Lehigh Valley Health Network Marathon for Via
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Race Details – Timing, Course Logistics & Transportation
22% of 2008
Marathoners qualified for
the Boston Marathon |
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Numbers, Timing Chips & Certification
Race packets for Marathon, Half Marathon and Relay Teams include your ChronoTrack B-Tag Single Use Bib Tag, safety pins, driving directions and course information, shirts, and information/goodies from our sponsors. Overall times will be available on the Results page, within 72 hours following the race, serving as official verification for Boston Marathon qualifiers. This Marathon is certified and times can be used to qualify for the Boston Marathon (Course Certification # PA0903WB).
- All participants must wear a number visible on their front and race numbers must be visible at all times during the race. Therefore, please make certain your number is pinned to the outer-most layer of clothing at all times.
- Timing mats will be placed at the start and finish for Marathon, Half Marathon and Relay. Full and Half Marathon runners will wear ChronoTrack B-Tag Single Use Bib Tag. Relay Teams: the runner for the first relay leg and last relay leg will wear ChronoTrack B-Tag Single Use Bib Tags.
- ChronoTrack B-Tag Single Use Bib Tag, instructions:
- Pin the ChronoTrack B-Tag to the front of your shirt.
- Keep your ChronoTrack B-Tag visible at all times. Do not hide or cover your race bib.
- Do not fold, crumple or otherwise alter your ChronoTrack B-Tag in anyway. Doing so may destroy your timing device.
- No Tag, No Time. No Exception.
- ChronoTrack B-Tags are non-transferable.
- The ChronoTrack B-Tag provides runners with accurate race timing. Through a computerized system, your tag transmitter will be read at the start and finish line. You must cross both locations to get an official time.
- You must wear the ChronoTrack B-Tag provided in your packet. Do not trade tags or bibs with anyone. Your time corresponds with your bib number.
- Instructions for attaching the B-Tag are available here.
- Relay Team members running Leg #1: Please be sure to remove and dispose of your ChronoTrack B-Tag Single Use Bib Tag after you make your exchange with your next team mate. If not, there is the possibility that you could alter your team’s recorded time if you accidentally cross a timing mat. This is particularly important if you decide to accompany your team mate as they run their leg of the race. Split times will not be recorded for Relay Teams. There are clocks at every exchange and Relay Team members can time themselves using these clocks.
- Each ChronoTrack B-Tag Single Use Bib Tag is checked and double-checked for functionality before they are distributed to the athlete. The tag is always “on” and does not need to be activated. There will be no “tag check” or “chip check.”
Relay Exchange Zone Operations
There will be a single staging area at each relay exchange. There will be volunteers calling out incoming team numbers. This should help in locating your incoming team member. However, it is the responsibility of the relay teams and each team member to know when their team member will be arriving at each exchange. This can be approximated by knowing each of the team members running pace (how fast they run) this will help in estimating when they will be arriving at each relay exchange. Relay Team members should touch hands with their incoming team member to make the exchange. Relay Team members please keep the exchange zones and the marathon course clear.
At exchange points (mile markers 5.5, 12, 16.8 and 22.6), Marathon/Half Marathon Runners will stay to the left. At exchange points, Power/Water Stations will be on the left for easy access for Marathon/Half Marathon Runners and to ease congestion. Relay Runners will enter the exchange chutes on the right to make their exchange with team members.
 Mile and Course Markers
Visible mile markers will be placed at each mile and yellow spray painted arrows that say LVM will be on the ground at key locations along the course to guide runners. Please look for the course signs and yellow sprayed painted arrows that say LVM with directional arrows.
Course Closure
All participants should be able to complete the course within an average of a 14-minute per mile pace. Course maintenance and street closures will cease along the course based on average of a 14-minute per mile pace, with all maintenance ceasing at 1pm. At portions of the course that on public roads, the course will be opened back up for vehicle traffic. If you fall behind this pace, please move to sidewalks or safe areas for pedestrian travel. We cannot guarantee that you will find water or food after the course is closed. If you do not think you can complete the course by 1pm, please ask a water station volunteer to arrange for an assistance vehicle to the Finish Line, Center Square in Easton. The Finish Festival ends at noon however food and beverages will be available until 1pm.
Transportation
Marathon - Shuttle buses will be available between 10 am and 2 pm from the finish line back to the Marathon Start at Lehigh Valley Hospital – Cedar Crest & I-78 in Allentown.
Half Marathon - Shuttle buses will be available between 9 and 12pm from the finish line back to the Half Marathon Start at Main and Market Streets in Bethlehem.
Relay Teams - Relay Teams are responsible for their own transportation. Directions will be provided to all team captains
in the race packet
and are available under Travel & Directions. They include instructions for directions and parking information for exchange points. Typically, Relay Teams caravan along the course as a team. They start by dropping their first runner at the starting line and then driving to the first exchange. The Relay Team caravan drops off their next runner and waits to pick up their incoming runner. They then drive to the next leg to pick up their next team member and so on until the end.
For more information, contact:
Gina Stano, Special Events
g.stano@vianet.org | 484-893-5389
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