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