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The
objective of this race is simple: to cover the largest distance possible
in 24 hours.
Start: Saturday at 12:00 pm.
End: Sunday at 12:00 pm.
Place: Can Dragó - Av. Meridiana (Barcelona)
Entry Form:
• Once registration opens, you can reserve your place on this
web site, in the Registration section, by TPV, for the price of 70€.
• On the day of the race there will be a collection box where
you can donate other charitable contributions, as you see fit.
• Once registered, if there is any reason you cannot compete,
please let the organizers know as soon as possible. As this is a charity
event, the registration fee is non-refundable.
• Registration closes on 4th December or whenever 170 athletes
are registered, whichever happens earlier.
Once the 170 bib numbers are sold out, no one else can’t be registered.
• Visually-impaired persons who need to run with a guide should
mention it in their registration form, and it is mandatory to send it
by e-mail to inscripcions24hores@gmail.com with their full name, Identification
Document and date of birth of the guides before the 4th December.
• It is not allowed to participate with sticks, wheel-chairs,
hand-bikes or any other element disturbing the regular celebration of
the competition.
• All participants allow their name, family name, sex and date
of birth to be published on the registration list, as on the partial
and final results, following the established regulations.
• All participants agree to transfer their image rights to the
organisers for any kind of report of the event and for an unlimited
period of time.
• By registering to participate in this race, the participant
exempts the organisers from any responsibility, damage, or loss caused
to or by other participants.
Race
progress:
• This competition take place under the rules of “International
Association of Ultrarunners” (IAU Guidelines) and the “International
Association of Athletics Federations” (IAAF Rules), all competitors
should read and accept the rules prior to registration.
• The race starts at 12:00pm (midday), yet competitors should
come to collect their bib numbers at the stadium between 9:30 am and
10:30am.
• A commemorative t-shirt will be presented to each competitor
when collecting their bib number and chip.
• The organisers will provide space to put up everything needed
during the race, there will be some volunteers to help.
If any athlete would like to bring a canopy, please, contact the organisation,
but in any case, can use it in exclusivity, as there’s not enough
place for individual canopies.
• The organisers will provide competitors with water, cola, isotonic
drinks, fruit, dried fruits, power-bars, coffee and broth (during the
night) and pasta (for Saturday dinner). For all other requirements,
competitors should bring their own provisions
• During the race competitors will occupy the external lanes of
the track, numbers 6, 7 and 8. (This distribution can be modified depending
on the number of runners who needs a guide).
• The length of lane number 6- which measures 437,70m - is the
one that will be used to multiply by the number of laps in order to
calculate the total distance that competitors have run.
• The race will finish on Sunday at 12pm (midday). A few minutes
before, the organizers will give cards with corresponding bib numbers
to all of the competitors. This card must be left on the floor at the
moment that the bell rings to announce the end of the race. Using the
placement of the cards the judges of the competition will calculate,
using a caliper wheel, the distance of their final lap that each competitor
has covered.
• Every 3 hours the spinning direction will be changed to compensate
the hours that the athletes turn around the track. This change will
be announced and sign out by the organization.
• All competitors must wear their race bib visible on their front.
• If a competitor retires from the race, to the should notify
the organizers and return their chip
• Competitors in the 24 hour race will also be taking part in
the 12 hour race. For this reason, once the first 12 hours are over,
the total distance run will be measured in order to calculate entire
laps, plus the meters covered of the last partial lap
• The judges of the race will take care in applying the IAU and
the IAAF regulations, and can issue cautionary bookings (admonish) with
a yellow card or disqualify competitors if they continue to break the
rules.
• Antidoping test: the select athletes for the test on doping
will be informed at the end of the race and will be accompanied and
supervised by the “doping-stewards” as soon as possible
for the antidoping test. The athlete who reject the test or give a positive
will be disqualify.
• There will be a resting place for those competitors who need
a break. Competitors must bring everything they require for their rest
stops (sleeping bag, blankets etc.)
• Bathroom facilities will be available to competitors before,
during and after the race.
• This race will be controlled by ChampionChip.
• The first 3 placed finishers, in both male and female categories,
will receive a trophy. All the runners that achieve the end of the race
will receive a commemorative medal. The award ceremony will take place
at the end of the race.
• The first 5 placed of any gender who exceed the GOLD LABEL standard
(as per IAU standards) will receive free registration for the next edition
of the race. The distance to be exceeded is 240km for men and 220km
for woman. This award is non-transferrable and only valid for the next
edition of the race.
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