COVID-19 Guidelines

2020 COVID19 Beaverhead Endurance Runs Race Guidelines.

The Spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the resulting COVID19 pandemic has caused us to implement a plan so that everyone visiting for the race, everyone helping at the race, and everyone in Salmon, ID is protected. The health of everyone involved is the reason we are developing these guidelines.

We politely but strongly ask that every runner and crew follow these guidelines exactly.  We all as an ultrarunning community have an opportunity to show the world that we can participate in our passion while protecting ourselves and others. These guidelines will cover all State of Idaho guidelines and additional ones from Goldstone Ultra Running LLC (Beaverhead RD’s).

We ask anyone not willing to follow the guidelines to not come.

Additional guidelines and/or protocols may be added before race day.  We will communicate these via email and on our Facebook page.

Guidelines:

Pre-Travel

• If anyone has any COVID19 related symptoms please stay home: fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html).

Pre and Post Race – Salmon Public Appearances

• All visitors (visitors = runners, crew, runner family and friends) wear face coverings in public places in Salmon, ID.

Pre-Race Meeting

• All visitors will have temperature checked (runners with fever, will not be able to run. All with fevers will be encouraged to travel home).
• All visitors wear face coverings at the pre-race meeting.
• At packet pickup runners will be separated into time slots via alphabetical groups. After you get your packet please find an open spot of at least 6 ft from other groups in the park for the pre-race meeting.  We will send out the groupings and timelines in a later email.

Start Line Shuttle

• All runners wear face coverings on shuttles and keep talking to a minimum.
• Runners must sanitize hands before entering shuttles.  Hand sanitizer will be supplied.

Start Line

• All visitors wear face covering at the start lines.

On the Trail

• All runners wear face coverings from the start until enough social distancing is established.
• Runners should communicate when interacting on the trail. While runners are passing each other on the trail,  they should communicate to maintain social distancing (step off trail) or can put on face coverings.

Aid Stations

• Runners that are filling bottles and eating food must sanitize hands before entering each AS. Hand sanitizer will be supplied.
• Runners that do not need to fill bottles, eat food, or perform any other stop in the AS can just run through without having to sanitize hands.  If you have crew supplying you, you can do this before or after the AS boundaries.
• All runners wear face covering in AS’s.
• Aid station volunteers will not touch your bottles, hydration packs, trash. Runners are not allowed to touch water/Tailwind dispensers.  A volunteer will dispense the liquid as you place the container below the spigot.
• All AS food will be placed on the food table in self-serve paper containers.  Take the ones you want. Dispose of the container in the trash bag located at the edge of the AS. All paper containers will be recycled.
• All crew wear face coverings while crewing along the course.
• No crew in AS boundaries.  Runners can be crewed just before or just after the AS.
• All volunteers will be adhering to special guidelines to protect themselves and runners (e.g. regular disinfecting of surfaces, social distancing, face coverings, etc.).

Finish Line

• All runners wear face covering after crossing the finish line so you can receive your finishing award(s).
• All visitors to maintain social distancing. If you cannot, wear face coverings (the food line, when communicating with race personnel, etc.)  There will be a large tent set up, but if you can bring our own canopy you can have your own private space to relax.  There is lots of space for this with lots of nice grass. Also, bring your camp chairs.

Notes on face coverings:

From the CDC: “CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain, such as grocery stores, pharmacies, and gas stations.”   Click here for the CDC information on cloth face coverings.

Research studies have found that the primary method of SARS-CoV-2 transmission is most efficiently via mouth droplets.

Please bring a supply of face coverings. NOTE ON FACE COVERINGS:  buff/neck gaiter-like coverings would be ideal for runners during the race because when not being used, they can hang around necks or around wrists for easy access!  These do not need to be medical type coverings; cloth ones are recommended (like the buff types we all have many of and love!).

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