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Ideco, S.A.Pabelln Insular de Tenerife Santiago Martn

C/ Mercedes, s/n38108 Los Majuelos

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Participation in the mountain race Tenerife Bluetrail 2012 is open to all runners with orwithout disabilities who are over 18 years at the time of the race. The conditions of this

sporting event are especially hard: saves great slopes, runs for a long stretch over the 2,000

m elevation, reaching the 2,512 m. and away from points reported, and therefore, to ensure

your safety, you need to know and accept the standards found in these regulations and,

therefore, you should read carefully before signing.

RULES OF THE TENERIFE BLUETRAIL 2012

1. ETHICS

All the participants in the Tenerife Bluetrail share a set of values that make this race an

outstanding event. These values are:

Fairness in determining an applying the rules. Everyone must comply with the samerules. Respect for the people: Appropriate treatment to the rest of runners, the membersof the Organization and the local population. Solidarity: Everyone in danger or difficulty must be given assistance. Personal improvement: The will to increase the physical and mental strength of eachparticipant, as well as the development of personal autonomy. Environmental responsibility: Always strive to help environmental conservation andsocial equilibrium. Accessibilitiy: Promote the participation of people with reduced mobility or any formof sensory disability.

2. ORGANIZATION

This mountain run is a project promoted by the Tenerife Council, through its Environment ,

Sports and Tourism Departments, with the collaboration of Roads and Landscape

Department, and the Insular Office of Security and Emergency of the Island Council. It is also

supported by the Government of the Canary Islands, the Army, through its Canary Islands

Command, the Councils of Arona, Adeje, Granadilla, Vilaflor and La Orotava, State and

Security Forces,the company Turismo de Tenerife and emergency volunteer groups.


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3. THE RACE

Tenerife Bluetrail includes four mountain routes, more than 80% of them along Tenerifes

new network of pathways, which are within the Natural Protected Areas of Natura 2000

Network. Each run is made up of a single stage, with no specific speed required, but with a

time limit. The details of each race are as follows:

Ultratrail: 93,150 km in length, maximum altitude 2,512 m, minimum altitude 1,00m, accumulated ascent/descent 9,522 m and positive ascent/descent 5,140 m.

Trail: 56,400 km in length, maximum altitude 2,512 m, minimum altitude 758 m,accumulated ascent/descent 5,708 m and positive ascent/descent 2,160 m. Mediatrail: 20 km in length, maximum altitude 1,581 m, minimum altitude 758 m,

accumulated ascent/descent 2,760 m and positive ascent/descent 1,166 m.

Adapted Trail: which runs along the Mami track, alongside La Caldera de Aguamansa.Accumulated ascent/descent 260 m and 4,2 km in length.

All lengths and slopes have been calculated based on digital cartography. The estimates of

the accumulated ascent/descent derives from the sum of slopes of 10 meters lengthsubsections.

4. ENTRY TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Tenerife Bluetrail is open to all runners, including those with disabilities, who are over

the age of 18 on the date of the run, and who have registered correctly. Those wishing

to take part must also:

Know these rules and accept the terms and conditions set out in them. Duly comply with the registration procedure: fill in the form, pay the race fees andhand over a medical certificate and waiver of liability to the organization at the time

of receiving their numbers (see Article 7: Registration). Be aware of the length, ascents and descents, technical difficulty and othercharacteristics of the race, and be perfectly capable of attempting it. Be aware that they must have with them all the material required during the run (seeart. 5: Material Required). Be aware that food and drinks may be replenished at the food and drink stations. Any waste must be placed in the containers provided for this purpose in the areasaround these stations.


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Be aware that people not in the Organization are not allowed to assist the runnersneither may accompany the runners for either the whole or part of the run. Know that it is prohibited the participation of any kind of animal as a companion tothe runner. Be aware that it is not allowed to use this sporting event as a platform for makingdemands or claims of any nature. Any kind of statements or demonstrations that are

not included in the purpose of this run are therefore prohibited.

