Runner's Guide Spring 2021 - BQ.2 Marathon Races
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Runner’s Guide Spring
2021
Top 10 MUST Know items for Spring BQ2 runners ...
Besides the normal pre-race requirements, this year's pre-race experience will be very
structured, with extra rules that you must follow to make race day smooth for you and
your fellow runners. You will be reminded race morning, but you should know each of
these ahead of time...
Planning - no surprises
1. watch the safety video before you arrive, and be ready to recite the clues within to pick up
your bib packet
2. elite bottles are single use. You may bring up to 7, but they will not return to the tables, and
you will not get them back.
3. know the course special turns at miles 0.5, 1.5, and 3.0. You will pass these points 8 times
during the race, but will make a special turn the first pass only. Do not just follow the runner in
front of you. They may be on their 2nd pass.
4. know your wave start time (and race day) and schedule your morning appropriately ...
5. be at the check-in corral precisely 35 to 40 minutes before you start, and 5 minutes earlier
if you need to mark your bottles
6. do any extended warm-up early. It will not be possible once you advance from check-
in. Stride-outs are permitted the last 10 minutes before you start
7. use a washroom before arriving. You will not have access to a portalet for the 5 to 10
minutes that you are in the check-in corral
8. friends and family are not permitted in race village until 8am. They can watch you at the
south end of the course, (mile 3.5, 6.5, ...) if they want to spectate before 8. 125 Houston
Street, Batavia IL
9. wear a mask to early packet pickup
10. wear a disposable mask to race village, and keep it on until your wave has started
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An Important Note Regarding
COVID-19
Thank you for choosing to run with us during this unprecedented time. Together,
we look forward to leading the running community in getting back to in person
events safely and responsibly! Please review the following very carefully. Runner
health and safety is our utmost priority, and any runners or spectators not
adhering to safety guidelines may jeopardize their ability to participate.
• In order to pick up your packet, you will have to view our safety video on COVID 19
guidelines and procedure. The video can be viewed here.
• The race is being split into two different days. Be sure to confirm which day you are
scheduled to run. You can confirm here.
• To meet Illinois’s COVID Safety Guidelines, the race has changed to a wave start. See
page 5 for arrival times and wave schedule. MISSING YOUR ARRIVAL TIME MAY
JEOPARDIZE YOUR CHANCE TO RUN!
• Masks will be required of all runners and spectators at packet pick-up and while in
race village. Failure to wear a mask may result in disqualification and removal from the
event.
• Illinois is under heavier COVID restrictions than many other States. Be sure to bring a
mask with you, understand restaurants are operating at limited capacity, and be
respectful of precautions taken by businesses. Also, if you are planning any tourist
activities in the city of Chicago, there are additional quarantine guidelines in effect for
the city. Because this race does not take place in the city, for those of you flying into
an airport and staying outside the city limits, Chicago’s quarantine guidelines do not
apply.
We greatly appreciate your understanding and cooperation with the extra
precautions taken by the event given the current circumstances.
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Schedule
Day Time Event
Friday Race Village, Fabyan Forest Preserve, West
4/16 1925 S Batavia Ave, Geneva, IL
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM • Early Packet Pickup
• Elite Bottle Marking
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM • Course Preview hosted by Dick Pond Athletics
• Village / Parking Preview
• Elite Bottle Marking
• Q&A
Saturday Race Village, Fabyan Forest Preserve, West
4/17 1925 S Batavia Ave, Geneva, IL
5:55 AM • Wave Arrival Schedule Begins (page 5)
6:30 AM • 1st Wave Starts PROMPTLY
8:00 AM • Spectators allowed in Race Village
12:00 PM • Last Wave Ends
2:00 – 5:00 PM • Packet Pickup (Sunday Only)
• Elite Bottle Marking
4:00 – 5:00 PM • Course Preview hosted by Dick Pond Athletics
• Village / Parking Preview
• Elite Bottle Marking
• Q&A
Sunday Race Village, Fabyan Forest Preserve, West
4/18 1925 S Batavia Ave, Geneva, IL
5:55 AM • Wave Arrival Schedule Begins (page 5)
6:30 AM • 1st Wave Starts PROMPTLY
8:00 AM • Spectators allowed in Race Village
12:PM • Last Wave Ends
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Confirm Your Wave Here
Wave Schedule (Saturday and Sunday)
5:55 AM – Arrival at Check-In corral. Those who still need to mark bottles arrive at least
1st Wave 5 minutes earlier.
