- The rankings have been updated after StrawberryFest. The recent MARS registrations around the Dandelion Dash timeframe have now been included.

 - The rankings have been updated after the Dandelion Dash. Those who registered at the Dandelion for MARS will be included in the Rankings later.

 - The Rankings now include the Lake Monona scored by age/gender/graded. Recent mail-in entries may not yet be included.

 - The Rankings now include the Black Earth, Crazylegs Classic, and Lake Monona. Recent mail-in entries may not yet be included.

 - The Rankings have been updated after 50 Furlong. Some recent mail-in entries may not have been included.

 - teaM formation for the Crazylegs Classic has started.

 - The Rankings have been updated after Valentines 5k. All mail-in entries up to the event have been included.

 - As of now, the Rankings (fully) and the Athlete tracking are now back online and ready for 2010.

 - The Rankings have been updated after Freeze for Food. Day of race entries at the NYDD have been included. Recent mail-in entries have not been yet included.

 - The Rankings have been posted for the NYDD excluding any day of race new memberships as of Yesterday. Those who registered the day of race will be factored into the rankings later on.

 - The awards ceremony will be held this year on January 20th 7:30PM. See the Awards section for more details.

 - The Rankings for the 2009 year are now final and will be used for the purposes of awards. The top 12 races are used for analyzing competition against others in your age group. Other awards will be given away.

 - MARS has opened Registration for 2010.

 - The rankings have been updated after the Berbee Derby. The rankings are intended to be complete, but are not yet final. If you suspect something is not correct with the rankings, please contact as ASAP. All registrations for the 2009 year were completed as of 11/27/2009. Registration for the 2010 year will be coming soon.

 - The Rankings have been updated after MATC Turkey Trot. Those who ran both races received 3 points for the 5k instead of 5. All mail-in entries since October 12th have been included.

 - The Rankings have been updated after Fall 15k. Please contact us if you ran the 15k relay and are not shown in the results. All mail-in entries since October 12th have been included.

 - Team formation is up now up for the fall 15k and Berbee Derby. See the teaM section for information or contact us.

 - The Rankings have been updated after Home Run. All mail-in entries since the beginning of this week have been included.

 - The Rankings have been updated after Huffin for Habitat. All mail-in entries since the last week have been included.

 - The Rankings have been updated after Cow Chip Classic. All mail-in entries since the last week have been included.

 - The Rankings are now final for Jerrys Race.

 - The Rankings have been updated after Jerrys Race. The 10k runners will be assigned full points in the near future. All mail-in entries since the Depot to Depot race have been included.

 - The Rankings have been updated after Depot to Depot. All mail-in entries since the Depot to Depot race have been included.

 - The Rankings were updated this morning after the Oregon Fun Run. All mail-in entries since last week have been included. If you were in the kids 1k, please contact us.

 - The Rankings have been updated after the WTC Track Series for the 1600m. Results for the race are posted.

 - The Rankings have been updated after the WTC Track Series. All MARS Mail-in entries since 07/07/2009 have been included.

 - The Rankings have been updated after the StrawberryFest. A significant number of times in the 10k were shifted. Let us know your time if it is not correct. All MARS Mail-in entries since 06/08/2009 have been included.

 - The Rankings have been updated after the Dandelion Dash. All Mail-in entries since 06/08/2009 have been included.

 - Among the races being chosen for inclusion during the evaluation period for the 2009 MARS year, Huffin for Habitat is part of the series for 2009. The 2009 schedule is now final.

 - The rankings have been updated after Lake Monona. All mail-in MARS entries before 05/02 have been included.

 - The Rankings are complete for the Crazylegs Classic. If you were a walker, please contact us. MARS team participants have one point added to their totals.

 - The Rankings have been unofficially posted for Crazylegs Classic. The rankings will be complete as soon as possible, and an announcement will be made when they are complete. All mail-in entries since 04/24/2009 have been included.

