RULES

LEKI JEŠTĚD 10K + 21K WINTER

  • On Saturday 11 January 2025 from 9:00 till 11:45 in the accreditation tent in the Event Premises
  • Registrations are online. Registration at the Event Centre will be possible only upon Organizer’s consent.
  • Online registrations will be closed on 5 January 2025 at 20:00 or until the race has been sold out. After this date, you can only register at the Event Centre upon Organizer’s consent.
  • The number of registrations is limited to 150.
  • The participant is registered in the race as soon as the entry fee has been credited on the race account.
  • The entry fee is not refundable and cannot be transferred to any other race. Nevertheless, it can be transferred to another participant.
  • All transfers to another participants will be done free of charge until 5 January 2025 at the following email address: info@stopnito.cz. After this date transfers may only be done at the Event Centre for CZK 100.
  • Due to logistic and personnel reasons, the organizer WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF the participants transfers.
  • When signing in the race, all required information about the participant shall be filled in.
  • The main course may be entered only by participants aged 18 and older. Younger participants must submit parent’s or guardian’s consent (it must be presented in printed version upon race package collection) – The parent and/or guardian shall bear full liability for the minor.

Participants’ Mandatory Gear during the Race

Participants not having the mandatory gear with them during the defined period will not be allowed to the race course!

Mandatory gear will be randomly checked throughout the race.

  • Fully-charged mobile phone
  • Thermofoil

Recommended Gear (weather-dependent)

  • Long waterproof trousers

  • Additional hat / buff

  • Spare long-sleeved T-shirt

  • Running / trekking poles

  • Energy gel or bar

  • 1 l of liquids

We advise ALL participants not to underestimate weather conditions, arduous nature and length of the race course! All participants compete at their own risk and we strongly believe you have all acquired personal autonomy on the trails. The Organizer shall not provide for any collection buses you may know from city races.

Start and Moving on the Race Course

  • Each participant participates in the race exclusively at their own risk and responsibility (in case of need basic aid service will be provided). The Organizer bears no liability for participants‘ health and life throughout the entire JEŠTĚD 24 WINTER Event and/or during any training sessions on the race course or during the accompanying programme.

  • Chip may only be handed over upon completion of the whole race circuit and only in the pit stop at the Ski Jumping Premises.

  • Each participant is RESPONSIBLE ON THEIR OWN for right selection of the race route, they shall rely on the map and not on the navigation from spectators along the race course.

  • Participants may only use their physical and mental abilities to complete the race course.

  • Participants are not allowed to use assistance from any other person or a means of transport, such as bike, roller skates, motorbike, car, bus, tractor, horse, and the like.

  • Participants must stay on the marked route of the race – see the race map.

  • It is not allowed to move outside tourist paths and paths marked out by the Organizer.

  • Participants must go through all check points of the race where their chip on the race bib will be read.

  • Only participants who fully and without any reservation fulfill race rules may enter the race. Furthermore, participants must be in good health condition, under no influence of alcohol, drugs or any other narcotics (the Organizer reserves the right not to allow the start of and/or to stop any participant that may present symptoms of excessive fatigue or exhaustion and where there is a significant health risk).

Grounds for Disqualification

  • Failure to pass through the check point
  • Loss of bib with the chip
  • Deviating from the race course – taking shortcuts
  • Not finishing the race
  • Not observing the mandatory gear requirements
  • If the participant is found out to have willfully polluted and/or damaged the environment

Governing Conditions

  • Participants shall respect traffic rules, i.e. Act No. 361/2000 Sb., Road Traffic Act.
  • The Organizer shall not be liable for damages caused to and/or by race participants.
  • The Organizer has not taken out any special insurance to compensate for damage caused by participants in connection with their participation in the race.
  • Participants are prohibited to throw away any waste during the race.
  • Participants shall be maximally respectful to nature of the Ještěd Ridge area and to sort out waste at refreshment points.
  • The Organizer reserves the right to stop the race at any time or to respond to unforeseeable situations to ensure safety for all participants (e.g. sudden change of weather conditions, storm, strong wind, windfallen trees, predator’s attack, etc.).
  • The participants consent to the fact of being photographed and that their pictures will be available online on the Event website and social media.
  • The participants hereby consent to Organizer’s use of the drone at the event for the purpose of race area and race courses monitoring and enhancing race participants’ safety.