Rules and Regulations

mds – MARATÓN DE SANTIAGO® Terms

-MARATHON, HALF MARATHON, Santiago Race-

Sunday, April 7th 2013

ARTICLE 1. Organization, Official Sponsor and Patron Prokart y Cía. Ltda., hereinafter also the “Organization”, officially sponsored by adidas, Chile Ltda. And with the Chilean Athletics Federation (FEDACHI®) sponsorship, organizes the Maratón de Santiago ® (Santiago Marathon), to be held on Sunday April 7th 2013 in three distances: Marathon, Half Marathon and Santiago Race. ARTICLE 2. Courses The courses, measured and certified by the Chilean Athletics Federation have a distance of 42,195 meters (Marathon) and 21,098 meters (Half Marathon). The Marathon’s distance has been measured and certified by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF), it has been granted the “Bronze Label” category and was included in their international competition calendar, and the marks that are obtained in it will be recognized. The event has been accepted also in the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) and incorporated in their calendar of sport events for the year 2013. The Santiago Race is not certified and has an estimate distance of 10 KM. Marathon (42,195 meters): Starts in Bernardo O’Higgins (Northern sidewalk) in front of La Moneda Palace (Palacio de la Moneda), continuing along Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins towards the west, España Ave, Almirante Blanco Encalada Ave, Beaucheff Ave, Rondizonni Ave, Viel Ave, Manuel Antonio Matta Ave, Grecia Ave, Grecia Roundabout, [Américo Vespucio Ave, Egaña Square, Ossa Ave, Francisco Bilbao Ave, Padre Hurtado Ave, Alonso de Camargo, IV Centenario, Atenas Roundabout, Cristóbal Colón Ave], Manquehue Sur Ave, Manquehue underpass, Manquehue Norte Ave, Irene Frei Roundabout, Juan XXIII Ave, Carol Urzúa Roundabout, Monseñor Escrivá de Balaguer Ave, Isabel Montt St., Bicentenario Ave, Pérez Zujovic Roundabout, Andrés Bello Ave (Costanera), Huelén St, Providencia Ave (North Sidewalk), Baquedano Square, Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins, (Northern sidewalk) and arriving to La Moneda Palace. Half Marathon (21,098 meters): Starts in Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins (Southern Sidewalk) in front of La Moneda Palace (Palacio de la Moneda), continuing along Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins (Southern Sidewalk) towards the west, España Ave, Almirante Blanco Encalada Ave, Beaucheff Ave, Rondizonni Ave, Viel Ave, Manuel Antonio Matta Ave, Grecia Ave, Sports fields, Antonio Varas Ave, Pocuro, Roberto del Río, Eliodoro Yañez, Providencia Ave (Southern sidewalk), Baquedano Square, Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins (Southern sidewalk) and arriving to La Moneda Palace. Santiago Race: The race will start at Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins Ave (Northern sidewalk) in front of La Moneda Palace, continuing along Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins Ave towards the west, Brasil Ave, Compañía de Jesús, Manuel Rodríguez East, San Pablo, Bridge, Ismael Valdés Vergara, Miraflores, Cardenal José María Claro, Andrés Bello, Arzobispo, Providencia Ave, Baquedano Square, Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins (Northern sidewalk) and arriving to La Moneda Palace. ARTICLE 3. Schedule The starting time will be at 8:30 am. The longest duration time of the event will be 6 hours, after which the finish line and all the control points will be closed, and the course will be completely open to vehicle traffic. A vehicle of the organization will go after each circuit in order to close the course or to pick up every athlete in the competition that may need it. ARTICLE 4. Registrations Registrations will be conducted online in the www.maratondesantiago.com web site, by filling out the form designated for this purpose, with the requested registering information. The athlete will be officially registered in the competence only once the payment is made with a credit card or other payment method accepted by the Organization. The aforementioned online registration can be made in the stages or periods described below and in accordance with the rates indicated below. In the event that the athlete does not make the payment and/or does not fill out the registration form, the registration will be automatically voided. Registrations will be completed by filling out all the boxes that show in the registration form, which has to be read and accepted by the athlete. In case the athlete wants to pay in cash, they will need to visit any of the stores authorized by adidas Chile Ltda., where they can register by filling out the same web form and by paying directly in the authorized booth designated for this purpose. The payment in the adidas stores would start, if adidas Chile Ltda. decides so, on January 2nd 2013. The event has a maximum capacity of 25,000 registrations. Registration fees, according to registration period and race: Marathon: (a) CH$18,000 on-line between November 1st and December 31st 2012, including both days; (b) CH$22,000 on-line or in adidas Chile Ltda. authorized stores, between January 1st and February 28th 2013, including both days; and (c) CH$25,000 on-line or in adidas Chile Ltda authorized stores, between March 1st and March 20th 2013, including both days, unless the registration entries are sold out before. Half Marathon: (a) CH$15,000 between November 1st and December 31st 2012, including both days; (b) CH$18,000 on-line or in adidas Chile Ltda. authorized stores, between January 1st and February 28th 2013, including both days; and (c) CH$22,000 on-line or in adidas Chile Ltda authorized stores, between March 1st and March 20th 2013, including both days, unless the registration entries are sold out before. Santiago Race: (a) CH$15,000 on-line or in adidas Chile Ltda . authorized stores, between January 1st and February 28th 2013, including both days; and (b) CH$20,000 on-line or in adidas Chile Ltda . authorized stores, between March 1st and March 20th 2013, including both days, unless the registration entries were sold out before. The registration fees will not be refunded even in the event that the athlete does not participate in the sport event referred in these terms, for any reason, including an unforeseeable circumstance or force majeure. ONLY CHANGES TO THE DISTANCES INDICATED IN THE REGISTRATION APPLICATION WILL BE ALLOWED UNTIL THE END OF THE SECOND PERIOD OF REGISTRATION, THE APPLICANT HAVING TO PAY ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE REGISTRATION FEE. OTHERWISE, THE ORGANIZATION WILL NOT REFUND ANY DIFFERENCE IN YOUR FAVOR. ARTICLE 5. Categories All women and men who are 18 or older on the day of the race will be able to participate in this event. However, athletes who are under the age of 18 and those who are 16 years of age or older, will need to submit the proper authorization signed by a parent or legal representative and be accompanied by this person at the time of picking up the competition number. In case the responsible adult cannot assist to the event, a signed authorization will be accepted, together with a photocopy of his/her identity document. Download the authorization standard model. Minors who are 16 or 17 years old will ONLY be able to run and register in the Santiago Race. REGISTRATION OR PARTICIPATION OF ATHLETES UNDER THE AGE OF 16 WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN THIS EVENT.- Santiago Marathon Categories: Marathon, Half Marathon, and Santiago Race.

