PACE TEAM

For safety (and because it's the right thing to do when sharing the path), we remind everyone to practice OUTSTANDING path etiquette:

• Stay to the right unless you are passing someone. ALWAYS look behind you before you pass or turn around.
• When passing someone, announce your presence with something like "On Your Left" - give plenty of notice and speak loudly and clearly.
• Never run more than two abreast - if you are in a particularly busy area, run single file.
• If you need to stop, look behind you, then step off the path to the right.
• Always look both ways—at least twice—before entering or exiting a path, when you are approaching intersections and at aid stations.
• Be defensive - i.e. always assume that there is a biker coming from behind you, or that the car won't see you crossing the street
• Be considerate and remember that you are not the only person on the path - other people have the same rights and responsibilities as you!
• Call out hazards (i.e. "Bike Back", potholes, etc.)  

RUN/WALKERS: Here are some tips for running in groups:

• Hold your right hand up in the air about 5 seconds before you switch to walking
• Look behind the group before you start walking, in case someone is running behind you.  
• Synchronize your watches
  • At the beginning of the run
  • At each Aid Station