Welcome to the 2010 Indiana Distance Running Series! We are very excited about this new distance running series in the state of Indiana bringing together eight high-quality marathon and half marathon distance events at five venues throughout the state of Indiana giving runners a new challenge in a fun and competitive series. Events in the series are spread out from northern to southern Indiana with race dates ranging from April through October. The goal of the Indiana Distance Running Series is to advance distance running and competition in our state.
Member Events and Race Dates:
Series Rules:
1. Participants must enter at least two of the series events to be considered for series scoring.
2. Participants may enter in as many events as desired.
3. The “Masters” Division will include all participants born on or before October 16, 1970.
4. Point values for events will be determined based number of finishers for each event (see below).
5. Point values for participants in each event are determined based on scoring formula (see below).
6. Updates of standings will be posted on Series Website approximately 10 days after each event.
Series Awards:
Free race entry into all Series Events for the next calendar year is awarded to all First Place winners.
Certificates will be awarded to the following divisions after the final event:
- Top 10 Overall Male & Female
- Top 10 Masters Male & Female (no duplicate awards will be given)
- Top 10 Wheelchair Male & Female
Point Structure for Races:
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Each Full Marathon race has 1,500 point base.
- Each Half Marathon race has 1,000 point base.
- A “base” multiplier of 10% is applied for each five hundred finishers in a Marathon.
- A “base” multiplier of 10% is applied for each thousand finishers in a Half (up to 50%).
Point Structure for Participants:
1. Calculated separately for Males and Females.
2. Bottom 50% of field gets 200 points (minimum point value for participating!).
3. Top 50% of field distributed evenly between 200 points (min.) and Race Point Value (max).
4. Bonus points for Top 10 M & FM finishers: 15%, 12%, 10%, 8%, 6%, 5%, 4%, 3%, 2%, 1%
5. Participation in a minimum of 2 races is required to be considered for series scoring.