California International Marathon

Entrants must agree to the following race rules before continuing with their CIM registration:

• The California International Marathon entry fees are nonrefundable.
• The California International Marathon entry fees will not be applied to future events under any circumstances.
• The California International Marathon entry fees entries may not be transferred under any circumstances.  Individuals involved in these illegal transactions will both be disqualified.

Registrants must agree to the following race rules before running in the CIM:

• The entrant must complete the entire official course to be considered an official finisher. Those who do not, or who are unable to finish, must NOT, under any circumstances, cross the finish line.
• The entrant must run on the certified route:  prior to the 10.5 mile mark, this includes the entire road. The certified route after the 10.5 mile point is on the RIGHT side of the course.
• The entrant must never leave the certified route.
• If you run only part of the course, DO NOT CROSS THE FINISH LINE!
• No unofficial runners are allowed on the course.
• No unofficial assistance of any kind may be provided to entrants. This includes pacing by a coach, friend or family member, even if this person is officially entered.  The only pacers on the course are the officil CIM Pace Team Leaders.
• The only place an official entrant may receive food or fluids by anyone other than aid station personnel is within a few feet of the official aid stations.
• No one other than the runner who officially registered may use the bib number and timing chip issued to that runner.  Transferring and/or selling of these items is illegal.
• The bib number must be clearly visible at all times, may not be altered in any way, and must be displayed on the front of the runner.
• Timing chip must be worn as follows:
  • Individual event runners: securely attached to the top of the shoe.
  • Relay runners: on the ankle using the strap provided, no higher than six inches from the ground.
• No early starters and no late starters! The starting area closes 5 minutes after the starting gun is fired, so do not be late for the start. The course starting area is monitored by the race personnel for "illegal early and late starters."
• No bicycles, unicyles, tricycles, inline skates, blades, skateboards, pets, or baby joggers! The only wheeled vehicles allowed on the course are those of the wheelchair competitors and CIM officials.
• Use of headphones, iPods or other electronic devices is strongly discouraged due to the many hazards of "zoning out" during an event where you are often in close proximity to other runners. You will not be disqualified for wearing one of these devices unless you win an age division award. The CIM is sanctioned by USA Track & Field and must follow USATF rules. One of these rules states that age division award winners will forfeit their award if they use any of these devices.

The California International Marathon is officially sanctioned by USA Track & Field, the governing body of road racing, race walking and track & field events. According to USATF sanctioning rules, USATF officials are on the course checking for rule violations and will also accept protests within 24 hours from official entrants who have observed rule violations. Race management also carefully reviews the preliminary results, and missing chip times, mismatched photographs, split time discrepancies are investigated thoroughly.

To emphasize the serious nature of these violations and to discourage future rule violations, the SRA is in the process of establishing a “Hall of Shame” on our event websites, where officially disqualified entrants will be listed.  This list will include entrants who sell or give away their bib numbers to others.