The Organziation of Tenerife Bluetrail sets as obligatory that the participants who register

for the Ultratrail must prove the participation in some mountain race of at least 42 km in

the last 2 years.

5. MATERIAL REQUIRED

The characteristics intrinsic to this run, as well as the unpredictable weather conditions at

the date of the run, require all runners to have with them some OBLIGATORY safety

material, without which they will not be allowed to participate. If at any time during the run

the Organization detects that a participant is not carrying all or part of this material, he or

she will be disqualified and may not continue the run .

The material will be checked at the starting line of each race, one hour befote it begins. The

Organization may also carry out checks on the material at certain points during the race.

To participate in the Tenerife Bluetrail, each runner must at all times be wearing appropriate

clothing and footwear for mountain sports. He or she must also wear the electronic chip (on

the shoe) and race number (on the stomach or chest). But in addition, each participant must

take note of the following list of items that are obligatory or recommended, depending on

the category:

MATERIAL Ultratrail/Trail/Mediatrail/Adapted trail

MATERIAL Ultratrail Trail Mediatrail Adapted TrailBackpack or Belt. Obligatory Obligatory Obligatory RecommendedWaterproof jacket. Obligatory Obligatory Recommended Recommended

Thermal garment. Obligatory Obligatory Recommended Recommended

Survival blanket measuring a

minimum of 220 x 140cm.Obligatory Obligatory Recommended Recommended

Mobile phone with the number

given on registration, with sufficient

credit and a fully charged battery.Obligatory Obligatory Obligatory Obligatory

Cap or bandanna Obligatory Recommended Recommended Recommended


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A container such as a water bag orbottle.

Obligatory(1 litre)

Obligatory(1 litre)

Obligatory(0,5 litres)

Obligatory(0,5 litres)

Whistle Obligatory Obligatory Obligatory Obligatory

Stock of food Obligatorio

Headlight Obligatory Obligatory Recommended

Red rear Light Obligatory

Glass Obligatory Recommended

Replacement batteries Obligatory Obligatory Recommended

First-aid kit Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended

Handbike with short sears and off-

road tyres appropriate for uneven

mountain terrain.Obligatorio

Approved helmet.. Obligatory

Spare clothing. Recommended Recommended Recommended RecommendedGloves. Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended

Pair of telescopic walking sticks Recommended Recommended RecommendedSunscreen and lip salve. Recommended Recommended Recommended RecommendedSunglasses. Recommended Recommended Recommended RecommendedA minimum of cash for emergencies. Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended

For the safety of the runners, a week before the race and according to the weatherforecasts, the Organization of Tenerife Bluetrail may modify the materials required. This

change will be communicated to the participants that have agreed to receive news in their

e-mails. It may also be published inwww.tenerifebluetrail.com

6. CATEGORIES

The categories in the Tenerife Bluetrail are as follows:

Male Senior. From 18 to 39 years. Female Senior. From 18 to 39 years. Male veteran 1. From 40 to 49 years. Female veteran 1. From 40 to 49 years. Male veteran 2 From 50 to 59 years. Female veteran 2. From 50 to 59 years Male veteran 3 Over 60 years. Female veteran 3. Over 60 years. Handbikers.
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7. REGISTRATION

Registration for any of the different runs must be made until 24:00 h. of October 6, 2012.

The following steps must be taken for registration:

1. Read and sign the liability waiver in the Registration section on

www.tenerifebluetrail.com . By doing so, you declare that you are participating

voluntarily and assume all responsibility for your participation, and that you

exonerate, waive and free from all civil liability the organizing body, collaborators,

sponsors and other runners, an agree not to file any claim against them.2. Fill and send the registration form in the Registration section

www.tenerifebluetrail.com . If you are a member of a federated club

(mountaineering or athletics or a sporting federation for the disabled) or a a member

or the State and Security Forces, please attach a document or photocopy accrediting

this. If you have a phisical or sensory disability, you must semd a copy of the disability

certificate. If it is not possible to attach a digital copy of these documents to

[email protected], as it is required in the registration form, you must send

a photocopy of them by ordinary post to IDECO, S.A. Tenerife Bluetrail, C/Mercedes,

s/n, 38108- La Laguna, Tenerife.

