The Rules of the Marathon de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel -2017 edition
Article 1 – Definition
The Marathon de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel is a sports event which combines three
individually-timed road races, as well as a coastal trail. These races will take place on
Saturday 27th May and Sunday 28th May 2017 on the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel: a halfmarathon, a duo-marathon, a marathon and a trail. The Marathon de la Baie du Mont SaintMichel is organised by Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) under the authority of the
Fédération Française d’Athlétisme (F.F.A. - French Athletics Federation).
Article 2 – Route
The routes, covering distances of 21.097 kilometres and 42.195 kilometres comply with
international road race (IAAF and FFA) regulations. Details of the routes can be consulted on
the event’s website (www.marathondumontsaintmichel.com).
Article 3 – Participation Conditions
The “Trail de l’Archanges” race is open to runners be they licence-holders or not, born in
1997 or before.
The “Semi de l’Avranches” race is open to runners be they licence-holders or not, born in
1999 or before.
The “Duo-Marathon” race is open to runners be they licence-holders or not, born in 1999 or
before.
The “Marathon” race is open to runners be they licence-holders or not, born in 1997 or before.
Participants born after 28th May 1999, who will be minors on the day of the race, must
provide a parental consent form. Runners are reminded that ID checks will be carried out
during the race to ensure that it takes place according to these regulations. It is expressly
indicated that runners take part in the competition at their own risk and solely under their own
responsibility.
In order to participate in the race, participants must provide the organiser with:
- an FFA or FFTri licence which is valid on the day of the event;
OR
- an FSCF, FSGT, UFOLEP licence which is valid on the day of the event and which must
include the wording “non contre-indication à la pratique de l’athlétisme en competition”
(“no contra-indications for participating in athletics competitions”) or “non contre-indication
de la pratique de la course à pied en competition” (“no contra-indications for participating in
running competitions”).
OR
- presentation of a medical certificate or a copy (for those not holding a licence), issued less
than a year before the date of the race, including the wording “non contre-indication à la
pratique de l’athlétisme en competition” (“no contra-indications for participating in
athletics competitions”) or “non contre-indication de la pratique de la course à pied en
competition” (“no contra-indications for participating in running competitions”).
Foreign participants must provide a medical certificate stating that they have no contraindications for participating in “athlétisme en competition” (“athletics competitions”) or
“course à pied en compétition (“running competitions”), even if they hold a competitive
licence issued by an IAAF affiliated federation. The certificate must be dated and signed and
must allow the doctor to be identified, regardless of whether the latter works in France or not.
If the doctor is foreign, the medical certificate must be written in either French, English,
Spanish, German, Italian or Portuguese.
The medical certificate or the photocopy of the licence must be handed over when you collect
your race number and at no other time. No medical certificates that are sent beforehand, by
post or by email will be accepted.
Participation in the Marathon de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel implies express and
unconditional acceptance of the rules by each competitor.
Article 4 – Registration
Registration for the race may only be done via the online registration platform
http://www.asochallenges.com/ from 14th November 2016.
For safety reasons, the organisation reserves the right to limit the number of competitors in
the race.
Registration is personal, firm and definitive, and registration fees cannot be refunded for any
reason whatsoever. Registrations cannot be transferred under any circumstances.
Anyone who gives his race bib to a third party will be held responsible in the event of an
accident caused by or involving the latter during the race.
The organisation declines all responsibility should such an accident occur. The race number
must be completely visible throughout the race.
Article 5 –Collection of race bibs
Race numbers can be collected from the Marathon de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel Village.
The times and place will be communicated later on the Marathon de la Baie du Mont SaintMichel website as well as in the newsletters sent to participants.
Race numbers equipped with timing chips will be distributed to participants on presentation of
the notification letter downloaded on the websitehttp://www.asochallenges.com, a proof of
identity and your licence or a medical certificate.
Please note:
No race numbers will be distributed on Saturday, the day of the trail and the HalfMarathon, as well as on Sunday, the day of the Marathon and the Duo-Marathon.
No bibs will be sent by post.
Article 6 – Ranking
Participants have a maximum time of 2 hours and 50 minutes (for the Half-Marathon), of 10
hours (for the Trail) and 5 hours and 30 minutes (for the marathon) to complete the route all
the way to the finish line. After the end of race vehicle has passed by, competitors must
comply with traffic and road regulations.
In agreement with the FFA, the age categories will give rise to a separate ranking.
