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RACE GUIDELINES
Important Guidelines, Warnings and Logistics
- All runners must stay on the course. The course is marked with a yellow ribbon and chalk.
- Trail hazards include poison oak, rattlesnakes, mountain
lions, bears and other wild animals. Please exercise
extreme caution.
- We are given special permission to use the roads, trails and Forest Service facilities. Please respect them.
- Numbers must be visible and worn on the front at all
times. All runners must be checked through each
checkpoint by a race official. It is the runner’s
responsibility to ensure that the official sees their number.
- Medical Staff and aid station captains have the authority
to pull a runner from the event should they deem it
unsafe for the runner to continue. The runner must
comply with this decision.
- If you find it necessary to drop from the race, you must
do so at an aid station. Notify the aid station captain and
have the captain remove your timing chip. If you feel you
cannot get to the nearest aid station, stay on the trail and
a sweep will assist you.
- Although there are eleven (11) well‐stocked aid stations,
it is highly recommended that you carry a minimum of one
water bottle preferably two at all times Temperaturwater bottle, two, times. Temperatures
can vary and the day may be very hot. Electrolyte
replacement is also extremely important. HEED will be
provided at all aid stations.
- Drop bags will be delivered to Red Star Ridge, Robinson
Flat, Deadwood Water Pump and Michigan Bluff. Bags
must include your name, number and location where you
want them to go. Bags must be clearly marked and
secure. Race Management is not responsible for lost articles.
- Do not place valuables in the drop bags. All drop
bags will be brought to Memorial Park in Foresthill after
that aid station closes.
- All runners receiving aid from their crews must do so with
a 400 yard radius of the aid stations. No crews are
allowed Talbot, Lyon Ridge, Red Star Ridge, Miller’s Defeat,
Last Chance, Deadwood Water Pump, or El Dorado Creek.
Any runner receiving aid from their crew at these aid
stations will be disqualified.
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