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26x1 Relay - 2024

Sat June 8, 2024 Medford, MA 02155 US Directions

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26x1 Relay - 2024

$0 8:30AM EDT - 1:00PM EDT Registration Opens April 1, 2024 at 7:30pm EDT

Race Website

Additional race information can be found at https://www.srr.org/26-x-1.

Place

90 Locust Street
Hormel Track
Medford, MA US 02155

Description

The 26x1 Relay Invitational is back and will be taking place on Saturday, June 8, 2024 at 8:30am in Medford at the Hormel Track. Last year, we expanded the field in order to invite back all teams that were invited & those that participated in 2022. For 2024, we will be inviting back all the teams that took part on race day in 2023. Additional entries, either for new clubs or more teams for existing clubs will only be granted should other invitations not be accepted due to capacity constraints. If you would like to add your club to the existing wait-list for an additional spot, please email BCullinan@gmail.com & BrendanJKearney@gmail.com

The previous captain will receive an email; for each of those teams that participated last year, one admin will receive an automated email from RunSignUp, which is your reserved team entry for the 26x1 Relay Invitational. 

Team spot is held until 4/1, 7pm. Must register and pay to reserve your team's spot. 
100% refund available until 4/15, 7pm. 50% refund available until 5/1, 7pm. No refunds will be processed for requests after May 1st. 

Teams that are being sent an invite for 2024: 
CRC (1, 2), HFC Striders, SRR (1, 2, 3), Notch Brewing Runners, Heartbreakers, Old Goat Track Club, Wicked Avengers, Brighton Bangers (1, 2), GLRR (1, 2), Community Running, RC Malden, Parkway RC/Liberty AC, Kier Byrnes Freedom Runners, Wicked Guardians, The Fast and the Fouriers, Gate City Striders, Mystic Runners, November Project, Sole Sisters, Melrose Running Club, North Shore Striders, Tri Valley Front Runners, North Medford Running Club, Back On My Feet, Pioneers

For Captains: Your team's relay spot is reserved until Monday, April 1st, 7pm (~10 weeks before the event) to create the team on RunSignUp and pay the full entry. Once you receive the email from RunSignUp, please register your team in order to secure your team's spot. All of that will be done through the "reserved entries" invite tool on RunSignUp so it is tied to a specific captain/club's email. We will follow up with a club multiple times before April 1st, 7pm. After that date/time, any uncompleted reserved entries will be rescinded to make way for another club to be invited off the wait-list. The only way to reserve your spot is to register and pay for your team.

If you have any questions or have not received the automated email by the evening of Wednesay, March 20th, please let Brian + Brendan know (BCullinan@gmail.com & BrendanJKearney@gmail.com), & we can confirm who was the listed contact from the club, and re-send the invitation to a different contact if needed. (We will post a message along these lines on the 26x1 Facebook Page.) Please note: whoever creates the team will be responsible for maintaining the roster. You will be able to add additional admins on RunSignUp after the team is created.

Additional entries, either for new clubs or more teams for existing clubs will only be granted should other invitations not be accepted due to capacity constraints. If you would like to add your club to the existing wait-list for an additional spot, please email BCullinan@gmail.com & BrendanJKearney@gmail.com

Team Payment: The entry fee is now $425/team plus processing fee. We would prefer that you pay through RunSignUp.

However, if your team would prefer to pay by check, once you've confirmed your check has been mailed, we can share a custom coupon code for your team so you can register. We will not be accepting checks on race day. Checks should be made out to Somerville Road Runners and sent to: 

Somerville Road Runners
PO Box 442048
West Somerville, MA 02144-0018

Updated Refund Policy (effective for 2023 race): We had a few teams bow out late last year, which made it very difficult to invite other teams that were on the wait-list. As a result, we've changed our refund policy.

Team spot is held until 4/1, 7pm. Must register and pay to reserve your team's spot. 
100% refund available until 4/15, 7pm. 50% refund available until 5/1, 7pm. No refunds will be processed for requests after May 1st. 

To have teammates join your team: After the team relay registration window has closed, RunSignUp will allow you to manage your team with a dedicated URL - as your club members register, you'll be able to see who has (and hasn't yet!) signed up, and share a link with your teammates to have them join your team directly. So once you create the team, hold off on sending it out to your teammates until all teams have been created. We anticipate that to begin in early/mid April, and will alert you in advance. 

Reminder of Team Composition Rule (first enacted for 2021 race): Previously, teams were required to have no less than 10 legs run by female runners. Going forward teams shall be comprised of 13 individuals identifying as male and 13  individuals identifying as female, with the following caveats: 1) Acknowledging that organizing large groups is difficult, we will allow a variance of 1 (ex: 14F-12M will be allowed) so long as it is done in good faith and not to seek a competitive advantage 2) Accommodations will be made for teams with non-binary athletes, please just let the race committee know 3) Teams unable to comply should still participate.  All individuals on non-compliant teams will be eligible to individual awards, but teams will not be eligible for team awards (all female teams who have participated prior to 2021 are exempt from this rule).

Thank you for all your efforts!

Somerville Road Runners' 26x1 Race Committee

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REGISTRATION DETAILS:

If you are a captain and you received an invitational notice from RunSignUp, create a club by clicking "Create a New Club" when you are registering. 

If you are running as part of a club/team: click the button "Join an Existing Club" and choose your club from the dropdown. This will not be available until mid April. 

If you are running as part of a team that took part in a previous year and your team is not yet listed, contact your captain who registered the team on RunSignUp. Please note: whoever creates the team will be responsible for maintaining the roster and submitting team results. Additional entries, either for new teams or more teams for existing running clubs will only be granted should other invitations not be accepted due to capacity constraints. If you would like to add your club/team to the existing wait-list for an additional spot, please email BCullinan@gmail.com & BrendanJKearney@gmail.com

Have you created a club team, and want to give someone else from your club admin access to help you manage it?
Read the RunSignUp tutorial on how to do that here.

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