FINAL RACE INSTRUCTIONS
BIB ASSIGNMENTS & PARTICIPANT TRACKING
Bib assignments and participant tracking are now available.
I highly recommend using RaceJoy. It's a great tool that will tell you your pace and projected time every mile. Also, your family and friends can track you and send you virtual cheers! I used it myself a couple years ago when my Garmin died and it was a lifesaver!
Use the RaceJoy app for advanced tracking of participants and show your support with cheer sending. Participants set up for tracking in RaceJoy and carry their phone as they complete the course. Spectators track participants’ actual location in a map view and can send audio cheers. GPS-based progress alerts are typically issued at every mile along the course. Participants need to opt-in for spectators to track them in RaceJoy. Download the RaceJoy app here.
PRE-RACE PICKUP PERKS!
Sunday, November 27 - Saturday, December 3 (on demand!)
If you can, pick up your bib this week and you’ll receive your long sleeve race t-shirt PLUS a Charlottesville Track Club hat, Ragged Mountain Running & Walking Shop chapstick, and stickers!
Text me at 202.320.5207 with your name and preferred pickup time – anytime this week until 10PM on Saturday, December 3.
RACE DAY PICKUP
Sunday, December 3
5:45 AM - 6:15 AM (full)
6:45 AM - 7:15 AM (half)
Riverview Park
START TIME
All runners must finish in 5.5 hours or by 12:00 PM
6:30 AM: Marathon Start (as well as any half-marathoners that expect to finish in over 4.5 hours)
YOU’LL NEED A LIGHT - HEADLAMP, FLASHLIGHT, OR CLIP-ON. It will be dark for the first lap.
7:30 AM: Half Marathon Start
Please make sure that when you are near the timing mat you are prepared to start because as soon as your bib is recognized by the equipment your official time will begin.
PARKING
There is limited parking at Riverview Park. Overflow parking will be available on Riverside Avenue (the last left off Chesapeake just before entering Riverview Park).
BATHROOMS
There are two port-a-potties in the parking lot near the start/finish line. There are NO port-a-potties at the 2-mile turnaround or anywhere else along the course.
FLUIDS & NUTRITION
* Self-serve small bottles of water and Gatorade will be provided near the start/finish line and 2-mile turnaround.
* You must BRING YOUR OWN GELS if you require race wasnutrition. Gels will NOT be provided on the course.
* You must BRING YOUR OWN FOOD if you require immediate post-race nutrition. Post-race food will NOT be provided.
COURSE ETIQUETTE
* All runners MUST run on the RIGHT SIDE of the trail at all times unless you are passing another runner on the LEFT.
* Because the trail is narrow, we ask that you limit side-by-side running to 2 people.
* When passing another runner, alert the runner by announcing: "ON YOUR LEFT" or “TRACK.”
SPECIAL NOTE TO MARATHONERS
If you signed up for the marathon but during the race you don't think you'll finish the full distance you can make the switch to the half if you do so by the 3rd lap. As you finish the 3rd lap tell the timers about your switch. Then make the half turn around at mile .55 and get to the finish line so you can get an official half time than DNF for marathon. If you drop out after 3 laps you'll still get all your splits but you won't have an official finish time for either event.
REQUEST A MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGE!
Twins Run will be putting motivational messages along the course in chalk and signs. If there's a special mantra or slogan you'd like to see, please respond to this email or fill out the online form. Think of this as Cville's version of the Boston Marathon's Scream Tunnel. :)
POST-RACE SWAG
Don’t forget to pick up a miniature “Coney” after you finish the race! We will also have grab bag prizes (Pint Glasses from Firefly Restaurant and other surprises). Ragged Mountain Running & Walking Shop will be providing prizes for winners as well.
QUESTIONS?
Please text Leah at 202.320.5207 (please let me know who you are!)
Thank you!
Leah Connor and Malinda Hill
Volunteer Race Directors
BIB ASSIGNMENTS & PARTICIPANT TRACKING
Bib assignments and participant tracking are now available.
I highly recommend using RaceJoy. It's a great tool that will tell you your pace and projected time every mile. Also, your family and friends can track you and send you virtual cheers! I used it myself a couple years ago when my Garmin died and it was a lifesaver!
Use the RaceJoy app for advanced tracking of participants and show your support with cheer sending. Participants set up for tracking in RaceJoy and carry their phone as they complete the course. Spectators track participants’ actual location in a map view and can send audio cheers. GPS-based progress alerts are typically issued at every mile along the course. Participants need to opt-in for spectators to track them in RaceJoy. Download the RaceJoy app here.
PRE-RACE PICKUP PERKS!
Sunday, November 27 - Saturday, December 3 (on demand!)
If you can, pick up your bib this week and you’ll receive your long sleeve race t-shirt PLUS a Charlottesville Track Club hat, Ragged Mountain Running & Walking Shop chapstick, and stickers!
Text me at 202.320.5207 with your name and preferred pickup time – anytime this week until 10PM on Saturday, December 3.
RACE DAY PICKUP
Sunday, December 3
5:45 AM - 6:15 AM (full)
6:45 AM - 7:15 AM (half)
Riverview Park
START TIME
All runners must finish in 5.5 hours or by 12:00 PM
6:30 AM: Marathon Start (as well as any half-marathoners that expect to finish in over 4.5 hours)
YOU’LL NEED A LIGHT - HEADLAMP, FLASHLIGHT, OR CLIP-ON. It will be dark for the first lap.
7:30 AM: Half Marathon Start
Please make sure that when you are near the timing mat you are prepared to start because as soon as your bib is recognized by the equipment your official time will begin.
PARKING
There is limited parking at Riverview Park. Overflow parking will be available on Riverside Avenue (the last left off Chesapeake just before entering Riverview Park).
BATHROOMS
There are two port-a-potties in the parking lot near the start/finish line. There are NO port-a-potties at the 2-mile turnaround or anywhere else along the course.
FLUIDS & NUTRITION
* Self-serve small bottles of water and Gatorade will be provided near the start/finish line and 2-mile turnaround.
* You must BRING YOUR OWN GELS if you require race wasnutrition. Gels will NOT be provided on the course.
* You must BRING YOUR OWN FOOD if you require immediate post-race nutrition. Post-race food will NOT be provided.
COURSE ETIQUETTE
* All runners MUST run on the RIGHT SIDE of the trail at all times unless you are passing another runner on the LEFT.
* Because the trail is narrow, we ask that you limit side-by-side running to 2 people.
* When passing another runner, alert the runner by announcing: "ON YOUR LEFT" or “TRACK.”
SPECIAL NOTE TO MARATHONERS
If you signed up for the marathon but during the race you don't think you'll finish the full distance you can make the switch to the half if you do so by the 3rd lap. As you finish the 3rd lap tell the timers about your switch. Then make the half turn around at mile .55 and get to the finish line so you can get an official half time than DNF for marathon. If you drop out after 3 laps you'll still get all your splits but you won't have an official finish time for either event.
REQUEST A MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGE!
Twins Run will be putting motivational messages along the course in chalk and signs. If there's a special mantra or slogan you'd like to see, please respond to this email or fill out the online form. Think of this as Cville's version of the Boston Marathon's Scream Tunnel. :)
POST-RACE SWAG
Don’t forget to pick up a miniature “Coney” after you finish the race! We will also have grab bag prizes (Pint Glasses from Firefly Restaurant and other surprises). Ragged Mountain Running & Walking Shop will be providing prizes for winners as well.
QUESTIONS?
Please text Leah at 202.320.5207 (please let me know who you are!)
Thank you!
Leah Connor and Malinda Hill
Volunteer Race Directors