RACE RESULTS

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Race 1: Timberline, Jan. 13, 2008.
            Raw times: PDF file / Word DOC

            Complete : PDF file / Word DOC

Race 2: Meadows,  Jan. 27, 2008.
            Raw times: PDF file / Word DOC

            Complete : PDF file / Word DOC

Race 3: Ski Bowl, Feb. 17, 2008.
            Raw times: PDF file / Word DOC

            Complete : PDF file / Word DOC

Race 4: Meadows, March 9, 2008.
            Raw times: PDF file / Word DOC

            Complete : PDF file / Word DOC

Race 5: Timberline, March 23, 2008.

            Raw times: PDF file / Word DOC

            Complete : PDF file / Word DOC

Final results were revealed at the "Rat Attack" party, Friday, April 11.

Meadows race.   More on our Recent Photos page.

Drunken Losers team
(sharing 1st place with Ruttin' Rats)

LATEST UPDATES

RACE HANDICAP CHARTS:

Roman Chamine has found a way of converting our race results into useful charts, showing how our individual handicaps fluctuate over time, from race to race. Remember: LOWER handicaps are better. The ideal curve would go diagonally down from top left to bottom right, as we get better.. Contact Roman at: Airs98@yahoo.com. Click here for a team chart:

In 2007/2008, we have a total of 130 PACRAT racers just from our own club. That means over half of all the racers in the PACRAT league are our club members.  It also means that over half of all our members participate in racing. Wow!

In 2007 the 1st placed team was  Rattitudes, one of our very own Mt. High teams, led by Chris Wiley:

In 2008, the highest placed Mountain High team was Rocket Dawgs (in 3rd place), with Mike Weber as the team captain:

More photos are posted on the Recent Photos page. Also, see more info about our racing on the Racing page.

Race-related questions:

Contact our Racing Director, Bruce Ellison at yuffiet@comcast.net.

EXPLANATION OF TERMS

POINTS: Everyone earns one point just for successfully running the course at least once. You earn 10 points for a first place in your category. 9 points for second place. 8 points for third place. This scale is modified if there are very few people in your category.  For example, if there are only 3 people in your category, the first place would receive 10 points, the second place 5 points, and the third place 1 point.

BONUS POINTS:  You get an additional 3 bonus points every time you improve on your own best previous result, that is when you improve your best previous handicap.

CATEGORIES:  There are 7 categories for men, and 7 for women.  The result of your first race determines which category you will be in.  After that, when you improve to the point that your result lands in a higher category, you will immediately be moved up into the higher category (for the following race).  But it takes 2 below par results before you would be moved back down into a lower category.

UP-STRIKE:  A letter "U" next to your name indicates that you have exceeded the results typical for your own category. Receiving even a single up-strike means you will be moved up to the next category.

DOWN-STRIKE: A letter "D" next to your name indicates a down-strike.  Your result fell short of what is typical for your category.  If you receive 2 down-strikes (in 2 separate races), you will be moved to a lower category for the following race.

HANDICAP:  This number, usually between 1 and 100, shows how much slower you are than the fastest theoretically possible time on any particular race course. Pace-setters with known handicaps are used to determine the theoretically fastest possible time.  If a pace-setter's handicap is 10, then a time that is 10 percent shorter than his would be the fastest possible time. Everyone else's handicap is then calculated from there. 

If your handicap is 30, it simply means you are 30 percent slower than an Olympic racer would be. Ideally, you should see this number gradually go down as you improve.

DNS:  "Did Not Show" - if you are absent on the day of the race.  No points are earned.

DNF:  "Did Not Finish"  - like if you fall and do not go through all the gates. No points are earned.

NOTE:

The official PACRAT web site is:

www.pacrats.org

You can get to it by clicking on the PACRAT button on our menu.  If you click on the RACING button, you will see info that relates more directly to our own club members, but also includes the latest PACRAT news.