AZT 300 Rules (adapted/stolen from greatdividerace.com)

The general idea is to race the Arizona Trail, under only your own power,
and to be self supported between towns.  Once in a town, you can buy a meal,
stock up on trail grub, even get a room for a shower and some quality sleep.

The overriding principle is simply to do it all yourself.  All of the pedaling,
pushing, bike wrenching, food buying (and eating...), water filtering,
suffering, and all logistical figuring.

Do.  It.  Yourself.

Prearranged outside support is not allowed. This includes, but is not limited
to, assistance with navigation, delivery of supplies, lighting, or lodging.

Competitors can stock up on food and other items at stores along the route.

If you need something that you didn't bring or can't find on the route, you may
have the item(s) shipped to you: * via a commercial delivery service (UPS,
Fed-Ex, DHL, Airborne, or USPS) * to a commercial address (hotel, motel,
restaurant, post office, bike shop).

This means that NO, you cannot have a friend deliver anything to you, and NO
you cannot have anything shipped to a friend's house along the way.  Commercial
shipping, to a commercial address, period.

Competitors may only advance on the route via their own power.

If your bike breaks, you can continue to the next town on foot. Competitors
may, in the case of an emergency, mechanical or other unforeseeable problems,
be assisted by motorized transport (hitchhiking) in moving backward or
off-route, but MAY NOT, under any circumstances, be transported forward on the
route.

Once you've solved your mechanical issue, you must then rejoin the route
exactly where you left it, and you must do this under your own power.

Again, you MAY NOT be transported forward on the route, even if you've already
ridden that stretch.

This is a solo competition, but during the race it is likely that some racers
may choose to travel together. This IS permitted.

HOWEVER, racers MAY NOT draft other racers and MUST maintain seperate gear.

The intent of these rules is to establish an equal and fair opportunity for all
racers, and to eliminate any advantage gained by those who live near to or have
friends/family along the route.

One last word on the rules: The original intent of this race was to ride the
route as fast as possible in the simplest/purest style possible.  As time has
gone on people have begun looking for loopholes within the rules that'll save
them time on the course.

This is human nature and all of us do it in different ways in our everyday
lives.  With respect to the race, we ask that you please consider the long term
ramifications of finding and using loopholes--the race will only get 'easier'
and (conversely) require more rules/regulations as time goes on.

This goes against all of the principles that the race was founded on.

People: please don't bring The Race down to your level--elevate yourself to the
level of The Race.  If you find yourself looking for loopholes, consider taking
another year to prepare before racing.  Most likely you'll go faster and enjoy
it more as a result.

QUESTIONS?  Better to ask before the race starts.