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Event training materials

This presentation provides important details for this year’s event and will provide answers to many commonly asked questions.

General Event Overview

General trainings

We encourage you to review the following materials that are designed to complement the Event Alert System and the event’s emergency planning protocols:

Gender Inclusive Language 

Gender inclusive language is a way of communicating that doesn’t exclude or demean any gender identity.

  • Gender identity is one’s innate sense of self – how they feel on the inside and how they contextualize themselves
  • Asking someone which pronouns they use is advised over assuming them based on someone’s name, how they look, and/or what division they’re participating in (Ex: she/her/her, he/him/his, they/them/theirs)
  • When talking to or about groups of people, use the most inclusive words possible
  • Instead of using “ladies & gentlemen” or “hey, guys” to address a group of people; use “everyone”, “all” or “participants” (event specific)

Thanks to Jake Fedorowski – The Guide to Non-Binary Inclusion in Running

EAS

The color-coded Event Alert System (EAS) will communicate the status of event conditions to participants, spectators, volunteers and event staff leading up to and throughout race weekend. The levels range from Low (green) to Moderate (yellow) to High (red) to Extreme (black) based on a variety of factors, including weather conditions. The EAS level will be communicated in race week email communications.