La Petite Trotte à Léon

24th-29th August 2010

 The main characteristics of this event are as follows:
- Non-competitive event for teams of 2 or 3 people, of whom at least 1 UTMB finisher
- Team inseparable from the start to the finish of the event.
- Event limited to a maximum of 80 teams
- Course of about 240 km for about 18,000 metres of + altitude change.
- Course not specially signposted.
- 100% mountain and Nature course
- Start on Tuesday, August 24 2010 at 10:00pm
- Maximum time: final arrival on Sunday 29th August at 4:30pm)
- Event in complete autonomy with refreshment and rest in the different refuges passed through.
- No ranking: uniquely a diploma handed out to each team which will have completed the course.

The GPS routes and waypoints for the event, a detailed description and 1:25,000 maps of the itinerary will be at the disposition of each team.

REGULATIONS FOR THE 2010 PETITE TROTTE A LEON

I ORGANISATION

The Petite Trotte à Léon (PTL) is organised by the Trailers du Mont Blanc (association of the ‘loi 1901’ as announced in the official paper of 29/11/ 2003 under n° 1627, Club FFA n° 074060), within the framework of  The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc.
The participants of this event have to know and accept the current regulations and agree to adhere to, without reservation, the ethical charter which covers the entirety of the event, available for consultation on www.ultratrailmb.com

II PROGRESSION

The 2010 PTL unwinds by starting from Chamonix and forms a circuit of about 240km whit eighteen thousand meters of positive height gain in the middle and high mountain.
The start is fixed for Tuesday 24th August at 22:00 from the  place du Triangle de l’Amitié in Chamonix, the finishers will be judged at the same place up until Sunday 29th August 16:00, which allows a total permissible time of 114 hours to achieve the event.

III CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EVENT

1. The aim of the Petite Trotte à Léon is to complete the event within the given time. It can in no way be considered as a competitive event and for this reason there is no final classification.
2. It is open to teams of two or three people, one of whom must already be finisher of the UTMB
3. The initial composition of the teams can only be modified during the period 1st to 16th August 2010 and has to comply with paragraph 2.
4. The teams in principle are inseparable, but the abandonment of a team member will not inhibit the others from continuing on the condition that it does not have a negative affect on the security of the individuals.
5. The event takes place with total autonomy; the teams manage their own refreshments and their rest time.
6. The organisation equips the competitors with all the necessary information on the route, the rest and eating possibilities (notably by proposing a list of refuges or inns who in partnership offer set rates), also a GPS per group (to be returned at the end of the event).

IV CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

1. The PTL is open to anybody born in or before 1990 (categories ‘espoirs’ (promising) to veteran), licensed or not. 
2. A specific medical certificate is necessary for the definitive validation of your registration. The original must, obligatorily, be sent by post before the 31st May 2010.
3. Each participant must obtain, before the start of the race, an insurance policy which covers all the possible costs of search and rescue in France, Italy and Switzerland.
4. As from their engagement in the race the teams acknowledge that:

- For the most part the paths taken by the 2010 PTL  are notably more difficult than those of the  UTMB and can be objectively more dangerous at night or in bed weather conditions (steep slopes, risk of falling stones, narrow paths, scree slopes and  névés, in certain places  an absence of paths or clearly marked direction…..)
- The route is often at an altitude of more than 2500m and far from any shelter and conditions can become very difficult should the weather conditions deteriorate.
- Beyond the refuges, the inhabited zones or the areas accessible by 4x4 no assistance is possible.

V  SUPPLIED BY THE ORGANISTION

1. Race bib (one for each team member).
2. GPS tag (one for each team, 500 Euros payable if lost).
3. Set of detailed maps 1:25 000.
4. Detailed description of the itinerary (in French or English only; one for each team member).
5. Routes and waypoints to download on to your personal GPS (final files will be downloaded from www.garmin.com about ten days before the start).
6. Round the clock telephone contact with the race HQ and follow-up on Google Earth via the GPS tags provided.
7. Energising meal Tuesday evening 25th before the start of the race.
8. Rest area, medical assistance, meal in Chamonix at the end of the race.
9. Ultra-Trail® t-shirt for all the participants.
10. Souvenir present for all the finishers.
11. Personalised certificate for all finishers.  

