Rules & Regulations

• Participants should enter only if they are confident that they can finish the course in six hours or less (an approximately 13-minute per mile pace). Traffic control and health and safety volunteers, and race officials, will vacate the course six hours after the start (2:00 p.m.). Anyone who continues to run on the course after 2:00 p.m. will be doing so at his/her own risk.

• Unofficial wheeled vehicles (strollers, bikes, baby joggers, skates, skate boards, roller blades, etc...) are not permitted on the course. Pets are also banned from the course.

• Pacers are not allowed on the course!  Any runner who receives assistance from a pacer (either on foot or on bicycle) risks being disqualified by the Race Director.

• The wearing of earphones, headphones, I-Pods, MP3 Players and similar devices is prohibited by safety regulations that cover the entire course.

• Only validly entered runners may participate. No one under the age of 18 on race day will be allowed to compete in the Marathon.

• The race will be videotaped at several checkpoints to ensure competitors who cross the finish line have done so after completing the entire course.

• Please make sure your race number is pinned to the FRONT of your shirt/singlet. Please do not attempt to cross the finish line without a race number clearly visible to finish line personnel.

• Sag wagons (Lackawanna County Shuttles) will patrol the course and offer rides to competitors who choose not to continue. Your race bib number will be recorded upon boarding. Any competitor who boards a sag wagon will not be allowed to rejoin the race.

• Race-issued ChampionChips are to be removed upon crossing the finish line and placed in a receptacle there for your convenience. Volunteers will be on hand if you need help removing your Chip. Please be advised that The Steamtown Marathon will send a $35 invoice to any runner who does not return a rental Chip. Any runner who does not pay the $35 fee will be banned from future Steamtown Marathons.

• With the exception of the Top Local Finisher category, there will be no duplication of awards!

• Any competitor who receives prize money will be required to provide a Social Security Number to Marathon officials.

• In accordance with USATF Rules and regulations, college-eligible athletes are not eligible to receive athletic funds (prize money). The names and addresses of all athletes and the amount of athletic funds paid to any individual who competes in the Marathon will be submitted to the USATF.

• Athletes who participate in this competition may be subject to formal drug testing in accordance with USATF Regulation 10 and/or IAAF Rule 55. Athletes found positive for a banned substance, or who refuse to be tested, will be disqualified from this event and will lose eligibility for future competitions. Some prescription and over-the-counter medications may contain banned substances. Information regarding drugs and drug testing may be obtained by calling the USOC hot line at 800-233-0393.

CANCELLATION POLICY

• The Race Director reserves the right to cancel or modify the Marathon in consideration of extremely adverse weather conditions, or other health or safety factors, that pose an imminent threat to competitors or volunteers. In the unlikely event of cancellation, entrants who have picked up their race number will be mailed a coupon for partial credit towards next year’s entry fee.

The Race Director reserves the right to disqualify any individual who does not comply with these rules.