KEYS100—RACE RULES & STANDARDS FOR 2024

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  All Runners and Crew Are Equally Responsible for Knowing and Complying with ALL Race Rules

RACING BIBS
Bibs must be worn on the runner's front with race number clearly visible at all times.
IN ADDITION FOR TEAMS, the team bib with timing chip must be worn by the active runner when passing timing equipment. An adjustable belt will be supplied with the team bib for ease of transition from one runner to another. Plan ahead!

NIGHTTIME GEAR
After sundown, defined strictly as 5:00pm Saturday until 7:00am Sunday, ALL racers
(and pacers, if any,) must wear a vest or similar item with reflective material clearly visible 360 degrees,as well as clearly visible colored blinking LED lights facing front and rear. Both reflective vest (or similar) AND blinking lights must be worn. (Reflective vests or similar reflective gear that incorporate blinking, colored lights front and rear are acceptable.) Note: Headlamps do NOT count as required safety gear, but wearing one or carrying another type of light is strongly recommended. It can be quite dark in certain sections of the course. Be smart and be safe; be prepared with all appropriate nighttime gear.

IV'S and SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN PROHIBITED
​Anyone using illegal drugs or an intravenous device or supplemental oxygen for ANY reason will be immediately disqualified from continuing to race. If medically required for a team member, that runner may not continue under any circumstances. Any other use of an IV or oxygen by a team member will result in immediate DQ of the entire team.

UNCREWED RUNNERS
For safety purposes, all uncrewed runners are required to carry a phone, with the number provided at registration or check-in. All 100-mile uncrewed runners are also required to carry a back-up battery supply. 

MEETING THE RUNNER 

Along some parts of the course, this is wide open. (Just don’t block driveways or entrances or park on private property.) In other areas, local ordinances strictly prohibit parking or stopping. Study and use the recommended locations in the “Course Details” list to arrange your meet-ups and to prepare for those longer stretches where the runner should carry additional water or other supplies.

PACERS

Only one pacer at a time is allowed. Pacers may join 100-mile runners at Mickler’s Beach Park (Mile 16), 50-mile runners at the Publix in Hammock Beach (Mile 10) and 50-kilometer runners at
Gamble Rogers S.R.A. (Mile 5). Pacers must run or walk under their own power; no bikes, skateboards or any other wheeled conveyances are allowed.

NEVER DISRUPT TRAFFIC

Vehicles pulling on and off the road must do so conservatively, waiting for an adequate opening and not interrupting moving vehicles. Once on the road, speed must be maintained; no slowing down to converse with or otherwise support any runner.

PARK OFF ROADWAY

Vehicles must be parked completely off the road surface whenever stopped.
Vehicle doors must not open onto the road. Do not block bike lanes or trails. NEVER block a driveway,
park or enter on private property uninvited.

SUPPORT VEHICLE

Each crewed runner, or runners supported by the same crew, may only have one vehicle on the course.  A "shuttle" vehicle to ferry crew or gear to the support vehicle is permitted on a very limited basis, but the shuttle may not remain on
the course in active support.

VEHICLE MARKING & SIGNS

Vehicles must have the runner NUMBER (or NUMBERS) CLEARLY visible on all four sides of the vehicle. Team or runner name is recommended but optional. 

STRICTLY FOLLOW COURSE AS DESCRIBED IN THE RACE GUIDE

Run ONLY where course instructions direct at all times. Cross the highway ONLY where instructed to do so. Examples: When running on the road shoulder, racers MUST ALWAYS RUN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD FACING TRAFFIC. When directed to run on a bike path or sidewalk, runners MUST run there and NOT on the road shoulder. The race's intent is to keep runners off the road shoulder to the maximum extent possible.

DECORUM

Runners and crew must display courtesy, good taste, decorum and sportsmanship at all
times, and must not litter, mar or pollute the landscape or environment. That includes defecation
anywhere other than in bathrooms or portable toilets. Be discreet.

CROSSING TIMING MATS

Individual runners and teams MUST cross over all timing mats set-up along
the course. A list of timing mat locations is included in the Race Guide.

TIMING EQUIPMENT

All runners and teams MUST cross all timing mats or pass close to timing sensors set-up along the course. Locations are included in the “Course Details” list. Team reminder: the active
runner passing timing equipment must wear the TEAM BIB with timing chip in addition to their personal bib. Plan accordingly. 

ENFORCEMENT

Violations of race rules may result in a time penalty for each infraction of up to one
hour at the discretion of race marshals. Depending upon the severity of the violation and other factors,
including but not limited to flagrancy of the violation and safety considerations, violators may be
disqualified from the race at any time at the discretion of the Race Director. Race marshals and staff will be monitoring the course throughout the race for runner health and safety and rules compliance.

MEDICAL—NOTE TO ALL

Medical support will be on the route to assist runners in any reasonable way.
Contact information for all staff will be included in the Race Guide. CALL “911” IN AN EMERGENCY.