Start Date: 9/14/2020
End Date: 10/18/2020
Duration: 5 weeks
Description:
This fall, GLRR will be holding a virtual relay race! Participants will be on teams of five. Each week, each team must complete five relay legs, totaling 26.2 miles.
Leg distances are 3.1 miles, 3.1 miles, 5 miles, 5 miles, and 10 miles
- Races can be run any time Monday – Sunday of any given week.
- Runs must be continuous, i.e., timing continues even if runner stops to rest, walks, etc.
- Times must be submitted by 8 pm Sunday with name, team name, date of run, distance, and time.
- Organizer will calculate and publish weekly results and track “standings” as we move along.
Team Competition
- Competition is held in the following categories: Open division – men, women, and co-ed. To qualify as a co-ed team, the team must have at least two female participants, two participants under the age of 11, or some combination thereof. (For example, a team of 3 adult men, 1 adult woman, and one 10-year-old boy would qualify as a co-ed team). An all-women’s team may opt to compete in the co-ed division. Due to the limited pool of participants, it is highly recommended that teams be co-ed.
- Points are awarded to all scoring teams in all divisions, men, women, and co-ed. The first-place team in each division will receive points equal to the number of scoring teams in that division, with a minimum of five points. The following team will receive one point less, and so on down to one point.
- Team scoring is by total time of the required number of runners in a division, low total time wins.
- A team must have a minimum of three and a maximum of five runners to score. If a team has fewer than five participants in a given week, the team may find an alternate runner and/or members can run multiple legs. If a participant runs multiple legs, they cannot be the same distance. For example, Runner A could run both the 5k and 10-mile legs, but not both 5k legs.
- The distance of 26.2 miles must be completed by the team each week to score, in the legs specified above.
- Times must be submitted by 8pm Sunday to be valid.
Individual Competition
- a) Individual competition is scored for both men and women in the overall, 39-and-under, and 40- and over divisions.
- b) Points are awarded to the top ten finishers for each leg (3.1 miles, 5 miles, 10 miles). The winner will receive ten points, and the next finishers are awarded nine, eight, seven, six, etc., points, respectively, down to one point.
- c) In the event that there is a tie for first place in the overall, or an age division, the tie will be broken by comparing head-to-head competition.
- d) Runners score in the individual age groups based on age on September 6, 2020.
- e) Points for each runner accumulate, regardless of which distance(s) the participant run.
- f) A runner can earn points for one leg each week. If a participant runs multiple legs in a week, the leg with highest number of points earned will be the one used toward individual scoring.
Registration
Participants can register individually or as a team of five. Teams are a request—the organizers may move people around to make sure every team is filled. Individual registrants will be assigned teams. Each team selects a team captain and team name.
You can see the full details and rules here.
To compete in the Boston to Baystate Virtual Marathon Relay, please complete the form below