What’s a race without rules???

Probably a trip to Disneyworld or a day at the mall!

So – after having been terrorised by our attourneys for weeks on end, here they are – the official, non-negotiable race rules of the very first TRAILRACE FROM HEAVEN TO HELL AND BACK:

Since this is NOT a trip to Disneyworld but straight to hell and back, take the time to read these race rules which will be most vigorously enforced:

FROM HEAVEN TO HELL AND BACK trailrace takes place on July 19th 2013, on the island Brac, Croatia.

This is a trailrace, it is super wild, lots of fun, incredibly hard, potentially dangerous.

The basic rules are very simple: We mark a course, you show up at the start on the specified date at the specified time.
You run as fast as you can and follow the markers, so you will not get lost. Also you do not take shortcuts.
If you arrive at the finish first, you win. We will provide the service for all following runners, to count in which order and place you’ve arrived and also in what time.
Also we will carry drinking water to the start/finish area, which will be passed by those who go on the medium route once, and those on the long route twice.
To keep track of you all, you will be getting, and wearing bib numbers.

As mentioned, while this is intended to be a lot of fun, we wouldn’t want anyone to get hurt beyond a few scratches or a sunburn, so in the interest of your safety, we want you to take along a few things, which in a more formal set of rules would be called
MANDATORY EQUIPMENT:
– Water or other non-alcoholic drinks, 1 liter (yes it is a lot, but please believe us, it WILL be HOT!)
– Trail shoes. This is rough croatian trailrunning, no white roadrunning shoes or tennis sneakers are really adapted for this (remember, you’ll be passing through hell!) – so in the interest of making it through to the finish line – do wear trailshoes with grip, protection and stability! What they probably won’t have to be is waterproof… If you’re a direct descendant of the Tarahumara, then you can show up in sandals, of course!
– small first aid kit (we have mountain rescue teams on the course, but they are not everywhere)
– tape for your ankle (in case you twist your ankle it can make all the difference between going on and finishing the race or lying in a ditch until we come and get you)
– cap / sunprotection (you’ll see why!)

Highly recommended: sunscreen, sunglasses. (did we mention, it will be very hot and intense bright light)

“Dangerous? You’ve said dangerous”, you ask?
Because we wouldn’t want to hear you say we didn’t warn you, here are some of the potential dangers encountered by all the brave participants of “FROM HEAVEN TO HELL AND BACK”:
death, fainting, heat stroke, sunburn, dehydration, broken bones, skin rash from crashing or running too close to a tree, severe scratching from thorns, accidentally swallowing a large spider, falling into burning nettles, getting lost, twisting an ankle,
broken ribs from elbow fights with other trailrunners. This list is neither complete nor to be taken as a discouragement from taking part in the race.
For, on the other hand we do present many great benefits:
The list contains for example: being part of a unique premiere of a fantastic event, and as such becoming a pioneer of trailrunning and awesomeness, running a course rich in challenge and adventure, visiting a sixteenth century monastery, getting an awesome suntan,…

By signing up to participate in the race, you accept all aforementioned risks as well as all others that we may have omitted, forgotten or not anticipated, like getting hit by an asteroid, kidnapped by hostile farmers, drowning in a riverbed, getting married to another participant…
Also, you expressly agree to be photographed, filmed, painted or carved in stone by the assembled media and artists that will be on course to report from the race, promote future events or even turn the organizers into millionaires. Or simply we will publish as much as we can on the world wide web and whoever else is willing to talk about it, and thereby glorify you and your heroic race action.

and NOW – go straight to the online registration!!!

http://www.racebase.hr/eng/event/14/14

and – sign – UP!!!!

To help you get over your fears, here are again a few wonderful images of what is promising to be the experience of a lifetime, or alternatively, a terrible fiasco. In any case, awesomeness is guaranteed.