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1. ORGANIZATION
The association “Dinaridi Trails” are the organizers of the event Ultra Trail DInarides in assistance
with the cities of Knin, Vrlika Sinj, Trilj and municipalities Kijevo,
Civljane, Hrvace, Otok and Split-
Dalmatia and Šibenik-Knin counties.
DIRECTOR OF EVENT: Ivan Marušić
ASSOCIATION:
Association „Dinaridi trails“
Serdara Tomaševića 52
21230 Sinj
dinaridi.trails@gmail.com
VAT No: (HR) 00159433637
+385 95 506 1526
IBAN: HR 0324070001100210083
Contact mail: ultra.dinarides@gmail.com
Website: www.ultratraildinarides.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ultra.trail.dinarides
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ultra_trail_dinarides/
2. GENERAL INFORMATION
Ultra trail Dinarides is an event consisting of several individual races using the mountain
routes of the Dinara Nature Park. Each race is a separate event which must be done in a single stage at an
undefined pace within a time limit.
3. PARTICIPATION AND REGISTRATION CONDITIONS
The races are open to any person, male or female, licensed, or not. A declaration
of liability has to be signed by the parents from participants born in
2006. or younger.
The participants born between 2006. and 2008. may only participate in the following courses: FAMILY, 10K, CHALLENGER and MARATHON.
Registration has to be made online at the registration pool on our official website www.ultratraildinarides.com .
The indemnity provision and the Conditions for participation have to be accepted during online registration. A participant only becomes entitled to a starting slot after a succesful payment provided that slots are still available.
Each participant has to pick up his/her starting pack in person.
Athletes who have been found guilty of doping will not be admitted. Moreover, the organizer is entitled to disqualify athletes for reasons important to the organizer.
4. REGISTRATION FEE
Registration is available online at our partner’s website Stotinka.hr, who handles all registrations and all personal data of the registered entrants. By registering to the Ultra Trail Dinarides, competitors automatically accept the competition regulations and ethics. Registration is final. The fee can be paid online by credit card via a secure payment system.
The registration fee covers:
*Starter pack with gifts gifts
Large drop bag and complete manipulation njome, only for KING'S and KNIGHT's races
Small drop bag and complete manipulation (for all competitors on all races). After the start of the race, the small bags will be trensported to the finish line in Sinj
rich aid stations, approximately every 15 km, with drinks and food
showers and changing room facilities at the city pool near the finish mark
a hot meal in Sinj
finisher’s medal
medical first aid in the finish area
live timekeeping, interim times and results
a hot meal at the mountain house sv. Jakov (only KING'S and KNIGHT's races)
rest area mountain house sv. Jakov (only KING'S and KNIGHT's races)
The registration fee does not cover:
Bus transfet from Sinj to the start location of King', Knight's and Marathon race (the transfer can be booked during registration and costs 10 €)
5. 5. RUNNERS COMMITMENT
To participate in the Ultra Trail Dinarides, particularly the KING'S and KNIGHT'S races, it is essential:
To be completely aware of the length and specificity of the event and to be perfectly prepared for it
To have acquired, previous to the race, real capacity of personal autonomy in the mountains allowing for the management of potential problems induced by this type of event, and notably:
To know how to confront, without outside help, climatic conditions which could be very difficult to deal with at altitude (night, wind, cold, fog, rain or snow)
To know how to manage, including when one is isolated, physical or mental problems arising from great fatigue, digestive problems, muscle or articular pains, small wounds…
To be completely conscious that the organization’s role is not to help a runner manage these problems
To be completely aware that for such an activity in the mountains safety depends upon the runner’s capacity to adapt to the problems encountered or foreseen
To inform and to sensitize the members of the runner’s entourage towards the respect of nature, people and the regulations of the race
To accept to receive newsletters providing information about the event
6. semy -AUTONOMY
The race will be conducted based on teh principal of semy-autonomy. All races of The Ultra Trail Dinarides event take place in one single stage, at an undefined pace, within the time limits specified for each race.
Semi-autonomy is defined as having the capacity to be autonomous between two refreshments posts, refering to food and drinks, equipment, and safety, allowing for adapting to any problems encountered or foreseen (bad weather, physical problems, injury…)
This principle implies the following rules:
Each runner must have with them throughout the duration of the race the totality of their mandatory equipment. At any moment of the race, the equipment can be checked by the race officials. The runner is obliged to submit to these checks in good faith, at the risk of exclusion from the race.
