Please review these critical rules before the race:

  • Legs 1 thru 3 in west Reno & Verdi:  Team vehicles should not park so they are blocking driveways or bike lanes.
  • Team Vehicle Size Restrictions:  No team vehicles over 20 feet long for your team support vehicles.  That means no RVS.
  • Railroad Track Crossings on Legs 2, 6 and 7:  Please be alert looking for trains.  If one is approaching, please slow down and be prepared to stop for the brief time that it takes for the train to pass.  Do not dart in front of a train.  Not worth the risk!
  • Exchange No. 6:  Please park inside the church property.  Do not park along Hirschdale  or Glenshire Roads.  Follow the one way traffic pattern through the church property to exit out the other side.   Do not exit the way you entered.
  • Crossing CA State Route 89:  Do so only where we tell you to cross, on Legs 9, 11, 12 and 15.
  • Legs 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 on CA State Route 89:  runners must wear a reflective vest even if it is day time.  This is the busiest road on the course and runner safety is very important.
  • From 7 pm to 7 am (and maybe before 7 if it gets darker sooner):  runners must carry or display a white light on their front side and at least one blinking red light on their back in addition to a reflective vest.  And anyone else from the team who gets out of the van must wear a vest and lights too.
  • CA State Route 89:  Do not park along the highway facing the wrong way.  And do not park the wrong way with your head lights turned on into the oncoming traffic.
  • Legs 8 through 32:  we STRONGLY recommend you do NOT use headphones.  You MAY NOT be plugged into both ears.
  • Entire course:  Vans must park in the designated areas at the exchange points, especially at Exchange Nos. 2, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 21, 29 and 32.
  • Entire course:  When stopping to support your runner, vans must park legally and completely off the roadway, especially on Legs 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 on CA State Route 89.  If there is not room to get your entire vehicle off the road, then DO NOT STOP there!
  • Entire course:  Respect everyone’s property.  Go to the bathroom in public restroom facilities or in the portable toilets we put at the exchange points.  Do not litter.
  • Entire course:  Be quiet in the quiet zones.  Prosser Dam Road on Leg 8 and the town of Genoa at the end of Leg 22 and beginning of Leg 23 are two of those zones.   Do not make noise there.  Do not speed in your vehicles.
  • NOTE:  If anyone associated with your team violates these rules, your team may be disqualified.  We are not trying to be hard asses.  We just want for this event to happen year after year, that we get our permits and approvals every year, and that we do not create problems for the property owners along the course and the other motorists using the roads. And of course we want to see ALL of you with your smiling faces and tired legs at the Finish Line Festival!  Thank you for your cooperation.