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.). Flashlights and/or headlamps must be turned ON. Any runner without this safety equipment (in working order) will have their team penalized or disqualified.
• While on course, runners MUST carry THE LEGBOOK PAGE of the leg they are running.
• Runners are allowed a pacer on foot during the dusk, dark, dawn hours: 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Pacers must also sign a waiver, carry a flashlight/headlamp and wear a reflective vest.
• Pacers MUST sign in with the Volunteer at the exchange point so that safety staff know they are on the route. If you use a pacer you MUST stay together.
• Pacers must be in the Team Registration Database listed with the runner in the Team Running order field.
• Runners going over Georgia Pass may be asked to carry one insulating layer (long john top & bottom) and one waterproof layer (rain jacket & pants), gloves and hat. This is a safety precaution in case you become injured or ill or pinned down by weather. You do not have to wear the clothing while running. Be prepared to carry this equipment if asked by Race Staff. Failure to carry this gear will result in disqualification for your team.
• Every runner coming into and leaving an exchange point MUST sign the Time Sheet. This includes Ultra Teams. Even if you are running two concurrent legs, you MUST stop and sign in and out. Teams who fail to sign in and/or out will be penalized 1 hour and may be liable for any expenses related to a search and rescue that was begun because of a missing signature.
• Wristbands will be worn by ALL active runners and will be passed to the next participant at designated exchange areas. Runners without wristbands may be assessed a time penalty or disqualified.

CUT-OFFS AND START TIMES

• Specific Information about the Georgia Pass Leg: For safety reasons, we require that your runner begins the leg by 5:00 p.m., September 12th. This helps to ensure that your runner makes it through the backcountry singletrack section of this leg before dark.
• Specific Information about the leg from Copper to Vail Pass: For safety reasons, we require that your runner begins Leg 16 by 11:00 p.m., September 12th. This ensures that you are on track to complete the race before noon the following day. If your team arrives at (Copper Mountain) after 11:00 PM, race officials may ask you to jump ahead to an appropriate leg to finish the race.
• Start times, determined by the team’s average submitted 10K times and requested start time, will be scheduled to allow time to begin the Georgia Pass leg before the cutoff. However, in the case that a team arrives at Jefferson Lake Road Exchange (or or Copper Mountain Resort) after the official cut-off time, the team may drive to a later Exchange and continue in running order. The official time, at this point, will be disqualified and the team will not be eligible for awards, but will still be considered a finishing team if the remaining legs are completed.