Grand Prix 2008

The PWR Grand Prix 2008 is a selection of races of varying distances from 5K up to half marathon as listed right.

On completion of any of the races listed you will be awarded a score for that race. At the end of the year the PWR member with the highest score will win the competition!

In order to be eligible to win the overall prize you must compete in a minimum of 3 races of your choice, but you are able to take part in as many as you wish (you can do all of them if your really want too!)

Your score will be based on your predicted race time for that distance based on your own ability. If you achieve a time under your "predicted race time" you will gain points. If you go over your "predicted race time" you will lose points. At the end of the Grand Prix season, your "best" three scores will be selected. The PWR member with the highest score will be the individual winner with prizes for 2nd and 3rd place as well!. Should there be a tie (in respect of any of the positions), then the person who has achieved the greatest score on any of the three individual races will be deemed the winner.

Your "predicted race time" will be based on your fastest recorded time that we have for you completing any one of the PWR 5k time trails over the past year. This time will then be put into a "pace calculator" which will calculate your time for each of the individual distances. If you decide to enter the PWR Grand Prix, your "predicted race time" for each distance will be calculated and forwarded to you prior to the first race of the season. You will then know the time that you are running against for each race.

As you are racing against yourself rather than other members you will all have a equal opportunity of winning the overall prize as it is not necessarily the fastest runner who wins, rather it is the person who can improve on their predicted race time.

You will need to register your entry into the Grand Prix by sending Julian an e-mail of your intention to take part. Furthermore, you will have to also advise Julian of any of the races on the list that you have taken part in and your finish time, which will then be entered into the Grand Prix race results. If you do not send your results they will not be included within the overall Grand Prix Race results.

Only those races where you have entered as a Petts Wood Runner will be included (eg if you are running for another Club).

Should you enter a race and then allow some one else to run under your name and then look to include this result in your Grand Prix results you will be disqualified from the PWR Grand Prix! (as if any member of PWR would ever sink so low!!!)

In addition to the competition for individuals, all those taking part will be allocated to one of two teams: Julian's Team or Philippa's Team! Throughout the year everyone will also be competing as part of their team and as such can also provide encouragement to their other "team members" taking part in races that they may not be able to take part in themselves. The team results will be based on the same points system as the individual scoring, taking the best three scores for each member of the team - the team with the highest score at the end of the year wins the Team Prize!!!!!

Once we have received your e-mail advising of your wish to enter the Grand Prix, you will be sent details of the races in full, your "predicted race time" for each distance, a list of all of the other members taking part and the name of the Team that you will be running for!

The 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd winners will be announced at the 2008 Christmas Drinks along with a prize for the person with the highest score achieved in any one single race and the prize for the winning team.

January			February			March
20th	Les Whitton	10M	10th	Sidcup	10M	16th	Hastings	H Mar
						30th	Paddock Wood	H Mar




April			May			June
8th	PWR Handicap	5K	11th	Sevenoaks 7	7M	1st	Beckenhan	10K
20th	PWR Annual	10k	18th	Darent Valley	10K	8th	Eltham 5	5M
			25th	Myra Garrett	10K	22nd	Orpington	10K



July			August			September
20th	Dartford	H Mar	TBC	The Laces	5K	TBC	Shorne Wood	5M





October			November			December
19th	Maidstone	H Mar	TBC	ORR Mob Match	4.2M	7th	Swanley Xmas	4.2M
							Caper