Young women who are 19 years old or younger	Young men who are 19 years old or younger
Women between 20 and 29 years old	Men between 20 and 29 years old
Women between 30 and 34 years old	Men between 30 and 34 years old
Women between 35 and 39 years old	Men between 35 and 39 years old
Women between 40 and 44 years old	Men between 40 and 44 years old
Women between 45 and 49 years old	Men between 45 and 49 years old
Women between 50 and 54 years old	Men between 50 and 54 years old
Women between 55 and 59 years old	Men between 55 and 59 years old
Women between 60 and 64 years old	Men between 60 and 64 years old
Women who are 65 or older	Men between 65 and 69 years old
	Men who are 70 or older
Visually impaired women	Visually impaired men
Physically challenged women	Physically challenged men

ARTICLE 6. Pick-up of numbers, timing chips and directions for use.

Only previously registered participants will be able to pick up competition numbers and timing chips in person, on Thursday Abril 4th, Friday April 5th and Saturday April 6th 2013 prior to the career. Thursday from 4 pm to 8pm, Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 8 pm. in the Marathon Expo that will be held at Mapacho Station Cultural Center, located at Mapocho st, in Santiago, where participants will need to show their identity documents. Together with the number, a time controlling chip designed to register the official end time of each participant will be handed in. In case the sponsor provides shirts for the event, it will be compulsory that participants wear them, except for any reason that the Organization could determine. The Organization will not be responsible if any chip is defective, whenever these devices are provided by a third party company. PARTICIPANTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PICK UP NUMBERS, CHIPS AND/OR SHIRTS ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT OR SUBSEQUENTLY. In case a registered participant cannot pick up the number and chip in person, they will be able to do it through a legal representative, particularly entitled by means of a simple letter of authorization. All participants must attach the competition number to his/her chest, in a way that is fully visible, not trimmed, altered, modified or folded, until the end of the race. Participants must wear the assigned chip according to the instructions provided by the Organization.