3. Pay the corresponding taxes by credit card as it is shown in the registration form.4. Submit an original official medical certificate to prove the capacity of the corridor to

participate this type or races (only for participants of the Ultra and Trail). When your

receive your numbers, give the Organization the medical certificate and the waiver. If

you are a member of a federated club (mountaineering or athletics or a sporting

federation for the disabled), or a member or the State and Security Forces, or anyphysical or sensory disability, you must also bring the original accreditations in case

they are required.

Once the registration period has started, a list of those entered will appear on the website

www.tenerifebluetrail.com, which will be updated regularly. It will only give the names of

those who have correctly completed the form and paid the fees corresponding to the type of

race chosen.

Once correctly entered, each runner has the right to the following services:

Receive his/her number and chip (a deposit must be paid). Take part in the race. Transport to the starting lines of each race from points established by theOrganization. Transfer of the runners bag with personal tems to the arrival point.
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For those taking part in teh Ultratrail, transfer of the bag with special provisioning toan intermediate point along the run. Supply of food and drink during the run. Use of safety services. Medical insurance covering health care. Showers and masaje at the finish line area. Supply of food an drinks at the finish line. Obligatory civil liability insurance.

Registration is personal and non-transferable and implies acceptance of thes rules.

AUTHORIZATION OF DATA AND IMAGE

Registration in any of the categories requires the express consent of the participant for the

use of data and images obtained during race, in order to promote and disseminate

information of the Tenerife Bluetrail.

Your e-mail address is being incorporated into IDECO, S.A. database, whose purpose is to

manage the commercial, economic, accountant, fiscal and administrative relationship with

this company. In any case you can make your right of access, rectification, cancellation and

opposition of the personal data contained in our files, in the terms established by Law15/1999 of 13th December, writing to IDECO, SA Ref. Data Protection C / Mercedes S / n,

38108 La Laguna Los Majuelos. Any variation to occur in the data provided, must be

communicated to IDECO, SA, so that they remain accurate and current, and respond

truthfully to your current situation.

8. REGISTRATION FEES

The registration fees for the races are as follows:

TYPEFEES FOR THE

GENERAL

PUBLIC

FEES FOR MEMBERS OF FEDERATED

MOUNTAINEERING OR ATHLETICS CLUBS,

OR FOR FEDERATIONS FOR THE DISABLED

(10% discount)

FEES FOR THE STATE

SECURITY FORCES

(50% discount)

ULTRATRAIL 81,52 73,37 40,76

TRAIL 50,95 45,86 25,48

MEDIATRAIL 30,57 27,51 15,29


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ADAPTED TRAIL 30,57 27,51 15,29

(Fees with IGIC included)

The Law 4/2012 of June 25th of administrative and fiscal measures of the Canary

Government, modified from 01 July 2012 the Indirect Canary Taxes (Igic). According to the

law we have changed our rates.

The payment of these registration fees will be done through the payment section in the

websitewww.tenerifebluetrail.com.

Once the fees have been paid, they will not be returned if the runner does not take part,

except in the cases specified in Article 17.

9. CHECKPOINTS

The checkpoints are sites that are signposted along the route through which each runner

must pass. They both check the passage of the runners and the time they take.

Organization officials will give instructions at these checkpoints that must be followed by therunners.

If any runner is not registered as passing through any of the checkpoints, it will be

understood that he or she has not followed the route specified for the race. As a result,

whatever the reason (evacuation, retirement, voluntary breach of the rules, etc), the runner

in question will be disqualified from the race.

The checkpoints planned for each race will be published inwww.tenerifebluetrail.com.

The organization may establish additional controls along the route to better monitor andrecord of the race.

