PATH ETIQUETTE & COMMUNICATION
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
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