ARTICLE 7. Prizes

The athlete official classification will be conducted with the electronic timing system, so in order to be classified every athlete will need to go under all the controls included in this system, set in the starting line, in the course and in the finish line. Every athlete who fails to comply with the provisions set in these regulations, or incurs in any of the forbidden behaviors, including not passing through all the previously mentioned controls, will be disqualified. Maratón de Santiago® will offer US$89,000 in prizes for the participants, which will be granted by FEDACHI ® once the athletes have undergone drug tests or doping controls and their results have been NEGATIVE, in compliance with the requirements of the current IAAF regulations. The prizes will be awarded based on the following bases: 1. Marathon Awards (42,195 meters) a. General Classification (Women and Men) – 1st Place US$ 20,000.- plus a Cup – 2nd Place US$ 10,000.- plus medal and plaque – 3rd Place US$ 5,000.- plus medal and plaque – 4th Place US$ 2,000.- plus medal and plaque – 5th Place US$ 1,000.- plus medal and plaque Special Bonus A special bonus of US$1,000 will be awarded to the marathon runner (male or female) who first reaches the Half Marathon distance in 1:05:00 and reaches the finishing line within the first 5 places in the full race. Course record: The prize will be awarded to the first woman or man who can lower the following marks: Men – 2:12:33 US$3,500. Women – 2:34:42 US$3,500. b. Classification by Category – 1st Trophy and medal – 2nd Medal – 3rd Medal Prizes are expressed in US dollars. All the athletes participating in the marathon who finish the course and cross the finishing line, will get a finalist medal. 2. Half Marathon Awards (21,098 meters): a. General Classification (Women and Men): – 1st Place US$1,200.- plus medal and plaque – 2nd Place US$800.- plus medal and plaque – 3rd Place US$500.- plus medal and plaque b. Classification by Category – 1st Trophy and medal – 2nd Medal – 3rd Medal Prizes are expressed in US dollars. All the athletes participating in the half marathon who finish the course and cross the finishing line, will get a finalist medal. 3. 10km Run Awards a. General Classification (Women and Men): – 1st Place – medal and plaque – 2nd Place – medal and plaque – 3rd Place – medal and plaque b. Classification by Category: – 1st Medal – 2nd Medal – 3rd Medal

ARTICLE 8. Prize Awarding

Marathon winners: The prize award ceremony for the marathon winners will be held in the finish line area, the respective trophies being awarded to the first five athletes in the men and women general classification of the Marathon. This will be the only prize awarding that will be conducted right after the fifth men and fifth woman arrive to the finish line of the marathon, in a special ceremony held for the media that will cover the event, and once the marks obtained by the winners have been reviewed, based on the official electronic timing device. It will be mandatory that the award winning athletes assist to the awards ceremony with their competitor numbers in their chests and in a way that is fully visible, so that the brand of the official sponsor adidas Chile Ltda., or other brands that the Organization may determine at their sole discretion, are clearly visible and stand out. Cash prizes will be awarded to the Marathon winners once the Organization has received the negative results of the doping tests, and provided the athlete was not disqualified based on the applicable regulations. General Prize Awarding: The Marathon Awards Ceremony will be held immediately after the results of the timing devices are verified and the event commissioner ratified list is received from the judges. The Half Marathon and the Santiago Race distances will be awarded on Sunday April 7th 2013. All the awards for all the distances and all the categories will be awarded on this day. The Organization will not send by mail any trophy or prize not picked up by the runners during the awards ceremony. In addition, winners of the Marathon, Half Marathon and Santiago Race general classification will also be the winners of their corresponding category.

ARTICLE 9. Participant Responsibilities

1. The Organization will conduct the doping control to the first six athletes (women or men) who finish the Marathon having arrived to the finish line; the Organization having the right to conduct doping controls to the first fifteen competitors, to their sole discretion. The athlete’s denial to undergo the doping control will be reason of his/her immediate disqualification. 2. Any athlete who does not have the number attached in their chest in a way that is fully visible, who does not follow the course in the official track (there will be controls), or who has unsporting behavior, such as receiving help, beverages of any kind, substances or food from external people who move inside or outside the circuit, whether or not they use motorized vehicles, bicycles or other means of transportation, will be DISQUALIFIED. The Organization will be empowered to give notice to Carabineros (Chilean Policemen) and expel the external people who are caught having such unsporting behaviors. 3. It will be reason for DISQUALIFICATION to deceive the Organization, whether by passing oneself off as someone else, by running a distance different to the one indicated in the registration, etc. Any athlete who does not pass through the signaled control areas; who run on sidewalks or areas not belonging to the course, including parks or green areas; who does not obey the flagmen, judges, commissioners and Organization staff, will be also disqualified. Failure to follow the Organization instructions regarding getting in the corrals, registering times and other behaviors against the rules, will also be reason for disqualification; the Organization having the right to remove the number from the registration and having it expelled from the event. No participants will be allowed to get in the corrals without their registration number. Also, corral assignment for the distance of the Marathon will be done based on registration time. 4. For all the participants registered in the Santiago Race, it will be mandatory to wear the mds-Maratón de Santiago ® official shirt from the starting line until the end of the race, except professional or affiliated athletes. 5. Any participant who runs without a number will do it under their own responsibility, without no right to any of the privileges to which officially registered athletes are entitled to, and he/she will be automatically disqualified. Without prejudice to the rights conferred to the Organization to forbid their participation in the event.

