Suntree Turkey Trot 5K

In the interest of promoting an enjoyable running and racing experience for everyone, Running Zone Race Management encourages good runners’ etiquette. Whether running in a group or running alone, we ask that you follow the general rules and guidelines below.

Whatever the pace, wherever the race, manners matter.

Rules are subject to change at any time due to local/state restrictions or the needs of the event.

 

GENERAL RULES

Every participant must run with the official bib number assigned.  Be sure to look at the label affixed to your number to check that your information is correct and that you are wearing the number assigned to you. Switching or selling a bib is prohibited without prior/explicit authorization of a race official. Having another person run with your assigned bib is forbidden. Your race number is required to always be visible during the race and attached to the FRONT of your shirt/shorts. This position is where the bib is most visible to photographers, race officials, video, chip timing equipment, and manual backup timing methods.

If you are not registered for the race, you are not allowed to participate in that event. Bandits are strictly prohibited. A bandit is anyone who participates in an event without registering and without a race number. This is not only a safety issue (as race officials are unable to identify bandits in the case of an emergency), but also a drain on course resources for paying participants. If caught, bandits will be asked to leave the course immediately.  Banditing may also impact a participant’s eligibility to participate in future races.

Participants must complete the entire course under his/her own power. If it is deemed that a participant did not complete the entire course under his/her own power, the participant will not be eligible for awards and will be removed from the official results.

No participant in the race will be allowed to be paced or given unauthorized aid by a person not officially entered in the race, whether on foot or by any other means, including bicycles, mopeds, scooters, motorized vehicles, etc.  Unauthorized assistance is grounds for disqualification. However, someone may be paced by another official participant provided that both participants abide by all race rules.

Any participant responsible for jostling, running across, or obstructing another participant as to impede his or her progress shall be liable for disqualification from that event.

No participant shall use any equipment which is determined to be improper by a race official, including but not limited to equipment that might provide an unfair advantage or endanger other participants.

Any participant who refuses to obey the directions of any event official, city official, or course marshal; conducts himself/herself in an unsportsmanlike manner; or is offensive by action or language to officials, volunteers, participants, or spectators may be disqualified by the event and from future participation, at the discretion of race officials.

All runners have a collective responsibility to keep the event safe. Races generally discourage running with strollers or headphones.  If you run with a stroller, you must start at the back of the start group and yield to all other participants. If you must run with headphones, please keep the volume low enough to hear vehicular traffic and instructions from law enforcement officers, volunteers, and race officials. Running with an animal is prohibited unless specifically and explicitly allowed by race officials.

Anyone wishing to participate in a race utilizing a wheelchair, hand cycle, other mobility assistance device or a service animal must contact race officials no less than 4 weeks before race day.

RACE TIMING AND SCORING RULES

Overall winners will be scored by “gun” time.

Participants who ride in a stroller for any portion of the course will not be eligible for awards.

PRE-RACE ETIQUETTE

Preregistration is greatly encouraged, even if same-day registration is offered. Please pick up your packet and bib number before race day, if possible. This will help ease the registration and packet pick-up process for everyone.

Check the registration information on the back of your bib number carefully. If you are picking up a bib number for another person(s), look at the label and distribute accordingly. The label on the bib number helps to ensure that the volunteer gave you the correct bib, the information given at registration is correct, and that bibs for a group are distributed to the correct registrants.