The refreshment posts supply drinks and food may only be consumed at the refreshment post. The organization only supplies still water or energizing drink for filling water bottles or hydration packs. When leaving the aid station, the runners should take care to ensure they have the quantity of drink and food which is necessary to keep them going until the following aid station.
Personal assistance and company is tolerated exclusively at certain aid stations (*), in the zone specifically reserved for this use. Assistance can only be given by one person, without specific equipment other than a bag with a maximum volume of 30 liters. Assistance given by a team of professionals, or any medic or paramedic, is strictly forbidden. The rest of the refreshment post is strictly reserved for the runners.
It is forbidden to accompany or be accompanied along any part the race route by a person
Personal assistance is tolerated at the following aid stations: Brezovac, Cetina river source, Velike Poljanice, sv. Jakov, Žlabina, Gljev
It is forbidden at all other refreshment posts, as well as at any other point of the race route.
7. MANDATORY EQUIPMENT
In order to ensure their security and the good progress of each event, each participant must have at their disposal the all the mandatory equipment on the list, detailed below.
The “hot-weather”, “cold-weather” kits are integrally a part of the obligatory equipment. According to the weather conditions, the organizers can activate a kit and inform each participant before the opening of the race-bib distribution for their race. Each participant must, therefore, present their mandatory equipment, including the kit activated by the organizers, in order to retrieve their race- bib, and agree to keep it with them throughout the event.
It is important to note that the material imposed by the organizers is a vital minimum which each trail-runner must adapt in function to their own capacities. In particular, they must not choose the lightest weight clothing possible in order to gain a few grams but opt for clothing which really offers good protection in the mountains against the cold, wind and snow, which therefore give better security and better performance.
Basic kit
Mobile phone (smartphone strongly recommended): the runner must be reachable at any time before, during and after the race:
head torch in good working order with spare cells/batteries
Recommendation: 200 lumens or more
basic first aid kit
Food reserve
The hooded jacket which can withstand bad weather in the mountains with waterproof* and breathable** membrane (eg. Outdry)
Hot weather kit (can be deemed necessary by the organization, according to weather conditions)
8. INSURANCE
Competitors are advised to obtain insurance. Each competitor should be covered by accident insurance. This must cover potential costs for Rescue operations (particularly helicopter evacuation, search, and action by rescue) and treatment. Any damage claims from competitors against the Race Organizer, regardless of their legal reason, are void.
For members of the ITRA (International Trail Running Association), it is possible to subscribe to an Assistance – Repatriation insurance which covers the cost of search and rescue world-wide. For more information go to https://itra.run/page/353/Insurance.html.
The choice of the method of evacuation and the actual choice of hospital is at the discretion of the search and rescue and medical officials.
Expenses arising from the use of exceptional methods of rescue or evacuation have to be paid by the person rescued who will also have to pay their return from the place to where they were evacuated. It falls to the runner to create their file and present it to their insurance company within the stated time limit.
9. RESPECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
By registering for UTD , participants agree to respect the environment and the natural areas they pass through
. In particular :
10. PHOTO/VIDEO RIGHTS
Every competitor expressly foregoes the right for any images or video footage during the event, just as they renounce any right of appeal to the organizers and their partners for the use of their image. Only the organization can transfer this right for images and videos to any media, via an accreditation or relevant license.
All communication about the event or the use of images or videos from the event must respect the name of the event, the registered trademark and have official approval from the organization.
11. PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY
With the registration, the participant agrees that personal data can be gathered and passed on to
third parties for the purposes of timekeeping, rankings, and results as well as for the publication of
respective lists on the internet.
The information is collected as part of a registration for one of the Ultra Trail Dinarides races, for the
needs of the organization and in particular to identify each competitor in order to communicate
his/her information related to his/her participation before, during or after the event.
The participant agrees that his first name, last name, country, date of birth, team name, bib number
and results (ranking, time) may be published in all print and electronic media relevant to the event.
The runner’s data is kept in the database for 10 years. This period is renewable at each registration and corresponds to the legal data retention period of the medical and non contraindication to the practice of athletics or running in competition certificate, or the sports card.
Beyond these 10 years,
and unless the runner authorizes the organization to keep his/her data, all data are deleted except
the runner’s surname, first name, date of birth, gender and nationality to maintain the rankings.
12. DROP BAGS
KING'S/ KNIGHT'S: each participant in addition to the start number, are the starting package gets a big and a small bag.
The big bag is transported to the refreshment station of St. Jakov after the participants fill it up and hand it over at a designated place in Sinj during certain working hours. Upon arrival at the refreshment station of St. Jakov, the participants pick up their bag and hand it over to the official staff when they leave the station. This bag is then transported back to Sinj where it can be picked up at certain opening hours.
