3-day Race / 3-day Challenge Rules
三日賽/三日挑戰賽賽例
Both 3-day Race and 3-day Challenge
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No need to carry personal shelter. Tents accommodating several people would be provided by the organizer at each campsite. For safety and hygienic reason, runners must carry one sleeping equipment (sleeping bag that suits 10’c and above, portable mattress or equivalent).
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Once checked into campsite, racers are not allowed to leave campsite (except for accessing toilets on Day 2 campsite); doing so without the consent of campsite staff will be considered DNF.
3-day Challenge special rules
The spirit of the 3-day Challenge is to simulate a typical international multi-stage race, self-supported style. Organizer provides Shelter and water, and the runner needs to carry mandatory equipment, sufficient freeze-dry food and other race essentials along the race. Due to the proximity of shops and urban setting of Hong Kong, we heavily rely on your adherence to the key rules in order to provide you a full simulation to what a self supported race feels like in the deserts and the jungles.
The key rules , above and beyond the above 3-day Race rules, are –
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Runner should rely on their own food source. Food at CP are designated for V162 and single-day race runners; CP staff would not provide food to a 3-day challenge runner at CP other than water and boiled water. To fair to all runners who rely on their own food supply which they carried during the race, any 3-day challenge runners obtaining food from CPs would result in a time penalty of 1-hour per infraction.
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To self-sustain a 162km race, a Runner should stock a minimum of 4000 calories at the start of day 1 and 2000 calories on day 2. The food stock along with other mandatory equipment would be checked prior to race start by race marshall, who would stop any runners without sufficient food from starting the race.
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As the spirit of the 3-day challenge race is self-sufficiency, racers are not allowed to receive outside assistance; while it is impossible for the race organizer to verify, runners are encouraged to refrain from buying food and beverages from stores along the race route. Infractions, if proven, would result in the same penalty as consuming food provided at CPs.
3日賽 及 3日挑戰賽
1. 跑手無需揹負帳幕, 大會將在營地提供多人帳篷供跑手過夜. 為安全及衛生起見, 跑手必需帶備禦寒10度以上睡袋或地蓆供帳篷內睡眠時用.
2. 到達營地後, 為跑手安全及為比賽公平起見, 跑手將禁止離開營地 (因設施問題, 第二日終點往洗手間除外) , 如未得大會許可離開營地將視作棄賽論.
3日挑戰賽特別規例
本賽事特設3日賽挑戰組, 是為各選手提供一個準備參加國際規格的多日賽前, 一個模擬的自給自足負重比賽經驗. 大會提供終點營帳及冷熱水供補給及沖泡脫水食物, 除此之外, 跑手需要自行揹負睡袋, 足夠之脫水食物乾糧, 以及其他賽事所需物資完成賽事. 因為地理環境所限, 香港多日賽難免穿梭於城市及經過商店, 為了準確模擬國外極地, 沙漠, 雨林間不可能外間補給的經驗, 請您耐心自律, 並遵從以下之規定.
在以上的3日賽例外, 針對3 日賽挑戰組的特別規例為:
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3 日賽挑戰組跑手只能以自携食物補給, 除大會提供之冷熱水之外, 禁止食用於檢查站及每日終點內, 供V162及單日賽所用之食物. 志工按號碼布識別跑手, 亦已知悉有關規則. 為對其他恪守規則負重的跑手公平, 若3日賽跑手不得已必須使用賽會食物, 將會按每一次使用罰時最少1小時.
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為能完成自給自足三日賽, 跑手必需在第一日起步時有4,000 大卡之食物, 及在第二日起步時有2000大卡之食物隨身, 大會工作人員會於第一及第二日起步前檢查, 如食物量不足, 賽會將禁止該跑手起步.
- 自給自足的3 日挑戰賽不可接受外間支援隊伍的任何支援. 而為最佳模擬效果, 儘管賽會無法全程監察, 我們仍要求跑手避免在沿途商店進食. 如有發現, 亦按取用CP食物一致標準, 罰時處理.
General Rules 一般賽例
General rules
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Stay on marked course. No shortcuts allowed.
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Runners must finish the race on its own power. No support crew allowed for 3-day race. Support crews for V162 and day races are allowed within the vicinity (200m) of the official CPs. No pacers allowed.
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Racing Bibs must be visible to race marshals.
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Respect the beautiful HK Country Parks. Strictly no littering allowed; any runners caught littering will be disqualified.
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All cutoff times, unless otherwise announced officially, are straightly observed. In addition, Racers arriving more than 15 minutes after any race starts will not be allowed to race.
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Except for injuries, any drop outs must be done at checkpoints and race marshals must be notified. Your bib would be altered to mark the DNF status. Retired runners are considered out of the race and are responsible for arranging transportation to leave the CP on their own accord.
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Any protests must be made within 12 hours of race finish. The Race Directors would revert with final decision within 24 hours of race finish.