10. SAFETY

At points where the route crosses or runs along a road, the Organization will have officials

and vehicles duly identified available who will guide the runners. As in all the important

points of the run, at its passage through the roads, road traffic will be stopped temporarily.

However, on the stretch along the TF-21 road, in the Teide Nature Reserve, road traffic will

be stopped for 5 minutes to make the passing of the runners of the Trial category easier. In
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any case, runners must respect the traffic code and take all necessary precautions when theroute passes along streets or roads, or when they arrive to a crossroads.

Throughout the route medical staff and ambulances will be on hand to intervene if

necessary. These officials will be empowered to withdraw any runners number if they

consider that his or her health is in danger.

There will be authorized officials at the checkpoints who are capacitated to indicate the

stops the runners should take in case of objective danger, change of route, accident or

retirement.

11. FEEDING STATIONS

Feeding stations will be located along the route, where the runners will have drink and food

available

The feeding points and the kind of provisioning will be specified and detailed in time in

www.tenerifebluetrail.com.

The water will only be provided in the recipients carried by each runner for this purpose(bottle or bag). The waste generated must be deposited in the containers located for this

purpose at each of these stations and within 50 metres from them. Breach of this rule will be

lead to disqualification from the race.

12. RACE NUMBERS

Runners will be given their race numbers together with their kit bags. Participants can collect

them at a time and place that will be specified well in advance inwww.tenerifebluetrail.com

To collect the kit you must show your identity card or current passport to the Organisation.

At the same time, they must hand in the medical certificate and liability waiver. It is not

necessary to show the medical certicate for those runners participating in the Mediatrail and

Adapted Trail. It is also recommended that participants bring a receipt for the payment of

fees, and if appropriate, the certificate of disabiltiy and/or federation licence, in case they

have to be shown to the Organization.

This material may also be collected by another person, provided by an authorization duly

completed and signed by the runner, along with the documentation specified.
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Each race number will be personalized with a different colour depending on the race. It willalso include contact telephone numbers for the Organization Centre and the emergency

services.

The number must not be cut, folded or changed. At the time it is handed over, the runner

must write the relevant medical information (such as blood group or allergies to medicines)

on the back of the number.

During the race, the runner must at all times wear the number on his or her chest, stomach

or front of the mesh, and it must always be clearly visible.

13. CHIP

The run will be conrolled by means o fan electronic chip. The chip will be given to all the

runners after leaving the corresponding deposit, and they must wear it on the shoe

throughout the whole run. The Organization will set up checkpoints to ensure that all the

runners complete the run and register their interim times.

Once in the finish area, the runner must immediately return the chip to the Organization,

and the deposit will be paid back to the runner.

14. TIME LIMITS

Each run must be completed within a specific time limit. The time limits established for the

different runs will be published inwww.tenerifebluetrail.com.

These time limits are calculated so that the runners can complete the run within the time

limits established. Runners who exceed the time limits will not be allowed to continue the

race.

15. BREACHES AND DISQUALIFICATION

If these rules are not respected, the race Organization shall apply penalties consisting of:

Warning in the case of minor breaches. Disqualification from the race if the breaches are serious.
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Two warnings shall be equivalent to a minor breach and the result in the disqualification ofthe runner.

The braches and sanctions applicable in Tenerife Buetrail are set out in the following table:

MINOR BREACHES

(WARNING)

SERIOUS BREACHES

(DISQUALIFICATION)

Refusal to follow orders given

by members of the raceOrganization.

Voluntarily damaging the natural environment, i.e.:

throwing waste or containers outside the bins

provided for this purpose, damaging the flora andfauna, or any other voluntary action that involves

an impact on the environment.

Not helping a runner who is in

dificulties.

Not having all or part of the obligatory safety

material.

Not having the race number

visible or wearing it anywhere

other than, chest, stomach or

front of the mesh.

Not completing the route of the run for which they

are entered on foot, or using the handbike in case

of the Adapted Trail. This means, among others

taking shortcuts, not going through any checkpoint

or not crossing the finish line.

