2012 Helong International Half Marathon Rules & Regulations
 

I.          Race Date and Time 1. Date: September 8^th (Saturday), 2012 2. Start time: 8:30 a.m.   

II.        Events Half Marathon(21.0975), 10KM and 5KM   

III.      Race Route

5KM Jindalai Square（Start）——Yingwen Road——Wenhua Road——Renmin Street——Changchun Road——Yingwen Road——Jindalai Sq uare（Finish） 10KM Jindalai Square（Start）——Yingwen  Road——Wenhua Road——Renmin Street——Nanmen Square——Helong  Street——Zhanqian Road——Tianchi Square——Hailan Road——Yuwen Road——Wenhua  Road——Yingwen Road——Jindalai Square（Finish） Half Marathon ( 21.0975km ) Jindalai Square（Start）——Yingwen Road——Wenhua Road——Renmin Street——Nanmen Square（Retracing Point）——Helong Street——Zhanqian Road——Tianchi Square——Hailan Road——Helong Street——Nanmen Square（Retracing Point）——Renmin  Street——Hailan Road——Yuwen Road——Wenhua Road——Renmin Street——Hailan  Road——Helong Street——Nanmen Square——Renmin Street——Wenhua Road——Yingwen  Road——Jindalai Square（Finish）     

IV.     Competition Rules 

1. Race shall comply with the CAA Rules and Regulations. 2. Close-door Time:    

3. Runners shall be disqualified once violating the following rules: Jumping the gun; Taking a shortcut. 4. The doping test shall be conducted by the Organizing Committee randomly. 5.  The organizing committee will supply timing chip service to half  Marathon runners. Runners must go through all the timing blankets  located along the route, which are respectively placed on the ground at  certain points. The final score will be null once missed. The  timing chip will be issued with the bib number before the race. Each  runner will pay USD 16 as the deposit and be refunded as RMB 100 at the  finishing area on the race day. The deposit will not be refunded, if the  timing chips are lost or damaged. 6.  The organizing committee will make video monitoring over the starting  point, the whole route and the finishing point as well. Runners will be  disqualified and prohibited to join any marathon race in China for two  years once violating as followed: i. Sign up with false age or displaced by others after enrolment. ii.Disobey the starting sequence and get off the mark at the starting point for other events. iii. Jumping the gun. iv. Occupy the road beyond Time Limit. v. Take a shortcut. vi. Receive souvenir bags by repeatedly crossing the finishing line against the provisions. vii. Fail to complete the whole route but remain crossing the finishing line for souvenirs. viii. Disobeying directions of the staff workers.   

V.       Ranking & Prizes Half Marathon 

A、The  top 10 male and female athletes will be awarded with the following  bonus respectively (see the following chart in USD), one medal and one  suit of sportswear，The top 3 male and female athletes will be awarded with one sport trophy.

B、Finishers will be awarded with a towel, medal and result certificate respectively.   

10KM 

A、The  top 10 male and female athletes will be awarded with the following  bonus respectively (see the following chart in RMB),one medal and one  suit of sportswear，The top 3 male and female athletes will be awarded with one sport trophy.

I.         Finishers will be awarded with a towel and race certificate respectively.   

5KM A、The  top 10 male and female athletes will be awarded with the following  bonus respectively (see the following chart in RMB),one medal and one  suit of sportswear，The top 3 male and female athletes will be awarded with one sport trophy.

B、Runners will be awarded with race certificate.   Before  the race All the runners will have a suit of race articles  respectively, including sportswear, sport suit bag, race number(The  organizing committee will not supply timing chips for 10km and 5km race  runners who need to fill in the scores according to the timers at the  finishing point by themselves).   Notes: All awards above are subject to 20% personal income tax.   

VI.     Participation Requirements a)      Age Requirements 

i. Half Marathon participants shall be over 16 years old (born before September 7, 1996). ii. 10km and 5km marathon participants shall be over 13 years old (born before September 7, 1999).   

b)  Physical Conditions Marathon  is an athletic sport of high load and great intensity over long  distances. It is also a high risk athletic sport. Thus, it raises high  demands on participant physical conditions. Participants should have  good health and long-term running or training experiences. Participants  may choose among the contests of Half Marathon, 10km marathon and 5km  marathon, according to their own physical conditions and actual  abilities.   Patients suffering from the following diseases shall not take part in the contest: i. Congenital heart disease and rheumatic heart disease; ii. Hyper tension and cranial vascular disease; iii. Myocarditis and other heart diseases; iv. Coronary artery disease and serious cardiac arrhythmia; v. Hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia diabetics; vi. Patients of other diseases unfit for sports.

c) Registration Measures  (ⅰ) The  maximum number of participants for Half Marathon is 1,000, the maximum  number of participants for the 10KM is 4,000 and for the 5KM Marathon is  5,000. The registration will be stopped once all the placements are  filled. (All confirmed registers shall receive the serial number upon  successful payment)   (ⅱ) Registration Period: From July 15，2012 To August 20，2012   (ⅲ) Registration fees: Half Marathon: 20 USD per person. 10KM and 5KM: 5 USD per person.   

(ⅳ) Registration Method 1.        For online registrars: Read  the rules and regulations online→→Accept athletes’ statements and fill  the registration form online →→paying registration fee and timing chip  deposit (only half marathon) online →→Complete registration →→Get the  email to download the ”Confirmation”→→Collect race goods by the  “Confirmation” and personal ID before the race.   

2.        For on the off-line registrars: Contact the Organizing Committee to finish race registration.   

(v) Payment 

1.                        Online registration: Payment online following by steps. 

2.        Off-line  registration: Downlaod the form online and email or fax to the  organizing committee, making the bank transfer to finish the payment,  detailed bank account info as followed: 

Account Name(户头名称)：和龙市国际马拉松工作委员会办公室 

Bank Name（开户行）：中国建设银行股份有限公司和龙支行 

Account Number（账    号）：22001687038055003497   

VII.   Insurance The organizer of the event will cover all runners and staffs with life accident insurance.   

VIII.Organizing Committee Contact Information 

(1) Organizing Committee： Address：No.24 Wenhua Road，Helong，Jilin Province Contact：Liang Mu Tel: +86 0433-4223338 Fax: +86 0433-4251122 Official website: www.hlmarathon.com   

(2) Chinese Athletic Association Address：No.2 Tiyuguan Road, Beijing, China Tel：+86 10-87183448/49  Fax：+86 10-67140801 Chinese Athletics Association official website: www.athletics.org.cn The power of interpretation of the regulations shall be vested in the Organizing Committee.