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I. Competition Regulations |
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1. Check-in |
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Runners will check-in and assemble
at different time and locations
according to the different
disciplines. The time and locations
are as follows:
| Discipline |
Check-in / Assemble |
Time |
Location |
| 100KM |
Check-in |
4:30am - 5:00am |
Juyongguan Great Wall (Start) |
| 50KM |
Check-in |
8:00am - 8:50am |
Ming Tombs Reservoir Platform |
| 10KM |
Assemble |
9:30am - 10:20am |
Ming Tombs Reservoir Platform |
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| 2. Cut-off time
and location |
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1. In order to ensure a safe and
fair race for all runners, traffic
control will be in place at allotted
race time. Traffic control will no
longer be in effect and aid/water
stations will be removed after each
cut-off time at each aid station;
2. The organizing committee will
provide broom bus service during the
race.
The cut-off time for each discipline
and broom bus schedule will be
published on the event official
website at
www.thenorthface100.com.cn one month
prior to the event day;
3. Runners who can’t make the
cut-off time should stop running
immediately, exit the main road and
take the broom bus back to the
finish area;
4. Runners who do not meet the
cut-off time and miss the “broom
buses” should find a closed aid
station, and the referee at the aid
station will arrange for their
transport back to the finish area.
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| 3. Runners’
packet |
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Runners’ packets will be distributed
prior to the event date, which
includes:
1. All successful registrants will
receive a bag, a guidebook, number
bib, a running T-shirt and a cap;
2. All 100KM and 50KM participants
will also receive one timing chip.
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4. Groups’ distribution |
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The race will have
two groups by gender and age for
each discipline.
1. All runners will be allotted by
Men and Women, they are:
1) 100KM Men & 100KM Women
2) 50KM Men & 50KM Women
3) 10KM Men & 10KM Women
2. Both 100KM and 50KM will be
allotted into three groups by age
1) Under 30 years old (Born on or after January 1, 1980)
2) Between 31 to 45 years old (Born on or between January 1, 1965 and
December 31, 1979)
3) Above 46 years old (Born on or before December 31, 1964)
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5. Timing services |
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1. The Organizing Committee will
provide timing chips for runners of
100KM and 50KM. Chips will be
distributed with the race packets;
2. The Organizing Committee will
provide individual results for 100KM
and 50KM runners:
1) The finish time;
2) Ranking in Men or Women group;
3) Ranking in each age group.
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6. Aid stations |
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The Organizing Committee will set up
aid stations and/ or water stations
along the course to provide food,
water, energy beverages and medical
services to runners. The exact
locations will be published on the
official website at
www.thenorthface100.com.cn one month
prior to the event day.
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| 7. Gear
requirements and recommendation |
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1. All runners should wear proper
sports clothes and running shoes.
Runners without running shoes will
be disqualified;
2. In order to ensure safety for
runners, each 100km runner shall
bring a headlamp and store it at the
start. The Organizing Committee will
collect the headlamps and transport
them to the Wangbaochuan aid
station. Runners who can’t reach
Wangbaochuan aid station before
5:00pm must wear their headlamp to
finish the rest of the race;
otherwise the runner will be
disqualified.
3. Each runner will have items that
are specific to their own needs at
the aid station. The following list
is a suggested for what may benefit
you along the way:
1) Extra Race Clothing: shirts, shorts, socks, shoes, rain gear, gloves,
hat, etc;
2) Preferred Food Items: Energy bars, gels, sandwiches, snacks, etc;
3) Preferred Drink Items: Additional powders, drinks;
4) First Aid: Antacids, ibuprofen/asprin, lip balm, blister protection,
analgesics, towels, Visine,
antibiotic ointment, bandages, etc.
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8. Storage services |
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1. Runners should not store any
valuable items in the race bag (such
as cell phones, ID, cash, PDAs and
MP3 players, etc.). Runners should
pick up their race bag before 8:00pm
on race day.
2. If after 9:00pm, runners should
go to Changing Sports Bureau the
next day to pick up the bag. After 7
days, all unclaimed bags will be
discarded;
3. Two to three aid stations will
provide storage services, where
runners can change their clothes.
Runners will need to deliver their
bags to the storage bus before
5:00am on the event day, and mark
their bib number on their bag or
bags. The exact storage stations
will be published on event official
website at
www.thenorthface.com.cn/tnf100 one
month prior to the event day.
4. 50KM and 10KM runners may store
additional bags with post-race
clothing at the Finish of Ming Tombs
Reservoir Platform.
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9. Disqualification |
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The entire race route including the
start and finish areas will be
monitored closely by the Organizing
Committee. Runners caught breaching
competition rules as noted below
will be disqualified immediately and
will not receive race results:
1. Registering false personal
information, including competition
results and/ or presenting false
health certificates;
2. Revising or covering the number
bibs;
3. Allowing anybody else to run any
part of the race on behalf of
registrant;
4. Intentionally starting with an
earlier group or cutting in front of
an assigned start group;
5. False starting;
6. Exceeding the time limit allotted
for the race and refusing to leave
the course;
7. Not completing the full race
course or cutting the course;
8. Attempting to collect more than
one participant souvenir bag by
returning to the staging area;
9. Not completing the intended race
discipline, yet collecting the
completion prize;
10. Refusing to adhere to the
competition rules and guidelines
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10. For additional race information,
please refer to The North Face 100®
2010 Beijing International Endurance
Challenge Runner’s Guidebook which
will be included in the race packet. |
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