SINFIN RUNNING CLUB

​The Sinfin Grand Prix is the main award that most club runners will compete for.  Members are scored for taking part not just road races, but trail as well, and any other race they want to do providing it is not in an Ultra, in the Fell championship, a Cross Country race or a parkrun.  ​​​The Grand Prix award goes to the runner with the best performances over the calendar year concluding with a presentation at our Annual Awards evening in January. 

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Over the year results are collated to determine the best performing male & female winners.  Points are age graded*, so you always have a good chance of winning the championship, if you perform well within your age category AND you can run enough races to get enough points!  In summary, every* race you enter, not classed as an Ultra, Fell, XC or a parkrun, up to marathon distance, will give you pts based on an age graded % score, which makes it possible for you to compete against members of all ages. So a more senior runner can actually score higher than a younger runner even if they run slower, as, such is life, you will generally get slower the older you get, but the scoring system takes this into account. Conversely the younger you are, you will more likely be able to achieve quicker times.

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The scoring system will consider your best EIGHT scores from the following options:

• 1 x marathon

• 2 x half marathon

• 1 x 10 mile

• 4 x 10k

• 1 x 5 mile

• 1 x wildcard (any distance from marathon down outside of the standard distances)

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If you add these up, it actually makes 10 races in total... BUT you don't have to do all them, and up to eight will be counted. If you're not a fan of the distance races you could for example not do a marathon and only do one half marathon, and providing you do all of the others that will still tally eight races.

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The race must be timed and all runners must be running the same distance (this therefore excludes "challenge" runs in which laps are ran and there is no predefined distance for all runners).

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Obviously the more different distances you do will stand you in better stead but it worth noting that there are runners who have not run marathons (for example), and have still won the championship due to good performances in the rest of the disciplines.

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Wildcards

To be further inclusive we understand that some members may take part in races that do not fit into the Grand Prix race distance categories above, for example, a 7 mile race.  These are classed as wildcards.  The following points explain the technicalities of wildcard races in detail:

• If the race distance falls into one of the scored distances listed below in the "Age Graded Scoring Distances" section, but is not one of the race categories above that count towards your points total, it will be classed as a wildcard, e.g. 6kms, 4miles, or 12kms etc.  The score for the wildcard will be accurate since it falls into one of the age graded scored distances.

• If the race distance does not fit into one of the age graded scored distances, for example a 7 mile race, it will be scored at the next scorable distance down, so a 7 miler would be scored as if it was a 10k and classed as a wildcard.  This means in reality, the points scored are unlikely to be as high as running an actual 10k but it does mean points will still be scored.

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Age Graded Scoring Distances

Anything outside of the following distances will be downgraded to the next distance DOWN for scoring purposes and treated as a wildcard race in the Grand Prix: 1mile, 5km, 6km, 4mile, 8km, 5mile, 10km, 12km, 15km, 10 mile, 20km, Half Marathon, 25km, 30km, Marathon
 

Bonus Pts Races

For the races listed below there is the chance to earn some additional points to your Grand Prix total:

• Derby 10K - (15/03/2026) £££

• Trent 5 (May TBC Weds) £

• Derwent 4 (21/06/2026) £

• Ramathon (Half) - (28/06/2026) £££

• Ram 5 [Mile] - (28/06/2026) ££

• Tara Kinder 10k - (10/07/2026) £

• Erewash "The Run" (4 miles) - (July TBC Weds) £

• Golden Gates Gallop (5 miles) - (27/09/2026) £

• Shelton 10K - (11/10/2026) £

• Derby 10 [Mile] - (15/11/2026) ££

 

Bonus Pts Rules

• Your age graded score will be increased by an additional 10 points for each bonus race taken part in

• A maximum of FIVE of the bonus races will count (so up to 50 pts max)

 

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Overall Rules 

To qualify for points 

- Excluded races - Ultras, parkruns, Cross Country & Fell Races, Challenge/Lap Races, fun runs (unless timed and measured accurately)

- You must run in club colours (the GREEN vest/crop top or GREEN training t-shirt)

- You must be a full member (1st or 2nd claim) 

- Races must have a set pre-defined distance

- Races must be timed (chip or gun) - the time to complete must be from crossing the start line to crossing the finish line

- Races with checkpoints or stages, where the separate time resets for the next stage are excluded

- If a race is made up of laps, the number of laps being run must be pre-determined, e.g. four laps for a half marathon etc. 

- Races offering the choice of running "further laps" after the run has commenced based on endurance are excluded.

*Age Graded Example

A 10k result of 45.00 minutes:

Male - Age 25 - 58.67 points

Male - Age 50 - 66.02 points
Female - Age 25 - 66.17

Female - Age 50 - 74.85

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