Fleet Feet Buffalo Bayou 25K Relay Fleet Feet Sports presents the Fleet Feet Buffalo Bayou 25K Relay. This exciting team event pits 3 runners per team on a fast 3- loop course. Each loop consists of 8.33 K or 5.20 miles and parallels Buffalo Bayou from the corner of Bagby and Prairie out to Shepherd Drive and back on Memorial Drive. Are you training for a half-marathon, such as the San Antonio Rock and Roll event? The Fleet Feet Buffalo Bayou 25K Relay is ideally placed one week prior to the San Antonio Rock and Roll Marathon, to give you a supercharged warm up for the challenge of the half-marathon. Get together with a couple of your running friends and meet the challenge of the Fleet Feet Buffalo Bayou 25K Relay, there is no relay race in Houston like it! Get ready, and get set for a “relay” good time along Buffalo Bayou!
Guidelines for Participation In accordance with guidelines issued by USA Track and Field and Road Runners Club of America, only runners and wheelchairs can be allowed on the course. The race is sanctioned by the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA). Guidelines exclude runners going backwards, animals, bicycles, baby strollers, baby joggers, headphones and skateboards. No wheeled vehicles are allowed other than wheelchairs. It is not our intent to censure the few who might wish to participate with his/her child or on a wheeled vehicle. It is our intent to furnish the safest possible racecourse and to provide the runner with the sanction advertised for this event. Those who participate in a non-sanctioned manner will be removed from the course.
Wheelchair participants will be bound by competition rules for athletics as issued by Wheelchair Track and Field, USA (WTFUSA), the national governing body of Wheelchair Sports, USA.
Relay Important Facts When: 7:00 a.m. Sunday, November 14, 2010 Where: Downtown Houston with a start and finish at Wortham Center (Texas Avenue @ Smith St), one of Houston’s performing arts venues. Who: All properly trained runners may enter. What:A 3-person relay, (one loop each
of the 25K course x 3).Junior
(one category for 19 & under, either Male, Female or Mixed), Men (Open,
Masters and Seniors), Female (Open, Masters and Seniors), Mixed teams (NOTE:A mixed team consists of 2 men and 1
woman or 1 man and 2 women.)Masters is 40 and over, Seniors is 50 and over.
The Course • The Fleet Feet Buffalo Bayou 25K Relay runs in conjunction with the HMSA Classical 25K. The 25K racecourse is certified by the Road Running Technical Council of USA Track & Field. Certification number is TX03085ETM. It is a triple loop and mainly on concrete. • The Fleet Feet Buffalo Bayou Relay: Each runner runs one loop of the 25K course (8.333 km). • The course will close at 10:30 A.M. If you have not completed your event, you will be asked by Houston Police to leave the street. • There are water stations approximately every 2 miles. • Qualified EMT and AED personnel are at the finish line and along the course through radio communication. • Elapsed times will be called at each mile. The time you hear called will be the total time for your Relay team and the overall team pace.
Entry Fees Regular: $60.00 per team if postmarked before October 16, 2009 Late: $66.00 per team if postmarked on October 16, 2009 or later Checks should be made payable to Houston Masters Sports Association or HMSA Discounts apply to the 25K race, but do not apply to the Relay since it is not a HARRA race.
Awards A short-sleeved Technical shirt will be awarded to
all entrants of the Fleet Feet Buffalo Bayou Relay.Team
captains should pick up shirts for all team members on race morning.Team
awards:First, second and third place awards will be given in the Junior
category (19 & Under, either Male, Female or Mixed), Open, Masters and
Seniors Male and Female, teams, and first, second and third place awards will
be given in the Open, Masters and Seniors Mixed team categories.NOTE:A mixed team consists of 2 men and 1 woman or 1 man and 2
women.)
NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO DUPLICATION OF AWARDS. On any and all matters relating to conduct of the race, the Race Directors’ decision will be final.
Time Limit and Scoring The Fleet Feet Buffalo Bayou 25K Relay event uses
the ChronoTrack scoring system using the D-tag.The
D-tag will be attached to a Velcro strap, which you may wear on your ankle or
on your wrist.Your team captain
will receive the strap and the tag.This will be passed from runner A to B to C as you pass the exchange
point.In order for results to be tabulated on a timely
basis, no official times will be taken after 3 hours 30 minutes.Water stations and course security will
be removed accordingly. Packet Pick Up & Late Registration Packets will be mailed out to those runners whose registration is postmarked before October 22, 2010. If your registration form is postmarked on October 16, 2009 or later, you must pick up your packet at one of the times shown below.
Thursday,
November 11
10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Fleet Feet Sports in Spring, Texas
8220 Louetta Road, Spring, Texas
281-370-4140
Friday,
November 12
10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Fleet Feet Sports in Rice Village
2408 Rice Blvd.
713-520-6353
Saturday,
November 13
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Fleet Feet Sports
6590 Woodway at Voss
713-465-0063
Late registration for the Fleet Feet Buffalo Bayou 25K Relay is $66.00. No deductions apply. There is no race day registration or packet pick up and there are no exceptions.
• You may change your event prior to race morning. • If you decide to run the full 25K and not the relay, you will pay the difference in the race fee. • If you decide to run the relay instead of the 25K, there will be no refund.
