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About Us Organization The Transcontinental Walking Association (TransWalk) was founded on January 1, 2011. The TransWalk headquarters is in Salt Lake City, Utah. Its mission is to support, promote and register transcontinental walks. Provide uniform rules governing the sport. Promote Tourism and Commerce through walking events. Provide fund raising opportunities to charities, foundations and humanitarian causes. Promote walking, walking clubs as a healthy form of exercise. On January 1, 2011, the document fulfilling the creation of the Transcontinental Walking Association was executed. Matthew Livermanne was elected President. The task of founding the Transcontinental Walking Association was given to Matthew Livermanne, a sportsman of merit and Transcontinental Walker. The other delegates included Matthew Soren and Cory Soren. Throughout the early years, transcontinental walks sprung up all over Europe and North America. These walks suffered various fates, some succumbing to the Second World War, and others falling victim to commercial and residential expansion. As a mainstay of Transcontinental Walks, routes are now constructed every year at new sites. Currently there are 2 official routes used for TransWalk competitions in the United States. A route from the New York City Hall to Los Angeles City Hall, as well as Baltimore to Sacramento Route will be announced in 2011. The United States of America will be the site of TransWalk competitions for the 2011 season. Qualifying events will be held in Utah for the 2011 season. TransWalk conducts competitions in five disciplines: the 45 mile
walk, 60 mile walk, 120 mile walk, 300 mile walk and 3000 mile walk.
The Congress is the highest authority of the Transcontinental Walking Association. The Congress elects an Executive Committee that is responsible for governing the Association. The Executive Committee consists of the President and Vice Presidents overseeing the following areas: * Corporate and Financial Affairs The Secretary General is a non-voting member of The Executive Committee. Members: The Transcontinental Walking Association (TransWalk) is an international non-governmental organization. It is made up of National Federation Members, Associate Members, and Honorary Members. National Federation members must be recognized by the TransWalk committee in that country. The right to vote at TransWalk Congresses is based on the level of participation in TransWalk competitions. The TransWalk headquarters is in Salt Lake City, Utah. Medical Info: The TransWalk Medical Committee has several tasks: * To manage the TransWalk Anti-doping program
Prior to any competition, training or official event the participating athlete must have a Physical Certification provided to TransWalk. Must be under the supervision of a Doctor and have a medical specialist with knowledge of emergency medical aid on the crew. The Athlete shall be attentive to this regulation, as the Athlete is responsible for compliance with these requirements. The TransWalk Medical Committee decides on any possible exceptions to the above. The President must be informed of these exceptions prior to the start of the official event or training. Tasks of the Event Doctor: * He is responsible for the first medical aid for injuries and
illnesses of the athlete. The Event Doctor must complete an Injury Registration Document after every examination of an athlete. At the end of the competition, all of these documents must be sealed in an envelope and given by mail to the Chairman of the TransWalk Medical Committee. After every event, the athlete must present himself to the Event Doctor for an examination in order to obtain authorization to participate further in training or in the event. If the Event Doctor suspects an injury, he is entitled to prohibit the athlete concerned from further participation. In these cases, the Doctor must immediately inform the President of TransWalk Medical Committee of the athlete’s inability to continue to participate in the competition, and the athlete is accordingly officially removed from the competition. If an athlete is removed from the competition due to an injury, the Event Doctor must complete the List of Athletes Removed from the Competition Due to Serious Injury forward the document to the Chairman of the FIBT Medical Committee. Team Doctor or Medical Specialist: In cases of injury, the team doctor or medical specialist decides on the exclusion of the athlete concerned from the competition. If a nation does not have its own team doctor, the Event Doctor shall decide. Athlete Injury and Illness Registration As stated in the TransWalk rules, all TransWalk events must have
a qualified medical doctor or medical specialist present at training
and competition events At the TransWalk Congress held on January 1, 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah the Transcontinental Walking Association accepted the World Anti-Doping Code (the "Code"). These Anti-Doping Regulations are adopted and implemented in conformance with TransWalk’s responsibilities under the Code, and are in furtherance of TransWalk continuing efforts to eradicate doping in the sport of transcontinental walks or long distance walks. The use of doping substances or doping methods to enhance performance is fundamentally wrong and is detrimental to the overall impact of sport. Drug misuse can be harmful to an athlete’s health. Doping damages the integrity, image and value of our sport. Athletes participating in TransWalk events must accept the Transcontinental Walking Association’s Anti-Doping Regulations as a condition of participation. TransWalk adopted new regulations that came into effect starting January 1, 2011. What is WADA? The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was created in 1999 and is an international independent organization whose goal is to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against doping in sport internationally in all its forms. WADA coordinated the development and implementation of the World Anti-Doping Code, harmonizing anti-doping policies in all sports and all countries. WADA Doping Quiz and Athlete Guides TransWalk 2011 List of Prohibited Substances and Techniques A list of prohibited substances is contained in the WADA 2010 Prohibited List All matters concerning TransWalk Anti-Doping should be sent to the TransWalk Anti-Doping Officer, Medical Committee and in copy to TransWalk General Secretary. TransWalk 2011 List of Prohibited Substances and Techniques A list of prohibited substances is contained in the Athletes Whereabouts Sanctions If Whereabouts information on the register is