SECTION 1 | EVENT INFORMATION
The Bank of America Chicago 13.1 offers participants a unique half marathon experience, encouraging runners to get out of the Loop and explore the neighborhoods of Chicago’s West Side.
The Bank of America Chicago 13.1 will take place on Sunday, June 4. The course will weave through the historic parks and boulevards of the West Side, starting and finishing in Garfield Park.
We encourage you to read through all the information in this section, as well as the section specific to your race day role. If you have any questions about the event after reading the guide, please reach out to your event contact or email eventstaff@chicago13point1.com or volunteer@chicago13point1.com.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, June 2
Packet Pick-up
Roosevelt Collection (150 W. Roosevelt Road)
10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 3
Packet Pick-up
Roosevelt Collection (150 W. Roosevelt Road)
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 5
Race day
Garfield Park
IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS
Medical Emergency: 312.781.6408 or 9-1-1
Event Support: 312.667.7213
Lost Person: 312.781.6415
Media Inquiries: 312.201.4052
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY (CTA) TRANSIT TIPS
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) offers an economical and convenient way to check out all Chicago has to offer. For information on CTA fares and transit directions to and from the event visit transitchicago.com.
RIDESHARE
Volunteers utilizing rideshare to access Garfield Park on race day will be dropped off at the intersection of Homan Avenue and Maypole Avenue on the east side of the park.
RACE DAY BIKE PARKING
A bike corral will be available near gear check in Garfield Park for bike parking. Participants and volunteers interested in biking to the event will need to supply their own locks.
DIVVY
Check out Divvy Bikes – Chicago’s only bike and scooter share system. You can conveniently rent a bike or scooter from one of the various docking stations located around Chicago. Divvy will operate a bike valet (for Divvy bikes only) on Conservatory Drive and Lake Street to accept your bike when you arrive.
PARKING
PACKET PICK-UP PARKING
Parking is available in the garage located at the Roosevelt Collection. Parking in the garage is free for the first two hours with validation available at Packet Pick-up.
GARFIELD PARK PARKING
Parking in Garfield Park is available as outlined below:
Set-up days parking (Thursday – Friday)
Schraeder Dr. (street parking, at Schraeder & Central Park Ave.)
Music Court (enter Cusic Ct. at Hamlin Ave.)
Central Park Ave. (street parking in front of Field House)
Set-up days parking (Saturday)
Schraeder Dr. (street parking, at Schraeder & Central Park Ave.)
Music Court (enter Cusic Ct. at Hamlin Ave.)
Please do not park in the Field House parking lots. This lot is reserved for park district programming only.
Event Day Parking (Limited/With Placard)
Music Court (enter Cusic Ct. at Hamlin Ave.)
Note: Access to Music Court will be closed at 6:30 a.m. on event day due to road closures.
RACE DAY PARKING
Parking is limited near the start and finish lines in Garfield Park. A shuttle service and parking will be available for free at the Halsted/Taylor Parking Structure (760 W. Taylor Street), located on the campus of University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). Shuttle service to Garfield Park will operate from 4 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with service anticipated to operate every 20 minutes to and from Garfield Park. Shuttle service is reserved for event staff and volunteers from 4 a.m. to 5 a.m. and will be open to all event attendees, including event staff and volunteers, beginning at 5 a.m. The final shuttle will leave Garfield Park at 12:30 p.m. Shuttles will drop off and pick up participants and volunteers on the south side of Garfield Park at Madison Street and St. Louis Avenue outside of Gate 3.
EVENT REMINDERS MEDIA INFORMATION
As a uniformed and credentialed volunteer, please do not speak to any member of the media on behalf of the event, or comment on any aspect of the event. If you are approached by a member of the media, please respond by saying, “I am not an approved spokesperson for the event,” and provide them with the following number to contact a member of the event’s media relations staff: 312.201.4052.
LOST & FOUND
Lost and found items will be collected throughout race weekend. If you are looking for an item that was lost, please go to the nearest information tent for more information to confirm if your item was turned into the event lost and found.
