Rules of Tenerife Bluetrail 2012

Participation in the mountain race Tenerife Bluetrail 2012 is open to all runners with or without disabilities who are
over 18 years at the time of the race. The conditions of this sporting event are especially hard: saves great slopes, runs for a long stretch over the 2,000 m elevation, reaching the 2,512 m. and away from points reported, and therefore, to ensure your safety, you need to know and accept the standards found in these regulations and, therefore, you should read carefully before signing.
RULES OF THE TENERIFE BLUETRAIL 2012

1. ETHICS All the participants in the Tenerife Bluetrail share a set of values that make this race an outstanding event. These values are: Fairness in determining an applying the rules. Everyone must comply with the same rules. Respect for the people: Appropriate treatment to the rest of runners, the members of the Organization and the local population. Solidarity: Everyone in danger or difficulty must be given assistance. Personal improvement: The will to increase the physical and mental strength of each participant, as well as the development of personal autonomy. Environmental responsibility: Always strive to help environmental conservation and social equilibrium. Accessibilitiy: Promote the participation of people with reduced mobility or any form of sensory disability.
2. ORGANIZATION This mountain run is a project promoted by the Tenerife Council, through its Environment , Sports and Tourism Departments, with the collaboration of Roads and Landscape Department, and the Insular Office of Security and Emergency of the Island Council. It is also supported by the Government of the Canary Islands, the Army, through its Canary Islands Command, the Councils of Arona, Adeje, Granadilla, Vilaflor and La Orotava, State and Security Forces, the company Turismo de Tenerife and emergency volunteer groups.
Ideco, S.A. Pabelln Insular de Tenerife Santiago Martn C/ Mercedes, s/n 38108 Los Majuelos La Laguna
t: (+34) 922 822 056 f: (+34) 922 310 193 correo e: info@tenerifebluetrail.com www.tenerifebluetrail.com
3. THE RACE Tenerife Bluetrail includes four mountain routes, more than 80% of them along Tenerifes new network of pathways, which are within the Natural Protected Areas of Natura 2000 Network. Each run is made up of a single stage, with no specific speed required, but with a time limit. The details of each race are as follows: Ultratrail: 93,150 km in length, maximum altitude 2,512 m, minimum altitude 1,00 m, accumulated ascent/descent 9,522 m and positive ascent/descent 5,140 m. Trail: 56,400 km in length, maximum altitude 2,512 m, minimum altitude 758 m, accumulated ascent/descent 5,708 m and positive ascent/descent 2,160 m. Mediatrail: 20 km in length, maximum altitude 1,581 m, minimum altitude 758 m, accumulated ascent/descent 2,760 m and positive ascent/descent 1,166 m. Adapted Trail: which runs along the Mami track, alongside La Caldera de Aguamansa. Accumulated ascent/descent 260 m and 4,2 km in length. All lengths and slopes have been calculated based on digital cartography. The estimates of the accumulated ascent/descent derives from the sum of slopes of 10 meters length subsections.
4. ENTRY TERMS AND CONDITIONS Tenerife Bluetrail is open to all runners, including those with disabilities, who are over the age of 18 on the date of the run, and who have registered correctly. Those wishing to take part must also: Know these rules and accept the terms and conditions set out in them. Duly comply with the registration procedure: fill in the form, pay the race fees and hand over a medical certificate and waiver of liability to the organization at the time of receiving their numbers (see Article 7: Registration). Be aware of the length, ascents and descents, technical difficulty and other characteristics of the race, and be perfectly capable of attempting it. Be aware that they must have with them all the material required during the run (see art. 5: Material Required). Be aware that food and drinks may be replenished at the food and drink stations. Any waste must be placed in the containers provided for this purpose in the areas around these stations.
Be aware that people not in the Organization are not allowed to assist the runners neither may accompany the runners for either the whole or part of the run. Know that it is prohibited the participation of any kind of animal as a companion to the runner. Be aware that it is not allowed to use this sporting event as a platform for making demands or claims of any nature. Any kind of statements or demonstrations that are not included in the purpose of this run are therefore prohibited. The Organziation of Tenerife Bluetrail sets as obligatory that the participants who register for the Ultratrail must prove the participation in some mountain race of at least 42 km in the last 2 years.