 - The Press and Run is no longer part of the series. Additionally, the Press and Run does not have a scheduled date at this time. Plans for finalizing the series calendar and taking the loss of the Press and Run into account are currently under way.

 - The rankings have been updated after Black Earth. All mail-in MARS entries before 04/04 have been included.

 - The Rankings have been updated after the 50 Furlong. The kids race results are in for the NYDD. All kids were awarded 10 points. All mail-in entries since 03/12 have been included.

 - The Rankings have been updated after the Valentine's 5k. All mail-in entries prior to 02/13/2009 have been included. The Valentine's 5k had a very much unexpected number of new entries on race day, and this made an even more amazing turnout this year reaching 430 finishers.

 - The Rankings have been updated again for the Freeze for Food Race to include feedback from participants missing in the results. The results are still not final, and everyone should check the race overall results.

 - The Rankings have been updated after the Freeze for Food Race. Mail-in entries before 01/23/2009 have been included. Notice about the NYDD and Freeze for Food Results: In the Freeze for Food results, there are some unknown runners. Please notify us ASAP if you were a missing runner. In addition, it was not possible to compensate the time for the original three leaders that ran the further route. Those three runners will keep the total time recorded. For the NYDD: please notify us ASAP if you were in the walkers race or the kids race.

 - The Rankings have been updated after the New Years Day Dash. We have not checked mail-in entries yet for this year, so wait until the next race to show up in the rankings if you mailed in your entry. Walkers and kids have not been included. Also, for those who would like a MARS shirt and would like to contribute to MARS or have not yet registered for this year, please go to the Register Section.

 - The 2009 paper registration form is now available. For all registration methods and information about the MARS 2008 shirt, see the Registration Section.

 - We are just now announcing registration for the 2009 Madison Area Running Series! Membership is free (again) for the 2009 year! You can also optionally register by contributing and receiving a MARS 2008 shirt for as little as $20. We are proud to offer a MARS shirt for the first time.

 - There are a limited amount of pictures available from the awards ceremony. For those who did not get a chance to attend the awards ceremony, you might also be interested in the pictures of the trophies. All pictures can be found in your MARS account.

 - The awards ceremony will be held on Friday November 21st 7:15PM at RMT Inc. We are polling participants for their input about contributions towards food. Please contace us if you can contribute.

 - Since the last update to the Rankings yesterday, there have been no changes. The Rankings are now final as of 10/04/2008 1PM CST. A summary of the awards will come later.

 - The rankings now include all people known to be missing in the overall results for the MATC TT. The Rankings will be considered final on 11/04/2008 1PM CST. Any errors must be reported prior to then.

 - The Rankings have been updated after the MATC Turkey Trot. The top competitor for total points this year in the Male 40s age group is possibly missing 10 points for the 5mi, thus all other participants in the 5mi may jump down by one point. All Mail-in entries that arrived prior 12 noon today have been included, and any that might come in later will be disregarded for the 2008 year.

 - The Rankings for the Fall 15k have been posted. The 15k (3x5k) relay will be included in the rankings on a later date. All mail-in entries prior to 10/25/2008 have been included in the rankings.

 - Those MARS participants and other participants seeking to join a 3x5k team for the fall 15k, should login to their MARS account and post a comment. Also, send us an email after you post a comment.

 - The Rankings have been posted for the Home Run. All race day entries have been included, and all mail-in entries since 09/23/2008 have been included in the rankings.

 - The rankings after the Cow Chip Classic have been posted. Any mail-in entries prior to 07/28 have been included.

 - The rankings for Depot to Depot and Jerrys race are posted. Overall results are now posted for the Depot to Depot Run.

 - The Rankings have been updated after the Oregon Fun Run. All Mail-in entries up to 07/27 have been included in the rankings.

The drop list was enforced in this rankings compilation. Those who did not renew their membership for 2008 have been dropped.

