Reach The Beach consists of 12-person standard teams and 6-person ultra teams that will rotate through 36 transition areas as they cover the approximate 200-mile course. Each relay team member will run 3 legs (6 legs for ultras) of varying lengths and difficulty\, and will cover an average total distance of about16.6 miles (about 33 miles for ultras). Runners rotate in a set order once the race begins and will be obligated to follow this rotation until the final runner reaches the beach. All teams are expected to maintain an average pace of approximately 10 minutes per mile as they complete the course. The Reach The Beach (RTB) Relay began in 1999 by two multi-sport athletes with a goal of creating a 200-mile overnight team relay event that would run from the White Mountains\, to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and conclude at a beach front party in Hampton Beach\, New Hampshire. Today this sell-out race has become the signature overnight running relay on the East coast.