1. EMERGENCY CONTACTS & PROCEDURES

A. Critically injured/assisting a critically injured runner

• First Stop a local participant runner and ask them to help you. Call Emergency: 999.
  • Ambulance: 999
• Second Notify Race Control Centre
• Third Send us your report
  • Report all details at the earliest available time to email: hk.race@biji.co
  • Nature of injury, name/bib number of runner who assisted you, treatments received at the event and/or local hospital.

B. Non-critical injury / assisting a runner with a non-critical injury

• First Check the course map for the nearest CP / First Aid location.
  • Make your way to that CP / first aid location for help.
• Second Notify Race Control Centre
• Third Send us your report
  • Report all details of the incident at the earliest available time to email: hk.race@biji.co
  • Nature of injury, name/bib number of runner who assisted you, treatments received at the event and/or local hospital.

2. FIRST AID HQ

First Aid HQ is located next to the Bag Drop Area for all GreenRace Events. All course First Aid Stations are shown on the course map. It’s a requirement for all participants to familiarise themselves with these locations before race day.

Report all injuries to Race Control Centre

3. MANDATORY GEAR REQUIREMENTS

All runners have a responsibility to show up prepared for the unexpected on race day. Review all Mandatory Items that must be carried during all GreenRace Events.

• Each TGR event has specific mandatory gear requirements. Check the event landing page ‘Mandatory Gear’ section of the race you are registered for.
• Runners found to have not adequately prepared for the event will be disqualified (Eg, missing mandatory items etc).

4. SAFETY FIRST

Do not risk your own safety or the safety of your trail running compadres by not adhering to Mandatory Items or by signing up to an event you have not properly trained for. Runners must stop to assist any injured participants:

1. Check with the runner verbally: ‘Are you ok?’
2. Ask the runner their name.
3. Take note of their bib number.
4. Check once more that they are ok.
5. Report their name and bib number to the nearest CP, volunteer or by email to hk.race@biji.co.

We highly recommend all participants run the course at least once prior to race day. We provide pre-GreenRace training sessions for our runners. 

5. WEATHER CONDITIONS – RACE DAY

Be prepared for adverse weather race day. Check the HKO forecast prior to attending: http://www.hko.gov.hk/contente.htm.

Before the race

• Red / Black Rainstorm Signal, thunderstorm warning is hoisted 60 mins prior to race start: the event may be postponed by up to 2 hours or cancelled.
• T3 or higher typhoon signal is hoisted 3 hours prior to race start: the event will be cancelled.
• The organiser will attempt to reschedule the event to a later date subject to permit approvals.

During the race

• Red / Black Rainstorm Signal, Thunderstorm warning, T3 or above typhoon signal is hoisted during the event: runners will not be permitted to continue past checkpoints.
• The organiser reserves the right to change the finish location to a new designated location (likely a checkpoint).
  Final results will be generated based on the time recorded at the revised finish location.
• The race will not be rescheduled under these circumstances.
  
  

Others

• Entry fees are non-cash refundable under any circumstances including but not limited to adverse weather conditions.
• Race Director reserves the final decision based on the local conditions prior to race day and during the event.

6. RACE PACK COLLECTION

Participants are expected to collect race packs prior to race day for most TGR events.

• Only bibs and timing bands will be made available to runners on the morning of the event.
• Additional race pack gifts and extras will be forfeited for those participants not collecting race packs at least one day before the event.
• Uncollected race pack extras will be donated to charity and recorded on our HelpHK page.

7. AGE CATEGORIES.

• 6-12 Family Race 1-2 parents + 1-3 children*
• 8-12 Kids Race**
• 13 – 19 Students***
• 20 – 29 Greens
• 30 – 39 Primes
• 40 – 49 Perennials
• 50 – 59 Vintages
• 60+ Antiques

* HK$200 per adult (1 price for up to 5 participants in total, t-shirts add HK$100 per participant)

** Parents may accompany kid as not competing at no charge. Parental waiver required for solo Kids Race: https://greenrace.run/waiver/

*** Parental waiver required for kids/teens up to 17yrs age:  greenrace.run/waiver

8. BIB TRANSFERS

All entries are fully transferable within the same event up to 72 hours before race start.

