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Rules & Regulations For Glo Corporate Team Challenge

» Download the 2007 Corporate Fun Run Confirmation Form here.

General Rules

This is a team event within the Glo Lagos Half Marathon race and must be run as such.
A team must register a minimum of 5 participants (of any gender) per team. Each organization may register a minimum of 5 teams for the competition; but may choose to have as many cheerleaders as possible.
Each runner must represent a company and must be the staff of the company.
Teams are not allowed to be formed by students or professional athletes.
Each team member participates and runs the 2.805km Corporate Challenge Race.
Each participant in this category is timed electronically using the lead vehicle timing.
Only registered participants of the Corporate Challenge category are eligible for the team.

Prize Determinant

The team with the lowest aggregate time of their 5 finishers will be declared the winner. The same process will be used to determine the 2nd & 3rd position. Aggregate time will computed thus: Team Glo has 5 team members and they came in as 20th, 62nd, 102nd, 250th and 1201st. The score is 20+62+102+250+1201=1635
If a company cannot raise a team of 5, the runners from that company can participate as individuals in the Fun Run

PRIZES IN THE CORPORATE RACE

1st Prist	2nd Prize	3rd Prize
N 1.5 million (Team)	N 1 million (Team)	N 750,000.00 (Team)
1 Blackberry & N90,000 airtime for each member of the team	N90,000 airtime for each member of the team	N90,000 airtime for each member of the team

Running Rules

Forms: Full names of members of the registered team must appear in the corporate runners form. Each team will be given a unique serial number. Team members’ copies of Company ID card must be attached during submission of forms.
Bibs: All registered corporate runners must run with corporate bibs with corresponding tag number. Others can run without bibs.
Running:

Running

All teams must complete the courses as instructed and marked. No motorized forms of transport are allowed unless otherwise required (e.g. during an emergency).
Planned or pre-arranged outside assistance is not permitted at any time. runners must be identifiable members of staff (at least 3 months before the race day)
All team members must pass within the designated checkpoint funnels for officials to register lawful participation unless otherwise specified.
Failure to run through a checkpoint or a finish area may incur a time penalty or disqualification of the team at the discretion of the race director.
Team members must follow the course and must comply with the spirit of the race.
Apparel: Unregistered corporate runners may wear T-Shirts of their companies while registered runner must put on the official running gear. However, the provided running gear may be co-branded with the registered companies’ corporate logo.
Keep Lagos Clean: No littering – use a bin or take rubbish with you.
Running aid: The use of any wheel-run objects for projection run is not permitted. Also the use of performance-enhancing drugs is not allowed. Any participant doing so will be requested to exit the course immediately by the officials.
Wheelchairs: Any corporate runner with wheelchair can only participate in the non-registered category of this race.
Animals: Animals & Pets are strictly not allowed on the race route.
All team members must go to the finish area for results to be announced unless otherwise instructed.
Running Equipment: Teams may carry their cell phones, cameras, whistle, timer and energy drink.
Phones: Teams are responsible for ensuring their mobile phones and other properties are kept and secure.
Late/ Non Finishers: The organizers may impose cut-off time and require slower teams to take an alternative route to the finish line.
Insurance & Medicals: Teams / Competitors should consider obtaining personal insurance covers against injury if required and obtain medical clearance for the race. However, the organizers shall only provide medical / paramedics support and NOT insurance for runners.

Technical Rule

The races shall be run on made-up roads. However, when traffic or similar circumstances make it unsuitable, the course, duly marked, may be on a bicycle path or footpath alongside the road, but not on soft ground such as grass verges or the like. The start and finish will be within Lagoon Restaurant, Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island.

Start and Finish Line

The start and the finish of a race shall be denoted by a white line at least 5cm wide. The length of the course (2.805 Km) has been certified in advance by an IAAF approved course measurer (using the "Calibrated Bicycle Method”)

It is intended that parts of the course on race day will be defined by the use of non-permanent equipment such as cones, barricades, etc. and their positioning has been decided before the time of the measurement and the documentation of such decisions has been included in the measurement report.

The decrease in elevation between the start and finish has not exceeded one in a thousand, i.e. 1m per km.

The distance in kilometres on the route shall be displayed to all runners.

The Start: The races shall be started by the firing of a gun. As a result of the large number of participants, a five-minute warning before the start of the race shall be given, with additional warnings if required.

Safety and Medical

The Organising Committee of the Glo Lagos Corporate marathon has provisioned for the safety of runners and officials.

The Organising Committee shall ensure that the roads used for the competition are closed to motorised traffic in all directions.

An athlete shall retire at once from the race if ordered to do so by a member of the official medical staff appointed by the Organising Committee. Such staff shall be clearly identified by armbands, vests or similar distinctive apparel.

Drinking/Sponging and Refreshment Stations

Water and other suitable refreshments shall be available at the start and finish of the Glo corporate Marathon.

Drinking/sponging stations, where water shall be supplied, shall be placed approximately mid-way between the refreshment stations. Refreshments, shall be placed so that they are easily accessible to, or may be put by authorised persons into the hands of the runners.

Official Finish Time

The official time shall be the time elapsed between the firing of the starting gun and the runners reaching the finish line. However, the time elapsed between an athlete crossing the start line and the finish line can be made known to him, but will not be considered as official time. The order in which athletes reach the finish line will be considered as the official finish position.

The organizers aim to provide fair and honest race and level playing field for all participants, corporate teams and club teams in the Glo Marathon – Corporate Challenge 2207. The organizers reserve the right to refuse to invite or indeed to decline entry to any team (Club or Corporate) or individuals for any reason that they see fit. The event may be modified at any time by the organizers due to bad weather, security or any unforeseen circumstances deemed suitable by the race organizers