2017 The 8th Suzhou Jinji Lake International Half Marathon

Registration Notice

1.Race Time and Event

(1)Race Time: March 12th, 2017, 8:30

(2)Venue: Moon Harbor, Suzhou Industrial Park Cultural Expo Center

(3)Race Event:

Male/Female Half Marathon (21.0975KM)

Male/Female 14KM Short Marathon (around 14KM)

Male/Female Mini Marathon (around 4.5 KM)

Family Marathon (around 2.5KM)

(4)Number of Participants allocated to each race event:

Half Marathon: 12,000

14KM Short Marathon: 5,000

Mini Marathon: 10,000

Family Marathon: 3,000

2.Enrollment Procedure

(1)The Race is open to both individual registration and team registration. Team registration shall consist of at least 20 members and no more than 100 members.

Half Marathon, 14 KM Short Marathon participants shall register in advance. When the number of participants exceeds the set quota, the system will automatically switch to draw lots registration methods:

The registration period starts from 9:00, December 19th, 2016 and ends at 17:00, December 28th, 2016.

The result of draw lots will be published at 9:00, January 9th, 2017.

Payment Period: 9:00, January 9th, 2017 to17:00, January 15th, 2017.

The selected applicants shall complete the registration fee payment by 17:00, January 15th, 2017, otherwise it will be deemed as the applicant has given up the opportunity to participate.

Qualification requirement for exemption from draw lots:

(a)Participants who have participated in and completed 4 or more times of Suzhou Jinji Lake International Half Marathon (2010 to 2016 the 7th Suzhou Jinji Lake International Half Marathon) and that meet the race participation requirements are exempted from the draw lots and have direct eligibility to participate.

(b)Participants who completed the race in 2016 the 7th Suzhou Jinji Lake International Half Marathon and finished within 1 hour and 35 minutes (for male half marathon participants) or within 1hour and 50 minutes (for female half marathon participants) are exempted from draw lots.

(2)Mini Marathon and Family Marathon registration process will be “first come, first serve”, the registration time starts from 9:00, December 19th, 2016 and ends at 17:00, January 28th, 2017. Participants can log on the official website during this period to register and pay up the registration fee.

Individual Registration:

Half Marathon and 14KM Short Marathon:

(a)Log on official website of Suzhou Jinji Lake International Half Marathon: www.suzhou-marathon.com or We Sports & Culture Development Co., Ltd. website: www.huisports.com;

(b)Read the “Competition Rules”, “Participant’s Declaration”, “Registration Notice”, and “Risk Warning”;

(c)Click on “Register Now”, fill in the application form and submit;

(d)For those who are exempted from draw lots, upon the completion of information check by the registration system, you can pay the registration fee directly; for others, you shall wait for the result of draw lots;

(e)The enrollment procedure is complete after the draw lots result is published and upon successful online payment of the application fee; if you fail to be selected or fail the payment process, you will not be enrolled in the event.

Mini Marathon and Family Marathon:

(a)Log on official website of Suzhou Jinji Lake International Half Marathon: www.suzhou-marathon.com or We Sports & Culture Development Co., Ltd. website: www.huisports.com;

(b)Read the “Competition Rules”, “Participant’s Declaration”, “Registration Notice”, and “Risk Warning”;

(c)Click on “Register Now”, fill in the application form and submit;

(d)Pay the registration fee;

(e)Registration Completed.

Team Registration:

(a)Log on official website of Suzhou Jinji Lake International Half Marathon: www.suzhou-marathon.com or We Sports & Culture Development Co., Ltd. website: www.huisports.com;

(b)Read the “Competition Rules”, “Participant’s Declaration”, “Registration Notice”, and “Risk Warning”;

(c)Click on “Download Team Registration Form”;

(d)Download the “Half Marathon, 14KM Short Marathon Team Registration Form”, “Mini Marathon, Family Marathon Team Registration Form” and fill in the information;

(e)Team Set Up.

Half Marathon, 14KM Short Marathon:

(a)Upload the “Half Marathon, 14KM Short Marathon Team Registration Form” and wait for the draw lots;

(b)If selected in the draw lots and made registration fee payment within the period, then the team registration is completed, otherwise the registration is failed.

Note: if those who are qualified to be exempted from draw lots select to participate as a team, then the qualification will be nulled, and draw lots will apply.

Mini Marathon, Family Marathon:

(a)Upload the “Mini Marathon, Family Marathon Team Registration Form”;

(b)Pay registration fee;

(c)Registration completed.

(3)Registration Fee (in RMB per person):

Note:The Half Marathon uses disposable one time timing chip, there is no need to pay timing chip deposit; no chip timing service is provided to other events.

(4)Payment Method
Domestic transactions: Alipay, online banking, WeChat pay;
Foreign Transactions: PayPal

(5)Participation Quota
The scale of the race event is 30,000 runners: Half Marathon limit at 12,000; 14KM Short Marathon limit at 5,000; Mini-Marathon limit at 10,000 and Family Marathon limit at 3,000.

