7 Hills vs. HRB Challenge Scoring Set for 8/12 RTW Showdown
As you've read before here, the Houston Running Bloggers will engage the Seven Hills Running Club of Huntsville to a challenge during the August 12th Run The Woodlands 5K.
Seven Hills Running Club president Ken Johnson has agreed to the following proposal that I made to ensure that we recognize speed, participation and a great time!
1.) We will utilize simple cross country scoring for the equal number of runners in both clubs. This means that if HRB shows up with 20 runners and 7HRC shows up with 25, the top 20 from both teams will score and will have a point value assigned from 1 to 40. The fastest runner between both teams will be scored with a 1 and so on until the slowest, who would be assigned a score of 40.
2.) Before the race starts, as we'll know which club has more runners, there will be a number drawn from between 2 and 4 (2, 2.5, 3, 3.5 or 4) at the start of the race and that will be the factor which we multiply against the number of runners that one club has more than the other. If a '3' is drawn and 7HRC has five (5) more runners than HRB, then HRB will have a 15-point penalty assessed to them.
The fewer runners that both teams have -or- if one team has significantly more participants than the other, the difference will have a greater impact.
The club that has fewer runners is already going to be under enough pressure because the other team has "extra chances" in the form of runners to score higher in the top 20 (40). But then to know that they have to then move up an average of a spot or two per person will push everyone to finish as fast as they can and to try to pass up another person.
The factor of at least 2 is so that the slowest runner on the team which has more runners isn't made to feel left out. They know that their participation may be the additional nail on the head of the other club if their fellow club members aren't fast enough that day.
Again, we're emphasizing speed, participation and a great time - plus this is a resulting method that can't be done quickly and easily on-site.
The losers will pay for the winners ice cream - which we'll have on-site that morning!
Seven Hills Running Club president Ken Johnson has agreed to the following proposal that I made to ensure that we recognize speed, participation and a great time!
1.) We will utilize simple cross country scoring for the equal number of runners in both clubs. This means that if HRB shows up with 20 runners and 7HRC shows up with 25, the top 20 from both teams will score and will have a point value assigned from 1 to 40. The fastest runner between both teams will be scored with a 1 and so on until the slowest, who would be assigned a score of 40.
2.) Before the race starts, as we'll know which club has more runners, there will be a number drawn from between 2 and 4 (2, 2.5, 3, 3.5 or 4) at the start of the race and that will be the factor which we multiply against the number of runners that one club has more than the other. If a '3' is drawn and 7HRC has five (5) more runners than HRB, then HRB will have a 15-point penalty assessed to them.
The fewer runners that both teams have -or- if one team has significantly more participants than the other, the difference will have a greater impact.
The club that has fewer runners is already going to be under enough pressure because the other team has "extra chances" in the form of runners to score higher in the top 20 (40). But then to know that they have to then move up an average of a spot or two per person will push everyone to finish as fast as they can and to try to pass up another person.
The factor of at least 2 is so that the slowest runner on the team which has more runners isn't made to feel left out. They know that their participation may be the additional nail on the head of the other club if their fellow club members aren't fast enough that day.
Again, we're emphasizing speed, participation and a great time - plus this is a resulting method that can't be done quickly and easily on-site.
The losers will pay for the winners ice cream - which we'll have on-site that morning!
posted by WalkSports.com | 3:13 PM
2 Comments:
You and Ken are geniouses
I think we just might have to do our TNT & 104TX training at the RTW race on Aug 12th. We can do a little 5K pace work in the middle of a workout and boost the entries a bit. Sounds like a fun day is planned.
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