Bracknell Forest Runners

HI

I know the topic of the club champs has been talked about before. I believe this was largely to do with whether the concept of the champs is right in determining the best runners in the club. I am not going to go over old ground because personally I think the champs is a great idea and has forced me to run races that I wouldn't normally race in and so has increased my enjoyment of racing massively. For those that enjoy cycling, the Green points jersey in the Tour de France is not always won by the fastest sprinter but the rider that is most consistent over the 3 weeks of the race.

But I was wondering whather there was some tweeking of the scoring that could increase the participation / enjoyment. The first thing I propose is to increase the number of races in the champs. Many people currently struggle to do 4 out of 10 so why don't we add some more races? I would suggest a 5k (don't know which one but it does prove flexibility of a runner), another 5 miler (woodland 5 and Marlow 5) and maybe another half (possibly a hilly one to compliment Wokingham - Henley or Wycombe??).

Then you could also change the scoring to a non-linear system to distinguish better between the faster runners - 35 for 1st, 30 for 2nd, 26 for 3rd, 23 for 4th, 21 for 5th, 20 for 6th and then down in ones from then on. Then maybe you could get extra points (10??) for a PB or extra for running more than 6 races?? - just ideas. I realise that this is more admin but I think it could be easily managed by one willing volunteer (I would be happy).

Anyway - just thought I'd chuck some ideas in the ring. Any thoughts?

Mike