Running a Relay?
The Tobacco Road Relay is a combination road/greenway/trail race where a team of 2-6 runners (along with 1 vehicle/van) will rotate through 12 legs (11 exchange zones) as they run 75 miles from the start in Chapel Hill to the finish line in Raleigh, NC. For teams of 6 runners, each relay team member runs 2 legs (4 runners per team = 3 legs per runner) of varying lengths and difficulty and will cover an average total distance of ~12.5 miles. Your team will be on the course from anywhere from 7 to 13 hours. The runners rotate in a set order once the race begins and will be obligated to follow this rotation until the final runner finishes. However, the Random Category allows runners to rotate in any order and run consecutive legs.
Each Tobacco Road Relay team is self-supporting, which means that they will provide their own food, water, sports drink and first aid items.
