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Teams

The Portland Marathon is proud to announce a new and improved Team Program for the 2008 event season. Creating and participating in a Team is easy and fun.

Choose a team captain
Team Captains must provide the marathon office with:
1. A team name, category, division, and the $100 fee when submitting the team application.
2. Create a team password and provide it to those who wish to be on the team. Individuals can select their team while registering and use this password to join
3. Maintain contact with team members and be responsible for managing team roster online. Roster changes are accepted until: September 15, 2008. No exceptions.
4. Designate a meeting area for team members before and after the race. The marathon does not have a designated meeting area for teams.
5. Verify team information by visiting the event info booth at the expo on Fri/Sat before the event

Choose an event
All Marathon events are open to Team participation. Teams may also be competitive or non-competitive. Only competitive teams will be eligible for timing and awards.
Events include:
Marathon Run, Marathon Walk, Mayors Walk 10K-Non Competitive, Five Mile Run- Competitive and the Kid's Marafun Run

Choose a Category and Division
Team categories include:

Open
Any group of people who are members of a club, civic organization, political candidate, neighborhood, church group, etc

Corporate
Any group of people who are members/employees of the same corporation, business or government agency

Military
Any group of people who are members of the armed forces or are employed by the federal government- all teams considered mixed male and female

Masters
All team members must be at least 40 years old

Family
Any combination of family member vs. family member i.e.: father/son, mother/daughter, sibling/sibling, etc

Specialty Teams
Any group who wants to compete in a category not listed above may submit teams into a specialty category of their choice. The Event reserves the right to approve and sanction said category and team as participants. (IE: Kaiser Hospital Teams, corporation vs. corporation) Note: Specialty Teams will be given a registration code once their team has been approved by the event.

Divisions for each Category include:
MALE: Any group of men
FEMALE: Any group of women
CO-ED: Any group of men and women

Special Divisions for the Category of Military also will include:
a. Brigades
b. Battalions
c. Companies
d. Platoons
e. Squads
f. Other

Choose team members
Teams must be a minimum of 2 people for non-competitive and 3 people for competitive. There is no maximum number for any team. Before registering for a team, all individuals must register as a participant for their event on the official event website www.PortlandMarathon.org. Individuals can only be a member of one team.

Run for a Charity
All teams are encouraged to choose a favorite charity to run for, donate to, and/or actively fundraise for. Teams can also choose a charity from the Official Portland Marathon Charity list on the official website.

Personalize your Team
Teams are encouraged to print a team t-shirt or singlet and invite their co-workers, friends and family to participate as volunteers for the race. Pictures and human-interest articles submitted by teams become the property of the Event and will be reviewed for publication in post event electronic publications and other media formats by the event.

Awards
Special awards will be given to each division of each competitive category. The number of teams that enter will determine the number of awards given. Winners are determined by the average team time. Team awards are presented to the top 3 teams in each division. For competitive teams, only the first 3 finishers times will count toward the team score and division award. Awards will consist of one team plaque and individual certificates for each team member. Awards will be presented to Team Captains at the post event celebration and awards VIP dinner (usually in November). Teams will be mailed results after the race. An effort will be made to announce the winners at the post race party

Registration Deadline
Applications need to be submitted by: September 15, 2008..

Active.com provides a Team Center for each team captain to access. The Team Center includes various tools that will be helpful to the team captain through the course of registration, including the ability to view team roster, download team reports, email team members, invite others to join their team, etc. Because this Team Center accesses team member information, the site is password-protected. This is why the team captain is required to login with his/her Active.com username and password (or establish a new account) at the time of creating a team. If you need assistance in creating your Active.com user account, please contact Active.com Customer Support at 1-877-228-4881 or support@active.com.