Any other incident that the

race officials consider a minor

breach.

Any other incident that the race officials consider a

serious breach.

16. RETIREMENT

If a runner decides to retire from the race, he or she must indicate this to the race officials at

the closest checkpoint. If this is not possible, he or she must comuncate it immediately by

phone using the number printed on the race number. If a runner misses to notice this

retirement to the Organization, he or she will not be allowed to participate in the next

edition of Tenerife Bluetrail.

Once the participant voluntarily retires from the race or is disqualified, he or she is assumed

no longer to be part of the competition and becomes the sole person responsable for his or

her actions.


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17. CANCELLATIONS

The Organzation reserves the right to cancel the run if concur objective situations of risk ,

such as weather alerts, forest fires or landslides, which could endanger the safety and

integrity of the runners

If the event is cancelled before it begins for some of the reasons previously exposed, the

Organzation will try to celebrate it within 60 days.

If the run is definitely cancelled, the fees paid will be returned to the participants.

If the race has to be interrupted before it is concluded for objective reasons which could

endanger the safety and integrity of the participants, the runners will be classified according

to their order and time of arrival at the last checkpoint they passed through in the

competition. Then the race will come to an end.

18. MODIFICATION OF THE ROUTE

The Organzation reserves the right to change the route or modify the timetable for reasons

of safety or other reasons of force majeure.

19. JURY

The Jury of the Tenerife Bluetrail is responsable for dealing with any possible claims resulting

from the running of the competition, as well as any other question not included in these

rules. It will be made up of members of the general Management, technical Management

and Judie coordination members of Tenerife Bluetrail.

20. CLASSIFICATION AND TROPHYS

This mountain competition will incluye a general classification for each type of race. There

will also be an independent classification for each category and race. A trophy will be

awarded to the first three runners in each type of race, whatever their category

All runners who reach the finish line will recieve a Finisher t-shirt, according to their category

in the race.


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The award ceremony forms part of the competition itself. Each participant must thereforebe present in order to receive his or her prize, except for those cases of force majeure duly

justified. In that circumstance, it should pick it up in time and place determined by the

Organization during the two weeks following the conclusion of the race.

21. COLLECTION AND DELIVERY SERVICE OF BACKPACKS

The Organization shall make available to the participants in the Ultratrail and Mediatrail a

collection and delivery service of backpacks before the corresponding start. Each backpackwill be assigned the runners race number. In addition, for those taking part in the Ultratrail,

there will be a service of transfer of the bag with special provisioning to an intermediate

point along the run.

The backpacks will be removed in the Ethnographic Park Pinolere with the presentation of

the dorsal.

22.- PHYSIOTHERAPY SERVICE

The Organization will arrange a physiotherapy service when arriving to the Ethnographic

Park Pinolere.

23. CLAIMS

Any claim will only be processed if, in the opinion of the Organization, it is justified and duly

documented, and is submitted to the Organziation in writing with the following details:

Name and ID of the person who presents the claim Names of the athletes affected Race number Facts alleged Signature

To file a complaint, the runner should be directed to any of the arrival points, which will

have a complaint forms available. This procedure is recommended during the course of the

race and before the awards ceremony.


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However, claims are also allowed to be sent by e-mail to: [email protected] before 00:00 hours on 22nd October, 2012.

24. LIABILITY

Runners registered to race in the Tenerife Bluetrail participate under their full and sole

responsibility.

Each participant is the exclusively responsable for his or her physical and mental health and

assumes the risks envolved in startig and enganging in this run.

The Organization also accepts no liability for any harm that may come to those taking part

during the run.

In this sense, when registering, each participant must send a signed original liability waiver

document, as clearly stated in this section of the rules.

25. MODIFICATIONS

These rules may be corrected, extended and improved at any time by the Organization. By

registering the participant shows his or her conformity with these rules and with the changes

that may be made to them.
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