5. MATERIAL REQUIRED The characteristics intrinsic to this run, as well as the unpredictable weather conditions at the date of the run, require all runners to have with them some OBLIGATORY safety material, without which they will not be allowed to participate. If at any time during the run the Organization detects that a participant is not carrying all or part of this material, he or she will be disqualified and may not continue the run . The material will be checked at the starting line of each race, one hour befote it begins. The Organization may also carry out checks on the material at certain points during the race. To participate in the Tenerife Bluetrail, each runner must at all times be wearing appropriate clothing and footwear for mountain sports. He or she must also wear the electronic chip (on the shoe) and race number (on the stomach or chest). But in addition, each participant must take note of the following list of items that are obligatory or recommended, depending on the category: MATERIAL Ultratrail/Trail/Mediatrail/Adapted trail
MATERIAL
Backpack or Belt. Waterproof jacket. Thermal garment. Survival blanket measuring minimum of 220 x 140cm. a
Ultratrail
Obligatory Obligatory Obligatory Obligatory Obligatory Obligatory
Trail
Obligatory Obligatory Obligatory Obligatory Obligatory Recommended
Mediatrail
Obligatory Recommended Recommended Recommended Obligatory Recommended
Adapted Trail
Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended Obligatory Recommended
Mobile phone with the number given on registration, with sufficient credit and a fully charged battery. Cap or bandanna
A container such as a water bag or bottle. Whistle Stock of food Headlight Red rear Light Glass Replacement batteries First-aid kit Handbike with short sears and offroad tyres appropriate for uneven mountain terrain. Approved helmet.. Spare clothing. Gloves. Pair of telescopic walking sticks Sunscreen and lip salve. Sunglasses. A minimum of cash for emergencies.
Obligatory (1 litre) Obligatory Obligatorio Obligatory Obligatory Obligatory Obligatory Recommended
Obligatory (1 litre) Obligatory
Obligatory (0,5 litres) Obligatory
Obligatory (0,5 litres) Obligatory
Obligatory
Recommended
Recommended Obligatory Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended Obligatorio Obligatory
Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended
Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended
For the safety of the runners, a week before the race and according to the weather forecasts, the Organization of Tenerife Bluetrail may modify the materials required. This change will be communicated to the participants that have agreed to receive news in their e-mails. It may also be published in www.tenerifebluetrail.com
6. CATEGORIES The categories in the Tenerife Bluetrail are as follows: Male Senior. From 18 to 39 years. Female Senior. From 18 to 39 years. Male veteran 1. From 40 to 49 years. Female veteran 1. From 40 to 49 years. Male veteran 2 From 50 to 59 years. Female veteran 2. From 50 to 59 years Male veteran 3 Over 60 years. Female veteran 3. Over 60 years. Handbikers.
7. REGISTRATION Registration for any of the different runs must be made until 24:00 h. of October 6, 2012. The following steps must be taken for registration: 1. Read and sign the liability waiver in the Registration section on www.tenerifebluetrail.com . By doing so, you declare that you are participating voluntarily and assume all responsibility for your participation, and that you exonerate, waive and free from all civil liability the organizing body, collaborators, sponsors and other runners, an agree not to file any claim against them. 2. Fill and send the registration form in the Registration section www.tenerifebluetrail.com . If you are a member of a federated club (mountaineering or athletics or a sporting federation for the disabled) or a a member or the State and Security Forces, please attach a document or photocopy accrediting this. If you have a phisical or sensory disability, you must semd a copy of the disability certificate. If it is not possible to attach a digital copy of these documents to info@tenerifebluetrail.com , as it is required in the registration form, you must send a photocopy of them by ordinary post to IDECO, S.A. Tenerife Bluetrail, C/Mercedes, s/n, 38108- La Laguna, Tenerife. 3. Pay the corresponding taxes by credit card as it is shown in the registration form. 4. Submit an original official medical certificate to prove the capacity of the corridor to participate this type or races (only for participants of the Ultra and Trail). When your receive your numbers, give the Organization the medical certificate and the waiver. If you are a member of a federated club (mountaineering or athletics or a sporting federation for the disabled), or a member or the State and Security Forces, or any physical or sensory disability, you must also bring the original accreditations in case they are required. Once the registration period has started, a list of those entered will appear on the website www.tenerifebluetrail.com , which will be updated regularly. It will only give the names of those who have correctly completed the form and paid the fees corresponding to the type of race chosen. Once correctly entered, each runner has the right to the following services: Receive his/her number and chip (a deposit must be paid). Take part in the race. Transport to the starting lines of each race from points established by the Organization. Transfer of the runners bag with personal tems to the arrival point.
For those taking part in teh Ultratrail, transfer of the bag with special provisioning to an intermediate point along the run. Supply of food and drink during the run. Use of safety services. Medical insurance covering health care. Showers and masaje at the finish line area. Supply of food an drinks at the finish line. Obligatory civil liability insurance. Registration is personal and non-transferable and implies acceptance of thes rules. AUTHORIZATION OF DATA AND IMAGE Registration in any of the categories requires the express consent of the participant for the use of data and images obtained during race, in order to promote and disseminate information of the Tenerife Bluetrail. Your e-mail address is being incorporated into IDECO, S.A. database, whose purpose is to manage the commercial, economic, accountant, fiscal and administrative relationship with this company. In any case you can make your right of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition of the personal data contained in our files, in the terms established by Law 15/1999 of 13th December, writing to IDECO, SA Ref. Data Protection C / Mercedes S / n, 38108 La Laguna Los Majuelos. Any variation to occur in the data provided, must be communicated to IDECO, SA, so that they remain accurate and current, and respond truthfully to your current situation.