 - The MARS account section came back online last night after scheduled downtime. All MARS account functions have resumed operation.

 - The rankings have been updated to include the Capitol Mile. Any mail-in entries prior to 07/28 have been included.

 - The MARS Account Section will be down for up to two days starting on 07/30. Please plan accordingly.

 - Printable Entry forms are available for the Depot to Depot and Jerrys Race.

 - The rankings now include the the STS 3k results. Those who participated in the STS 3k week 1 have 5 points added to their totals. All mail-in entries that were on or before 07/11/2008 are now included.

 - Jerrys Race has a Hometown Teams Challenge 5k road (no longer an XC course) race. MARS is helping to form teams for this new series race as of today! Form a team with people you know, and also find and post comments to other teammates that are part of the series.

 - MARS will be helping to form teams for the Home Teams Challenge to occur at Jerry's Race on 08/16. More information will be available in the near future in the team section.

 - The rankings after the Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation Badger State Games today have been posted. All mail-in entries since 06/25 are in the rankings.

 - The rankings have been recompiled after the Strawberry Fest races. Those who submitted their entry forms by mail or at Fleet Feet on or before 06/25/2008 have been included in the rankings.

 - Today the athlete profile section has a link to every profile that has been submitted. Future profile links will show up immediately after submission of information. Login into your MARS account to submit your information.

 - The Crazylegs MARS teaM plaque is here. See the plaque in the athletes section.

 - The WTC STS 3k has been rescheduled to July 10th. The first STS was still held today (06/12) and 8 MARS participants showed up to receive participation points that will be added to the July 10th race.

 - Please check the most up-to-date info related to weather safety at the WTC STS page concerning the WTC STS 3k! Information is expected to update at 4:30PM and possibly later.

 - The second featuring of the year is the people on the MARS teaM. The MARS teaM participants were a group of people who participated as the first team in the entire history of the series. Find them in the athlete's section.

 - The rankings have been updated after the Press and Run and results for the Press and Run have been posted.

 - MARS is gathering information from its athletes to help others find out more about one another. Those MARS members which have acquired the proper status can submit their information by logging into their MARS account.

 - The rankings include results after the Lake Monona 20k. Those who signed up at the LM20k and those who sent mail-in entries prior to 04/25 are in the results.

 - The rankings have been changed to the current rules, which gives most underrepresented individuals more points. Also, those on the Crazylegs MARS TEAM now have one point added to their totals. The past rankings (as of 04/30/2008) and the changes for each person for each race are highlighted in files available in your MARS account.

 - The rules for 2008 have been posted. They are very similar to the previous year's rules. One of the major changes includes a change to the point system that will become effective on 05/01/2008 12:00 24Hr for all future and prior 2008 races. This change in the point system allows for better recognition of more participants. Further explanations to changes in the rules were provided via email. Other changes to the rules occurred that were minor.

 - Those participants who were part of the MARS teaM will have one point added to their totals in a few days. We will announce this addition when it happens.

 - The Rankings now include results for all 8k runners and those new runners whose entry forms which arrived before April 25th. Any walkers who participated in the race should contact us. The rankings point scoring will change in the very near future to recognize more participants.

 - The athlete section of the website has been just recently released today. A long time member, Erik Hendrickson is featured in this section. Rules and more activity will come later in the athlete section.

 - The Freeze for Food 2008 pictures are posted! Pictures of almost all finishers in the 10k plus more are available. Log into your MARS account to retrieve your pictures.

 - The picture viewer system had been updated again for ease of use and has more functions.

 - The rankings have been updated to include the Black Earth race and any mail-in entries that occurred since March 31st.

 - The pictures section in the participants' account section has been changed. The new viewer is more user friendly.

 - For those who have signed up for the MARS team already, they can proceed by following the recently added instructions at the bottom of the Team Page for Crazylegs registration.

 - Yesterday, the number of people on the MARS teaM exceeded the minimum requirement of 10 for a Crazylegs team. Once we signal people to register, others will still be allowed to join up until 04/12.