ARTICLE 10. Services for the participants

1. There will be aid stations (water hydration and rehydration beverages) in the courses of the Santiago Race and Half Marathon every 5 km and in the finishing line. In the course of the Marathon there will be aid stations in the starting line and every 2.0 or 3.0 km up to the finishing line. 2. The race will have an ambulance service available in the course, and 5 units for doctors and paramedics. 3. Professional and/or affiliated athletes will be able to give to the Medical Director of the event any special beverages that they want to drink in the aid stations, and this should be done before 6 on Sunday April 7th 2013 in the starting line. The content will need to be reported and expressed in writing, and the bottles need to be labeled with the name, number and aid station where it has to be delivered to. This is the only supply allowed. The athletes are not authorized to receive any other type of supply during the race because they will be disqualified. 4. The Organization will offer aid services in the start and in the checkroom (this being not responsible of the objects here kept). 5. The Organization will offer transportation (“brush bus”) to pick up any athlete who, for any reason, cannot or does not wish to continue in the competition. They will be taken only to the finish area. However, the organization does not take or will not take any responsibility for the mentioned transportation. 6. The Organization will also keep, at least, five first aid stations en the Marathon circuit and a therapeutic massage room in the finish area. ARTICLE 11. Complaints Any complaint shall be made before the 30 Minutes of the results public announcement, and the athlete has to do this verbally to the Race Technical Director or to anyone appointed by the Organization to receive complaints. This person will make the decision in first instance. If the athlete does not agree with the decision, he/she will be able to appeal immediately against the Appealing Jury (the organizer’s offices), by means of a note, signed and accompanied by $30,000, sum that will not be refunded if the claim is not eventually accepted.

ARTICLE 12 – Vehicles in the course

The only vehicles allowed to follow the race are those appointed by the Organization, being these required to carry the corresponding identification in a visible way. It is absolutely forbidden to follow the participants in motorbike, bicycle, or other means of transportation, being Carabineros de Chile completely authorized to remove them from the circuits, to avoid that the participants have any accident.

ARTICLE 13 – Responsibility

The Organization does not accept responsibility for any harms or damages that could be caused due to participating in this competition, either to the athlete, to other people, and also in the event that external people cause harms or damages to the participant or Organization. Participants state that, once registered, they accept the condition previously mentioned and they will help the Organization to avoid personal injuries or accidents.

ARTICLE 14.

Every participant who registers in the competition states they know and accept these Regulations and the Disclaimer and Data Protection Document. In case of doubt, the Organization criteria will prevail. Disclaimer and Data Protection Document By virtue of the fact of registering, the participant states the following: “I am in excellent health conditions to participate in mds-Maratón de Santiago®. In addition, I release the Organization, sponsors, patrons or other participating institutions from all responsibilities in the event of any accident or injury that could occur to me, before, during and/or after the sporting event, from this moment on, giving up any right to take legal action against any of the mentioned entities. During the course of the competition I will contribute as much as possible with the Organization to avoid personal accidents. I also authorize the Organization to make use of pictures, videos or any other type of audiovisual material in which I could be present, accepting the publication of my name in the test classification, in the media and/or Internet, without expecting any payment, compensation or retribution for this concept. I understand and accept that since this is an event that will be conducted on public national areas, the central, regional and municipal government authorities can impose restrictions, limitations or modifications to the track, use, date and/or time, without previous notice, so I release the Organization from all responsibilities if any of these circumstances were to happen. Also, I release the Organization from responsibility if the event had to be suspended, postponed or cancelled, totally or partially, for a situation beyond the Organization’s control, caused due to an unforeseeable circumstance or force majeure. I accept that the foregoing is necessary condition to withdraw the number from the competition and deny the right to participate in “mds-Maratón de Santiago®”.

ARTICLE 15.

The Production Manager of the competition will be Mr Francisco Riquelme Duque; and the Technical Director will be Mr Fernando Jamarne.

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