The small bag is used for the personal stuff/gear at the start point. Having filled it with the stuff competitors doesn’t want to carry along the course, they can deposit it at the designated places at each race start. The bags are then taken back to Sinj where they can be picked up at the designated working hours
MARATHON: Each participant gets a small bag with the start number
A small bag is used for personal belongings / equipment from the start. After the participants fill it with things they do not need in the race, the bag is deported to certain places at the start and transported to Sinj. There they can be picked up by arriving at the finish line. Tamo se mogu preuzeti dolaskom u cilj.
Note 1: We advise participants not to leave valuables in bags. the organizer does not bear any responsibility for the theft
Note 2: small bags are deposited exclusively at the start location of each race
Spare bag collection in Sinj: Bags are picked up only with the presentation of the start number, and can be picked up by participants or their support. The bags must be picked up no later than two hours after the end of the event. After this deadline, the participant must contact the organizer and at his own expense, personally pick up the bags at a location designated by the organizer.
The organization ensures the repatriation, to Sinj, of any bags of runners who abandon, on the condition that the abandonment has been registered. The delay of the repatriation is in relation to logistical constraints and the organization can not guarantee a complete repatriation of bags before the end of the race.
Only bags supplied by the organization will be transported. Poles are not allowed in these bags. The contents of the bags will not be verified, no complaint about the contents of the bag at the finish will be accepted.
13. AID STATIONS
The organization ensures the presence of solid and liquid refreshments along the race route. The aid stations supply drinks and food for consumption in situ.
The organization supplies still water and
energizing drink for filling water bottles/hydration packs and personal beakers. The competitor must
take care when leaving each aid station, that they have enough food and drink to last them to the
next aid station.
Only runners wearing a visible race-bib who have been duly checked have access to the aid stations.
The Race guide (to be published in August 2024 will have a complete list of aid stations
and what they serve.
14. CHECK POINTS
A check is carried out at the arrival at an aid station and at certain security posts.
Unexpected check posts are set-up at posts other than those of aid stations or security posts. Their location is not divulged by the organization
15. WAY MARKING
The courses will be marked with more than 10.000 pink flags on the course (every cca 40 meters)
along with around 100 arrow signs and a few kilometers of red-and-white stripe tape. For better
sighting at night, the way-markers are fitted, in part, with reflective material which attracts the light
of your torch. In the urban areas, the course will be marked with red-and-white tape along with the
arrows sprayed on the asphalt surfaces.
ATTENTION: if you don’t see any course mark for some time (longer than 200 m), turn back!
In respect to the environment, no paint is used on the paths.
16. MAXIMUM AUTHORIYED TIME AND TIME LIMITS
KING'S RACE: 46 HOURS
KNIGHT'S RACE: 24 HOURS
UTD MARATHON: 12 HOURS
UTD CHALLENGER: 5 HOURS
10K : 4 HOURS
FAMILY RACE: 2 HOURS
These time barriers are calculated to allow competitors to arrive at the finish within the maximum time allowed while having made eventual stops (rest, food…). In order to be authorized to continue with an event, competitors must leave the checkpoint before the time limit (whatever their time of arrival at the checkpoint).
In order to continue the race, participants must exit the refreshment station before the time limit at that station (regardless of the time of entry into the station).
All competitors excluded from the race who wish to continue the route can only do so after having returned their race-bib and under their own responsibility and in complete autonomy.
TIME LIMITS WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER
17. SAFETY AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
It is up to a runner in trouble or seriously hurt to call for the help :
Every runner must give assistance to any person in danger and alert security services.
In the case where it is impossible to contact race HQ, you can make a direct call to the national security service (most particularly if you find yourself in a zone where only emergency calls are possible) 112 112
Do not forget that hazards of all sorts, linked to the environment and the race, may require you to wait for assistance for a longer time than expected. Your security, therefore, depends upon the quality of the equipment which you have put in your pack.
All the personnel, medics, paramedics, search and rescue and official guides, as well as any person so designated by the organization, are able to :
exclude any competitor from the race who is judged to be unable to continue the event
A runner who contacts a physician or rescue personnel submits themselves to their authority and agrees to accept their decisions. As from the moment where the state of a runner’s health justifies treatment via an intravenous drip, they are obligatorily excluded from the race.
An infirmary will be accessible in Umag throughout the duration of the event. Competitors who have a severe medical problem may present themselves. Minor treatments will be carried out at the discretion of the personnel and subject to their availability.
