COURSE INFORMATION

THE RELAY COURSE
includes many tourist destinations. Teams of 12 travel 200 miles through 36 cities including Calistoga, Napa, Sonoma, Marin, Sausalito, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley and across the Golden Gate Bridge at midnight to Davenport.

COURSE CHANGES - THE RELAY 2009 IS 200 MILES
The Relay will finish at the Swanton Berry Farm. Leg 35 has one additional turn and two additional hills. Leg 36 has sweeping ocean views along Hwy. 1 and 10 fewer turns.

CAUTION
Run on the Right with traffic except Legs 1, 18 and obey traffic laws including stopping at red lights and crossing roads in crosswalks or at intersections. There are no road closures, traffic control or aid stations.

COURSE TRIVIA
The course is divided into 36 segments called "Legs" with 76 turns (39 left, 37 right). Legs vary in length (3-8.9 miles) and difficulty ("Easy" to "Very Hard"). Runners travel 191 miles on shoulders of roads or sidewalks, 4 miles on five bicycle paths (Legs 6, 17, 21, 26), 3 miles through two vineyards (Leg 8), 1 mile across a ranch (Leg 10) and 1 mile through a quarry (Leg 35). Eight legs have ocean views (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 31, 36) and five legs border reservoirs (13, 22, 23, 24, 28). The date of The Relay varies each year to provide moonlight for course lighting.

TRIMBLE NAVIGATION PROVIDED GPS SATELLITE MAPPING
accurate to within a meter to generate maps for 36 legs. From 24 satellites, 32,000 positions were recorded. Progress of the race is monitored using GPS and Amateur Radio APRS.

TEAM FINISH TIMES
are posted within one hour of finishing (view Results). Teams record leg times and cumulative times on Team Time Records.

FOR WEATHER UPDATES, WATCH NBC 11
Spring in the Bay Area is dry and warm with light fog. Runners travel through Napa Valley during the day, Sonoma in late afternoon, Marin during evening, across the Golden Gate Bridge and through San Francisco after midnight (Legs 18-20 may be cold), through San Mateo and Santa Clara counties reaching Santa Cruz County by morning.