Alpine Circuit

About the Alpine Circuit

The Alpine Circuit was designed to target and promote participation in races that are both well done and fun to do. The circuit should also bring recognition to the club and enjoyment for the club’s membership in a competitive atmosphere. The circuit will be open to club members only. The circuit will begin January 1 and end December 31. Awards will be presented at the December meeting of the circuit year. 

Alpine Circuit Rules

Points will be awarded in the following manner. Points may only be received from one of the following categories:

(1) Point for showing up at a Circuit Race to show support.
(2) Points for running in a Circuit Race.
(2) Points for being an official volunteer at a Circuit Race.
(3) Points for setting a yearly personal record at that distance in a Circuit Race.
(4) Points for placing first, second or third overall or in your age division if the race awards those positions. For members of a team to earn Circuit points, all members of the team must be Alpine Runners.

In addition, one bonus point will be awarded for wearing official Alpine Runners clothing during the race. To receive this point, the logo must be visible during the race.

The Alpine Circuit will consist of fifteen races. Only the top ten performances will count for accumulated points. The fifteen races will be decided by a simple majority vote of the general membership.

Awards will be given to the top three men and top three women finishers in the Circuit.

To avoid ties, the following will be used as tie breakers:

• 1st Tie Breaker – Total gross points from all circuit races.
• 2nd Tie Breaker – Least races with most gross points.
• 3rd Tie Breaker – Best 10k time in the Circuit that year.

2010 Alpine Circuit Leader Board

• Download the current 2010 Alpine Circuit Leaderboard here!
• Use the form in the Surveys section of the website or this link to report your participation in an Alpine Circuit race (must be logged in). 
• The data for the Leaderboard come from two sources:  Via member self-reporting on our website and by us using Microsoft Excel spreadsheet database functions to match race result files to the Club roster.  The spelling of both your first and last names in race results must match our member database exactly or Excel won't find your name.  We do want everyone's results to be accurate so do not hesitate to either send us an email or use the Circuit Self-Reporting function in the Survey section of the website to notify us of any errors or omissions.
• Updated Circuit Leaderboards are generally posted on this website within a week of an Alpine Circuit race.
• Is your name missing?  Anything else need correcting?  Any concerns with the data?  Please email us
  
  

  Date	Race	Location	Length
  	Alpine Predictor
  January 9	S-NO-W Fun Run, 5m	Lake Geneva, WI	5m
  March 21	Cary Grove March Madness 1/2 Marathon	Cary, IL	1/2 Marathon
  March 21	Shamrock Shuffle	Chicago, IL	8k
  May 29	Fleet Feet Sports Soldier Field 10 Mile	Chicago, IL	10m
  May 30	Dash to Cure Diabetes	Barrington, IL	4m
  May 31	Elgin Fox Trot	Elgin, IL	10m, 5k
  July 3	Barrington Run for the Arts	Barrington, IL	10m, 5k
  July 4	Arlington Heights Frontier Days Stampede	Arlington Heights, IL	10m, 5k
  July 13	McHenry River Run (likely either 7/13 or 7/20)	McHenry IL	3m, 6.8m
  August 1	Rock-n-Roll Chicago Half Marathon	Chicago, IL	1/2 Marathon
  September 11	Walter Payton 16,726 Yard Run	Arlington Heights, IL	16,726 Yd
  September 25	Midtown 5K	Palatine, IL	5k
  September 26	Alpine Races Half Marathon & 5k	Lake Zurich, IL	1/2 Marathon, 5k
  October 10	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, IL	marathon

2009 Alpine Circuit Race Schedule and Results

•  The final 2009 Alpine Circuit Leaderboard can be downloaded here.

2008 Alpine Circuit Race Schedule and Results

2007 Alpine Circuit Race Schedule and Results