6:30 AM - Start
White
6:05 AM – Arrival at Check-In corral. Those who still need to mark bottles arrive at least
2nd Wave 5 minutes earlier.
6:40 AM - Start
Pink
6:15 AM – Arrival at Check-In corral. Those who still need to mark bottles arrive at least
3rd Wave 5 minutes earlier.
6:50 AM - Start
Blue
6:25 AM – Arrival at Check-In corral. Those who still need to mark bottles arrive at least
4th Wave 5 minutes earlier.
7:00 AM - Start
Orange
6:35 AM – Arrival at Check-In corral. Those who still need to mark bottles arrive at least
5th Wave 5 minutes earlier.
7:10 AM - Start
Purple
6:45 AM – Arrival at Check-In corral. Those who still need to mark bottles arrive at least
6th Wave 5 minutes earlier.
7:20 AM - Start
Yellow
6:55 AM – Arrival at Check-In corral. Those who still need to mark bottles arrive at least
7th Wave 5 minutes earlier.
7:30 AM - Start
Green
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Course
The course is 8 clockwise
loops with 3 spurs on the
first lap.
The course is on a public
trail system. There will
be bikes, dog walkers,
and others on the path.
Please be respectful of
other path users so that
they are respectful of
you. Please stay to the
right side of the path
and always leave space
to the left for passing
runners. At most, please
run two abreast.
It is your responsibility
to know the course!
Especially at miles 0.5,
1.5, and 3.0.
Volunteers will offer
general directions, but
the runner in front of
you may be turning
when you need to go
straight or vice versa.
This course map and a
course video can be
viewed at:
http://www.bq2races.com/
course
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Packet Pickup
Pre-race pickup: Friday April 16th, 2021, 11:00 am–5:00 pm
Race Village Pavillion(open to all runners)
1925 S Batavia Ave, Geneva, IL (see map below)
Race day pickup: Saturday April 17th, 2021, (see page 5 for Wave Schedule)
Race Village Parking Lot (Saturday Runners ONLY)
1925 S Batavia Ave, Geneva IL (also see map p. 10)
Pre-race pickup: Saturday April 17th, 2021, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Race Village Pavillion (Sunday Runners ONLY)
1925 S Batavia Ave, Geneva IL
Race day pickup: Sunday April 18th, 2021, (see page 5 for Wave Schedule)
Race Village Parking Lot (Sunday Runners ONLY)
1925 S Batavia Ave, Geneva IL (also see map p. 10)
Details
- You MUST view the safety video to pick up your packet.
- Photo ID with birth date required (e.g., driver’s license) to pick up your packet.
- No packets will be given out without a valid photo ID.
- Only the registered runner will be able to pick up a packet
- Confirm your registration at http://www.bq2races.com/registration-list
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Course Preview Jog
Hosted by
Friday April 16th and Saturday April 17th
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Fabyan Forest Preserve, West Pavillion
1925 S Batavia Ave, Geneva, IL
• One loop of the course (about 3 miles) at an easy pace
• free, no registration required
• Led by the Dick Pond Athletics
• A great chance to see the course, parking, and race village to reduce
race morning stress.
• Bottle taping station
• Race official Q&A
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Race Morning Details
WARNING!!! Park in designated spaces only !!! Anyone
parking on driveways or grass will be towed and disqualified !!!
Below is a map showing areas for:
• Runner parking • Check In Corral
• Packet pick-up • Portalet Locations
• Extended Warm Up Routes • See Page 5 For Wave
Schedule Details
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Race Morning Details cont.
Runners will be escorted through
Race Village in the morning. See
the wave schedule (page 6) for your
arrival time. Runners will not be
allowed to roam race village in the
morning and the schedule will be
closely adhered to. Runners can
expect to:
1. 40 minutes before start: You
will park your vehicle and
walk to the Check-In Corral.
We recommend using a
restroom before arriving and
doing any extended warm-ups
before this time. Be at the
Check-In corral by your
designated arrival time!
