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Withdrawing Any runner who is unable to finish the run must personally inform the nearest Aid Station or event staff of their decision to withdraw and make sure their race number is recorded. We will use forest radios to try and contact your crew and it is essential your emergency contact person can be reached. If you do not have a crew, we will do our best to transport you to where you need to go. Usually you won’t have to wait long but there is a chance you may have to wait several hours for a non-emergency lift back to Event HQ. Athletes who leave the race without officially withdrawing pose a serious risk to the event safety and will trigger a Search and Rescue response. The race reserves the right to pass on any costs associated with an unnecessary search effort if a runner has not bothered to notify Event Staff of their withdrawal before leaving the race. Drop bags A support crew is certainly not necessary in the event. Drop bags are OPTIONAL for solo ultra runners and can contain your own goodies (gels, food, change of socks, shoes, shorts, Gurney Goo etc.). For solo ultra runners, you will be provided with an official drop bag label sheet in your race pack. Once you have received your drop bag labels, attach them to the relevant bag for the correct Aid Station. You should then put your filled and labelled drop bags and finish-line bags in the correct trailer or pile for the correct Aid Station. We will provide labels for all drop bags – these MUST be used otherwise we will not accept your drop bag (our volunteers will be checking). The drop bags must be a soft, reasonable size – do not pack the kitchen sink. Leave your drop bags with us in the correct truck or van at race registration before 8pm on Friday. Please do not use the drop bag service for any Aid Stations where your support crew will be definitely attending. If you have a drop bag at an Aid Station you will be asked to move it from the ‘unused pile’ to the ‘used pile’ even if you did not use your drop bag. This allows us to transport your dropbags quickly back to the Kawerau finish-line. This will help allow the drop bag tent to remain orderly for the benefit of runners yet to arrive. Drop bags must not contain any glass. All liquids must be secure. Attach the correct label from the drop bag label sheet with the corresponding Aid Station: LAMP Black Headlamp* BLU Yellow Blue Lake OTA Pink Okataina TAR Blue Tarawera Falls TITO Red Titoki Road** AWA Green Awaroa** FSH Purple Fisherman’s Bridge** FIN Orange Finish-line Kawerau*** * Headlamp This sticker is not for a drop bag but for your headlamp, should you wish to leave it with our volunteers near the water tower at Tarawera Road. The labels will help us identify you when you arrive at the Kawerau finish-line to collect your headlamp (and other gear). ** 87/102km Runners: Running at Night If you think you’ll need a headlamp for the finish, you can put it in your Titoki, Awaroa or Fisherman’s Bridge drop bag. Or your crew can deliver a headlamp to you at the Titoki, Fisherman’s Bridge or River Road Aid Stations. *** Kawerau finish-line Pack a change of clothes, comfy shoes/jandals, towel etc. We will have a shuttle to take you to the free Kawerau hot pools and free hot showers so bring a towel. Pack some money for hot food and drinks. Remember to put your bus ticket in your finish-line bag. Extra bus tickets will be available at Registration ($20). DROPBAG COLLECTION – Drop bags from across the course will be available at the finish-line. You will be able to collect these by providing your race number to our volunteers at the Dropbag Collection desk in the building at the finish-line. If for any reason you are not able to collect your dropbag from the finish-line on race day, these will be available at the Holiday Inn between 10:00am and 3:00pm on Sunday. There are two vouchers on the official dropbag label sticker sheets for you to give your support crew members to be able to collect your gear on your behalf. No one other than you (with your race number) or supporters with those tickets will be able to collect dropbags on your behalf. Cut-off Times The Cut-offs and required pace will be “extremely generous”, meaning you have ample time to walk tough sections, stop at Aid Stations and still get through. We have no intention of pulling people off the course for going slow. At the same time, we do not want to have runners in the forest at 2am with the possums. These cut-offs represent an average of around 11:30 minutes per km pace for the 87km and 102km, or 13:40 per km for the 62km. In other words, just over seven and a half hours for a marathon. Cut-off times reflect the deadlines for LEAVING the Aid Station. If you return to an Aid Station after the cut-off, you will be pulled from the run. The Aid Stations will strictly enforce the cut-off times. Anyone leaving an Aid Station after the cut-off time will be disqualified. This rule is for the safety of all participants. IF YOU MISS THE CUT-OFF, YOU MUST STOP. Significant sanctions will apply to anyone breaking this rule. If you do not make the Titoki 102km cut-off time, you will need to finish on the 87km course. You cannot complete the 102km. Podium Spots and Race Records Runners who switch distances on race day and finish in the top five (men or women) for that distance will still be recorded for their time and place in that distance on the website. For all media, prize giving ceremony, place-getter medals, and official Tarawera Ultra communications, only those who entered that distance will be acknowledged as being in the top five per distance/gender. Walking This is a running event, not a walk! Unless you are an exceptional walker (we have had one) you cannot expect to walk the entire course and still finish within the cut-offs. All runners will walk the course at times, especially the uphills. Runners will probably walk more later in the event as fatigue sets in. Kawerau Finish-line There is ample parking at the Kawerau finish-line and a guaranteed party atmosphere. The race will provide free drinks (a locallybrewed Croucher Beer, Monteiths Cider, Bundaberg ginger beer and other drinks) and fruit for each finisher. Meals and drinks will be available to purchase so pack some money in your finish line bag for extra food and drinks. Hot food will be available until 10pm on race night – stay behind and cheer in the final runners to the finish of an epic day! Sheldon and Stacey from Sequoia Eatery will have delicious hot food at the finish-line with more than 15 different menu items. Choose from our Frites Menu, our Burger Menu, Pasta Menu and Kids Menu. Bring your appetite! Lost Property Lost gear, start line headlamps and drop bags will be transported back to the Kawerau finish area and will be available throughout the day. Labelling or naming your gear is essential. Any unclaimed gear will be at prize giving on Sunday. We recommend that you claim all of your lost gear before leaving town. 14 2 0 1 7 T A R A W E R A U L T R A M A R A T H O N
