Almost Athletes Road Race Series 2010

The series is open to all Almost Athletes members, and consists of 12 local races of various distances throughout the year. You must do at least 5 races to qualify, and the best 7 results count. See below for full details. Race Series Results

Click link to view Provisional race results after Frampton 10k.

The Races - the list is provisional and may need to be changed - please check back regularly

Races preceded by * have also been provisionally chosen to be part of the Gloucestershire AAA road race series. See http://www.glosaaa.org.uk/GAAA_road_running_page.htm for further details.

Forest of Dean Half Marathon has also been chosen to be part of the Almost Athletes Off-Road Race series. See http://www.almostathletes.org.uk/AAOffRoadSeries10.shtml for further details.

•   Gloucester 10 miles - 10th January - Cancelled .. Replaced by Cranham Boundary Chase
• * Linda Franks 4.2 miles - 24th January
• * Gloucester 20 miles - 7th March
•   Forest of Dean Half Marathon 13.1 miles - 28th March (NB Clocks change)
•   Tewkesbury Half Marathon - 9th May
•   Frampton 10k - Monday 12th July 7:30pm
• * Aerospace 5 miles - Thursday 1st July 7:30pm
• * Bugatti 10km - Provisional 4th August
•   Cranham Boundary Chase - Saturday 7th August
• * Beacon 10km - 5th September
• * Stroud Half Marathon - 24th October
• * Guy Fawkes 5 miles - November
•   Wyvern Christmas Cracker 10km - December

The Rules - this list is also provisional and may need to be changed - please check back regularly

• The Almost Athletes Road Race Series is open to all Almost Athletes members, providing they are registered as a competitive member (see footnote) and have paid all subscriptions and dues. (If you a member of more than one running club, you may be first or second claim to Almost Athletes to qualify, providing you are a competitive member of England Athletics.)
• Any qualifying member running one of the designated races will automatically be added to the results (subject to rules described herein), unless they have specifically requested to be excluded.
• The 7 best results will score.
• A member must run in a minimum of 5 races to qualify for overall ranking.
• Points will be awarded to positions that member’s finish compared to other club members in their class (based on gender amd age group).
• The classes will be Male under 40, Female under 40, Male Vet 40 and over but less than 50, Female Vets 40 and over but less than 50, Male vet 50 and over, female vet 50 and over.
• The age group a member runs in is decided by their age on the 1st January 2010. A member can only run in one age group in a year.
• Points allocation will be: 1st = 12, 2nd = 10, 3rd = 9, 4th = 8, 5th = 7, 6th = 6, 7th = 5, 8th =4, 9th =3, 10th =2, and all other finishers = 1
• It is the responsibility of members to enter the races they wish to compete in.
• They should enter as an Almost Athlete using their own name (so we can find them in the results).
• At its discretion, the committee may still decide to award points if a member fails to register as an Almost Athlete or runs under another name.
• The club recognises that members often have to enter races long before the event and inevitably may not be able to take part on the day. The club cannot condone swapping of numbers when expressly forbidden by the organisers. In addition, please consider the possible embarassment when an entry for a vet group is actually run by a very quick, younger person who 'wins' the vet category! Whenever practicable, the club strongly encourages members to tell the organisers of a race of any swap in advance. (Most races which are fully booked and organised by running clubs are amenable to changes. Unfortunately some commercial organisers are less enlightened.) If the organisers are not informed or the results list is incorrect, both 'donor' and 'receiver' MUST IMMEDIATELY e-mail the club (almostathletes@hotmail.com), to prevent points for either AA or Gloucestershire race series being awarded to the wrong person.
• Any member disqualified by the race officials, will forfeit all points for the race, regardless of reason.
• The committee will decide on awards or recognition. (Further details to be advised.)

Footnote: Every competitive member should receive a plastic 'card' from England Athletics with your EA number. If you have been a first claim, AA competitive member for more than 3 months and not received it, please contact the AA membership secretary, Claire Cook via almostathletes@hotmail.com. You may need your EA number to enter some races at the reduced fee.