The following race day guidelines have been approved by the Allegheny County Department of Health. These guidelines are in place for the safety of the participants, volunteers, and race directors. Please do not register if you cannot follow these guidelines. Participants who fail to abide by these rules will be removed and disqualified from the event.
PRE-RACE GUIDELINES
Participants must be symptom free of illness for 14 days (May 21st and after). Symptomatic individuals MUST stay at home.
Participants traveling to event are recommended to travel alone or with members of immediate family only.
Participants ARE REQUIRED to wear a face covering to the starting line and can remove their face covering when they start running.
Participants must wear shirt and shoes at all times.
Hand sanitizer stations will be provided at the start and finish line areas.
Bottled water will be available at the finish line. We highly recommend carrying your own water; there will be a water stop available with staff wearing masks and gloves.
DURING RACE GUIDELINES
No spitting, snotting, or projections of any bodily fluid before, during or after event.
Restroom accommodations will be available prior to the event at the upper parking lot.
All participants must avoid any physical contact with other participants which includes high fives, fist bumps, huddles, or other close contact before, during, or after the event. During competition, participants must abide by the six-foot mandated social distancing regulations when passing other participants.
POST RACE GUIDELINES
Upon finishing the race, participants must head directly to their vehicles after receiving their medal and post race snacks if you are not waiting for the awards ceremony. Raffle items will be drawn prior to packet pick up. No congregating at finish line and/or parking areas. Awards ceremony for live runners of the 5K will take place on the black top with plenty of space to social distance. Masks required. Runners can see their results online at a link to be posted later.
Spectators are not permitted on course, at start line, finish line, or parking areas. Family members finishing at separate times cannot wait at the finish line for other family members. We ask that you mask up and proceed to the black top for your post race snacks / awards.