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Medical staff (at available checkpoints) would exert the right to stop a runner’s race if the runner’s condition is deemed unfit to continue. Medical staff’s decision are considered final. If an emergency evacuation is required, the runner would be responsible for paying for such service. Insurance policy covering emergency evacuation is strongly recommended.
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Top 3 finishers of each races would receive award and prizes.
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Team race: team time would be based on the last member of the team checking into a CP. Shall a team member decides to withdraw from the race, the remaining 3, 2, or 1 member would be allowed to continue on, and upon finishing, would be awarded finishing time and certificate. However the finish time would not be eligible for team race ranking or individual podium. The organizer reserve the right on whether to process relevant ITRA score / UTMB index for those remaining members who finished the race.
Mandatory Equipment
Gear check will be performed at least once during the race. Missing any ONE of the below equipment would result in immediate disqualification.
Race Postponement, Suspension and Stopping policy
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The race would be cancelled if Typhoon 8 or black rain is hoisted during any of the races.
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If Typhoon 8 is in effect 2 hours prior to the start of a particular race, that particular race will be cancelled.
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If a red/black rainstorm or thunderstorm warning is in effect 1 hour prior to start, the particular race start might be postponed until the warning is lifted.
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If during the race any severe weather condition, not limited to the above comes into effect, the organizer might a) suspend the races until the severe weather condition passes, or b) abandon a particular race if the severe weather condition is going to delay the race to an extent that there is not enough time to hold an event.
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Unless otherwise instructed by race officials, participants would pick up their luggage at their race end point if a race is cancelled midway.
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No refund in case of any race disruption including but not limited to cancellation, suspension, reroute, delay, or less than proposed ITRA point / UTMB index.
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In case of force majeure (e.g., virus outbreak, civil unrest, cancellation of permit by authority, etc) preventing the race series to start, the race would be postponed to a future date in the following year.
一般賽例.
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需跟隨已標記賽道, 不可抄捷徑.
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跑手需以自身力量完成賽事. 3日賽嚴禁支援隊; 其他賽事支援隊可在大會支援站前後200米範圍內為跑手提供資源. 各賽事尤其3日賽均不准陪跑.
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號碼布必需要掛於清晰可見位置, 以供賽會識別用.
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愛惜香港郊野, 請勿在賽道上拋棄任何垃圾. 被發現遺留垃圾者將被取消資格.
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除非大會特定宣佈, 否則所有關門時間將會嚴格執行. 任何跑手如起步時遲到15分鐘或以上, 將被視為缺席賽事.
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除緊急醫療狀況外, 跑手若需棄賽, 必需在檢查站方可棄賽. 號碼在將會被留記號, 並不能繼續在賽道上比賽. 棄賽者需自行安排交通離開檢查站.員
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如對賽果有異議, 在該賽事完結後12小時內可向賽會正式作出申訴. 賽事總監將在所有賽事完結後24小時內作出決定及回覆.
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視乎跑手狀況, 任何經醫療站人員診察後身體狀況不適宜繼續的跑手 醫療站人員有權終止其比賽. 醫療人員之決定為不可逆轉. 如跑手之狀況需要緊急運送, 該等運送需由跑手自付. 大會建議跑手參賽前, 購買包含緊急醫運送的個人保險.
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每一賽事的頭三名完成者, 將獲得獎項及獎品.
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隊制賽: 隊制時間以最後一名進入檢查站的隊員之時間為準. 若有隊員棄賽, 其餘3, 2 或1名成員仍可繼續比賽, 各完賽隊員仍可獲得完賽時間及証書, 但其團隊成績則不會被計入團隊賽的排名,亦不會計入個人賽的得獎排名內. 視乎實際情況, 大會有權酎情決定是否處理該等完賽隊員的ITRA/UTMB積分事宜.
必要裝備
大會將於每個比賽進行最少一次裝備檢查. 若有任何強制裝備遺漏, 跑手將會被立即取消資格.
比賽開始、暫停以及停賽政策
1.如任何比賽期間8號風球懸掛, 進行中之比賽將會取消.
2.如在比賽前兩小時天文臺發出 8 號風球預警。 比賽將被取消。
3.如在比賽前1小時文臺預告即將發出紅雨黑雨預警,則比賽推遲出發, 視乎天氣狀況決定是否開賽。
4.如遇突發天氣情況, 賽會可a) 暫停賽事直至天氣好轉, 或b) 賽事被暫停至無法在合理及許可時間內完成時, 停止賽事.
5. 如賽事取消, 除非檢查站人員有其他指示,參賽者則需要回到終點取回行李。
6. 大會將不會為取消, 停賽, 改路, 延誤, ITRA / UTMB 積分之減少等之賽事改動作任何退款.
7. 如因不可抗力 (例如但不限於:疫症爆發,社會動盪,政府部門臨時取消賽事許可證等等) 導致賽事不能如期開賽, 比賽將會延遲至下一年度。