Each runner must stay on the way-marked route, even to sleep. All runners who voluntarily venture from the way-marked course are no longer under the responsibility of the organization.
18. FINSH
Each competitor, upon succesfully finishing the race in the designated timelimit receives a finisher's medal.
A post-race meal is served at the designated restaurant in Sinj.
19. SHOWERS
There is the possibility of a hot shower at the end of the race. Access to the end of race showers is, strictly, only accessible to runners. The race-bib is the pass for accessing the showers.
20. RANKING AND RECOMPENSE
For each race, a general ranking, male and female, and for each category, male and female, is established.
KING'S: the first 3 men and the first 3 women in the general ranking
KNIGHT'S, MARATHON, CHALLENGER,10K, FAMILY: the first 3 men and the first 3 women in the general ranking
Runners must be present at their prize giving. The trophies are only distributed at the ceremony.
Results will be published at the official website at www.ultratraildinarides.com. Finisher’s certificates will be available and downloadable from the online repository at the official website.
21. ABANDONMENT AND REPATRIATION
Except in the case of injury, a runner must not abandon outside of an aid station. They must inform the person responsible for the post.
In the case of the decision to abandon between two aid stations, the runner must go to the next aid station where they announce their abandonment.
The runner keeps hold of their race-bib because it is the pass for accessing shuttle buses, buses, meals, treatment rooms…
Repatriation will be organized from each aid station. Injured or sick athletes will have a priority. In case of total stoppage of the race, the organization ensures the repatriation of the runners as fast as possible.
22. PENALTIES - DISQUALIFICATION
Race officials present along the race-route, and those responsible for the different aid stations and security posts are able to enforce the regulations and immediately apply a penalty in the case of non-respect for these regulations, according to the following chart:
(*) The time penalties are immediately applicable on site, meaning that the runner has to interrupt their race for the duration of the penalty time.
All other lack of respect for the regulations will be subject a sanction at the race directors’ discretion.
23. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITIONS
If the circumstances require, the organization reserves the right to, at any moment, modify the route, start times, time limits, the position of aid stations or security posts, and any other aspect related to the good functioning of the event.
In the case of a force majeure, weather conditions which are too unfavorable or any other circumstance which puts the security of the competitors at risk, the organization reserves the right to:
In case of cancelation of the event for any reason more than 15 days before the start date, partial
reimbursement of the registration fee will be made. The amount of this reimbursement will be
defined as to allow the organization to deal with all the irremediable expenses made to the date of
cancelation. In case of cancelation less than 15 days before the start date for anz reason, or in case
of interruption of the race, no refud of
registration fees will be made.
24. AMENDMENTS TO THE REGULATIONS
The organizer reserves the right to make short-term amendments that will be announced in a timely manner, while all registered competitors will be informed by e-mail.
25. CANCELATION
In the case of a runner’s non-chronic osteoarticular or muscular injury, and only in this
case, arising after registration and which is not completely curable by the day of the race,
the organization recommends that the injured runner does not put themselves at
unnecessary risk, cancels their registration (cancellation conditions as above) and asks for
priority registration, for the same race, during a future event.
In case of a serious illness or death of the participant, the start fee will be returned in full (bank fees excluded). In order to get the refund, it is necessary to supply a medical certificate signed and stamped by the giving evidence of the runner’s incapacity to participate in the race or death certificate.
In case of the pregnancy of a registered competitor (birth date 6 months before – 6 months after the race), the organization recommends that the pregnant runner does not put themselves at unnecessary risk, cancels their registration (cancellation conditions as above), and asks for priority registration, for the same race, during a future event.
All requests for priority, in the case of a cancellation due to injury, must reach us accompanied by a complete medical file (detailed medical report and image examination results confirming the diagnostic written in ENGLISH or CROATIAN language, signed and stamped by the physician must be delivered to the organiyer by email before 15 August 2024. Any incomplete files will be rejected.
Requests will be processed by September 1, 2024 at the latest, and the official race doctor's decision is final and there is no right of appeal.
If the medical committee’s decision is favorable, the participant will benefit from priority registration for the same race in a future year. Priority registration only means avoiding the draw. The registration is subject to all the usual registration regulations (entering data, registration fees).
Association „Dinaridi trails“
Serdara Tomaševića 52, 21230 Sinj
E-mail: dinaridi.trails@gmail.com
DIRECTOR OF EVENT: Ivan Marušić, 095/506-1526
VAT No: (HR) 00159433637
Mob:+385 95 506 1526
IBAN: HR 0324070001100210083