8. REGISTRATION FEES The registration fees for the races are as follows:
FEES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC FEES FOR MEMBERS OF FEDERATED MOUNTAINEERING OR ATHLETICS CLUBS, OR FOR FEDERATIONS FOR THE DISABLED (10% discount) FEES FOR THE STATE SECURITY FORCES (50% discount)
TYPE
ULTRATRAIL TRAIL MEDIATRAIL
81,52 50,95 30,57
73,37 45,86 27,51
40,76 25,48 15,29
ADAPTED TRAIL
30,57
27,51
15,29
(Fees with IGIC included) The Law 4/2012 of June 25th of administrative and fiscal measures of the Canary Government, modified from 01 July 2012 the Indirect Canary Taxes (Igic). According to the law we have changed our rates. The payment of these registration fees will be done through the payment section in the website www.tenerifebluetrail.com . Once the fees have been paid, they will not be returned if the runner does not take part, except in the cases specified in Article 17.
9. CHECKPOINTS The checkpoints are sites that are signposted along the route through which each runner must pass. They both check the passage of the runners and the time they take. Organization officials will give instructions at these checkpoints that must be followed by the runners. If any runner is not registered as passing through any of the checkpoints, it will be understood that he or she has not followed the route specified for the race. As a result, whatever the reason (evacuation, retirement, voluntary breach of the rules, etc), the runner in question will be disqualified from the race. The checkpoints planned for each race will be published in www.tenerifebluetrail.com. The organization may establish additional controls along the route to better monitor and record of the race.
10. SAFETY At points where the route crosses or runs along a road, the Organization will have officials and vehicles duly identified available who will guide the runners. As in all the important points of the run, at its passage through the roads, road traffic will be stopped temporarily. However, on the stretch along the TF-21 road, in the Teide Nature Reserve, road traffic will be stopped for 5 minutes to make the passing of the runners of the Trial category easier. In
any case, runners must respect the traffic code and take all necessary precautions when the route passes along streets or roads, or when they arrive to a crossroads. Throughout the route medical staff and ambulances will be on hand to intervene if necessary. These officials will be empowered to withdraw any runners number if they consider that his or her health is in danger. There will be authorized officials at the checkpoints who are capacitated to indicate the stops the runners should take in case of objective danger, change of route, accident or retirement.
11. FEEDING STATIONS Feeding stations will be located along the route, where the runners will have drink and food available The feeding points and the kind of provisioning will be specified and detailed in time in www.tenerifebluetrail.com . The water will only be provided in the recipients carried by each runner for this purpose (bottle or bag). The waste generated must be deposited in the containers located for this purpose at each of these stations and within 50 metres from them. Breach of this rule will be lead to disqualification from the race.
12. RACE NUMBERS Runners will be given their race numbers together with their kit bags. Participants can collect them at a time and place that will be specified well in advance in www.tenerifebluetrail.com To collect the kit you must show your identity card or current passport to the Organisation. At the same time, they must hand in the medical certificate and liability waiver. It is not necessary to show the medical certicate for those runners participating in the Mediatrail and Adapted Trail. It is also recommended that participants bring a receipt for the payment of fees, and if appropriate, the certificate of disabiltiy and/or federation licence, in case they have to be shown to the Organization. This material may also be collected by another person, provided by an authorization duly completed and signed by the runner, along with the documentation specified.
Each race number will be personalized with a different colour depending on the race. It will also include contact telephone numbers for the Organization Centre and the emergency services. The number must not be cut, folded or changed. At the time it is handed over, the runner must write the relevant medical information (such as blood group or allergies to medicines) on the back of the number. During the race, the runner must at all times wear the number on his or her chest, stomach or front of the mesh, and it must always be clearly visible.
13. CHIP The run will be conrolled by means o fan electronic chip. The chip will be given to all the runners after leaving the corresponding deposit, and they must wear it on the shoe throughout the whole run. The Organization will set up checkpoints to ensure that all the runners complete the run and register their interim times. Once in the finish area, the runner must immediately return the chip to the Organization, and the deposit will be paid back to the runner.
14. TIME LIMITS Each run must be completed within a specific time limit. The time limits established for the different runs will be published in www.tenerifebluetrail.com . These time limits are calculated so that the runners can complete the run within the time limits established. Runners who exceed the time limits will not be allowed to continue the race.