2. 30 Minutes before start: You will be escorted to the packet pickup corral.
Runners will be able to pick up their packets or use the available portalets.
3. 20 minutes before start: You will be escorted to Elite Bottle Drop corral.
Runners will be able to place their water bottles on the elite bottle tables and
use the available portalets.
4. 10 Minutes before start: You will be escorted to the start line. You will have
10 minutes to check your gear, use portalets and wash room facilities, do
warm-up strides in the grass, and line up at the start.
Reminder!! Runners who need to mark their bottles race morning are advised to
be at the Check In Corral at least 5 minutes before the time stated on page 5.
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Page 10 of 19Race Packet and Gear Check
Packet Contents Gear Check
• Race bib with gear tag Attach the gear check tag from your
• Gear check bag race packet on the bag you received at
packet pickup. We can accept only
• Official race shirt gear check bag labeled with an official
• Safety pins, gear check zip tie tag that matches the bib number of
the runner dropping off the bag.
Race Shirt
Volunteers will watch your bags
The race shirt is a gender-specific carefully, but we don’t recommend
performance tech shirt. You can checking any valuables and all bags
exchange your shirt in its original bag are left at your own risk. You must
or purchase additional shirts at Race show your matching race bib to
Village Command Center. Subject to retrieve your gear check bag.
availability. Purchases $20, cash only.
Please respect the parks and
Bibs and Timing tags preserves. Any items dropped during
the race and will not be recoverable.
For this race we use a permanently
attached bib tag. Your bib must be • Discard items at the aid stations
worn upright on your outermost along the loop.
clothing layer throughout the day • Please do not drop any clothing,
and the race. bottles, cups, or gel packs
anywhere else along the course.
Only the registered runner may wear
the bib assigned to them. • Do not leave any bags
unattended. They will be
You may not transfer your bib to discarded.
another runner in any way.
Anyone running with a bib for which
they are not registered will be
disqualified from this race as well as
future races. The original bib
registrant will also be disqualified
from future races.
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Page 11 of 19Elite Water Bottles
• We accept up to 7 pre-filled bottles per
runner. Put whatever you want (your
favorite, personalized race drink, sport beans,
… in the bottle.
• Use only sport bottles with pop-up style tops.
Flip tops won’t stay closed when you throw them.
• Volunteers will direct you how to mark your bottles at Friday’s early packet
pickup, the course preview run, or race morning.
• Volunteers will help set up your bottles race morning. Bottles will be
organized on 10 numbered tables based on the LAST digit of your bib #.
o Table 1: bibs xxx01, xxx11, …
o Table 2: bibs xxx02, xxx12, …
• Grab your bottle as you run by
each lap. Unique colors or tape
make your bottle easy to spot.
• Drink while you run and toss your bottle in the
drop zone about 300 ft beyond the last table.
Remember to close the top.
• All bottles are considered single use and will be
discarded once tossed in the drop zone.
• An aid station is available shortly after the drop
zone in case you miss your bottle on any loop.
• Only the registered runner and official volunteers
will be allowed to handle bottles.
• If a friend is handing you your own personal water bottle, they must do this in a
different area and may not use the drop zone.
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Page 12 of 19Aid Stations
You will pass 16 aid stations on this 8-
loop course. Only registered runners
with official Last Chance BQ.2 race
bibs will be served. Due to COVID
safety, volunteers will not hand fluids
or food to runners at Aid Stations.
Runners will have to grab cups from
the table.
• Water, lemon‐lime Gatorade
Endurance Formula
o At each Aid Station
o 16 times, two per loop
• Clif Shot Energy Zone
o 8 times, one per loop
o Mocha, Razz, Citrus flavors
o Just before the elite bottle
station and North aid station
• Bananas
o At South station, beginning lap 4
• Oranges
o At South aid station, beginning
lap 5
• Ice
o If temperatures warrant: >68
degrees F
o At North station
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Page 13 of 19Pace Groups
Pace Groups
Pacers will not be used for the Spring A sample bib is shown below. The first
2021 BQ.2 Marathon. And in 3 digits of each bib indicate a pace
consideration to the limited capacity group, i.e. 3:45 for Amanda
on the trails, personal pacers will not
be allowed this year either.
