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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.

Date

 Race

 Location

Length, Results

January 3
S-NO-W Fun Run
Lake Geneva WI
5m
March 15
March Madness
Carey 1/2 marathon
March 29
Shamrock Shuffle
Chicago
8k
April 25
Country Music Marathon
Nashville TN
Full, Half
May 23
Soldier Field 10m
Chicago
10m
May 24
Dash for Diabetes
Barrington
4m
May 25
Elgin Fox Trot
Elgin
5k, 10m
July 4
Race for Young Life
Palatine
5k
July 5
Frontier Days
Arlington Heights
5k, 10k
September 13
Chicago Half Marathon
Chicago
1/2 Marathon
September 20
Alpine Races Lake Zurich
1/2 Marathon, 5k
October 11
Chicago Marathon
Chicago
Marathon
October 25
Sycamore Pumpkin Festival
Sycamore
10k
October 31
Lakefront 50/50
Chicago
5k, 10k

2008 Alpine Circuit Race Schedule and Results

Date

 Race

 Location

Length, Results

 Saturday, January 5

 S-NO-W Fun Run

 Lake Geneva WI

5m

Sunday, March 16

March Madness

 Cary IL

1/2 marathon

 Sunday, March 30

 Shamrock Shuffle

 Chicago IL

8k

Saturday, April 5

Lakefront 50k

Chicago IL

50k

Sunday, May 4

Flying Pig Marathon

Cincinnati OH

Marathon

Saturday, May 24

Soldier Field 10 Mile

Chicago IL

10m

 Sunday, May 25

 Dash to Cure Diabetes

 Barrington IL

 4m

Monday, May 26

 Elgin Fox Trot

 Elgin IL

10m, 5k

Sunday, July 6

Arlington Heights Frontier Days

Arlington Heights IL

10k, 5k

 Sunday, July 13
 Alpine Predictor  Map  4.86m

Sunday, September 7

Alpine Races

Lake Zurich IL

1/2 Marathon, 5k

 Sunday, September 14
 Banco Popular Chicago Half Marathon  Chicago IL  1/2 Marathon

Saturday, September 27

Midtown 5k Run & Walk

Palatine IL

5k

Sunday, October 12

Chicago Marathon

Chicago IL

Marathon

Saturday, November 1

Lakefront 50/50

Chicago IL

50k50m

 

2007 Alpine Circuit Race Schedule and Results

 Date

 Race

 Location

Length, Results

 Saturday, January 5

 S-No-W Fun Run

 Lake Geneva WI

 5m

Sunday, March 18

March Madness

 Cary IL

 1/2 marathon

 Sunday, March 25

 Shamrock Shuffle

 Chicago IL

 8k

 Sunday, May 27

 Dash for Diabetes

 Barrington IL

 10k, 5k

Monday, May 28 

 Elgin Fox Trot

 Elgin IL

10m5k 

Wednesday, July 4

Barrington Run for the Arts

Barrington IL

10k, 5k

Tuesday, July 18

McHenry River Run

McHenry IL

6.8m, 3m

Sunday, August 5

Alpine Predictor

Lawsons

Results

Sunday, August 12

Chicago Distance Classic

Chicago IL

Results

Monday, September 3

Park Forest Scenic 10

Park Forest IL

10m, 5k

Monday, September 3

Runners Edge Half Marathon

Libertyville IL

1/2 marathon

Sunday, September 9

Alpine Races

Lake Zurich IL

1/2 marathon, 5k

Sunday, September 9

Chicago Half Marathon

Chicago IL

1/2 marathon

Sunday, September 16

Condell Distance Classic

Libertyville IL

10k, 5k

Sunday, October 7

Chicago Marathon

Chicago IL

Marathon

    

 

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