PRIVATE LACTATION SPACES
Private lactation spaces are available to postpartum event attendees on race day. Pop-up inflatable lactation pods provided by Mamava are available on the north side of the Gold Dome Field House near gear check. This space will be available to registered participants and event attendees before, after and during the race. Staff onsite will assist those interested in using the space. Event staff and key volunteers are asked to email office@chicago13point1.com if a private lactation space is needed in the days leading up to race day. Additional questions about the space can also be directed to the office@chicago13point1.com email in advance of the event.
SUSTAINABILITY
Incorporating environmentally and socially responsible practices is an important part of the operational planning, preparation, and execution of the Bank of America Chicago 13.1. The event sustainability program focuses on environmental stewardship, community engagement and outreach, accessibility and innovation. At the event, we encourage you to join us as we work to improve our efforts and reduce our footprint. Thank you for helping to make the Bank of America Chicago 13.1 a more sustainable event!
This year, the event is pursuing certification from the Council for Responsible Sport, a not-for-profit organization which provides objective, independent verification of the socially and environmentally responsible work of sporting events. Responsible Sport certified events are some of the world’s leading examples of responsible sport in action, supporting sustainability and environmental consciousness.
EVENT RULES
All participants must follow the official event rules of the Bank of America Chicago 13.1, which are posted on the event website at chicago13point1.com/rules. Event rules must be reviewed in their entirety before race weekend.
SECTION 2 | SAFETY & SECURITY
HEALTH POLICY
Creating a safe environment on race weekend is everyone’s responsibility. You can contribute to the overall safety of the event by reviewing and following the information outlined below.
• If you have tested positive or been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 within 10 days of the event, please do not participate in or attend the event until you have met all recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding quarantine and isolation.
• If you feel sick or experience symptoms of COVID-19 (e.g., a fever of 100.4F or higher, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, repeated shaking, muscle pain/achiness, headache, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, nasal congestion, runny nose, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue or any other symptoms associated with COVID-19 identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) you should self-isolate and not participate in event activities or enter event venues while symptomatic. We encourage individuals experiencing symptoms associated with COVID-19 to get tested and consult a medical professional for additional guidance.
• All attendees must adhere to local and state COVID-19 guidelines and mandates as of the event date. This includes but is not limited to face masks and following quarantine advisories.
• Please follow best practices on personal hygiene, including regular handwashing (vigorous handwashing with water and soap for 20 seconds or application of hand sanitizer consisting of at least 60% alcohol), avoiding touching the eyes, mouth or nose, and covering your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.
• Individuals who are considered “high risk,” which includes but is not limited to underlying cardiac and pulmonary conditions as well as individuals with immunocompromised states, should consult with their physician and/or reconsider attending or participating in the event.
EVENT ALERT SYSTEM
The color-coded Event Alert System (EAS) will communicate the status of race conditions leading up to and on race day. EAS levels range from Low (Green) to Moderate (Yellow) to High (Red) to Extreme (Black) based primarily on weather, as well as other conditions.
• Email and website communication during race week will inform you of the current EAS level and provide race weekend preparation tips.
• Updates will be made at Packet Pick-up via public address announcements and color-coded signs.
• On race day, stay tuned to the current EAS level via public address announcements, radio updates and colorcoded signs/flags at the start and finish areas and at each of the aid stations along the course.
• If necessary, additional emergency information will be communicated via email and/or text message.
Familiarize yourself with the Event Alert System prior to race day, remain alert for directions from race officials, announcers and group leaders and take precautions to prepare properly for varying conditions on race day.
MEDICAL SUPPORT
Medical support is available at on-course aid stations. Medical tents are indicated by tall, red, blade signs with the medical icon. Each medical tent is staffed by a team of medical professionals, is equipped with emergency and first aid supplies and has access to ambulance service.
In Garfield Park, the Main Medical Tent is located directly beyond the finish line. For the safety of all participants, volunteers and event staff, only those requiring medical assistance may access the medical facilities. If you feel like you need medical assistance on race day, you are encouraged to seek help from a medical volunteer or visit a medical tent in Garfield Park or on course.
Lend a hand, save a life! Participants, volunteers and event staff are encouraged to watch an instructional Hands Only CPR video from the American Heart Association in advance of race weekend. This training is critical and can be lifesaving.
