"New Changes" starting with this event and continuing at all BEST DAMN RACE events.

1. New Award Categories in all events have been added, so more people can win medals! - Male & Female

• Masters WINNER
• Grand Master WINNER
• Sr. Master WINNER
• Sr. Grand Master WINNER

• 4th Place has been added to the podium and all Age Divisions
  • Example: Female 30-34 * Now will have 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Place Medals awarded!
• We have also added 80-85 & 85+ to the "Age Category Awards."

2. FOOD - OMG, this is so cool!

• All BEST DAMN RACES will have 3 different courses of food available to all of the participants, and...
  • To all friends, family, and kids who attend to watch someone who is participating in one or more events/races
    • It just cannot be a true celebration if your loved ones who come out to watch cannot "SHARE" in your excitement.
      • Example: If your wife has come out to watch you run, at the end of the event, bring her with you to the "After-Party Celebration."
        • She can eat and drink anything and everything. 
          • Simple Requirements: Just pick up a "Guest Badge" at the Registration Tent, and you will be all set!

3. START OF RACE

• Wave Start - All events have a "Chip Start," which means until you cross the Start Line, your time does not start.
  • We will now assign corrals, and you will start according to your pace or finish time. 
    • When you sign up, you will enter your pace, which is the time it takes you to complete a mile on average.
    • WALKERS will always be assigned to the end corral so they are not run into, and safety is the priority here!
  • Two of our Staff Members will be at the Start Line, and when the race begins, the 1st Corral of runners will start.
    • 15 to 30 seconds later, the next corral of runners/participants will be released to start the race.
    • This will continue until all participants have started the race in all corrals.
• Why, you ask? 
  • The runners can break out and get a good finish time. Many runners are competitive.
  • No more "Mass Start" where people are barely running, and most are walking at the start of the race. That prevents many runners from getting a good finish time or a PR!
  • IMPORTANT: We will be monitoring the start of the race for the first 200 yards (2 football fields), and if we see walkers who have chosen to ignore this new and improved "Rule", they will be pulled from the course and disqualified! Let's all have fun and be safe!
    • People have been running into and knocking down others, so this will greatly reduce unnecessary accidents from happening when the race starts! Please respect this new rule. Safety is much more important, and there is "No Logical Reason" for a walker to be near the front of the Start Line if they plan to walk the course.

WINNER, WINNER, Chicken Dinner!

4. Three (3) FREE Entries - will be awarded to 3 of the runners who participated in the race! Just remove your Race # tear-off tag from the bottom of your bib and drop it into the entry box at the FREE Entry Tent next to the "REGISTRATION TENT." 

• Drawings will be held shortly after all races have started. - Don't forget to drop your tear tag # into the box. You snooze, you lose!
  • You can just check the board at the Drawing Tent to see if you are a "WINNER" once you finish your race.
  • If you forget to check the board to see if you are a Winner and you leave the event without claiming your Free Entry into any event during the next 12 months, we will email you and let you know, and we can issue you a code to enter and claim your free entry from the comfort of your home!