GENERAL
1. Competitors take primary
responsibility for their safety and participate in the event at their own risk.
The organisers cannot accept any responsibility for personal accident or damage
to athletic equipment and other personal effects or any public liability.
2. The decision of the Race
Organiser will be final in all matters.
3. The race is run according to FRA rules (Fell Runners Association).
TEAMS
4. Veteran Teams will have every runner aged 40 or over on race day.
5. Mixed Teams will have a minimum of 3 women
RUNNERS
6. All
runners will be aged 18 years or older on race day.
7. Each team will have no more
than 10 runners, and only one runner per stage.
8. Each runner may run over one
stage only, for one team only.
RACE SCHEDULE
9. Each stage will have a cut
off time, shown in the Race Schedule, which will be the maximum time
applied to a runner who finishes that stage.
10. If a team does not have
runner for a stage the No Runner Time shown for the respective stage in
the Race Schedule will apply.
11. If a runner starts but does
not finish a stage the No Runner Time shown for the respective stage in
the Race Schedule less 5 minutes will apply.
12. Runners are responsible for their own hydration during their run. Attempts will be made to provide one water station mid-way through each stage, and details will be announced prior to the start of a stage.
ROUTE FINDING
13. The route will adhere
strictly to the
14. It is the responsibility of
each runner to follow the
15. Runners will NOT be
disqualified for accidentally deviating from the
16. Runners must pay attention
to trespass and invasion of privacy that results from
route deviation. Runners are reminded that any prosecution resulting from
trespass or other related offence is the sole liability of the runner.
17. Runners cross roads at their
own risk, and are alone responsible for themselves.
Road crossings will largely be unmarshalled. Runners
will not assume that a
18. Runners
Names are to be declared to the Race Organiser before the race on the form
provided. The officials must be notified of changes at the start of each stage, or far
preferably in advance.
19. The team captain must inform
a race official at the finish of that stage if a runner has dropped out.
20. The team captain must ensure
that each runner is equipped with their own contact details, for use in
resolving loss of route or in end of stage logistics.
21. It is the responsibility of
each team to ensure that any of their runners who fail to complete a leg by the
cut off time is safe. Race officials will leave the finishes shortly after the
cut-off times. It is the responsibility of the competitor to inform their team
captain of retirement, and to inform marshals / organiser.
22. Openable gates should NOT be
climbed. Any runner opening a gate or running through a gate opened by the
runner in-front must ensure that it is firmly closed behind them in a
stock-proof manner.
23. Any damage resulting to
fences, gates or styles must be reported to the