 - On March 20th at 7:10PM, the MARS teaM formation section opened. MARS is helping to form teams for races in the series. The first one is the Crazylegs Classic. To join the MARS teaM for Crazylegs, go to your account login.

 - After four weeks of delay the Valentines 5k, which turned into the V-lated 5k, occured on March 8th. The Rankings after the V-lated 5k have been posted. Running Club @UW-Madison members please contact us if you wanted to join but didn't get a chance on race day. Those who indicated "yes" to the series on FFF race forms have been included if you were a prior participant and weren't already signed up for this year.

 - The rankings have been updated after the 50 Furlong race. Walkers and kids from the first event (NYDD) are now included. Those people who sent in mail-in registration prior to 02/20 are now included in the rankings.

 - The Valentines 5k has found new name for this year, UW V-lated 5k, and a new date. This new date is March 8th. The race will be run the same as the Valentines 5k in previous years. Those people who already sent in their registration weeks ago will still be registered for March 8th. The name change is temporary for this year only as a result of a significant date change.

 - It seems at the moment that it will be difficult for the vday race to revive. We will notify everyone if there are any changes.

 - The Valentines 5k is still in the process of rescheduling. Valentines directors and MARS is working to bring the event back another day. We are looking for volunteers. Please contact us if you can help. If no conflicts occur, the race will most likely be held on Feb 16th or Feb 23rd. A confirmed date is not available at this time. Please check back for updated information.

 - The Vday race will not occur on Saturday. The race has been canceled as a result of weather-related safety concerns by UW campus officials. There is no information about rescheduling at this time. Please check your email or back here for updates.

 - The MARS login section of the site was temporarily unaccepting logins from the evening of 01/29/2008 to the morning of 02/01/2008. There wasn't any notification to users that the section of site was inoperable with the exception of maintenance occuring on the night of 01/31/2008. Full operation resumed at 7:45AM 02/01/2008.

 - The rankings previously only allowed selection by a specific age group, gender, and year. Now the Rankings have all selection options since this addition of wildcard selections. One exception is the ordering of results by top races, which is still unavailable.

 - The news and events sections now contain interactive data containers that expand the contents per the users request.

 - The rankings for the Freeze for Food Run have been posted. If you indicated "yes" on the Freeze for Food entry form to Madison Series, you may not be in the rankings, but will be in at a later time. Those who filled out a MARS form at the race are in the rankings. Some entries for the prior race (NYDD) were not entered into our system until now, and those participants should now be in the rankings except for the kids 1 mile and walkers.

 - The Valentines 5k event information has changed. The registration form for 2008 is available and there is an earlier registration time.

 - Almost all miscellaneous updates for the 2008 first quarter have been completed. This included significant changes to the About page, and the Registration page. Changes were also made on a number of other pages, but they were relatively small.

 - The account login process for first time users has been simplified. Just follow the onscreen instructions (one sentence) to fill out the simple form, and that is it.

 - The Dandelion Dash has been removed from the list as of today. The number of events in the series now drops to 19. The Dandelion Dash was an event in the series since the begining.

 - The pending race of the three new races announced for this year is the Crazylegs Classic. The Crazylegs Classic has joined MARS along with the WSDC Badger State Games and Jerrys Race all as new races this year.

 - The rankings for the NYDD 5 mile race are shown. The 2 mile walk and the kids 1mile are not included in the rankings at this time.

 - Jerry's Race, the WSDC Badger State Games, and one pending race on 04/26 have joined the series for 2008. The pending race will be announced during the first week of January.

 - If you are a prospective competitor for the series seeking to join, fill out our printable registration form. You can mail the form or submit it at any series race, including the New Year's Day Dash --instructions. All prior competitors are encouraged to register online.

 - The NYDD is starting this year with early registration ending on 12/14. Get your registration in early to take advantage of early offerings.