• No full or partial cash refunds permitted for any category changes, cancellations, or transfers.
• A fee of HK$100 applies to all late change requests.
• Request your bib transfer here.

9. CATEGORY CHANGES

• Solo (individual) downgrades to lower distance categories within the same event are permitted (a fee of HK$100 applies).
• Solo upgrades to higher distance categories and team categories must pay the difference between the existing fee paid and the current cost of the new category + $HK100.
• Requests are accepted up to 3 days prior to event start time.
• No full or partial cash refunds permitted for any category changes, cancellations, or transfers.
• HK$100 applies to all change requests.
• Transfers to other GreenRace events are not permitted under any circumstances.

10. COMMON COURTESY

Yield to all hikers and trail walkers where safe to do so. Please show respect and courtesy to all users of our country park trails. Trail runners are not the only ones out there enjoying our country parks!

11. DISPUTES

The Race Director has the final decision in all disputes. Argumentative or aggressive runners will not be tolerated at GreenRace Events.

12. EXTERNAL SUPPORT NOT PERMITTED

Outside of checkpoints/water stations, every individual participant and registered team must run self-supported. Pace runners are not allowed. Runners are permitted to purchase food and beverages at shops along the course route.

13. KEEP LEFT

Keep to the left on trails wherever safe to do so. Allow faster runners to pass on the right. Don’t put yourself in the way of faster trail traffic and needlessly contribute to trail running collisions/mishaps. Runners passing will warn by stating “On your right!”

14. LITTERING NOT PERMITTED

Needless to say, take it with you! Runners found to have littered along the trail, whether intentional or not, will be disqualified.

15. EVENT CANCELLATION – RACE CREDIT REFUND POLICY

All TGR registrations are processed with RunnerReg.com event registration platform. Race Credit refunds are permitted under the following allowances listed in the table below. Registration changes are permitted free of charge up to 61 days prior to race day. Late change requests will be accepted up until 3 days prior to race day – HK$100 fee applies.

(1) Changes less than 60 days prior to event start are subject to a HK$100 fee.

(2) Registration changes include distance, solo – team category, bib transfers.

(1) Organiser specific and applies to event registrations hosted on RunnerReg.com only.

(2) Applies to total event purchases, including add-on purchases not yet collected.

16. ROUTE CHANGES / AMENDMENTS

Routes are +/- 10% of the advertised distance, subject to AFCD approval and may be updated prior to the event. The race director reserves the right to amend course as per AFCD requirements. Runners will be notified of final approved routes via pre-race email no less than 10 days prior to race day.

17. SHORT CUTTING THE COURSE NOT PERMITTED

Needless to say, runners found to be cutting the racecourse will be disqualified.

18. STARTING & CUT-OFF TIMES

Late runners will be allowed to start up to 15 minutes after official starting times. Runners showing up later than this will be marked as DNS (Did Not Start). Cut-off times are generous for all GreenRace events allowing for up to 16 min/km average pace. For safety reasons and due to the fact our events are still in fact RACES, we must enforce posted cut-off times for each event. Runners not completing within the allotted cut-off times will be automatically marked as DNF (Did Not Finish) in the official race results. It is the runner’s responsibility make their way back to the Start/Finish for bag collection if they DNF (runners must also carry a cell phone + Octopus Card + Cash + Spare phone charger/battery). Review Starting & Cut-off times here.

19. STAY ON THE TRAIL

The more we divert to the edge of our trails the more destruction we all cause to fragile mountain ecosystems. Think twice next time you’re running a high mountain trail that’s as wide as a road. It happens faster than you think! At current rates, what will the trail conditions be 10-20 years when future generations head out to enjoy our country parks? Don’t like concrete? Stay on the trail!

20. TEAM RULES

Teams: Male, Female and Mixed teams are available wherever ‘team’ is listed.

• All teams must start together, scan in at each checkpoint together, and cross the finish line together.
• Solo runners registering under team categories will be automatically disqualified.

21. TRAIL RUNNING POLES

Use of trail running poles is not permitted for TGR races 15km or less.

22. BEST SPORTSMANSHIP

All participants are expected to practice good sportsmanship at all times!

We trail runners never leave another trail runner down!