VI CANCELLATION

All registration cancellations must be made by e-mail or registered mail. No cancellation may be made by fax or telephone. Reimbursement for registration deposits will only be made as follow:

Date sent and Amount reimbursed, in % of the amount of the registration fee, without costs
Before  15 March:  60%
 16 March to 15 May:  50%
 16 May to 31 July:  40%

After 31st July no reimbursement is possible...

VII OBLIGATORY EQUIPMENT

For the obvious reasons of security each participant must agree to keep with them at all times the obligatory material listed below...

Individual obligatory equipment
   - Water reservoir, minimum 1 litre.
   - 2 torches in good working order with spare batteries.
   - Survival blanket minimum (140x210cm).
   - whistle.
   - Mobile/cell phone with international roaming (without the number on withhold)
   - 1 t-shirt, breathable fabric.
   - 2 warm long sleeved tops in breathable fabric.    
   - 1 thick fleece jacket with long sleeves.
   - 1 breathable and 100% waterproof jacket.
   - 1 pair full length sports trousers or leggings.
   - 1 pair of sun glasses.
   - 1 pair of gloves.
   - 1 hat.
   - Compass and altimeter.
   - Pen-knife.

Obligatory equipment for each team
   - GPS with the route provided by the organization
   - The road book (instructions and maps) provided by the organization
   - A  bivouac tent or a survival shelter (100% resistant to rain and wind and sufficiently large to shelter three people in the case of very bad weather conditions)
   - A first-aid kit which allows the treatment of small injuries and minor infections (non-exhaustive list attached)
 
Required by customs officers
   - ID, i.e. passport

Other recommended material (non-exhaustive)
   - Stove and saucepan
   - walking poles
   - breathable and 100% waterproof over trousers
   - other spare clothing
   - String, wire, sun-cream, Vaseline or anti chaffing cream…...

VIII RACE BIBS

Each race bib is distributed individually to each competitor, upon the presentation of photographic ID, after having had his/her obligatory equipment checked, and having signed an engagement of honour which must be kept with him/her throughout the event.
The race bib must be worn on the chest or stomach at the start and finish of the race.
It must be presented at any organised control en route.
In Chamonix the race bib is the ‘pass’  required for using the shuttle buses, buses, refreshment areas, treatment rooms, rest areas, showers, areas of drop-off and collection of left bags

IX TRACKING AND CONTROL

A GPS/GSM tag is given to each team, with sufficient batteries for the duration of the event. Around every 15 minutes this tag emits a message which indicates the position of each team (within the limits of the available GSM network). This information is displayed at the race HQ to follow the progress of the teams, ensuring that they are respecting the route and watching that the event runs smoothly. This information will also be available on the internet and allows one to follow the progression on www.ultratrailmb.com.

To avoid any contestation, each team will necessarily save his route on his own GPS. At the arrival in Chamonix, each team must go to the PTL PC to give a copy of this route

X SECURITY AND THE PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT

A race HQ will be established in Chamonix for the duration of the event and will follow the progression of the teams continuously by; speaking uniquely to the runners who call with a problem which they encounter en route or if necessary calling and co-ordinating with the public rescue services.
In the event of an accident:
- the runners should initially use their first aid kit,
- should they need to consult a doctor face to face they should go to the nearest village
- In emergency or when it is impossible move, alert the race HQ and the rescue services by any way possible 
 
In the case of abandonment, there is no specific transport arranged for the PTL : the runner should try to use public transport or that of the UTMB.

In the event of bad weather conditions, and for the reasons of security, the organisation reserves the right to modify the route, to stop the event or to modify the time barriers.

All competitors eliminated by the organisation and who wish to follow the route do so at their own risk.