15. BREACHES AND DISQUALIFICATION If these rules are not respected, the race Organization shall apply penalties consisting of: Warning in the case of minor breaches. Disqualification from the race if the breaches are serious.
Two warnings shall be equivalent to a minor breach and the result in the disqualification of the runner. The braches and sanctions applicable in Tenerife Buetrail are set out in the following table: MINOR BREACHES (WARNING) SERIOUS BREACHES (DISQUALIFICATION)
Voluntarily damaging the natural environment, i.e.: Refusal to follow orders given throwing waste or containers outside the bins by members of the race provided for this purpose, damaging the flora and Organization. fauna, or any other voluntary action that involves an impact on the environment. Not helping a runner who is in Not having all or part of the obligatory safety dificulties. material. Not completing the route of the run for which they Not having the race number are entered on foot, or using the handbike in case visible or wearing it anywhere of the Adapted Trail. This means, among others other than, chest, stomach or taking shortcuts, not going through any checkpoint front of the mesh. or not crossing the finish line. Any other incident that the Any other incident that the race officials consider a race officials consider a minor serious breach. breach.
16. RETIREMENT If a runner decides to retire from the race, he or she must indicate this to the race officials at the closest checkpoint. If this is not possible, he or she must comuncate it immediately by phone using the number printed on the race number. If a runner misses to notice this retirement to the Organization, he or she will not be allowed to participate in the next edition of Tenerife Bluetrail. Once the participant voluntarily retires from the race or is disqualified, he or she is assumed no longer to be part of the competition and becomes the sole person responsable for his or her actions.
17. CANCELLATIONS The Organzation reserves the right to cancel the run if concur objective situations of risk , such as weather alerts, forest fires or landslides, which could endanger the safety and integrity of the runners If the event is cancelled before it begins for some of the reasons previously exposed, the Organzation will try to celebrate it within 60 days. If the run is definitely cancelled, the fees paid will be returned to the participants. If the race has to be interrupted before it is concluded for objective reasons which could endanger the safety and integrity of the participants, the runners will be classified according to their order and time of arrival at the last checkpoint they passed through in the competition. Then the race will come to an end.
18. MODIFICATION OF THE ROUTE The Organzation reserves the right to change the route or modify the timetable for reasons of safety or other reasons of force majeure.
19. JURY The Jury of the Tenerife Bluetrail is responsable for dealing with any possible claims resulting from the running of the competition, as well as any other question not included in these rules. It will be made up of members of the general Management, technical Management and Judie coordination members of Tenerife Bluetrail.
20. CLASSIFICATION AND TROPHYS This mountain competition will incluye a general classification for each type of race. There will also be an independent classification for each category and race. A trophy will be awarded to the first three runners in each type of race, whatever their category All runners who reach the finish line will recieve a Finisher t-shirt, according to their category in the race.
The award ceremony forms part of the competition itself. Each participant must therefore be present in order to receive his or her prize, except for those cases of force majeure duly justified. In that circumstance, it should pick it up in time and place determined by the Organization during the two weeks following the conclusion of the race.
21. COLLECTION AND DELIVERY SERVICE OF BACKPACKS The Organization shall make available to the participants in the Ultratrail and Mediatrail a collection and delivery service of backpacks before the corresponding start. Each backpack will be assigned the runners race number. In addition, for those taking part in the Ultratrail, there will be a service of transfer of the bag with special provisioning to an intermediate point along the run. The backpacks will be removed in the Ethnographic Park Pinolere with the presentation of the dorsal.
22.- PHYSIOTHERAPY SERVICE The Organization will arrange a physiotherapy service when arriving to the Ethnographic Park Pinolere.
23. CLAIMS Any claim will only be processed if, in the opinion of the Organization, it is justified and duly documented, and is submitted to the Organziation in writing with the following details: Name and ID of the person who presents the claim Names of the athletes affected Race number Facts alleged Signature
To file a complaint, the runner should be directed to any of the arrival points, which will have a complaint forms available. This procedure is recommended during the course of the race and before the awards ceremony.
However, claims are also allowed to be sent by e-mail to: info@tenerifebluetrail.com received before 00:00 hours on 22nd October, 2012.
24. LIABILITY Runners registered to race in the Tenerife Bluetrail participate under their full and sole responsibility. Each participant is the exclusively responsable for his or her physical and mental health and assumes the risks envolved in startig and enganging in this run. The Organization also accepts no liability for any harm that may come to those taking part during the run. In this sense, when registering, each participant must send a signed original liability waiver document, as clearly stated in this section of the rules.
25. MODIFICATIONS These rules may be corrected, extended and improved at any time by the Organization. By registering the participant shows his or her conformity with these rules and with the changes that may be made to them.

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