(6)The Organizing Committee (the “OC”) reserves the right to accept or reject each registration application based on the enrollment status. Once the online enrollment procedure is completed successfully, the registration information shall not be changed or altered. If the participant quits the Race event after enrolled, the registration fee will not be refunded.

3.Enrollment Requirements

(1)Age Requirements

(i)Half Marathon and 14 KM Short Marathon participants shall be over 16 years old (born in or before the year of 2001);

(ii)Mini Marathon participants shall be over 12 years old (born in or before the year of 2005);

(iii)Family Marathon participants shall participate as a family unit, including two adults and one or two minors (all members shall have immediate family relationships), minors shall be between 4 to12 years old;

(iv)Mini Marathon minor participants shall be accompanied by at least one guardian, and provide signature of guardian on registration;

(v)Participants over 65 years old shall have his/her immediate family member sign on the package pick up form;

(2)Physical Requirements

Marathon is an athletic sporting activity of high load and great intensity over long distances, as well as an athletic sports with high risk. It has high demand on participants’ physical conditions. Those who desire to participant in marathon race shall be in good health condition, have running experience and relevant training experience over a long time period. Participant may choose one race event to register for based on his/her own physical condition and capability. Anyone who has any of the following diseases is not recommended to participate:

(i)Congenital heart disease and rheumatic heart disease.

(ii)Hypertension and cardiovascular disease.

(iii)Myocarditis and other heart diseases.

(iv)Coronary artery disease and server irregular heartbeat.

(v)Diabetes.

(vi)Having cold symptoms two weeks prior to the race.

(vii)Other illness that is not suitable for sports.

(viii)Other conditions that are not suitable for sports (Pregnancy, drunk and exhaustion)

All participants shall be liable for his/her personal injury and property loss caused by personal health condition or his/her own behaviors during the race event. The OC requires all participants to conduct physical examination (including electrocardiography examination - ECG) in qualified medical institutions, and make a self-assessment to confirm that their physical and mental health condition is suitable for the race event of their choice.

(3)Special Requirements for Participants’ Eligibility:

Half Marathon participants shall have the experience of completing other half marathon races or full marathon races or have relevant training experience.

The runners shall be the participants registered for the race event as shown in the application form, there is no tolerance for usage of false information to qualify the race or participation in the event by imposters after registration. Application information and the eligibility of the participants shall be reviewed and approved by the OC as a precondition of participation.

4.Registration Procedures (Please refer to the process chart as below)

Individual Registration Process:

Team Registration Process:

5.Notices

(1)All the participants shall read the "2017 The 8th Suzhou Jinji Lake International Half Marathon Competition Rules" and the "Registration Notice" carefully. Participants may register one race event based on his/her health condition and capacity.

(2)Participants need to read the “Participant’s Declaration” on the pick-up form (printed out on official website before package pick up) carefully, fill out related information accurately and truthfully. Participants shall sign under the “Participant’s Declaration” (the minor participant’s guardian shall sign on his/her behalf on the pick-up form and the participants over 65 years old shall have his/her immediate family member sign on the pick-up form). Participant shall take all responsibilities for any false and untruthful information he/she provides. No information can be changed once submitted.

(3)Half marathon will be using disposable one time timing chip, no deposit is required for the timing chip.

(4)Number bibs shall not be revised, altered, sheared, shaded or replaced, otherwise the participants will not be allowed to participate in the race.

(5)Package Pick-up: Individual Participants shall arrive at the specific location to pick up race items within the prescribed time. Individual participants shall provide the original and a copy of his/her valid identity card together with the duly signed Pick-Up Form (signed by the participant himself /herself or signed by guardian or immediate family members). Team pick up: the team leader shall pick up the packages at designated team pick up counter within prescribed time. The OC will not accept team members to pick up the package in the name of individual participant. For more detailed information about Package Pick-up, please refer to "2017 The 8th Suzhou Jinji Lake International Half Marathon Package Pick-up Announcement”. Any participant who did not pick up his/her package during the stipulated period will be deemed as quitting the race event and giving up the race package voluntarily.

(6)To protect the sponsors’ rights, except for the official sponsors designated by OC, no advertising or promotional materials in any form are allowed by the OC at the 2017 The 8th Suzhou Jinji Lake International Half Marathon, including but not limited to labels, flags, banners, balloons and models, etc. Non-complying items will be confiscated and the violating participants will be disqualified from the Race.

6.Registration Confirmation

Once the registration is processed and confirmed, the registration fee will not be refunded. The race event registered and the registration information shall not be changed or altered once confirmed.

7.Rights

The Suzhou Jinji Lake International Half Marathon Organizing Committee reserves all the right of the final interpretation on this registration notice. Further notices may be publicized later for the matters not covered herein.

Suzhou Jinji Lake International Half Marathon Organizing Committee
December 13th, 2016