Timing:
The M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon & Relay will be timed using a chip-timing system and micro checkpoints from Laurel. Our ability to provide accurate timing and essential medical assistance when necessary depends on YOU.
Follow these steps to help us serve you:
- Complete the emergency contact information on the back of your bib (marathoners, half marathoners, and relay athletes). Regardless of how physically fit you feel on race day, completing this information may save your life.
- Pin the bib to the front of your shirt.
- Keep your bib visible at all times. Do not hide or cover your race bib.
- Marathoners & Half Marathoners: Do not fold, crumple or otherwise alter your bib in any way. Doing so may destroy your timing device.
- Relay Athletes: Do not remove the timing chip from the snap bracelet baton. Doing so may destroy your timing device.
- The chip and micro checkpoints provide participants and spectators with accurate, real-time race timing. Through a computerized system, your tag transmitter will be read at the start, finish and intermediate locations. Marathoners, half marathoners, and the relay baton must cross all locations to get an official time.
- The chips are very reliable, but not 100% perfect. While it is our goal to provide a chip time result for all competitors, if your chip does not read at the start line you will receive a gun time.
- Bibs are non-transferable. You must wear the bib or carry the snap bracelet baton that is provided to you or your team. Do not trade bibs or snap bracelets with anyone. Your time corresponds to your bib number.
- All runners must be registered to participate; running under someone else’s name is grounds for disqualification according to USATF rules and may result in a ban for both parties from future RunVermont races.
Tracking:
New for 2026 and courtesy of sponsor GlobalFoundries, the M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon & Relay will be providing web-based tracking with map visualization and the option to sign up for text messages through Laurel.
