Member Race Series

A points competition for members of ABQ Road Runners Club

Race Series Coordinator:
Ian Maddieson

Last updated 3.30.2022

The ARR Member Race Series is a designated set of races in Albuquerque or nearby, for members of ARR to engage with each other in friendly competition. The idea is to encourage participation in different kinds of races. There are six categories: 4 distances for road races plus short and long trail events.

Participants in the series score points according to their finish time compared with the median finisher — the runner whose time divides the field into two equal halves. The median finisher equals 100 points and if you are quicker, you’ll score more than 100, slower times score less. The sum of your best score in each of the categories counts in the year-end total.

Competition is divided by gender and into 10-year age-groups, with your age on July 1, 2022, deciding which age-group you fall into. Two strategies help to get a big overall score -- either be fast in a few events or take part in a lot of different categories of races.

YOU MUST REGISTER to participate!
Any ARR member interested in participating is eligible without any further entry fee, but participants must register their interest with Series Coordinator Ian Maddieson, and provide name, date of birth, and gender. You can sign up for the series at any time, and any qualifying race you have already done will be scored retroactively.

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2022 MEMBER RACE SERIES

After a pandemic-truncated series with few participants in 2021, we are looking at a full-year series in 2022, starting early in March with the King of the Hill in Los Lunas. A difference this year is that, apart from the Run for the Zoo (May 1) and the Duke City Marathon events (Oct 16), multiple events on the same day are not included among the options, e.g. only the 5k in the popular Cherry Garcia races on Aug 1, and only the 10k in the Chunky Monkey races on July 17. The idea is to encourage a little more head-to-head competition among runners in the series. Plus, this restriction makes the life of the series coordinator a little easier.

2022 SERIES SCHEDULE
Dates are subject to change/correction

5K
March 27 Chocolate and Coffee run
May 1 Run for the Zoo 5k (timed run)
June 19 Cherry Garcia 5k
Oct 16 Duke City Marathon 5k
Nov 5 Doggie Dash & Dawdle (with or without dog)

10K
March 13 10k Classic (Dukes Track Club)
May 1 Run for the Zoo 10k
July 17 Chunky Monkey 10k
June 5 Run to Break the Silence 10k
Oct 16 Duke City Marathon 10k

Half-marathon
Apr 9 Albuquerque half-marathon
May 1 Run for the Zoo half-marathon
Sept 11 Chips and Salsa half-marathon
Oct 9 Santa Fe International half-marathon, Santa Fe
Oct 16 Duke City Marathon half-marathon

Marathon
May 7 Shiprock marathon, Shiprock
June 5 Taos marathon, Taos
June 25 Ruidoso marathon, Ruidoso
Sept 25 Sandia Crest marathon
Oct 16 Duke City Marathon

Short trail
Mar 5 King of the Hill 10k (no rucksack), Los Lunas
July 23 Ruidoso Grindstone trail run, 8.5 mi
Aug 6 Cloudcroft Ultras 9.5 mi, Cloudcroft
Oct 2 Sandia Mountain Shadows 10k
Oct 22 Forever Young 6 mi, Placitas

Long trail
Apr 23 Cedro Peak 50k, Tijeras
May 21 Jemez Mountain 50k, Los Alamos
Sept 10 Bull of the Woods Marathon, Taos
Oct 1 Mt Taylor 50k, Grants
Nov 5 Deadman Peaks 53 mile, Cuba

RESULTS - 2021 SERIES

The 2021 series ran from July through November. Eligible races are listed below.

This year, with many disruptions to normal life, the ARR race series ended up with very few participants. Just nine runners signed up, and two of those (including me) did not complete any of the races in the series.

Highest overall scorer was Dina Hammad, who raced in four of the six categories and racked up 564 points with excellent performances. The Nickerson family, Steve, Kelly and Todd, did well too, with scores in 3 categories for totals of 380, 449 and 476 respectively. These are all age/gender group winners, Dina for F 50-59, Steve in M60-69, Kelly in F30-39 and Todd for M30-39 . Chuck Fuller won the M 70-79 group with 223 points, and Dennis Muirhead the M80-89 group with the same score. Gene Kersh scored 287 points to finish behind Steve Nickerson in the M60-69 group.

Congratulations to all and looking ahead to much more participation in next year's series.

Ian

PARTICIPANT	Points	Age Category
Dina Hammad - High Scorer	564	F50-59
Todd Nickerson	476	M30-39
Kellie Nickerson	449	F30-39
Steve Nickerson	380	M60-69 #1
Gene Kersh	287	M60-69 #2
Chuck Fuller	223	M70-79
Dennis Muirhead	223	M80-89

2021 MEMBER RACE SERIES SCHEDULE

5K
July 18 Chunky Monkey 5k (Abq)
Aug 1 Cherry Garcia 5k (Abq)
Aug 15 Lovelace Rio Grande 5k (Abq)
Sept 12 Chips & Salsa 5k (Abq)
Oct 17 Duke City Marathon 5k (Abq)
Nov 6 Albuquerque ½ Marathon 5k (Abq)

10K
July 18 Chunky Monkey 10k (Abq)
Aug 1 Cherry Garcia 10k (Abq)
Sept 12 Chips & Salsa 10k (Abq)
Oct 17 Duke City Marathon 10k (Abq)
Nov 6 Albuquerque ½ Marathon 10k (Abq)

Half-Marathon
Jul 27 Ruidoso Half (Ruidoso)
Aug 15 Lovelace Rio Grande Half (Abq)
Sept 12 Chips & Salsa Half (Abq)
Sept 25 Sandia Crest Half (Abq)
Oct 3 Great Balloon Chase Half (Abq)
Oct 17 Duke City Marathon Half (Abq)
Nov 6 Albuquerque Half (Abq)

Marathon
July 27 Ruidoso Marathon (Ruidoso)
Sept 25 Sandia Crest Marathon (Abq)
Oct 9? Turtle Marathon (Roswell)
Oct 17 Duke City Marathon (Abq)
Nov 7 Mainly Marathons SW Series Marathon (Farmington)

Short trail run
Aug 21 Cloudcroft Ultra 5.75 mi, 9.5 mi (Cloudcroft)
Sept 4 Endurance Santa Fe 13 mi (Santa Fe)
Sept 11 Bull of the Woods 10 mi, Half (Taos)
Sept 11 Ruidoso Grindstone 4.5 mi, 8.5 mi, 13.8 mi (Ruidoso)
Oct 3 Sandia Mountain Shadows 5k, 10k (Abq)
Oct 16 Cedro Peak 10k, Half (Tijeras)
Oct 24 Forever Young 3 mi, 6mi (Placitas)
Nov 6 Deadman Peaks 6mi, 30k (Cuba)
Nov 11 Bosque Bigfoot 8 mi, 16 mi (Abq)
Nov 20 Sierra Vista trail 5k, 10k, Half (Las Cruces)

Long trail run
Aug 21  Cloudcroft Ultra 53k (Cloudcroft)
Sept 4  Endurance Santa Fe 50k, 50 mi
Sept 11  Bull of the Woods marathon (Taos)
Sept 25 Mt Taylor 50k (Grants)
Oct 16 Cedro Peak 50k (Tijeras)
Nov 6 Deadman Peaks 55k, 53 mi, 100 mi (Cuba)
Nov 11  Bosque Bigfoot 8 mi, 16 mi (Abq)