 - The first MARS account advantage is available. Login to view and retrieve your pictures that were taken at the awards ceremony.

 - Prior participants can now log into their MARS accounts and register for 2008. New participants and those who desire to register by paper will be able to access the 2008 forms in about a week.

 - The rankings page now has all results for all years in the same format for the new style rankings and the classic style.

 - The awards ceremony details were announced on 11/19. Find out what is being given away at 7:15pm 11/28 at the awards ceremony.

 - Information for Berbee Derby has been posted. The Berbee Derby is a non-MARS race, but remains as one of the few events left for the year to enjoy since the completion of the 2007 series. The Jingle Bell Run is also another event that comes later this year.

 - The rankings page is undergoing changes. The page now offers sorted rankings by total points for a selectable age and gender for the 2007 year. The results are now also in a printer friendly format. The classic rankings will be available for at least a few more months. Prior year classic rankings from 2004 to 2006 will be unavailable temporarily.

 - The rankings have been updated for the last time this year. Check your progress for this year.

 - The race maps, results, and all other info is now printer friendly and downloadable. This completes the user friendliness and feature updates to the events page.

 - The race timeline on the events page is now printable.

 - Race overall results have been posted for Freeze for Food, Black Earth, Dandelion Dash, Oregon Fun Run, and Depot to Depot. You can find these results at the events page.

 - In the most recent posting, we gave full points regardless of when people signed up during the year. Participants (those who were not participants in 2006) are only allowed full points after they sign up, and participation points before signing up. We have recently updated the results to be consistent with our rules.

 - The rankings have been posted for the entire year. Those who didn't sign up for 2007 have been dropped. The point totals have that last two races included. We encourage people to check the accuracy of the results and contact us if there are any errors.

 - Some slight reorganization and updates to content appropriateness was performed.

 - The 2007 awards ceremony details will be announced early November 2007.

 - The news section now includes information about those participants that were granted awards and other awards info. The awards page now shows only the essential information.

 - Registration forms for 2006 competitors desiring full points will be accepted at the Fall 15k (10/28), via mail post marked on or before 10/27/2007, and registration online that occurs before 11:59PM 10/27/2007. Registrations for competitors that occur after that time and on or before 11/03 will credit new and old members for participation points only. Forms will also be accepted at the MATC TT race.

 - The rankings after the Home Run have been posted.

 - Our previously registered competitors that did not sign up this year will be dropped after 10/27/2007. You can register online or fill out our printable registration form. Please contact us if you don't know your login.

 - MARS online registration will be available at noon on Friday 10/12 to previously registered participants. New participants must fill out a form and mail it in or bring it with them to a race.

 - News is now displayed with a different structure. The home page has the most recent news briefs as usual. The news page has all news excluding all news prior to 2007. All briefs and articles now have a title and time stamp.

 - New event information has been posted. The MATC Turkey Trot is November 3rd.

 - Performed small miscellaneous updates throughout the website. There is a bit more consistency in the website appearance on each page.

 - The rules now state that a race must be at least 1500m to be considered a MARS event. Receiving participation points for more than one event for the MARS race day is allowed at any MARS race.

 - The rankings for the Oregon Fun Run and Cow Chip Classic are up.

 - Changed the overall appearance to have a consistent artistic theme throughout. Changed the webpage structure for the Events, Home, and Rankings pages.

 - Race results for the DD dash, Strawberry, WTC 3k, Captiol Mile and the Depot Run are up. The Oregon Fun run results will be posted later.

 - Race results for the Lake Monona 20k and the Press and Run are up.

 - Updated race date for the Depot to Depot run to August 11th.

 - Updated race dates for the WTC 3k, the Oregon Fun Run, and the Fall 15k.

 - Race dates have been updated and the new Press and Run race has been added to the series.

 - Results for all races to date have been posted.

 - The Freeze for Food information has been updated and the unknown race information is listed as TBD.