SINFIN RUNNING CLUB

Updates that apply from 01/01/2025

 

The Grand Prix is the least restricted of our championships with some great demands on all our members.

 

There are some changes to the championship from the start of 2025 as follows.

 

1 - The list of races remains but only the best 8 of the 10 races will score.

i.e. you won't have to run a Marathon

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2 - For the below local races there is the chance to earn some additional points to your Grand Prix total

• Derby 10K (Date 06/04/2025)

• Trent 5 (Date 21/05/2025 - Wednesday)

• Ramathon - (Date 29/06/2025)

• Ram 5 - (Date 29/06/2025)

• Shelton 10K - (Date 12/10/2025)

• Derby 10 Miler - (Date 16/11/2025)

 

RULES

Your age graded score will be increased by an additional 10 points

You can only earn a maximum of 30 points 

You can only get a maximum of 10 points for one of these 5 mile races 

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Q - Why are we implementing these changes?

A - This is to increase the competitiveness of the Championship and to also aim to improve our team member presence at these specific local races.  

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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 the Fell championship, a cross country race or a parkrun.

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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!  You are also more likely to perform better on a stable, firm and less hilly running surfaces.

Qualifying for championship points is easy, and you can run in as many of the following race distances as you like.  You DO NOT have to run a race in ALL of the distance disciplines nor complete the stated number in each discipline.  Only the best of the stated number of runs at each of the distances (stated below) will count towards your championship points grand total.  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.

The results used will be your BEST EIGHT from the following:-
- 1 x Marathon
- 2 x Half Marathons
- 1 x 10 Miler
- 4 x 10K
- 1 x 5 Miler
- 1 x Wildcard – any distance other distance

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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 "Age Graded Scoring Distances", but is not one of the distance categories listed above, it will count as a wildcard, e.g. 6kms, 4miles, or 12kms.  The score for the wildcard will be accurate since it falls into one of the scored distances.

• If the race distance does not fit into one of the scored distances below, for example a 7 mile race, it will be scored as if it was a 10k but also counted 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, 50km, 50 mile, 100km, 150km, 100 mile, 200km
 

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Rules 

To qualify for points 

- Excluded races - 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 Examples

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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