Article 7 – Security on the Route
The organisation will ensure the security of the route and medical services will be available
throughout the route and at the finish line. These medical staff may decide that competitors
must leave the race on medical grounds.
Bicycles, wheeled and/or motorised vehicles are strictly forbidden on the route.
Article 8 – Timing systems
All registered participants will be issued with an electronic chip with their race bibs. The chip
will be detected i) at the start line, ii) on the intermediate mats along the route, and iii) at the
finish. This chip ensures compliance with the event rules and allows for the results and
rankings for each of the three races to be established. In order to ensure it operates correctly,
chips must not be folded or damaged. A competitor who doesn’t follow the route cannot be
placed at the finish.
The electronic detection system has been selected according to strict reliability criteria.
Despite tests conducted by the manufacturers, there remain a very low percentage of cases of
non-detection. Due to the lack of information resulting from this non-detection, the organiser
may be unable to show the official or real time for the competitor concerned in the
classification. The organiser cannot be held responsible for this.
Article 9 - Feeding stations
Feeding stations, offering bottles of water and fruit, will be set up along the entire route.
There will be 3 feeding stations for the Half-Marathon, 3 feeding stations for the Trail, 3
feeding stations for duo-marathon runners and 8 feeding stations for marathon runners plus an
additional station after the finish line for all the runners.
Article 10 – Respecting the environment
In order to respect the environment in which the event takes place, it is strictly forbidden to
leave litter (paper, plastic wrappers) on the routes. Bins will be provided at all refreshment
stations. Participants must make use of them when disposing of waste.
Participants must hold onto their litter and wrappers and wait until they reach the places set up
by the organisation to dispose of them.
A.S.O. reserves the right to exclude participants from the race who deliberately dispose of
their waste elsewhere than in these specific areas.
Article 11 – Fight against doping
The Marathon de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel is a race organised under the authority of the
F.F.A., and as a result, anti-doping tests may be set up. Participants in the Marathon de la Baie
du Mont Saint-Michel undertake to strictly respect the ban on doping as well as the provisions
concerning anti-doping tests, arising from the laws and regulations in force, in particular
Articles L.230-1 et seq. of the French “Code du Sport” (Sports Code).
Article 12 - Insurance
Civil Liability: In accordance with current legislation, the organiser has taken out insurance
covering the financial consequences of its civil liability, that of its officials and that of all the
participants in the Marathon de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel. As for the civil liability of the
participants themselves, the afore-mentioned insurance policy will only cover accidents
caused by participants during the sporting event. This cover can apply in addition to or in lieu
of other insurance policies that participants might take out. A copy of the insurance policy is
available to all participants upon request.
Personal Accident: All participants in the Marathon de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel be
they holders of a sporting federation licence or not, may take out insurance by post or, at the
latest, when they collect their race bibs. This policy will pay out a sum in the event of
physical injury (death or permanent disability) as a result of an accident which has occurred
on the race route. Compensation, according to the damages, will be paid if the insured person
has an accident while participating in the race.
This insurance is optional but strongly recommended. It can be taken out in addition to or
instead of any similar insurance cover and, in particular, any cover provided by a sports
licence.
The information notice and application form are available on the event's website.
(“Registrations” -> “Insurance”)
Material Damage: The organiser will not be held responsible for damage (theft, breakage,
loss, etc.) to participants’ personal belongings, not even those left in its care. Participants may
not, therefore, take action against the organiser for any damage caused to their equipment.
Taking out insurance against such risks is the responsibility of the participant.
Article 13 – Image Rights
By participating in the Marathon de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel, the participant gives his
express permission for the organising company, its delegates and its successors to use and
reproduce, in any medium and by any means, now and in the future, with no compensation of
any kind, his name, voice, image, and, more generally, his athletic performance at the Event,
in any form, in any existing or future medium, in any format, for public communication
throughout the world, for any use including advertising and/or commercial purposes, and for
the entire duration of the protection granted by current copyright laws and regulations,
judicial and/or arbitral decisions issued in any country, and existing or future international
conventions, including those that may result in the extension of this duration.
Participants grant their full and irrevocable permission, to the organiser, its beneficiaries and
its successors, for the purposes of conducting advertising, promotional or sales campaigns to
1) Make any changes, additions or deletions which it judges necessary to use his or her image
under the conditions defined below, 2) include or combine his or her image with any
signatures, catchphrases, slogans, legends, brands, distinctive signs, legal information, visuals
and, generally speaking, anything of any kind which the organiser uses, particularly to
illustrate communications material in which they are used.
