General rules

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1. Stay on marked course. No shortcuts allowed.

2. Runners must finish the race on its own power. Support crews are allowed within the vicinity (200m) of the official CPs. No pacers allowed.

3. Racing Bibs must be visible to race marshals.

4. Respect the beautiful HK Country Parks. Strictly no littering allowed; any runners caught littering will be disqualified.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. CP staff would exert the right to stop a runner’s race if the runner’s condition is deemed unfit to continue. CP 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.

9. Top 3 finishers of each races would receive award and prizes.

10. Family race/Corporate 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 members 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, and would be shown as "unranked". 
     

Mandatory Equipment

1.  Working Mobile Phone with HK Signal reception

2.  Race bib

3.  Personal Cup or bottle for Water refill. No disposable cup would be provided. 

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Race Postponement, Suspension and Stopping policy

1. The race would be cancelled if Typhoon 8 or black rain is hoisted during any of the races.

2. If Typhoon 8 is in effect 2 hours prior to the start of a particular race, that particular race will be cancelled.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Unless otherwise instructed by race officials, participants would pick up their luggage at their race end point if a race is cancelled midway.

6. No refund in case of any race disruption including but not limited to cancellation, suspension, reroute, or delay due to weather condition.

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