Rules of Competition

Safety

EVENT OFFICIALS: All participants must follow the instructions of MMMILE’s staff and volunteers, and other event officials., Participants must cease participating in any event if ordered to do so by event officials, medical staff, or any applicable governmental authority, including firefighters and law enforcement.

Event

EVENT REGISTRATION: All participants must provide accurate information, including age, gender, and emergency contact information, when registering for an event. Participants may not change or add a team affiliation after an event has started.  

 

SPORTSMANSHIP: Any participant who exhibits unsportsmanlike conduct or uses rude or offensive language may be disqualified. Unsportsmanlike conduct includes, without limitation, providing false or misleading information on an event application, any action that goes against these Rules of Competition, MMMILE's Code of Conduct, or any other conduct that in the opinion of MMMILE is unethical, unfair, abusive, offensive, harassing, disrespectful, harmful, or illegal.

 

RACE NUMBER/BIB: The official participant race bib, displays the participant’s race number and contains the B-Tag timing device (the “Official Race Bib”), and must be worn on the front of the participant’s outermost garment with the race number always fully visible. To ensure an accurate time, participants should wear the Official Race Bib on their chest, or front facing thigh and should not fold or wrinkle the bib or cover it with a jacket, runner belt, water bottle, or any other item. Participants who run the race without their Official Race Bib properly attached and displayed may not have their finish time and split times recorded, may not be listed in the results, and/or may not receive credit for finishing the race. If a participant’s Official Race Bib is lost on the course, the participants must report it to an event official immediately after the race. Race credit may be provided after verification that the participant’s time was recorded at the start and that the participant completed the race.

TRANSFERRABLE BIB: Race numbers and Official Race Bibs are assigned by MMMILE to each participant and may be transferred, but not reproduced, replicated, or modified under any circumstance. 

Participants may not: 

1) give or sell their Official Race Bib to another person; 

2) receive, purchase, or participate with an Official Race Bib from another person; 

3) modify or make copies or reproductions/replications of their Official Race Bib for any purpose (or allow another to do so); 

4) participate with more than one Official Race Bib (i.e., a participant cannot participate in an MMMILE race with both their own Official Race Bib and another participant’s Official Race Bib); and/or 

5) participate with an unofficial race number or bib (i.e., a number or bib that was not assigned to the participant by MMMILE). Attempting to do any of the foregoing is prohibited and any person found violating these rules will be subject to penalties, including but not limited to disqualification and a suspension or ban from subsequent MMMILE events.

 

NON-REFUNDABLE: Entry fees are non-refundable and may not be deferred We can allow transfers up to 24 hours before race day.

The Start

 

Start: Please give yourself enough time to pick up your race number and enter your waves. Enter only the wave you are assigned to or a slower one.

START WAVES: Participants are responsible for arriving at the start corrals assigned to them on their Official Race Bibs, and entering at the designated corral entry points before the corral closing times. Participants may move to a slower corral but may not move to a faster corral. Any participant who climbs over a corral barricade or otherwise enters a corral improperly may be disqualified. For participant safety, once a corral is closed for entry, late-arriving participants must start in the last corral. MMMILE reserves the right to restrict participants from starting late for safety reasons. Participants must follow the instructions of event officials when entering corrals. Anyone who is seen urinating or defecating in a corral may be disqualified and/or suspended from MMMILE events.

RACE START: Races will be started by an air horn unless otherwise noted. Participants must be behind the start line at the start of the race and must follow the instructions of the race- start official. If a race features a staggered start, corrals will be released at regular intervals, with the fastest corral starting at the first start horn, followed by an additional start horn for subsequent corrals.

Timing

OFFICIAL TIME: Participants’ official time (net) is recorded by MMMILE's timing system which begins when a participant crosses the start line and ends when a participant crosses the finish line (“Official Finish Time”). The Official Finish Time is used to determine the order of finishers, age-group award winners, and certain prize money categories as listed on the MMMILE EVENT webpage—except the top finisher awards, which are determined by gun time (the time from the starting horn until the runner crosses the finish line). Timing mats at the start line will be removed after the last corral starts the race. More information about race timelines can be found in the MMMILE TIMING and on the applicable race’s website. After the start has closed, net times will not be recorded and times will be calculated from the time of the start horn.

TIME TRIAL EVENTS: Participants will receive net times as their official time (recorded by the timing system from when the participant crosses the start line to when the participant crosses the finish line). Net times will determine the order of finish for all participants, including top finishers, and rankings will continue to be updated and will not be finalized until all finishers have completed the course. There will be no overall or age group awards at time trial events.

