Health & Safety - Sri Chinmoy Mid-Year Series

Please Ensure You Read This Health & Safety Check-List

Fit Enough to Complete Event:

• Runners and walkers should be quite certain that they are fit enough and sufficiently well trained to complete these events.

• If you are unsure about your general health or fitness consult your family doctor before embarking on a training program.

• There are many running/ walking training programs available on the net ... contact us if you need any assistance.

Age Limits for Children & Young Adult Entries

• Whilst we encourage children and young adults to play sports and to be fit and active, we also feel that there is solid evidence that excessive participation in endurance sports can be detrimental to the long term development of healthy limbs, muscles, joints and major vital organs in growing children and adolescents.

• Therefore, we require 5 km entrants to be 13 years old, 10 km entrants to be 15 years and 20 km entrants to be 17 years of age.

Adequate Clothing:

• All participants are advised to bring adequate clothing and protection for changes in weather, rain gear, polyprop clothing, gloves, sun hats, sunglasses, sunscreen etc.

Supervision of Children:

• Children not participating are welcome providing they are supervised at all times by an adult.

Car Parking:

• Runners and walkers may park in the free public car parking provided at the Auckland Domain and adjacent roadways.

Pre Race Safety Briefing:

• There will be a safety briefing for runners and walkers at the start line.

No Road Closures ... Normal Road Rules Apply:

• There are no road closures for this event so runners and walkers should remain vigilant, obey normal pedestrian road rules and expect traffic at all times.

• Auckland Domain roadways are usually very quiet on Sunday mornings. However, runners and walkers should constantly be on alert and follow all directives from the traffic safety marshals.

• Runners and walkers must follow the indicated channeling of the cones where necessary.

• Walkers should walk no more than two abreast and keep single file/ to the left on narrower sections of the course to allow runners to pass safely.

Stay Hydrated During Event:

• Runners and walkers should ensure that they keep hydrated during the event. Cups of water and electrolytes drinks will be handed out every 2.5 km adjacent to the registration/ finish area.

First Aid/ Emergencies:

• A first aid kit will be located in the information/ registration tent.

• Participants should report any incidents or distressed persons to the nearest safety marshal.

• Safety marshals will direct participants to the information/ finish area for minor medical emergencies and report any distressed participants, incidents or emergencies to the chief safety officer or the race director.

Withdrawal of Exhausted or Distressed Participants:

• If any participant becomes distressed or exhausted- the chief safety officer or race director shall withdraw that person from the event.