LOST PERSON INSTRUCTIONS
In the event you find a lost child/person or are approached by a parent/guardian of a lost child/person, the following steps are to be followed:
1. Keep the child/person or parent/guardian with you.
2. Spend a reasonable amount of time (approximately 2 minutes) checking the surroundings to see if a connection can be made.
3. If you are not at an information tent, walk with child/person or parent/guardian to the nearest information tent.
4. Once at the information tent, the information tent coordinator will place a call to 312.781.6415.
5. Keep the child/person or parent/guardian with you and inform them that the appropriate personnel have been notified through the Monterrey Security network throughout Garfield Park.
6. Do not communicate information by radio unless instructed by Garfield Park Logistics to communicate over the dedicated Lost Child Channel. Do not relay details about the child over a radio or PA system without permission from Garfield Park Logistics. When you call, speak slowly and clearly and provide as much information as possible (see Lost Child Documentation Form).
7. The information tent coordinator will communicate with an event staff member who will work directly with a Monterrey Security team member to document the situation. They will log all details into the Monterrey Security online system for detail tracking and follow up reporting. The Monterrey Security online system will have information if the lost child or parent/guardian has already been communicated to our team from the other party elsewhere in the park.
8. Monterrey Security will broadcast the information to their network of staff throughout Garfield Park.
9. An additional Monterrey Security Guard will be deployed to the information tent to provide additional assistance.
10. If a parent insists on continuing to search the park, send a Monterrey Security representative, who is connected to the Monterrey network working on establishing the reconnection, with the parent.
11. Upon reuniting the child/person and parent/guardian, Monterrey Security or law enforcement official will request to see identification prior to releasing the child/person. A Monterrey Security Guard must be present, and Monterrey must document the exchange to close the case.
LOST PERSON CARE GUIDELINES
• No food or drink should be offered, except for plain water in case of allergies
• Staff should kneel or sit while talking to child to create a sense of comfort
• Staff should speak in a calm, quiet and soft voice to limit alarm or frightening the child
• Dispatch a security guard based on current location using identified light pole #, tent name or another landmark
• Upon reuniting the child/person and parent/guardian a Monterrey security guard or law enforcement official must be present
RUNNER DOWN
• Scene safety - Make sure YOU are safe
• If it is not safe, what can you do to make it safer?
• Notice where you are (location, address, street corner, light pole number).
• Notice the position of the runner (lying down, sitting, standing) and whether conscious, breathing and moving.
• If sick/injured person is a part of the event (runner, spectator, staff, volunteer, vendor), call the Medical Emergency number (312.781.6408) to request help. Be prepared to identify the participant by bib number. After two unsuccessful tries to reach the Medical Emergency number call 9-1-1.
• Start CPR if necessary and apply AED if present.
• If sick/injured person is not participating in or a part of event or if injury occurs outside of race hours, call 9-1-1 directly.
CPR AND AED
USAGE
AEDs are located in all medical facilities (main medical tents and on-course medical tents) on race day.
How to operate an AED:
1. Turn the AED on by opening the front cover and pressing the power button.
2. The AED will talk to you and give you detailed instructions.
3. Follow the directions of the AED.
4. You can never hurt a patient by using an AED.
How to do Hands-Only CPR:
• If a runner collapses and is unconscious first call for help.
• Begin chest compressions by putting your hands in the center of the chest
• Push down in the center of the chest hard and fast.
• Push about two inches deep at a rate of 100 per minute until help comes.
Tip: If counting the compressions is too tough, try compressing to the beat of “Stayin’ Alive.”
UNATTENDED PACKAGES
If you see an unattended bag or package, follow the three “C’s.”
• Claim: Ask if anyone in the area claims the item. If no one claims it, then go to the next step
• Cop: Tell the nearest police officer about the bag. If there isn’t a police officer nearby, then go to the next step
• Call: If there isn’t a police officer nearby, call (312.781.6408). If you cannot reach this number after two attempts, call 9-1-1
Do not touch package or attempt to move the package. Quietly move people away from package without causing a disruption or panic.
