Pacific Association USATF Cross Country Championships 2016

Set up on the outsides of the meadow. First come, first served on the picnic tables. Clean up and leave immaculate afterwards, please. Canopies OK, but please do not stake anything, bring buckets of cement if you think you need to tie your tent down. (Wind is minimal in meadow, it's protected on 4 sides with trees).

Note that Middle Drive West does not go through to 19th Avenue on Sunday Mornings, but there is a good 700 yards East of where the South Tunnel is before the road is closed. See the course. Best to go along Fulton Ave along the N side of the park, then turn S into the park at 30th Avenue. Park on either side of street near this intersection. Better to park close to this point because of DSE race and parking, see below.

Note: DSE is running road race in same area this same day. They will be starting 9:30 am from about Spreckles Lake, a mile race will go up Kennedy Drive in the road to Rainbow Falls, and a 5K will go West down to Chain of Lakes Drive. So they start 15 minutes before our Master's Men race, and they are closer to intersection than we are. They have 15 minute to clear the intersection, which should be easy. sdOnly place both races use is the short park of N-S path that runs E of Chain of Lakes, their runners will go straight S on that path, PA runners will run around Middle Lake as before. If both races start at scheduled time, there should not be any overlapping (but both events are headed the same direction). PA stays to L, DSE stays to the RT for maybe 40 yards, then courses are not in any conflict at all.

Send to Homer Chan, Cross Country Registrar, 874 Filbert Street, San Francisco, CA 94133, pay to "SF Running", mail so that registration will arrive by November 09, 2015. Please, please don't be late, it really complicates registration. if your mail-in reg reaches Homer on or before Oct 30, your race bib will have your LAST NAME on it when you pick up at registration on race morning.

After Wednesday, November 9, mail-in and on-line restration are CLOSED, please simply pay event day by cash or check ("SF Running"). Race day fee is $35. Exact cash is greatly appreciated, rather than requiring change... Pick up registrations at Start/Finish near 30th Avenue and Kennedy Drive.

Top runners from last year's GP earned free entry into the whole 2016 GP XC Series, including this race. A list of these fast folks is on the PA XC info pages. If you are one of those folks, please signup online by October 30 by midnight so your bib can have your LAST NAME printed on it. Free entry cannot be given race day, must be preregistered by 10/30, and online if at all possible. To get code that gets you free entry, email: tim@sfrunning.com and indicate you want comp bib, code will be sent back to you, you can use code in the payment area under PROMO CODES. Voila! You will be in! Free for running fast!

Start:

Pots are located E of Registration along Kennedy Drive on dirt. (This is on the other side of registration than uual, we are trying to keep our pots away from DSE use! There are also public restrooms at the W tunnel to the Polo Fields, and in the middle of Hellman Hollow. It is likely DSE will max out the pots at the W Tunnel location, use our purchased pots

Finish:

Middle of Lindley Meadow. Finish will be by pull-off tag (w barcode), not computer chip, so you will have to cue up and give your bib at the end of the chute. Different timer and system.