Event rules & cut offs

Event Rules

• All participants must acknowledge they have read and agree to the Participant Indemnity form during online registration.
• Juniors only – (under 18 on race day) must have their parent or guardian advise the organisers, Transcend Trails, of their intention to enter.
  • Juniors who wish to complete more than one leg of the course must comply with the Under 18 entry requirements and the parent or guardian must read and approve an authorisation and indemnity.
• Competitors must follow the complete course as marked and directed. Taking shortcuts or using any unfair means of obtaining an advantage over other competitors will result in disqualification. It is the competitor’s responsibility to ensure that the correct course is followed. The course is marked and GPX files are provided.
• Your race number must be visible at all times on the outside of your clothing (at the front). 
• Races numbers are non-transferable. 
• Times and prizes will not be recognised if racing under another entry/name.
• Competitors may only receive external assistance on the course from their support crews and/or team mates at designated support checkpoints. External support may not be provided anywhere else on the course and this includes the supply of water bottles or food by non competitors.
• One competitor cannot provide assistance in forward progression through physical pushing / pulling / towing / pacing, or the provision of food or drinks to a competitor in another category except in emergency circumstances.
• Australian Road Rules apply at all times on all roads, tracks and trails. Please give right of way to cars.
• No competitor or support crew person is to cross the ARC Infrastructure Avon Valley train line unless it is at the Orlov Tunnel (pictured above), near Bells Rapids. Crossing the train line will result in immediate disqualification.
• You must carry the Mandatory Gear as specified in the equipment list. A 30 minute penalty will apply for any (and every) item found missing during any random gear checks and you will not be allowed to continue until the item is replaced. You can expect random gear checks to be made during the race.
• Relay teams can only change over at the designated checkpoint locations – after their team mate has arrived.
• Competitors are responsible for the actions of their support crew and may be penalised for actions or breaches of the rules by their support crew.
• Support crews are not permitted to run with or pace runners.
• Support crews (and competitors) must NOT bring dogs or pets with them to the event. Please note, pets are specifically not allowed in National Parks or Paruna Wildlife Sanctuary and there is 1080 poison broadly spread across this region.
• Team mates ARE permitted to run with fellow team members. Subject to the following conditions:
  • A runner can only buddy up for one additional leg.
  • Team members MUST stay together at all times.
  • All team members who start a leg, must finish leg. If any team member does not finish a leg, that team will receive a DNF (non competitive) result.
  • The runner with the slowest leg time will be used to calculate the team result for that leg. A team member waiting to depart at the next transition cannot start until all team members have finished the preceding leg, unless advised by an event official. 
  • All team members must carry all required mandatory gear in their personal packs i.e. you can't share if both running the same leg.
  • The nominated runner for the leg must be self sufficient with hydration/nutrition and cannot receive support from their team mate i.e. being a mule.
  • If you intend on running together, please email gobeyond@transcendtrails.com prior approval is required.
• Any competitor who withdraws from the race MUST notify an official. This is an essential requirement to avoid unnecessary searches being conducted and emergency services being engaged.
• All runners are permitted to lodge protests against results or decisions enforced during the event. A judging panel of three Transcend Trails staff members will adjudicate on all protests and other contentious matters, and their decision will be final. Protests must be lodged within 30 minutes of the subject competitor crossing the finish line.
• Transcend Trails has sole discretion to alter or amend the race rules in order to increase the safety of participants or for any other reason deemed appropriate.
• If the race is cancelled or called off after it has started, it is each competitor’s responsibility to get themselves to the finish area as soon as you have been notified of the cancellation.
• Littering is prohibited.
• You must comply with WADA rules and regulations
• It is not allowed to abuse verbally or physically any competitors, volunteers or event team
• You must be present at the presentations to collect your prize  
• Transcend Trails has the right to determine if a competitor should continue or discontinue on course. 
• If you lose or fail to return a tracker you will be charged $250.00 and payment will be due in 14 days from event finish.

Cut Offs:

The following 65KM ultra and relay cut off times are provisional and may change (slightly) nearer the event. Cut off times will be strictly enforced.

• Start of Leg 2 – you must depart CP1 by 8:45am Saturday
• Start of Leg 3 – you must depart CP2 by 11:15am Saturday
• Start of Leg 4 – you must depart CP3 by 13:45pm Saturday
• Start of Leg 5 – you must depart CP4 by 17:15pm Saturday

The course closes at 20:00pm Saturday (this is an average pace of ~13 minutes per kilometre)

For the 40km hike it is calculated at ~19:30 min per km. 

• 7:00am Start at Walyunga Scenic Lookout 
• 11:15am cut off at Paruna Nissen Hut
• 16:05pm cut off at Valley Campground

The course closes at 20:00pm Saturday.

The 6km hike / fun run you have 2 hours to complete 6km i.e. 3km/hr.

Cut Off Time Procedures:

•  For teams who do not make the published cut off time, the next team member will be allowed to continue at the published cut off time but will be an unranked competitor.
• If the last cut off is missed, then competitors must make their way via alternative means to the finish line.
• If you cannot complete a leg or are forced to stop or withdraw from a leg the following procedures will be followed:
  • At the next transition area, advise an official that your team did not complete the leg and hand over to your team mate who can continue the rest of the course
  • Your team will be unranked, but you can still continue the event.