XI TIME BARRIERS

The double time barriers will be confirmed and announced before the event for certain points of the routes passed by both the PTL and the UTMB.
First time = time barrier for the PTL : the time before which it is necessary to leave the control point to continue the event.
Second time = UTMB time barrier :
- Between the first and second time barrier , the runners can only follow the UTMB route
- After the second time, the runners are eliminated from the race and repatriated by the same means as the runners of the UTMB

XII INSURANCE

Public liability:
The organisation pays public liability insurance for the duration of the event. This public liability insurance is a guarantee against the financial liabilities of its responsibility, its employees and participants.
Individual accident :
Each competitor must be in the possession of individual accident insurance covering all eventual costs of search and rescue in France, Italy and Switzerland. Such insurance can be bought from the agent of the competitor’s choice, notably Ultrafondus, FFCAM, FFME, FFRP…

NB : evacuation by helicopter in Switzerland and Italy is not free of charge

XIII PHOTOGRAPHIC RIGHTS

All competitors expressly renounce their rights to photographs taken during the event, just as they renounce all recourse in opposition to the organiser and its agreed partners in the use of their image... 
Ultra-Trail®, Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc®, UTMB® and Ultra-Trail CCC® are registered trade marks. All communication about the event or the use of photographs from the event must be made with respect to the name of the event, the registered trade marks and with the official agreement of the organisation.

XIV APPENDICE: First aid kit

By consulting your GP before leaving home you can obtain prescribed medicines that are best adapted to the situation and also verify that they will not give any side affects or allergies...

We suggest that you have the following (the list is not exhaustive and does not take account of any habitual treatments):

Dressings, bandages, creams : (all brand names given are available in France)

• Self-adhesive elasticised bandage (6 cm)
   Eg : elastoplast with out dressing strip…
   For ankle strapping or to hold a dressing in place
• Support bandage (8 cm) 
   Eg : Cohéban  
• Sterile dressings
• Small capsules of antiseptic 
   Eg : Chlorhexidine  
• Sterile compresses
• Butterfly strips 
   Eg : Steristrip
   To close small wounds that don’t need stitching
• Gel dressings 
   Eg : Urgomed
   To protect damaged skin(blisters, abrasions) after having disinfected them
• Anti-inflammatory cream
   Eg : Voltarène Emulgel
   To use in the event of tendonitis, strains...
•  Nok cream (Akiléine)
   To prevent blisters, don’t hesitate to re-apply cream during the race
• Coalgan
   In case of nose bleeds
• Bépanthène
   To treat irritation of the buttocks or between the thighs
• Antiseptic eye-wash
• To treat blisters if one of the runners in the team is able to do the following : éosine +  5cc syringe + subcutaneous needle
   1. Draw the éosine into the syringe then pierce right through the blister
   2. Draw the serous fluid into the syringe
   3. Re-inject the mix of serous fluid/ éosine back in to the blister
   4. Re-draw the mixture and remove the syringe
   5. Remove the remaining fluid with some cotton wool and then use a protective plaster or apply some Nok d’Akiléine.
   6. If there is blood present in the blister then there is tissue damage so disinfect the area carefully.

Medicines :

• Analgesics
   Eg : straight paracetamol (example : Doliprane, Dafalgan…) or mix (example : Di-Antalvic…)
   For muscle aches, articulation …
   Avoid using aspirin or anti-inflammatories, they are toxic for the kidneys or the stomach which are already in heavy demand from due to the exigency of the race
   Respect intense pain which may be a sign of a serious problem which could necessitate stopping the race and seeking medical advice.
• Antiemetic
   Example : Vogalène lyoc
   In the event of nausea or vomiting
• Ant diarrhoeic
   Example : Lopéramide
   In the event of diarrhoea 
   Do not forgot the advice of hydrating your food in the event of a digestive problem
• Antispasmodic
   Example : Spasfon
   In the event of stomach ache
• Antireflux
   Example : Ranitidine 
   In the event of heartburn

Always ensure that you have on you some type of glucose or energising bars in the event of hypoglycaemia.