Relay Information
Vehicles
- A Michigan Recreation Passport is required for entry to Half Moon and Silver Lake.
- Official Vehicle Signs must be visible in rear window of all vehicles on the course and to park!
- One vehicle per team on the course. DWD Vehicle Sign on the back and Park Pass on Front.
Drive Route
- Detailed drive instructions are provided to each exchange point.
- The routes are fairly direct and provide sufficient time to travel to the next exchange point.
- It may not be the most direct route. It is designed to allow for responsive medical emergencies and time sensitive management of the race. It is also designed to minimize conflicts where runners cross. (Warning: The drive route will cross the course several times.) This will allow the runners to avoid your exhaust/insults and some danger.
Team Membership
- All team members must sign a waiver and turn it in!
- Each team member will be given a bib with the same number to be worn on your front.
- "IN IT TO WIN IT": teams can run with less than 5 people but not more than 5. Heck, you paid for 5.
- Each "IN IT TO WIN IT" team member must run a minimum of 3 legs (unless injury occurs) for the team to be eligible for the handicap adjusted championship. Only one "IITWI" runner per team unless injury occurs.
- "JUST FOR FUN" teams with up to 10 runners must run a minimum of 0 legs and can run together. Really, who in Hell cares!
Handicap
- Women receive a 12.5 % handicap in addition to age handicap.
- Masters receive a 1.0% handicap for each year over 40 and 1.5% handicap for each year over 50.
- Handicaps for each team member will be added together for the team handicap.
- The team's % will be deducted from the total finishing time to determine YOUR ADJUSTED HANDICAP TIME.
Finish Cutoff Time
- 7:30 PM but 6:30 PM is much preferable. Use concurrent running; see Concurrent Running Sheet. It’s important to finish before we eat all the pizza!
- Qualification for Handicap Awards: Teams that have finished and turned in their correctly completed cheat cards by 5:30 pm will be included in the handicap awards. Teams finishing after 5:30 pm will be included in the official results but will not be eligible for awards.
Exchanges
- Some exchange points are aid stations for the Ultra run. The food and drinks are for the Ultra runners.
- At the exchange, alert your teammate by screaming and yelling team name.
- Allow adequate space to execute the exchange. No pushing and no crowding.
- Exchange is usually made by making physical contact with the next runner in the exchange zone. Some exchanges may be Air Touch to avoid traffic and danger situations.
Course Overview
- Designed as a separate race from the other events but shares many sections.
- QCourse is a series of sections - “legs” - between Exchange Points.
- Legs are approximately from 2 to 6 miles if you do not get lost or stuck.
- Legs must be completed in the order presented.
- Each team member is to run 3 legs.
- Decide how to best utilize/torture each runner. Come up with a plan to start with and be ready to change once the whining starts.
- We advertise DWD as a trail run with "Stupid Spots"; several legs are stupid runs with "Trail Spots". Don’t get hung up on the mileage, sometimes a 3 mile leg will take longer and will be more work than a 4 mile leg! Really long if you get lost...
- You may find it harder than it sounds … but in the end, you will have achieved greatness!
Course Map
Note: Legs that will be marked in WHITE are shown on the maps as GRAY DOTTED