ACTIVE THREAT
In the event that an active threat is in your vicinity, follow the steps below:
• Run: Have an escape route and plan in mind, leave your belongings behind and keep your hands visible
• Hide: Hide in an area out of view, block entry to your hiding place and silence your mobile devices
• Fight: As a last resort, and only when your life is in imminent danger, act. Attempt to stop the threat using physical aggression and/or creating a distraction by throwing items.
Call 9-1-1 when it is safe to do so.
Provide law enforcement or 9-1-1 operator the following information:
• Location of the threat
• Physical description of individual(s)
• Number and type of weapons held by individual(s)
• Number of potential victims at the location
When law enforcement arrives:
• Remain calm and follow instructions
• Put down any items in your hands (i.e., bags, jackets)
• Raise hands and spread fingers
• Keep hands visible at all times
• Avoid quick movements toward officers such as holding on to them for safety
• Avoid pointing, screaming or yelling
• Do not stop to ask officers for help or direction when evacuating
EVACUATION PLANS
Follow the directions of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and/or event organizers. Event organizers will issue instructions to race officials (aid station captains/leaders, zone managers, etc.) through the radio dispatch team in the Forward Command facility.
• Follow the directions of the Chicago Police Department or event organizers.
• If you are in immediate danger, evacuate to a safe location.
• Once you are safe in your evacuation location a race official will notify the radio dispatch team and await further instruction.
• If necessary, additional emergency information will be communicated via email and/or text message.
RACE PAUSE PROCEDURES
If a dangerous course condition arises resulting in a decision by Chicago Police Department and event organizers to implement a race pause, follow these procedures when instructed by the event organizers from the Forward Command facility:
• Aid station personnel in the affected area will pull a rope with red banner flags and barricades across the race course and instruct available aid station members and course marshals to stand on the course holding the rope to halt oncoming runners. Stop signs and bullhorns are in aid station supply crates and will be used to help stop runners.
• The DJ/PA announcer will make announcements to notify participants of the stop and hold.
• HAM radio operators, located in the Medical Tent, will be responsible for changing EAS flags.
• Event Alert System (EAS) course condition flags in the affected area will be changed to BLACK.
• Once runners are stopped, medical volunteers will scan the crowd for runners requiring medical assistance.
RACE DIVERSION
A race diversion is a change in the race route due to a dangerous condition on the roadway. This would occur after a race pause and only in the direction of the Chicago Police Department (CPD). There are two types of diversions. A race re-direct is a short change in the course around a problem area that brings runners back to the original course after a few blocks. A race re-route is a larger course change that utilizes a new route. To implement a race diversion:
• CPD and event organizers will work closely to minimize race disruption while maintaining safety.
• Event organizers and CPD will review new route for security and safety. CPD will issue instructions to police commanders. Event organizers will issue instructions to race officials (aid station captains/leaders, zone managers, etc.) through the radio dispatch team in the Forward Command facility. Race officials will communicate these instructions to event staff and volunteers.
PROHIBITED ITEMS
Wheeled devices are not permitted on the Bank of America Chicago 13.1 course by anyone other than registered and authorized wheelchair participants, duo team participants and authorized course marshals on bicycles. Prohibited wheeled devices include unauthorized wheelchairs, baby joggers, baby strollers, skateboards, rollerblades, unauthorized bicycles or any other wheeled devices. Motorized devices of any kind are prohibited.
The use of selfie-sticks, camera mounts or rigs, video devices, computers, drones, unmanned aerial devices, or any similar devices by anyone while participating in the event is prohibited.
The use of music devices is permitted during the race; however, in keeping with USATF rules for championship races, athletes competing for overall awards or prize money may not use music or communication devices during the event.
The use of cell phones, cameras or similar devices by participants while in the event is discouraged, and event officials reserve the right to disqualify any participant using such devices who pose a safety hazard on the course.
Additional prohibited items on the course route include but are not limited to: large bags (backpacks, suitcases and rolling bags), hard-sided coolers, props and non-running equipment, including flagpoles and sticks, pets/animals (except service animals that are trained to perform specific work or tasks for a person with a disability), alcoholic beverages, illegal substances, chairs, weapons, remote controlled aircrafts and drones.
Please note, any items deemed to be dangerous or inappropriate will be confiscated at the sole discretion of security personnel.
