9th Annual Tin Cup Challenge
Participant Information
Generosity in Action
July 16, 2016 ● 9am ● Driggs City Center
WHAT IS THE TIN CUP CHALLENGE?
The Tin Cup Challenge is both a 9-week campaign for giving and a one-day event celebrating our community’s spirit of generosity.
To participate fully, we encourage all runners and walkers to also consider making a donation at www.tincupchallenge.org or in
person at the Community Foundation of Teton Valley office at 175 North Main Street, Driggs, ID.
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO!
Parking – Please comply with all “No Parking” signs around Driggs City Center and be respectful of customer parking for businesses
as well as homeowner’s driveways when parking on surrounding streets. Public Parking is available on West Little Avenue/Bates
Road behind the Colter Building and in the south parking lot at the Teton County Courthouse. Please be advised that Main Street,
from Short Street to Little Avenue will be closed to all vehicular traffic beginning at 8am and Bates Rd to Courthouse Drive will be
closed to vehicular traffic beginning at 8:45am .
Course – The Start and Finish line of the Fun Run and competitive 5K & 10K races will be on Main Street. The all-pavement course
will head north on Main Street until turning west onto West Little Avenue/Bates Road at the stoplight. The elevation of Driggs is
6,213 feet and the course is relatively flat. At the turnaround points, runners and walkers will loop back following the same route to
Driggs City Center. (See provided Race Course Map)
Aid Stations – There will be 3 Aid Stations along the course for runners and walkers. This will include one at the Start/Finish Line,
one at the 5K turnaround (1.55 miles) and one at the 10K turnaround (3.1 miles) on Bates Road. A porta-potty will be available to all
race participants near the 5K Aid Station.
Photographs/Video – The Community Foundation of Teton Valley will have photographers on the course, at the start/finish line and
in the plaza. Any captured images and/or videos of the event may be used in Community Foundation of Teton Valley marketing
material as well as being posted on social media platforms. The Community Foundation of Teton Valley reserves the right to use and
incorporate, in whole or part, photographs or videos taken of Tin Cup Challenge participants and attendees. Like us on Facebook or
follow us on Twitter @CFTetonValley to see photos, get updates and stay in the know!
Awards – Top racers will also receive a commemorative, hand-crafted Tin Cup ceramic mug. Racers may only win once and overall
winners will not be eligible to win as part of their respective age groups. Top competitive runners in each race will be recognized at
an Awards Ceremony at 10:30am on the stage at the Driggs City Center Plaza using the following categories:
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OVERALL male and female
MASTERS (age 40+) male and female
OPEN (age 19-39) male and female
YOUTH (age 13-18) male and female
There will also be an additional kids category for those 12 and under for both competitive races. The three fastest children under 12
in each race will be recognized as part of the Awards Ceremony. All children who participate in the Fun Run or races will be
welcome at the kid’s “Awards” table.
Bike Valet – Worried about parking? Ride your bike instead and store it with Teton Valley Trails and Pathways at their free bike valet
at Driggs City Center.
RACE GUIDELINES
1. Online registration will remain open at www.tincupchallenge.org until 6pm on Friday, July 15, 2016.
2. In person registration will be available the week of the Tin Cup Challenge from 9am – 6pm beginning
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 through Friday, July 15, 2016 at the Registration booth at Driggs City Center.
3. Event day registration will be available at Driggs City Center beginning at 7:30am. Fees will increase for
day of registrants.
4. Start times for each race will be staggered as follows:
9am: 5K/10K Competitive Race
9:03am: 5K Fun Run/Walk Participants
Runners and Walkers are asked to line up as directed at the Start Line at your scheduled start time. All
walkers, individuals with strollers and those with dogs are asked to stay to the back of the line up to
provide room for runners.
5. Competitive runners should be at the Start line with your race bib firmly secured on the front of your
shirt by the start of the race.
6. Only walkers, runners, strollers and wheelchairs are permitted. For safety, other wheeled transport
(bicycles, skateboards, etc.) is not allowed.
7. All Fun Runners/Walkers are asked to please allow right of way to all competitive runners.
8. Well-behaved dogs on a short leash are welcome. Please pick up after them. No other animals are
allowed.
9. Competitive racers will be chip timed and minors may compete with parental/legal guardian consent.
10. The Fun Run/Walk is not timed and minors may participate with parental/legal guardian consent.
11. Race logistics preclude us from providing timing and support past noon. Teton County Idaho Search
and Rescue, a participating nonprofit, has the authority to pull runners who are at risk.