2005 RunBig Chicago Multisport Race Circuit

Circuit Rules

· You must be a RunBig member at the time of the event and on the awards day to participate in the circuit.

· You must report your times to the RunBig Clydesdale scorer, by sending an e-mail to multisport@orik.com. You must include: (1) your race time, and (2) a link to the online race results for confirmation. Times without confirmation will not be scored. Results must be reported no later than two weeks after the date of the last race in the Multisport circuit.

· Scoring for the Multisport Circuit will be done uniformly for all races. Races will have their own Clydesdale competition; these are separate from the RunBig Multisport Circuit and do not affect RunBig scoring.

· You must participate in at least four triathlons or duathlons to be qualify for an award. Your top five races scores will be used. In no cases, however, may a winner have done less events than another competitor in their division.

· In case of a tie at the end of the circuit, the winner will be decided based on head-to-head competition. If the tie remains, the winner will be the one having the smallest percentage difference between their time and the time of the winner in their division for the last race scored in the circuit (regardless of how divisions are set up in that race).

· You must verify your weight division via weigh-in before August 3, 2004. An official weigh-in can be any CARA Clydesdale weigh-in, a weigh-in where RunBig is doing a race, or a weigh-in at a RunBig meeting.

· CARA Clydesdale-type scoring will be used, where the RunBig participant placing first ahead of any other RunBig participants in the same category gets 15 points, the second RunBig gets 14, etc. Note that what other runners place is not considered, so you do not have to place in the race in any way – you simply need an official verified race finish time to report, and we’ll do the rest.

· RunBig Race Circuit weight groups are as follows:

Group	Women	Men
A	135-144 lbs	170-184 lbs
B	145-154 lbs	185-199 lbs
C	155-169 lbs	200-224 lbs
D	170+ lbs	225+ lbs

In addition, there are two age categories for each of the above groups: 39 and under (Open), and 40 or older (Masters), resulting in sixteen Clydesdale categories altogether.

· Additional races may be added to the Multisport Race Circuit during the year. Notification will be made on the RunBig mailing list and on the Web site.