Welcome to races.co.il (hereinafter: "the Site", "the Service"), located at races.co.il. Use of the Site is subject to the terms below. Browsing the Site, viewing race pages, registering for an account, or any other use constitutes full agreement to these terms. If you disagree with any term, do not use the Site.
These terms are written in neutral language and apply to all. Headings are for convenience only and are not binding. "User" in these terms means anyone who browses, registers, views, or contacts the Site in any way, whether as a guest or account holder.
1. About the Service
races.co.il is a calendar of races and sports events in Israel, including running, triathlon, cycling, swimming, and trail races. The Site collects information about races published by organizers, normalizes it, and displays it on a dedicated page for each race. The Site does not organize races, does not sell entries, and is not party to the registration agreement between the user and the race organizer.
2. Information Accuracy and Content Responsibility
- Information displayed on the Site is collected from public sources published by the organizer. Errors, inaccuracies, delays in updates, or gaps from the organizer's official site may occur.
- The organizer is the authority determining the date, categories, course, price, cancellation terms, and all other details. Before registering and attending a race, verify details with the organizer.
- Race descriptions on the Site are automatically rewritten based on organizer publications. They do not constitute a commitment by races.co.il regarding race content.
- Cancellations, postponements, course changes, price changes, or any other impact on race experience are the organizer's sole responsibility. races.co.il will not bear any direct or indirect liability to the user for damage, expense, loss of entry fees, or disappointment arising from the race itself.
3. Health and Sports Safety
Participating in a sports race involves physical effort and risk. It is the participant's responsibility to verify medical fitness, follow the organizer's instructions, and comply with traffic laws during the race. races.co.il is not a medical service provider, does not verify participant fitness, and is not responsible for bodily injury or property damage during training or racing.
4. User Account and Minimum Age
Access to the Service is via Google, Apple, or Strava accounts, as available. races.co.il does not store passwords.
Account creation is permitted for users 13 and older only. Users under 18 may create an account and use the Service only with approval from a parent or legal guardian.
When creating an account or logging in for the first time, the user will be asked to confirm the terms of use and privacy policy. By confirming, the user declares they meet the age requirement, and if under 18, have received parental or guardian approval.
The user is solely responsible for keeping their login account credentials with their chosen provider confidential, and for all actions taken through their account.
Users must not impersonate others, create multiple accounts for the same person, use another's account without permission, or provide false information when using the Service.
races.co.il may suspend or delete an account at any time, without prior notice, if the user violates any terms, provides misleading information, or acts in a way that harms the service, other users, or third parties.
5. User Content
"User Content" includes, among other things: profile picture, display name, links to social networks, race participation badges, friend requests, races suggested for addition, discount codes submitted for approval.
- The user declares that they have all rights to the content they upload, and that it does not infringe on the copyright, trademark, or privacy rights of any third party.
- When uploading content, the user grants races.co.il a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use the content for operating and displaying the service. The license expires upon deletion of the content or account, except for backup copies which will be deleted within 90 days.
- You may not upload illegal, offensive, racist, threatening, pornographic, misleading, spam, or content that promotes unauthorized commercial activity.
- races.co.il may, but is not obligated to, remove user content at any time, for any reason and without prior notice.
5.1. Social Features and Data Sharing
Some features in the service allow users to add friends, mark participation in or interest in races, and decide whether to share this information with approved friends.
By default, information about races you're interested in or participating in is not shared with friends, unless you've enabled this in your profile settings.
Users under 18 are asked to enable social features and data sharing only with the knowledge of a parent or guardian. races.co.il may limit, hide, or remove content, profile, link, or sharing if there is concern about harm to the privacy, safety, or rights of a minor or other user.
6. Race Submission
The user may suggest a race through the submission form. A suggestion does not guarantee publication. races.co.il reserves the right to edit, reject, or remove any suggested race, at its sole discretion. Information submitted will be considered non-confidential and may be used for operating the website.
