Relay Information

Vehicles & Parking

Official Vehicle Signs must be visible in rear window of all vehicles on the course and to park!
One vehicle per team on the course. DWD Vehicle Sign on the back and Park Pass on Front.
Park in the designated areas only. Volunteers will move you in and out efficiently.
Parking is not always near the human exchange so be prepared to get moving.

The routes are fairly direct and provide sufficient time to travel to the next exchange point.
It may not be the most direct route. It is designed to allow for responsive medical emergencies and time sensitive management of the race. It is also designed to minimize conflicts where runners cross. (Warning: The drive route will cross the course several times.) This will allow the runners to avoid your exhaust/insults and some danger.

Team members can change up until the start but not after the start!
Team members must be human even if your dog follows trails better.
You can run with less than 5 people on a team but not more.
All team members must sign a waiver & turn it in prior to the race start.
Visit your haku account to update your team information and invite team members.

Women receive a 12.5 % handicap in addition to age handicap.
Masters receive a 1.0% handicap for each year over 40 and 1.5% handicap for each year over 50.
Handicaps for each team member will be added together for the team handicap.
The team's % will be deducted from the total finishing time to determine YOUR ADJUSTED HANDICAP TIME.

6:30 PM, which is easily done using concurrent running (legal cheat) at the specified allowable times.
Qualification for Handicap Awards: Teams that have finished and turned in their correctly completed cheat cards by 5:30 pm will be included in the handicap awards. Teams finishing after 5:30 pm will be included in the official results but will not be eligible for awards.

Exchange is usually made by making physical contact with the next runner in the exchange zone.
Allow adequate space to execute the exchange. No pushing or crowding.
As you enter the exchange zone alert your teammates by screaming and yelling.
Check-in with volunteers at the exchange points is not required.

Designed as a separate race from the other events but shares many sections.
Course is a series of sections - “legs” - between Exchange Points.
Legs are approximately from 2 to 6 miles if you do not get lost or stuck.
Legs must be completed in the order presented.
Each team member is to run 3 legs.
Each section or leg is marked in a specific color to avoid conflicts with nearby legs.

Each team runner is required to run a minimum of 3 legs unless injury occurs. Only one runner per team runs a leg unless injury occurs. See injury substitution rule on the Injury page.
All legs must be run in the order presented and to completion, (no improvised shortcuts).
Each leg begins from one exchange point and ends at the next exchange point. While one teammate runs, the remainder of the team moves or drives to the next exchange in a timely fashion. Sometimes the leg is a loop and the team does not drive. There is plenty of time to drive to each successive exchange point.