Individual rules:

1. Headsets of any sort are not to be worn while running, e.g., iPods, MP3 players.
2. There will not be a timer left behind for runners who cannot complete their leg in the allotted time. Their assigned time will be that of the slowest timed runner of that leg plus 5 minutes. The allotted time limit will be equal to 6 min. per km. (9 min. 30 sec. per mile). Teams must provide finish line support for their late runners.
3. Headlamps may be worn while running night legs (RCMP discretion)
4. No bicycles can be used by anyone on course throughout the race.
5. Run only on the very left side/margin of the roadway, facing traffic.
6. Runners and spectators must step off the road for oncoming traffic.
7. When the finish line is on the opposite side of the road, the runner must cross the road at as close to a 90-degree angle as possible to minimize danger to the runner and to minimize the number of vehicles being stopped for the runner. Take directions from the course marshals and heed signage.
8. Step off the road for water stops (or keep running).
9. Run only for one team.
10. Fun is encouraged, within the limits of safety.
11. Light sticks and reflective vests, supplied or approved by the designated relay official, must be used by runners for night legs (legs 9 - 14 inclusive) and be visible at all times. Team members supporting runners must wear reflective vests supplied by teams. Spectators are directed to wear reflective materials in the start/finish zone for their own safety during night legs also. Please be visible to traffic.
    
    NOTE: All runners must be 16 years of age or older on the day of the race.
    
    Vehicle rules
    
    
12. Each team's sole support vehicle must display the yellow identification number, provided by the Relay. Two other team vehicles will be provided with white identification numbers. These two white numbered vehicles cannot provide runner support in terms of providing water, nutrition or clothing swaps, but may cheer on runners when properly parked off the roadway.
    
13. No parked vehicle is permitted to leave the start/finish area later than 10 minutes prior to the leg start time. (Movement freeze period). Those teams providing the 5 km water stop should leave at least 15 minutes before leg start time to set up their water station.
14. UPDATED!! At 10 minutes after leg start, 18 team support vehicles (yellow ID displayed) will be allowed to leave. At 15 minutes another 18 teams will be allowed to leave. At 20 minutes, another 18 teams will be allowed to leave. At 25 minutes after the leg start, the remaining yellow ID team support vehicles will be allowed to depart. The assignments for the 10-, 15-, 20- & 25-minute departure times will be drawn at the captains meeting and vehicles will be provided unique windshield identification. At 30 minutes after the leg start, the remaining vehicles can leave. This gradual release prevents traffic back-ups.
15. REMINDER!! NO pacing or slowing from posted road speed is permitted while traveling along the roads. To support a runner, drive ahead, find a safe spot to pull your vehicle completely off the roadway asphalt, and then support the runner. RCMP will be on the course and will monitor and enforce. Time penalties will be handed out to teams not following this rule.
16. Illumination of the road at night for the runner's benefit is not permitted.
17. Only the yellow numbered vehicles are permitted to accompany a runner during each leg. This vehicle must not pace the runner. It must stop in a safe place and completely pull off the roadway, support the runner, then move on to another safe place to stop. All non-numbered vehicles must go to the end of the leg to await runners.
18. Vehicles must have all four wheels off the asphalt when stopped or parked.
19. No team is allowed to bring and/or use a siren.
20. Municipal and Provincial traffic regulations will be enforced by the RCMP.
    
    Team rules
    
    
21. Friday night captains' meeting is mandatory.
22. Teams cannot substitute one runner for another during a leg.
23. Runners for each leg must be registered at least 5 minutes before the leg start time. Register at the passenger door of the vehicle with the green flashing light at the finish line, not with the announcers.
24. Time penalties will be assessed for:
    1. Failure to start: leg's slowest runner plus 10 minutes.
    2. Failure to finish: leg's slowest timed runner plus 5 minutes.
    3. No penalty assessed if a team uses a runner more than once.
25. Do not stop a vehicle on the roadway to pick up or discharge runners.
26. Relay observers must stay off the roadway. Walk or stand on the shoulder.
27. To cheer a runner, pull off the road and park. Turn off vehicle headlights at night.
28. There will be no pacing of runners by another runner unless that runner is also registered to run the leg.
29. Do not obstruct vehicle traffic. We are on a public highway. Such obstructions will be reported to the RCMP. Please don't put the event's permit at risk.
30. Pickup of a lagging or disabled runner off the course is the responsibility of the designated support vehicle.
31. Teams shall not serve liquids or nutrition or swap clothing to runners before the 10K mark of each leg. The Relay provides water at the 5K mark with the assistance of volunteers.
32. Fireworks and sparklers are prohibited.
33. Appropriate music volume and cheering is encouraged. Remember our neighbours.
34. Those teams providing a water stop 5K into the race should leave the finish area a minimum of 15 minutes before the leg start to allow them to set up their water station. If you miss this deadline, you will not be allowed to leave the finish area until the departure time designated by your vehicle's indicator.
    
    Bonus Minutes: 5 minute bonus times are available to teams exhibiting instances of above average good sportsmanship or citizenship as determined by Event Organizers.
    

Violations Listing

Traffic and Race Officials may provide warnings or assign penalty minutes.
Please respect their judgment and don?t argue. It?s your safety that is the priority of these volunteers. Team Captains must ensure that all team members and supporters are briefed on, and have copies of the rules.

Non-awareness is no excuse.

Minor: 5 minutes

5. 1. Wearing a music headset.

5. 2. Standing on road

5. 3. Littering

Serious: 10 minutes

10. 1. Stopping a vehicle on the roadway and discharging runners or passengers.

10. 2. Vehicle parked with wheels on road (be on gravel not asphalt)

10. 3. Person crossing road unsafely

10. 4. Pacing runner with a vehicle.

10. 5. Pacing a runner by another runner who is not registered for the leg (penalty is assessed to both teams).

10. 6. Spraying water on moving vehicle

10. 7. Throwing water or any object

10. 8. Runner not crossing the road at as close to a 90-degree angle as possible when the finish line is on the right.

10. 9. Supporting a runner with a vehicle that does not have a yellow support vehicle identification number displayed on front left quarter panel.

10. 10. Leaving the start/finish zone during the movement freeze period.

10. 11. Supplying liquids, nutrition or clothing to a runner before the 10K mark in any leg.

10. 12. Runner covering up or not wearing an approved reflective vest.

Dangerous/Illegal: 20 minutes

20. 1. Vehicle not pulling over to the shoulder to let an emergency vehicle pass (from either direction).

20. 2. Sitting out of vehicle windows or doors.

20. 3. Driving with any vehicle door fully or partially open.

20. 4. Not running on left side of road, close to the pavement edge.

20. 5. Not running in single file, and/or causing unsafe traffic conditions for either runner or vehicles.

20. 6. A runner not stepping off the road for oncoming traffic.

20. 7. Using a siren.

20. 8. Anything the Relay considers serious enough to require this penalty.

20.9. Any vehicle stopping between the top of Hunters Mountain and the intersection at Hwy 105 along the route of Leg 17.

Infractions /penalties accumulation of 40 minutes results in disqualification. The penalty minutes are added to your team?s total race time.

Consequences of Disqualification

• No further participation in race.
• No final results; previous legs eliminated from results.
• Can attend reception, but eliminated from prizes and draws.
• Person(s) who causes disqualification, as in a flagrant incident, is suspended from the following year's event.