BGR Grand Prix Series
BGR Grand Prix Series
Club members can compete for prizes and get a members-only registration discount on some races (including $5 off your Thoroughbred Classic registration). Join the club today to start participating. Entrants must be BGR members.
All participants will be entered into prize drawings at our annual awards meeting in March! The more points you log, the better your chances of winning. The grand prize is a $100 gift card to John's Run/Walk Shop!
Fill out this form after running or volunteering for a Grand Prix race to make sure your points count.
All participants will be entered into prize drawings at the March annual awards presentation the following year and must be present to win. The more points you log, the better your chances of winning one of our great prizes. Fill out this form after running or volunteering for a Grand Prix race to make sure your points count. You will be included by the Grand Prix team once you submit your form--that's all you need to do! Well, I mean, you need to run or volunteer or whatever, but you won't need to do any bookkeeping.
2024 Grand Prix Series Events:
The Grand Prix is an individual running competition for the calendar year, comprising a series of 12 selected races plus 3 wild card entries which can be used for any race you run, with a goal to scoring the most points, based off of chip times and age group finishes. Bonus points will be added for races farther from Fayette County and added to your Grand Prix points.
Cost to participate in the Grand Prix is free. The participant pays their own race entry fees.
2024 Grand Prix races:
Lucky Leprechaun 5K/10 Mile/Half Marathon
Flying Pig Marathon/Half Marathon/5K/10K/Mile
Shepherd's House Run for Recovery
Summer Sizzler Lexington 1 Mile/5K/10K/15K (replacement for Bluegrass Reaper Challenge, which has been canceled)
Iron Horse Half Marathon and 12K
Kentucky History Half Marathon/10K/5K
The Grand Prix is an individual running competition comprising a series of 12 selected races plus 3 “Wild Card” races throughout the year, with a goal to scoring the most points, based off of your chip times. You get to pick your favorite “Wild Card” races! Cost to participate in the Grand Prix is FREE. The participant pays their own race entry fees. Participants are solely responsible to submit race result to the Grand Prix/BGR website.
- Virtual races- will count in the Grand Prix, but only 3 virtual events can be used among your top 10 performances. BGR-sponsored events outside the state of Kentucky WILL count toward Grand Prix scoring.
- Divisions: Runners compete within age and gender divisions. 5-year age divisions. Your age division for GP competition is determined by your age on January 1st, 2024.
- Top 10 Events: You can run as many events as you like, but only your top 10 event scores will be counted for your total score. Running more events is helpful in eliminating your lower scores.
- Percentiles: Points are assigned as a percentile of ALL runners in a given race in a given AGE GROUP. You are competing against everyone in your age division in each race, not just people in the Grand Prix of your division. The top finisher in an age division will get 100 points. Points are distributed in 10-point increments per place in each age division. For example, age group first place 100 points, second place age group 90 points, third place 80 points and so on until reaching 10 points.
- All finishers regardless of your place will get a minimum of 10 points.
- Bonus Points: Bonus points will be calculated and administered by the Grand Prix
Committee. - Retroactive scoring: Races can be scored retroactively since points are fixed on all race participants. Joining the Grand Prix is merely claiming the points you’ve already scored by running the events. For example, if you run an April race, and join Bluegrass Runners later, like July, or opt-in for the Grand Prix in July, your points from your April race will immediately appear in the standings, if submitted to the site.
Other Scoring Possibilities:
1. Race Officials/Meet Director -50 points per event
2. Race Volunteers - 25 points per event
3. Group Run Leaders - 10 points per event
4. Other BGR-sponsored events support -10 points per event
Participants must finish at least 3 events to be recognized.
Members who let their membership lapse before December 1 may be removed from the standings and not be eligible for recognition.
Awards
The top male and female runner over-all of the year will be recognized regardless of the group they are assigned. The top 3 in each age group will be awarded additional chances for prizes at the drawing at the March Awards meeting.
