2012 POSITIVE PREVENTION 12K/5K PARTICIPANT INFORMATION
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4
BILTMORE ESTATE – ANTLER HILL VILLAGE

12K STARTS AT 7:15 AM  |  5K STARTS AT 7:30 AM

Please remember that Daylight Savings Time ends at midnight on Saturday. Please set your clocks back one hour on Saturday night.

Thank you for participating in the inaugural Positive Prevention 12K/5K on the beautiful Biltmore Estate. All of the funds raised today will benefit the Western North Carolina AIDS Project.

Below is important information regarding the event in general and your specific race. Please read it carefully as it will allow you to enjoy the event more fully.

Packet Pickup/Late Registration
Saturday, November 3 – 2:00-6:00 PM – Doubletree Hotel (115 Hendersonville Road) Burly Room (first room on right past the front desk)

This is your only chance to pick up your packet or register for the race. Packet Pickup or Late Registration will not take place on Sunday. Please make arrangements to come to the Doubletree during these hours or have someone pick up your packet for you.

Biltmore Estate Entrance
The estate will open at 5:30 AM on Sunday for race participants. Inside your race envelope is your admission ticket. This must be presented to gain access to the estate. This allows you access to the grounds and Antler Hill Village until 1:00 pm, but not the house.

If you plan to have family members or supporters with you, each of them must have must have an admission ticket. Tickets will be available for purchase at Packet Pickup for $20 each.

Admission tickets maybe upgraded for a house visit for $25 or an annual pass for $65.

Parking
Ample parking is available at Antler Hill Village. Please follow the signs on the estate.

How Are We Timing You?
We are using disposable chips that tie onto your running shoes. Your chips will be in the envelope you pick up on Saturday that also includes your race bib. You will be also provided ties to attach the chips to your shoes.

These chips must be worn on your shoes in order for your time to be recorded. They won’t work if they are in your pocket or elsewhere.

Once you cross the finish line, you do not have to remove your chip. It is yours to keep or dispose of (they are silicon and bio-degradable).

*Do NOT come back across the finish line after you have finished. If you insist on coming back across please remove your chip from your shoe before doing so. The detection range of the mats is quite large. Please stay away from the black mats before and after the race to avoid being read at times other than your actual start and finish. The timing chips are single use. Do not wear them at another race.

Race Bibs
You will receive a race bib in your registration packet. This must be pinned to your FRONT and visible to race officials before the race and when you cross the finish line. Safety pins will be available at the registration tables.

If you don’t have a bib on your front at the start line, you will not be allowed to participate in the race.

Start/Finish Line
The start/finish line for both races is on the drive leading to Antler Hill Village. If you have raced at the Biltmore Kiwanis 15K before, our start line is closer to Antler Hill Village than theirs.

Restrooms
Restrooms are located inside Antler Hill Village and in the parking lot.

Course Markings/Etiquette
Turns on both courses are designated with yard signs and volunteers stationed at most turns. The rule is simple: If a sign or person doesn’t tell you to turn, don’t turn.

Please stay to the right side of the road at all times.

Course Maps
Click HERE to see the course map for both races. In an effort to save resources, copies will not be available at Packet Pickup.

12K Race (Starts at 7:15 AM)
Our 12K race explores many of the landmarks of the estate including the Deer Park, gardens and the magnificent house. There are two water stations located on the course: at approximately 4 miles (just past the gardens) and approximately mile 6.

The lineup and pre race announcements for the 12K will start at 7:05 AM.

5K Race (Starts at 7:30 AM)
The 5K course follows the 12K for the first and last .8 miles. In between is a beautiful section along the French Broad River before the turnaround at the Lagoon. Please go around the cone in the road before heading back for the second half of the race. There will be one water station, located at the turnaround.

Post Race
Upon finishing your race, please go to the food tent beyond the finish line for fruit, bagels and bottled water from Earth Fare.

Coffee is available for purchase at the Creamery at Antler Hill Village.

Results
Unofficial results for both races will be posted inside Antler Hill Village. Following the race, age group and overall results will be posted at  www.GloryHoundEvents.com,  www.LeeTiming.com. and this WNCAP page.

Awards
The awards ceremony for both races will take place at the gazebo in Antler Hill Village. If you cannot stay for the awards ceremony, please make arrangements to have someone pick up your award as they can’t be mailed.

Per USA Track & Field rules, awards will be based on gun time.

  5K –8:45 AM
12K – 9:30 AM

In addition to race awards, we will randomly select bib numbers in a drawing for several items provided by Best Buy

Race Photography
Race photography will be provided by Sharp Shooter Imaging. Photographers will be at the start and finish line for both races and at the house for the 12K and along the river for the 5K. Be sure to smile big for the cameras.

Following the race, you will receive an email via IM Athlete telling you how to view and purchase your photos. Sharp Shooter Imaging is donating 40% of their profits to WNCAP.

Directions
Please click HERE for a map and directions to the Doubletree Hotel

Please click HERE for directions to the Biltmore Estate.

Thank you again for your participation at this event and don’t forget to set your clocks back on Saturday.