The participant guarantees that he is not bound by an exclusive contract relating to the use of
his image and/or his name and/or his voice.
The organiser, its beneficiaries and its successors are expressly forbidden from using a
participant’s name, voice or image in any format of a pornographic, racist or xenophobic
nature, and more generally are forbidden from any use that is detrimental to the participant’s
dignity.
Article 14 – Data Protection
A.S.O. will respect the confidentiality of personal information provided by participants in the
Marathon de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel and will handle it in accordance with the French
Data Protection Act of 6th January 1978.
Information collated from participants will be recorded and used by A.S.O. to ensure their
participation in the event is processed correctly, to personalise communication with them, to
send them A.S.O. Challenges’ information, A.S.O. offers and information, and, for those who
have given their agreement when they created their account, to send them:
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information and offers from A.S.O. Challenges’ partners.
A.S.O. may be required to securely transfer certain data, including personal data, to third
parties in order to carry out tasks relevant to taking part in the race, organising the delivery of
goods and the provision of services, (such as the delivery of “photo packs” or videos ordered
before or after the race from the service provider selected by A.S.O.), preventing fraud and,
more generally, any other criminal activity, and for certain customer service actions.
Moreover, A.S.O. may be required to share this data in response to an injunction by the legal
or regulatory authorities.
In accordance with the provisions laid out by French law no.78-17 of 6th January 1978,
modified by law no. 2004-801 of 6th August 2004, on information technology, databases and
civil liberties, each a participant has the right to access, rectify and delete data concerning
himself, free of charge. The participant can exercise these rights at all times, by sending a
request by email to the following address: [email protected] or by
writing to A.S.O. Direction des Epreuves Grand Public, Immeuble Panorama B, 253 Quai de
la Bataille Stalingrad – 92137 Issy les Moulineaux, France.
In doing so, the participant can demand that any information concerning him which is
incorrect, incomplete, ambiguous, or no longer valid, or whose collection, use,
communication or storage is forbidden, be rectified, completed, clarified, updated or deleted.
The Internet user’s data is stored either by A.S.O. or by the subcontractor(s) it selects
specifically for the fulfilment of its obligations. Data is stored in accordance with the aforementioned Data Protection Act for a duration determined by the purpose of the data
processing in question.
Our processing of the data we collect has been declared to the CNIL (French Data Protection
Agency).
Article 15 – Use of drones
Participants are informed that:
- on the day of the race, remote controlled drones may be used for the purposes of
media coverage;
- runners may find themselves throughout all or part of the event, within 30 metres of
these drones;
- in the event of a major flight incident, a signal will alert nearby participants who must
move away from the drones;
- areas which have been predefined by the operator and identified by multi-coloured
poles, and to which the access is strictly forbidden to the public and to participants,
will be set up by the operator so that the aircraft can land in the event of an in-flight
incident.
Article 16 – Newsletters
By registering for the Marathon de la Baie du Mont Saint Michel, the participant is
automatically subscribed to the race’s newsletters and must remain so until the Marathon de la
Baie du Mont Saint Michel takes place.
Article 17 – Acceptance of the Rules
Participation in the Marathon de la Baie du Mont Saint Michel implies each competitor's
express agreement with the rules filed with Maître Astrid Desagneaux, a scrutineer in Paris’
8th arrondissement, situated at 4 Rue Quentin Bauchat. The competitor undertakes not to
anticipate the start and to cover the whole distance before crossing the finish line.
Article 18 – Applicable Law - Complaints
Any complaints must be made in writing, in French or in English, mentioning the full name of
the competitor and his or her race bib number. They should be addressed to the headquarters
of the organising company within thirty days of the announcement of the results.
A.S.O.
The Marathon de la Baie du Mont Saint-Michel
253 quai de la Bataille de Stalingrad
92137 ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX CEDEX FRANCE
No claims will be accepted beyond this time.
No written or telephone complaints about the interpretation of these rules will be answered.
A.S.O reserves the right, if the circumstances so require, to shorten or cancel the Marathon de
la Baie du Mont Saint Michel. It cannot be held responsible for this.
These rules were originally drafted in French, which is considered as the official language.
They are subject to French law. Any disputes likely to result from its interpretation or
execution will be subject to the exclusive competency of the jurisdiction of the Court of
Appeal in Versailles, France.