Bridge to Breakwater
September 3, 2005

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The ION SPORTS EXPO
The ionSports Expo features everything that every body needs to stay healthy, happy and athletically inclined. Come check out the latest health products, sports and race gear Thursday, September 1 6-10 pm and Friday, September 2, 2005 10-6 pm.

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BRIDGE TO BREAKWATER RUN
Begins at the Bridge. Ends at the Breakwater (Cabrillo Beach). With plenty of tortillas in between. Check out the route. Learn more...

SIX ON THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIESTA
All it takes is for you and five of your friends to get out of the "jungle" and compete for the crown.
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ILWU LIFT-OFF
It takes strength to lift them containers from overseas. A competition open to all Union members.
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SPORTSWALK
Walk with the Legendary Athletes who are honored along the way.
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RIDE TO THE TIDE
Two Wheels will do the trick as we tour the great Waterfront - from Bridge to Breakwater.
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ION FEST
After the race, cool down at ION FEST, a postrace Festival in the Cabrillo Beach SportsPark and along the Waterfront of the beautiful Los Angeles Harbor. Enjoy fresh food, music, entertainment, Interactive Sports and general mayhem for the entire family.
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2005 SALSA CHAMPIONCHIPS
What would a Waterfront Festival in Los Angeles and San Pedro be without a showcase of dozens of great Salsa makers in the world. Sure to be "muy loco" en San Pedro. It's your chance to put your "chips on the table" and enter your batch or be a consumer with a bag of chips.
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FUN RUNNERS

The Fun Runner category is for walkers, striders and families. There is no qualifying time required. The starting area for the Fun Runner category is at the base of the Vincent Thomas Bridge.

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Team Challenge
Can you convince 15 people to run 7.78 miles? Start your own Bridge to Breakwater team.

Grab 15 or more co-workers, friends or club members; put on your running shoes; and form your very own Bridge to Breakwater team! Not only do well for the body, but also do well by the community. Ask your friends, company or organization to sponsor your team with a donation or pledge. You must have at least 15 persons in order to qualify as a team.

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Centipedes
String together five or more of your bravest and/or oddest family members, friends or co-workers for what might be the world's most colorful team running event.

The Bridge to Breakwater is the official International Centipede Running Championships. The official distance of the World Centipede Running Championships was the result of a historic run of 7.46 miles in the year 1978, when 13 heroic Aggie Running Club Centipede athletes ran from San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean in the Bay to Breakers.

Fun Runner Centipede Rules
Centipede Categories

Fun Runner Centipede Rules
Bridge to Breakwater does not require group registration for Fun Runner Centipedes. Please register each individual separately. Please read registration guidelines.

Competition guidelines were adopted by the International Centipede Congress.

1. Each adult centipede must consist of five or more runners plus one floater who runs alongside, substituting for runners who lose a shoe, drop off the pace or need to make a pit stop.
2. Each youth centipede must consist of six runners plus one floater. All runners must be from the same school or club and must be in the ninth grade or below.
3. The adult centipede body must be 60 feet long. Youth centipedes must measure exactly 32 feet. Judges will measure every centipede in order to curtail illegal modifications.
4. A centipede may be made of any material that an organization, school or club deems appropriate. However, try to keep it light, flexible and well-ventilated. Allow at least four feet between individual leg segments.
5. Twinkie feelers on the head of each segment are required.
6. The final segment of each centipede must wear a stinger of appropriate design and toxicity.
7. Each segment must be filled with a registered centipede athlete in order to be eligible for official awards.
8. During the entire competition, all required body segments must be present in the centipede body. If a segment is to be exchanged, the replacement must give the centipede's official password to exclude unauthorized participants.
9. To re-enter the centipede, a displaced runner must catch up with the body and resume his original segment, which the floater has been occupying. The official password and secret acknowledgment must be repeated each time. If the floater makes a permanent substitution, no other substitutions are allowed.
10. An adult team must finish with five or more runners including at least 12 of the original runners comprising the centipede, plus the official floater. A youth team must finish with six runners including five of the original runners plus the floater.
11. Decals or other advertisements for high performance may be displayed on any centipede body.
12. A Lenichi Turn, a 360-degree turn made famous by two Eastern European centipede runners (Oscar and Igatoo Lenichi) in the 18th century, must be executed at end of the Vincent Thomas Bridge just beyond the 3-mile point. The Lenichi Turn must not interfere with other runners.
13. All centipedes must start from the rear of the Fun Runners' pack with their stingers up the base of the Vincent Thiomas Bridge. Each centipede will be checked in prior to the race to prevent questionable starts.