The Course

COURSE MARKING: MMMile will be an unsanctioned race, Starting and finishing in the same location. Participants must always stay within course boundaries. The course will be led by MMM Bike team, and traffic directors.  Participants must follow the instructions of course marshals and event officials. Failure to do so may result in disqualification.

ASSISTANCE: Participants must follow the applicable Governing Bodies’ rules against receiving assistance. No participant may allow an unregistered or unauthorized person onto the course. Pacing in races is prohibited, unless the pacer is officially registered for and participating in the same race (such as an official MMMILE pacer). Unofficial pacers or other unregistered or unauthorized persons are not permitted on the course, nor are they permitted to assist a participant from off of the course. A participant who receives assistance, other than helping that participant to recover to a standing position, during an event from anyone other than medical personnel or other official event personnel or volunteers, may be disqualified.

HYDRATION: Participants may carry fluid containers that are one liter or less (1) in hydration belts, (2) in the front pockets of hydration vests (not in a back bladder), or (3) by hand, but participants may not carry fluid containers in backpacks or other types of hydration bladders or containers on their backs. There are fluid stations along the course for participants to hydrate with water, and depending on the race, sports beverages. Volunteers at the fluid stations are authorized to assist participants in getting water and, when available, sports beverages.

COURSE COMPLETION: Participants who do not complete the entire course will be disqualified. Participants with missing or irregular split times at official timing checkpoints will be reviewed and may be disqualified. If a participant must leave the course, they can only rejoin the course at the point at which they exited. Any participant who, after leaving the course, rejoins the race at another point in the course may be disqualified.

Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Runners may not engage in any verbal, physical, or other misconduct that is abusive, harassing, insulting, or offensive, even if it does not fall within the prohibitions that are outlined in MMMILE's Rules of Competition. Any participant who conducts themselves in an unsportsmanlike manner, or who exhibits offensive behavior or language to event officials, MMMILE staff, and/or volunteers may be disqualified or subject to other appropriate penalties in the sole discretion of MMMILE. Unsportsmanlike conduct includes, without limitation, the provision of false or misleading information on an event application, or any other conduct that in the opinion of MMMILE is unethical, unfair, abusive, offensive, harassing, disrespectful, harmful, or illegal.

Runners should be respectfully quiet during the pre-race announcements and during the playing of the national anthem.

No Smoking or Vaping:
No smoking, vaping, or use of electronic smoking devices, tobacco products, or marijuana products in the Start Corrals, on the Course, or in the Finish area or within 1,000 feet of the Start Corrals, the Course, or the Finish area.

Running Courtesy

• Forming: Do not run in groups of three or more abreast; wide groups become barriers to other runners.

• Passing: Communicate when passing a runner, and allow others to pass. If someone running behind you says, “On your left,” move to your right to let the runner pass. If someone says, “On your right,” move to your left.

• Stopping: Do not stop abruptly. If you stop to drink at an aid station, take water from the furthest point on the table or line to avoid congestion and continue to walk forward. If you need to tie your shoelaces, move to the side of the course.

• Spitting: Take care when you spit and blow your nose to avoid hitting other participants.

• Noise: Portable speakers are banned at our events. Do not run with a speaker during a race as the amplified noise may diminish the race experience for other runners.

• Helping: If you encounter a runner in distress, offer assistance and/or report the situation to the nearest aid station, event official, or the event medical emergency line 866-705-6626.

Portable Toilets
Please be considerate in portable toilet lines. Do not cut in line or into another line. Respect that others will use the toilet after you. Urinating or defecating in the corrals, at the post-finish walk-off, or in park woods is not only discourteous, but also a violation of MMMILE's Rules of Competition, and you risk disqualification by engaging in such conduct. 

Trash
Please deposit all trash in the provided receptacles, including at aid stations. When discarding cups at aid stations, use caution to avoid hitting other participants.

Lost and Found Items
If you find an item during or after the event, please turn it into the MMMILE staff tent or to any MMMILE event official. MMMILE will make best efforts to make these items available for pick up by the next day at the MMMILE please contact us if the item was lost. Items will be held for 30 days and discarded if not claimed by their owner.

Bag Check at Races
MMMILE is not responsible for lost, damaged, or stolen bags or items from bags checked at MMMILE bag check.

Violations of the Code of Conduct
MMMILE reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to apply appropriate penalties to any participant in an MMMILE event who violates the Code of Conduct. Penalties may include disqualification from a race, ineligibility for awards and prize money, a suspension or bar from participating in future MMMILE events or programs, a revocation of MMMILE membership, a bar from entering any spaces operated by MMMILE (including but not limited to the RUNCENTER), and/or any other penalty MMMILE deems appropriate under the circumstances