BEAR 100 RULES
INFRACTIONS RESULTING IN DISQUALIFICATION:
- Dog limitations: Under NO Circumstances are dogs allowed at the finish area. Runners and crews ignoring this rule are subject to disqualification. Please don’t jeopardize the race using this facility and leave the dogs at home.
- Short-cutting of course. The Bear 100 is a closed course and must be completed as marked.
- Missing/Skipping a checkpoint.
- Getting in a moving vehicle, the exception would be to travel back to where a runner missed a turn.
- Impeding another runner.
- Crewing outside allowed aid stations
- Continuing on the course after cut-off (denial of future entry)
- Running as a bandit or a nuisance (see below)
- Use of performance enhancing drugs (must comply with USATF rules)
INFRACTIONS RESULTING IN DENIAL OF FUTURE ENTRY:
- Running as a bandit, pacing or crewing for a bandit runner
- Having crews take cars to areas designated as off-limits.
- Disobeying Forest Service rules regarding disposal of human waste or mistreatment of the environment, littering, failing to respect private property.
- Mistreating Aid Station personnel, runners, or pacers.
- Using more than one pacer at a time until the last mile.
Runners are expected to behave in a sportsmanlike manner. The race committee reserves the right to impose sanctions for behavior not specifically mentioned here.