If you would like to find someone
within the race to run with, your bibs
are numbered based on your Boston
Qualifying standard for 2021. Feel free
to communicate with other runners in
your wave or out on the course.
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Page 14 of 19Post Race
Congratulations on a great run! Race Village
Note: A valid bib and timing chip are
required for all post race amenities.
Once
Finish Line
you have cleared the immediate finish
Immediately at the finish line you will area, race village offers …
have self-serve access to …
• Due to COVID, please minimize
• blankets time spent in village after your race
• finisher medals • Family re-unite area after the finish
• Water and Gatorade chute for high fives, tears, hugs and
pictures
Volunteers are instructed to not make
• Water and Gatorade
physical contact with runners. If you
• Food to help you recover and
need to lay down, there will be a
celebrate. Chocolate milk and PB&J
designated area. If you need medical
assistance, communicate this to a sandwiches are a runner favorite
each year.
volunteer and the medical team will
arrive shortly. • Photo ops are available at the “BQ
Bell” and “I Qualified” photo
Results booths to capture your
accomplishment with friends and
Preliminary results are available …
family.
• by scanning your bib QR code • Main Medical is in the picnic
• at the pavilion results booth pavilion for those who may need
• http://www.bq2races.com/results- some assistance recovering.
photos We will submit to Boston as
soon as they are confirmed and
official.
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Page 15 of 19Spectating
The 8-loop course makes it absolutely Spectators may also park on the
the best-ever spectator race. Be sure east side of Fabyan Forest Preserve
to bring friends and family to help after 8 AM (east of the Fox River).
cheer you on. They can set up a Please yield to runners while
blanket or lawn chairs in a beautiful crossing the pedestrian bridge. Foot
riverfront park setting and see you 8 traffic over the pedestrian bridge
times without moving. Spectators will could impede the runners.
NOT BE ALLOWED in the race village Parking is also available in Batavia
until after 8:00 AM. Spectators who (south end of the loop) on the west
want to see their runners before 8:00 side of the Fox River on or near
AM are advised to park at the south Houston Street, near McDonald’s and
end of the loop in downtown Batavia. Panera for spectators who wish to see
Spectators can park in the runner you in another part of the course with
parking area (across Rte 31 from downtown food and drink amenities.
Fabyan West) based on space Spectators are asked not to use the
availability. pedestrian bridge over the river in
Batavia near Houston Street to avoid
impeding the runners. Instead, walk
1/2 block south and cross the river on
Wilson Street.
Runner Tracking
Friends and family can easily track
you throughout the race. Details are
available at
www.bq2races.com/tracking
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Page 16 of 19Runner Safety
Weather
The event will take place regardless of
rain or cold weather. Runner or
volunteer safety issues may cause
delays or cancellation, including
forecasts or occurrences of
• lightning
• a tornado watch
• dangerously hot weather
• public health issues
• other safety hazards
Pre-Race Notification
System
Delays or cancellations will be
announced via the race village public
address (PA) system and through our
social media channels…
• website:
http://www.bq2races.com
• Facebook page
• twitter account
In-Race Condition Flags
Safety notifications will prominently
display at each aid station and at race
village showing the current race status
via a multi-color flag system. They
should be heeded to avoid serious
problems.
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Page 17 of 19Medical
To help the medical staff, on the back
of your bib please write the following:
• Full name
• Age
• Medical conditions
• Allergies
• Medications and supplements
• Emergency contact
All medical personnel will be wearing
a lime neon green medical vest and
Locations
race credentials, or a Race Guard
• North - Race village main medical uniform.
• South – South aid station
Only accept treatment from officially
• In Between – Race Guards, cart identified medical personnel.
Main Medical is provided by
Northwestern Medicine in the Race
Village Pavilion and on course at the
South aid station.
Race Guards trained in CPR, AED, and
First Aid will be at random locations
on the course as well.
If you cannot get to an aid station,
alert a Race Guard or request a
passing runner to notify the nearest
aid station. Runners are encouraged
to notify Aid Stations of downed
runners on the course. If needed, a
cart will arrive to transport you to
additional medical care providers.
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Page 18 of 19Thank You to our Partners
Preview Run Provided by: Parking Provided By:
Medical Provided By:
Northwestern Medicine Race Guards
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