7. Discount Codes
Users can submit official organizer discount codes for approval. races.co.il does not issue discounts, is not responsible for code validity, discount amount, or redemption in the organizer's registration system. Any dispute is with the organizer only.
8. Intellectual Property
Under Israeli copyright law and international treaties, copyrights in content produced and published by races.co.il belong to the website operator. Protection applies to text, images, illustrations, graphics, and software applications, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Without prior written permission, you may not copy, distribute, retransmit, or publish by any means, including online, any protected material from the website.
- The design, code, website structure, race summaries, race database, and metadata belong to races.co.il.
- Race names, organizer logos, and images from third-party sources belong to the original rights holders and are displayed for informational purposes only.
- The name "races.co.il" and related terms are trademarks of the website operator. Commercial use of the name is not permitted without authorization.
9. Prohibited Uses
- Damaging website infrastructure, bypassing security, attempted breach, running bots, denial-of-service attacks.
- Sending spam, publishing unauthorized commercial content, or harassing other users.
- Using the website for any illegal activity or infringing third-party rights.
- Modifying, reverse engineering, or creating derivative works of the code and design.
10. Third-Party Services
The website uses services from Cloudflare, Google and Apple (login and statistics for Google), Strava (optional login), and Anthropic (automatic summaries). Use of these services is also subject to their terms of use and privacy policies. races.co.il is not responsible for availability, outages, or changes in the terms of third-party providers.
11. Advertisements and Links
The website may display links to third-party sites, including race organizers. races.co.il is not responsible for content, availability, transactions, or privacy policies of linked websites. Navigation to an external site is at the user's own risk.
11a. Results Simulator ("Where Will You Finish?")
The simulators on the website calculate, using artificial intelligence (AI), an estimate of your finish time and race position based on past results, races you've participated in, course data, weather, and other parameters. The forecast is a statistical estimate only and may be incorrect. It does not constitute a commitment, advice, professional, medical, or training recommendation, and does not guarantee any result.
Any use of the forecast, including decisions about registration, running pace, training, or effort on race day, is entirely at the user's own risk. races.co.il will not be liable for any damage, direct or indirect, including bodily harm, resulting from reliance on the forecast. Consult a professional before making changes to training or effort.
12. Limitation of Liability
The service is provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE". races.co.il does not guarantee continuous availability, complete accuracy of information, absence of errors, absolute security, or fitness for a particular purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by law, races.co.il, its operators, employees, and partners will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damage, including loss of profits, loss of data, loss of race registration fees, or bodily harm, even if warned in advance of the possibility of such damage.
races.co.il is not liable for changes made to information displayed on the website by a user, third party, or any automated tool outside the system. Also, there is no liability for damage resulting from the operation or installation of software applications downloaded through the website or run because of its use. The user alone is responsible for how they use the service and its consequences.
To the extent determined by a competent authority that such liability cannot be excluded, races.co.il's total liability shall not exceed 100 ILS.
13. Indemnification
The user agrees to indemnify races.co.il and its operators for any damage, expense, claim, or demand (including reasonable legal fees) resulting from a breach of these terms, breach of law, or content uploaded by the user.
14. Termination and Service Discontinuation
The user may close their account at any time from the profile page or by contacting support@races.co.ilraces.co.il may suspend, restrict, delete an account, or discontinue the service, in whole or in part, at any time, for any reason, without prior notice. Termination of use does not release obligations created before termination.
15. Changes to terms
races.co.il may update these terms from time to time. A material change takes effect 7 days after the update is posted on the site. Continued use after the start date constitutes agreement to the new version. If you disagree with an update, stop using the site and close your account.
16. Governing law and jurisdiction
Use of the site and these terms are governed exclusively by the laws of the State of Israel, without application of conflict of law rules. Exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute is vested in the competent courts of the Tel Aviv-Yafo district.
17. Severability
If any provision of these terms is found invalid or unenforceable by a competent authority, the remaining provisions continue in full force, and the invalid provision is construed in the narrowest way necessary to uphold it.
18. Contact
Questions, requests, or notices relating to these terms should be directed to support@races.co.il.