Santa Margarita Sprint Race

Santa Margarita Spring Race

Rules

General Race Rules.

• Racers are required to provide their own hydration and nutritional supplies for exercises between 2 and 5 hours.
• All race activities are to be completed by team members only
• Team members must stay within 100 meters of each other
• Racing Bibs are to be worn, visibly, at all times during the race

Course 

• Competitors are required to follow the course, route of travel and method of travel at all times
• Please don’t liter or leave anything behind on the course. Leave No Trace!
• Cutoff times and locations will be enforced. Times and locations will be given at pre-race meeting.  
• An ANSI or Snell approved helmet is required for mountain bike sections

Kayak Rules:

• Do not alter the kayak in any way. If kayak incurs damage. Damage will be assessed and the team charged up to the cost of the kayak.
• You are required to wear a Coast Guard approved P.F.D. life jacket at all times when in kayak and otherwise instructed.
• Santa Margarita Lake is a municipal water source. NO BODY contact is permitted with the lake. This is very important and not abiding by it jeopardizes the future of our event. Please don’t touch the water.

Bummer

• A time penalty may be imposed for a violation of any of the race rules. In the event that a team is assessed a time penalty, the time penalty shall be added to the teams time at the finish line. Time penalties shall be cumulative and a team may be assessed more than one time penalty for violations of the same rule.
• Penalty times range from 5 to 30 minutes.