CODE OF CONDUCT
At all Greenwich Road Runners (“GRR”) events, programs, and spaces operated by GRR, participants should conduct themselves in a courteous manner, respect all fellow participants, volunteers, event staff, spectators, and members of the community, and follow the Rules of Competition.
Volunteers should also follow the GRR Volunteer Guidelines.
Proper race etiquette is required at all times, including being aware of your surroundings and of announcements and instructions from event officials.
Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Runners may not engage in any verbal, physical, or other misconduct that is abusive, harassing, insulting, or offensive, even if it does not fall within the prohibitions that are outlined in GRR’s Rules of Competition. Any participant who conducts themselves in an unsportsmanlike manner, or who exhibits offensive behavior or language to event officials, GRR staff, and/or volunteers may be disqualified or subject to other appropriate penalties in the sole discretion of GRR. Unsportsmanlike conduct includes, without limitation, the provision of false or misleading information on an event application, or any other conduct that in the opinion of GRR is unethical, unfair, abusive, offensive, harassing, disrespectful, harmful, or illegal.
Runners should be respectfully quiet during the pre-race announcements and during the playing of the national anthem.
Start
Please give yourself enough time to pick up your race number and enter your corral. Enter only the corral you are assigned to or a slower one.
No Smoking or Vaping
No smoking, vaping, or use of electronic smoking devices, tobacco products, or marijuana products in the Start Corrals, on the Course, or in the Finish area or within 1,000 feet of the Start Corrals, the Course, or the Finish area.
Running Courtesy
Forming: Do not run in groups of three or more abreast; wide groups become barriers to other runners.
Passing: Communicate when passing a runner, and allow others to pass. If someone running behind you says, “On your left,” move to your right to let the runner pass. If someone says, “On your right,” move to your left.
Stopping: Do not stop abruptly. If you stop to drink at an aid station, take water from the furthest point on the table or line to avoid congestion and continue to walk forward. If you need to tie your shoelaces, move to the side of the course.
Spitting: Take care when you spit and blow your nose to avoid hitting other participants.
Noise: Portable speakers are banned at our events. Do not run with a speaker during a race as the amplified noise may diminish the race experience for other runners.
Helping: If you encounter a runner in distress, offer assistance and/or report the situation to the nearest aid station, event official, or the event medical emergency line .
Portable Toilets
Please be considerate in portable toilet lines. Do not cut in line or into another line. Respect that others will use the toilet after you. Urinating or defecating in the corrals, at the post-finish walk-off, or in park woods is not only discourteous, but also a violation of GRR’s Rules of Competition, and you risk disqualification by engaging in such conduct.
Trash
Please deposit all trash in the provided receptacles, including at aid stations. When discarding cups at aid stations, use caution to avoid hitting other participants.
Lost and Found Items
If you find an item during or after the event, please turn it into the GRR staff tent or to any GRR event official. GRR will make best efforts to make these items available for pick up by the next day at the NYRR RUNCENTER, located a ________. Items will be held for 30 days and discarded if not claimed by their owner.
Bag Check at Races
GRR is not responsible for lost, damaged, or stolen bags or items from bags checked at GRR bag check.
Violations of the Code of Conduct
GRR reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to apply appropriate penalties to any participant in an GRR event who violates the Code of Conduct. Penalties may include disqualification from a race, ineligibility for awards and prize money, a suspension or bar from participating in future GRR events or programs, a revocation of GRR membership, a bar from entering any spaces operated by GRR and/or any other penalty GRR deems appropriate under the circumstances.