The concept :

The system is based around your 10K 'base time'. Your initial 'base time' is your fastest 10K time for Striders in the period 01/09/2006 to 31/03/2008.
If you better your 10K 'base time' it will immediately be adjusted to reflect this new quicker time (your 'base time' can improve from any 10K race, not just Owen Trophy 10Ks).
If you haven't run a 10K for Striders since 01/09/2006 then you won't initially have a base time and so you won't have target times.

Using that 'base time' we apply a standard factor to each race to give you a 'target' time and a 'bonus target' time for each race.  (The 'bonus target' is simply the 'target' multiplied by 0.99 ). These 'target' factors are calculated by looking at previous results for Striders in these particular races and comparing these to their previous 'base times' : in this way the difficulty of the course is factored in to your target times.

If all this seems a bit confusing then check the examples at the bottom of this page.

Points scoring :
As per usual its your best 6 scores out of the 10 races listed below (NB: only your best marathon and half marathon score - you don't score for multiples of these events)

a. 20 points for a completed race

b. 1 point for finishing quicker than your personalised 'target' time

c. 1 point for finishing quicker than your personalised 'bonus target' time

d. 1 point for finishing quicker than your time for the same race last season

e. 1 point for completing a marathon

f.  1 point for bettering your 2006/7 Road Ranking time (10K, 10 miles, half, marathon)

See the fixtures below for target and bonus targets for the races.

Races for 2008 Owen Trophy

1. Sutton 10K - 4th May         Target factor : 1.0197    Bonus target factor : 1.0095

2. Richmond Half - 11th May            2.25          2.2275

3. Hillcrest 8K - 18th May                 0.86625        0.85759

4. Dorking 10 - 1st June                    1.76        1.7424

5. Dysart 10K - 29th June                 1.03        1.0197

6. Elmore 7 / Elmbridge 10K - 19th / 20th July
                  Elmore 7                            1.2          1.188
                  Elmbridge 10K                   1.015      1.00485
If you race both of these you will get the points for the race that you did best at.

7. Wimbledon 5K - 10th August           0.49         0.4851

8. Croydon 10K - TBC October           1.0175     1.0073

9. Any one Marathon - run between 1st December 2007 to 30th November 2008 **       5.0        4.95

10. Any one Half Marathon (not including the Richmond Half) - run between 1st December 2007 to 30th November 2008 **       2.25        2.2275

** NB: for your half and full marathon targets the time is based on your initial 'base time' of the Owen season.

Examples :

runner A's 'base time' is 45.00
'target' time for Sutton is 45.53 (45.00 * 1.0197)
'bonus target' time is 45.26 (45.00 * 1.0095),
For their best half marathon their 'target' time would be  1.41.15 (45.00 * 2.25)
and the 'bonus target' time would be 1.40.14 (45.00 * 2.2275)
 

If runner B's 'base time' is 55.00
'target' time for Sutton is 56.05
'bonus target' time is 55.31,
For their best half marathon their 'target' time would be  2.03.45
and the 'bonus target' time would be 2.02.31

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