1st time racing? Raced lots of times? Doesn’t matter. This applies to everyone:

Before the race:

• Parking – check. Race bib – check. Timing chip – check. Know the race route – check. Arrive early enough to get your stuff together. There’s a lot to do!
• Dress for success! Check the weather and dress ten degrees cooler.
• Wear your timing chip and remember that your time starts when your chip crosses the start line. So it’s OK to start farther back and not trample everyone in front of you.
• Pin race number flat on front, and fill out bottom tab and leave it on, so we can zoink the bottom strip off at the finish line. No zoink, no chance at draw prizes! If you plan to shed clothes, you will want to pin your bib number on your finishing layer.
• Leave extra stuff at the race bag check.
• Listen for pre-race announcements. If you don’t want to hear them, please make sure others can (so at least they can tell you what to do on the race route in case you weren’t listening).
• Plan some time to have a washroom break (or breaks) before the race. Be prepared for a bit of a line up (everyone else is nervous too!)
• Please don’t litter.
• Hundreds of people stretching and running in all directions before an event can be potentially hazardous, so choose your warm up area carefully and watch out for others.
• Line up correctly. At the start of the race, it is important to line up by pace. Experienced runners should line up at the front near the starting line. Slower runners, walkers, children and strollers need to line up towards the back of the pack. This way everyone is safer and happier.
• Look for finish time markers at the start line, and line up according to your expected finish time. It’s real tough to have to dogpile past others, and it’s real tough to be passed by too many faster runners. If in doubt start towards the back of the pack because it’s much more fun overtaking than being overtaken!

During the race

• Bring friends to cheer you on along the sidelines, but please don’t let them run or cycle beside you! Those who have paid for the race deserve their space on the course.
• Running with a buddy? No worries. Just leave room for others to pass you if they want to. This is also true for those who are walking. If you hear someone trying to get past move across as soon as you can and let them pass.
• Need to lace a shoe or stretch a calf? Doing ten and ones? Be sure to pull over to the side (usually the right) before stopping or slowing to a walk. Don’t suddenly stop in the middle of a race. Nobody likes a runner dogpile. Especially being in one.
• At water stations, don’t suddenly cross in front of another runner to grab a water bottle or food. Take your turn and remember that often the far end of the station will be less busy. Try to toss the cup with other cups – this will make it easier for clean-up. Be sure not to hit the guy beside you or throw it on the running path.
• At a water station, try to ‘catch the eye’ of someone holding out a cup, so that they know you’re going for it. It helps them stay ready, and it helps you stay dry!
• Need a pee break? There will be porta-potties at every water station. Please resist the temptation to go behind the bushes or on someone’s garden fence! Besides…you never know where we have hidden a ‘MogaCam’.
• Listen to the marshals. Although you might not always agree with them, they are there to help and advise, and to look after your safety. If the police are on the course, please listen to them! You will be focusing on the race; they will be focusing on the road. Listen to them for your own safety.
• Using your IPod? We don’t like it, but we won’t ban it. Please just make sure the volume is low enough so that you can hear marshals and others around you. It’s for your own safety.
• Thank the volunteers whenever you can (and when you can breathe). The majority will be volunteers who have given up their time for your benefit. Please consider volunteering for races that you aren’t running in.
• Near the finish line, listen to marshal’s instructions carefully. You might be asked to run in on the left or right, depending on your race. This is done to avoid bottlenecks at the finish, and so your finish line picture looks as hot as you do!
• At the finish line, look spry! You’ll be on camera, and even though you might be feeling like you fell off a train, you’ll want an awesome finish line photo to email to all your friends! Hey! You’ll have earned it!

After the Race

• When you’re given your medal, thank those who have given their time to make the day a successful one. A few well-chosen words can make all the difference to those who may have been doing the same job for three hours or more!
• Bask in the glory; then clear the chute to give others who finish after you their space to bask in their glory.
• If you feel ill at the finish line, tell someone immediately so that we can get help for you.
• Enjoy the finish line refreshments, but hey, Speedy, remember that others who finish after you need some too!
• Please don’t litter.
• Stay and cheer for others. Stick around, enjoy the event, meet a few people, and have Mogafun!

30K Relay:

• Following the route of the 30K course, the 30K Relay event is divided into 5 separate sections, or legs.
• The legs start and end at four separate Relay Exchange Zones - four points along the course where one team member’s section ends and the next team member’s section begins.The first leg starts at the starting line, and the last leg ends at the finish line.
• The approximate pre-set distances of the Relay legs are:
• Leg 1. – Approx. 5.9 km (starts at starting line)
• Leg 2. – Approx. 5.8 km (starts at Relay Exchange Zone #1, Spadina Cres, East just past Ravine Drive)
• Leg 3. – Approx. 6.2 km (starts at Relay Exchange Zone #2, Russell Road and Goerzen Street)
• Leg 4. – Approx. 5.9 km (starts at Relay Exchange Zone #3, Spadina Cres, approx 250m North of Circle Dr Bridge )
• Leg 5. – Approx. 6.2 km (starts at Relay Exchange Zone #4, Victoria Park, just south of Saskatoon Rowing Club)
• To download detailed locations and directions to the Relay Exchange Zones, Click Here.
• Teams must consist of 3 to 5 members.
• Depending on whether you have 3, 4 or 5 members on your team, you can assign the relay legs as you like. For example if you have 4 members, the first member can run legs 1 & 2, the second member can run leg 3, the third member can run leg 4 and the fourth member can run leg 5. Any combination works!
• Each team will be provided with one (and only one) timing chip attached to a Velcro ankle band. Teams must pass their timing chip as the “relay baton” and the timing chip must be worn on the ankle when crossing any timing mat or no official time will be recorded. Teams are strongly encouraged to make their exchanges at the marked Relay Exchange Zones.
• The timing chip must be worn on the ankle - particularly for the person doing the first leg and crossing the starting line, and for the person doing the last leg and crossing the finish line. If you hold the timing chip in your hand, the timing mat at the finish line won’t read it and your team won’t get an official time.
• OTE: Teams must keep the Relay Exchange Zones clear for the safety of participants on the course. In other words, team members waiting at a Relay Exchange must stay off the course until their arriving team member reaches the exchange zone. Other than what is required to transfer the timing chip from one runner to the next, please do not wait on the course itself. Thanks for keeping yourselves and others safe!