COVID Precautions: 

• Runners and volunteers should prescreen on race morning. * see prescreen notes below
• Spectators are discouraged. If you need to have someone with you, they can watch the race by standing in the grass median on Ward Parkway for a good spot.  No spectators will be allowed at the start line or finish line area. 
• Runners should maintain a 6 foot distance from others at all times.
• Runners should wear a mask in the race staging area, at the start line and finish line. Masks can be removed when you start running.
• Runners will be sent out in waves and will line up according to pace. Look for the pace flags along the race start line.
• Hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes will be available at packet pickup, portable toilets, aid stations, finish line and all areas where there will be touch points. 
• Runners are encouraged to carry their own hydration to reduce the number of people at aid stations
• The water stop will be minimally staffed. Volunteers will fill cups and space them so runners can pick up their own cups without contaminating other cups.
• The finish line will have bottled water that you can pick up yourself.
• Runners should put their mask back on as soon as they cross the finish line. 
• The finish line festival will be smaller than usual this year. We wish we could do more to celebrate your accomplishment.

*Prescreen Notes: Participants, staff, volunteers, attendees, and spectators must stay home if they are feeling ill or experiencing the following symptoms:

• Fever or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

CDC info for those who need extra precautions –https://www.cdc.gov/aging/covid19-guidance.html

  Based on what we know now, those at high-risk* for severe illness from COVID-19 are:

● People 65 years and older

● People who live in a nursing home or long-term care facility

● People who live or interact frequently with persons with not well controlled underlying medical conditions People of all ages with underlying medical conditions, particularly if not well controlled, including:

● People with chronic lung disease or moderate to severe asthma

● People who have serious heart conditions

● People who are immunocompromised

● Many conditions can cause a person to be immunocompromised, including cancer treatment, smoking, bone marrow or organ transplantation, immune deficiencies, poorly controlled HIV or AIDS, and prolonged use of corticosteroids and other immune weakening medications

● People with severe obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 40 or higher)

● People with diabetes

● People with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis

● People with liver disease

● People with high-blood pressure

*If have more than one risk factor = very high risk