Qualification Runs for other major world ultra races. Only the Tarawera Ultramarathon 102km distance is a qualifying race for the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run, held in California each year. The Tarawera Ultramarathon (62, 87km and 102km) count for points towards qualifying for UTMB events, held in August each year. Misconduct The guiding principles of this race are enshrined in the charter of the International Trail Running Association (ITRA). The purpose of the performance rules for this event is to ensure the run’s integrity as a test of individual performance, providing equal conditions for all. The guiding principles are as simple as: play fair, be safe, and respect the land. Violations of any rules may be grounds for disqualification for one or more years, or other sanctions such as time penalties, fines, and/or disqualification from awards. In the case of very serious breach of these rules, Race Directors of the Ultra-Trail World Tour will be informed of the misconduct with possible sanctions across a number of events. There will be no unofficial runners. Each runner’s official race number must be worn prominently on the front of the body and must be easily visible at all times. Runners must follow the marked trail at all times. Any runner departing from the official trail must return to the point of departure on foot before continuing. Each runner must complete the entire course under his or her own power. No physical or mechanical aids are allowed, including but not limited to mountain bikes or boats. Except in case of injury, distress or medical emergency, runners may not accept pushing or pulling assistance in any form from anyone between checkpoints. Runners may not store supplies of any kind along the trail. Littering of any kind is prohibited. Please respect the natural beauty of our trails and the right of everyone to enjoy them. Runners must refrain from any act of bad sportsmanship. Smoking is not permitted at any of the checkpoints or along the trail. Anyone who smokes in the Tarawera Forest will be immediately removed by security. Both the smoker and their runner will receive a permanent lifetime ban from this event. Any runner who is unable to finish the run must personally inform the nearest Aid Station captain of the nearest checkpoint, or event staff of their decision to withdraw, and make sure their race number is recorded. Runners who leave the course without informing the race will be classified as “lost”. The runner will be contacted on their cellphone and their emergency contact will be called. If there is no response from either party or the emergency contact does not know the status of the runner, a search will be activated. Costs for searching for any such runner will be charged to the runner. Be respectful of all other users, such as recreational walkers. The runner is responsible for the actions of their support crew. Support crews must comply with all instruction from event staff and officials. The runner may be penalised or disqualified for actions or breaches of the rules by their support crew. Tarawera Ultra – Anti-Doping Policy and Statement. As a privately-owned event and a major event in the sport of trail ultra-running globally, we are working hard to ensure our sport remains clean of performance enhancing drugs. To this end, race management is in regular communication with Drug Free Sport NZ regarding anti-doping programmes. From these communications, we have taken the following steps: 1. Race management reserves the right to drug test any athlete competing in this event – from the time of registration to the completion of the event. Agreement to submit to drug testing is a condition of entry. Any testing will be conducted in a manner consistent with the requirements of the World Anti-Doping Code including the WADA Prohibited List. 2. No athlete that is currently serving a sanction for violating sports anti-doping rules may enter the Tarawera Ultramarathon. Race management will disqualify the entry of any athlete violating (2) or (3) who attempts to enter these events. Race management will provide anti-doping education to our participants, in conjunction with Drug Free Sport NZ. Considerable resources for athletes, coaches and support staff is on the Drug Free Sport NZ website: http://drugfreesport.org.nz/ Preventive and Research Actions Concerning Health Policy The organisation decided to set up preventive and research actions concerning health policy during the Tarawera Ultra Marathon. These voluntary actions have neither the vocation nor the competence to be substitutes for national and international regulations concerning anti- doping, but aim to strengthen the medical supervision that the organisation wishes for. They are managed jointly by the ITRA (International Trail Running Association), the Ultra Trail World Tour (UTWT) and the association Athletes For Transparency (AFT). These voluntary actions are led by a Medical Commission consisting of doctors who can take advice from the experts of their choice and are asked to give consultative advice to the race jury on the medical state of participants. Each runner is free to: 1. Declare the following information to the medical commission: • any medical history and/or pathology in particular those which may increase risk during the sport • the regular use of treatments and medicines during the 15 days prior to the start of the race • all requests for or use of medicines subject to a Therapeutic Usage Exemption (TUE). The declaration of this information to the medical commission must be made through each runner’s ITRA health page which each runner can create free of charge on the ITRA website: www.itra.run (To open an account is free of charge and is necessary in order to access the health page). The medical information declared on the pages is accessible only to the Medical Commission and the organisation’s own medical team. 2. Accept to submit any urine, and/or blood, and/or capillary, and/ or saliva samples and the associated analyses requested by the Organisation’s Medical Commission, on the understanding that the costs for the sampling and analyses are covered, directly, by the Organisation. 3. To accept to answer any request that the Medical commission may make based on information that they have collected, in order to discuss their ability or not to participate in the race for which they are registered. As a result of the meeting, the Medical Counsel may suggest that the race Jury exclude the runner from the race. 4. Accept the use of data concerning the results of research, while knowing that the data used will be strictly anonymous. According to the data protection act, the runner will have a right of access, rectification and opposition to the data concerning them. The Organisation’s Medical Commission will be the entity through whom the runner can exercise this right. 2 0 1 7 T A R A W E R A U L T R A M A R A T H O N 15
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