incorrect, then a Filing Error will be registered. A Filing Error will be treated as a Missed Test. If an athlete has three (3) Missed Tests or Filing Errors, or combinations of these, in the space of eighteen (18) months, this will be considered as a doping violation. Are You in the Registered Testing Pool? From 01 January 2011 all athletes who are members of the TransWalk Registered Testing Pool (RTP) will be obliged to register their Whereabouts to the TransWalk Anti-Doping Officer, Medical Committee For TransWalk Registered Testing Pool (RTP) for the 2010/2011 season please click here (valid until 30 May 2011). All athletes who are members of TransWalk's Registered Testing Pool will be obliged to complete the Athlete Consent Document - please print this document and sign it, the return to the TransWalk Anti-doping Officer at the address below. For athletes not in the Registered Testing Pool If you are a TransWalk athlete but not a member of the TransWalk Registered Testing Pool (a Non-RTP Athlete) then you must continue to register your Whereabouts as you have been doing for the last year. There are 4 quarterly dates by which athletes must have sent their information to TransWalk Anti-Doping Officer, Medical Committee. * For the period of July, August and September – information
must be sent no later than 30 June. Therefore TransWalk obliges all RTP Athletes to register not only their general location whereabouts but also a specific address where the athlete will be available for one hour every day. (Example: It is acceptable to state that one will be in Salt Lake City, Utah between the 10th and 15th of January, staying at the X Hotel between 06.00 and 08.30 and then training between 08.30 and 11.00 every day). The athlete may choose whatever one hour period he/she desires AS LONG AS IT IS BETWEEN 06.00 AND 11.00, however they must remain at that location for the time period specified. If a doping control team arrives to make a test in this One Hour Period, and the athlete is not present, then a Missed Test will be registered. Accepting this "One Hour Rule" will allow the athlete freedom to train and conduct a normal lifestyle with a minimum of time restrictions. This "One Hour Rule" is important and athletes must register this information with the TransWalk Anti-Doping Officer, Medical Committee Failure to do so will be registered as a Filing Error. The One Hour Rule is not applicable to Non-RTP Athletes. As mentioned above all RTP athletes must be registered with the TransWalk Anti-Doping Officer, Medical Committee To register, athletes must contact their national federation or
seek assistance from the Transcontinental Walking Association Rules and Guidelines * 45, 60, 120, 300 mile walk- Rules: To be accepted as a valid qualifying event, each event must meet the following definitions: 1. A walk must be the full distance of the category event i.e. 45, 60, 120, 300 mile event. The distance is measured from point A to B example: Salt Lake City Utah to Provo, Utah. For a non-certified course to count, the race organization must make a good faith effort to insure that the course is at least the distance. The event must be announced as a TransWalk sanctioned qualifying event. The participant must traverse the entire race course as defined by the organizers. 2. The event shall have an announced race director, race organization, or walking club to supervise and take responsibility for the event, and be available to certify the walker’s completion of the distance. It must have had advanced publicity in a walking publication, magazine, newspaper, or TransWalk.com website. Verifiable results must be maintained and/or posted to the general public. 3. The event shall have a minimum of 1 walker and 1 finisher. 4. A Qualifying Walk shall be walked without interruption except for natural events such as a thunderstorm. A walk temporarily interrupted by a natural event can be counted if at least 45 miles has been completed, and if it was allowed by the race director. 5. A stage or multi-day event will only count as one event. 6. Each member shall retain some information to substantiate each event, such as: a finisher's certificate, published event results (www.TransWalk.com, result card, result book, newspaper, etc.), race bib number AND medal (both required for this option). 7. The Qualifying event must either start or finish in the state being counted. A walk that has a route that runs into two states cannot be counted as two states; it counts as one. 8. One must be a registered participant for the event to count. There is a Registration Fee for each qualifying event. In some circumstances the fee may be waived. 9. If a race does not allow an early start, the participant taking an unofficial early start (not permitted or recognized by the race director) may be disqualified by the race director and the race can not be counted towards completion of the states. 12. To receive a complimentary finisher award, one must be a member in good standing at the time of the completion of the states. Guidelines: 1. Transcontinental Walking Associations (TransWalk) sanctioned walking events are counted towards completion of the circuit i.e. 45, 60, 120, 300 events to be eligible for a Transcontinental Walk. 2. If a member is allowed to start a race early, it is the responsibility of the member to ensure that the race committee corrects that member's time accordingly. 3. Completion of the circuit will be accomplished when a member has completed a walking event in each of the category i.e. 45, 60, 120, 300 mile event. A verification committee will decide if a finisher has completed the circuit and a complimentary trophy will be ordered and presented to the member. It is recommended that you notify Transcontinental Walking Association (TransWalk.com) ahead of time so that your upcoming finish can be listed on the schedule page and other finishing information can be provided to you. 4. When a member has completed the circuit i.e. 45, 60, 120, 300 mile events, he/she needs to email or mail a list of the events completed in each category including: the name of the race, the location of the race, the date completed, and the finishing time to: Verification Committee 6. There is no time limit for completion of the circuit. These are the rules of our organization and are subject to change by the Board of Directors. For clarification or explanation of any of the rules or examples, please contact any of our board members via our contact page. Revised and approved by the board of directors on 01/13/2011. Please contact us to get involved and for scheduling events or new fund raisers |
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