Top Centipede Categories

MANOPEDE™: Men only.
WOMANOPEDE™: Women only.
COPEDE™: Coed. No more than 7 of one gender.
KIDPEDE™: Youth, ninth grade or below, with three boys and three girls.
SEEDPEDE™: Male and Female. See Seeded Centipede below for information. Awards will be given to the fastest seeded centipede.

Training
If you'd like to train with a professional coach, or just want the motivation and camaraderie of running with a local group, check out this training option.

ionRunning is offering group training to make your Bridge to Breakwater race an experience to remember!

If you are looking for a personalized program, frequent interactions with coaching staff and great team support-we have it.

No Running Background? No Problem! Aspiring and accomplished athletes alike benefit from our personalized approach to training. This program will give you an opportunity to work on an individual basis with the coaching staff to help you reach your goals. All workouts will be held in a fun, organized manner and geared towards your racing ambitions.

Never Been Able to Run Through the Crowds Before? We'll put you front and center on the Starting Line. This year you can forget about weaving your way through several thousand walkers, runners and "other participants". As part of our Training Group, participants will have access to preferred placement just behind the elite and seeded runners, and well ahead of the masses. Now you can concentrate on your run and the festivities along the way minus the crowds.

A portion of the funds from this program will be used for the continuation of support for the local sports community and Ions' beneficiary programs for youth sports initiatives.

Your Stories
Let's hear'em.

Please submit your Bridge to Breakwater stories to info@ions.com

Race Day Instructions
What? Where? Who? When? How? It's all right here.

Smile!
Event photographers will be in two locations:
1. Race photos at the 5k mark
2. Just beyond the finish line at Cabrillo Beach for posed finishing photos.

Safety and Race Courtesy

• Do not run in from the sides. It endangers you and other runners!
• No roller blades, skateboards or bicycles.
• Use caution with strollers and assisted wheelchairs.
• No animals.
• Walkers and slower traffic, stay to the right and line up at the back of the pack.
• No plastic bags for warm-ups.
• Naked running is not permitted. The police department may arrest or cite violators of codes and City ordinances.
  

First Aid

• First aid stations on the course are located within each mile mark and at Cabrillo Beach.
• An emergency medical information form with a map showing the locations of the six emergency medical stations is on the back of your runner number bib. Please wear your own runner number and fill in the information requested on the back.

You Made It!

Finish Line Instructions:

• Finish line officials will direct you to open chutes to record your official time. DO NOT SLOW DOWN OR CHANGE CHUTES WHILE IN THE FINISH CHUTES.
  Post-race Results: Time results will be available through our website after the race. Names of the first 1,000 timed finishers will be published on October 1, 2005 in a special souvenir edition of ionLA.

Back to the Future Club
The Back to the Future Club is for anyone that wants to take their time: walkers, striders and families.

The Back to the Future Club (aka FUN RUNNER) is for walkers, striders and families. There is no qualifying time required. The starting area for the Back to the Future Club is at the base of the Bridge.

Costume Contest
Think you can out-dress the rest? Want to try? Go here to find out how.

Take part in the delightful Bridge to Breakwater Costume Contest. Bust out your wackiest wardrobe or live out your favorite fantasy as you parade through the city's streets. The judging platform on the racecourse is near Sixth Street. Centipedes will also be judged at this area. Judging ends at 11 am, weather permitting. Stay to the right to enter the contest. Prizes will be awarded to the top three winners and announced at ION FEST™.