Race Forms

Submit your team roster only after you receive notice that your team has been accepted and your entry fee has been paid. You may also use this link to view your current team information and to make changes to your roster.

CHANGES ARE NOT AUTOMATIC. PLEASE GIVE US TIME TO MAKE THE CHANGES AND TO UPLOAD THEM TO THE WEB PAGE. DO NOT PANIC, IF YOU SENT IT ONCE, THAT IS ENOUGH. YOU CAN HELP BY PUTTING A NOTE OF THE CHANGE IN THE COMMENTS SECTION. Please, no changes here after 4:00PM, April 15, 2008

Teams whose applications have been accepted will be notified by email no later than Monday, October 29, 2007. Please do not call or email to ask the status of your teams application. We will contact you as soon as possible. Once a team's application has been accepted there will be No Refunds.

If you have not entered the relay before, you should also review the information for new teams page.

In order to make the entry process as fair as possible to all, we will use a totally electronic application process for the 2008 River to River Relay. The application will be in the same format as in past years, and will REQUIRE certain information that could have been left blank in the past. Applications will have to list a valid email address and will have to rank or eliminate all start times in order of preference. If you wish to use two vehicles you must select the 7:45 a.m. start. (Start times are: 6:15; 6:45; 7:15; 7:45; 8:15; 8:45).

The fastest teams in each division will be seeded and assigned to special starting times. Otherwise, once a time has been assigned, it will not be possible to change it.

If your teams application is accepted, you will receive an email that will explain that you have one week (7 days) to have a check for the $360 entry fee in our Post Office Box. This should cut down on the need to use Express Mail.

Print a copy of the Waiver form.

Print a copy of the Minor Waiver form. Required for any participant under age 18 on the day of the relay.

Submit or update team roster and/or contact information: Roster

Waiver forms may be mailed to River to River Relay, PO Box 981, Carbondale, IL 62903-0981 (this will speed your check in the day before the race) or they may be brought to the check-in on at Registration on Friday, April 18, 2008. (Keep a copy of anything that you mail). Do not attempt to mail anything to us after Friday, April 11, 2008.

Information for New Teams

You should check the full set of official rules for the relay before sending in an entry.
Teams consist of eight runners. Each runner completes three sections that range in length from 2.5 to 4 miles.

Teams compete in one of nine major divisions. Mixed teams require a minimum of three members of each sex. On masters teams, all team members must be at least 40 years old. For corporate teams, all members must be employed by the same place of business.

In the handicap divisions, awards will be based on finish times corrected for handicap. Team handicaps will be the sum of handicap times for all team members. Individual handicaps are based on the runner's age and sex. If you have a javascript enabled browser, you can use our calculator to calculate handicaps for your team.

You may enter only one major division, but you may change divisions later. You must declare on or before March 24, 2007, in which division you intend to compete. Several special divisions exist for which the entry requirements are not enforced as stringently. You may enter one of the special divisions as well as a major division.

Starting time assignments are based on availability and your preferences as listed on the entry form (see information concerning the entry form).

A rough estimate of your team's finishing time can be calculated from runners' race times. Add each person's best 5-kilometer race times and multiply the total by 3.5. If you have a browser that recognizes javascript, you can use our predicted time calculator to do the calculations for you. This estimate has proved to be very accurate for faster teams, and tends to overestimate the finish time for slower teams.

We do not need a list of runners when you send in your entry. A preliminary team roster must be submitted by March 24, 2008, and a full roster by Friday, April 11, 2008. A fee will be assessed if a roster is not received in time.(See page 9 of the Information book). The roster is submitted electronically from this web site.

All runners must sign a waiver and release of liability form that will be sent to you. Teams will not be allowed to participate unless all runners have signed the release.

A small number of teams with the fastest predicted times in each division will be seeded. Seeded teams will start at special times, regardless of previous assignments, and they may use two support vehicles. Seedings will be based on runners' previous 5K race times, as listed on team rosters submitted before March 19, 2008.