MARS teaM Formation Section
General Information:
Introduction:
- This is the begining of the team race section for MARS. Changes to this section are expected throughout the year.
- Only MARS members are eligible for teaM formation! If you are not a MARS member, you can join MARS, and then become part of the team formation, and please contact us immediately once you have mailed in your form to be assured you can get included on time.
When you login, you have access to the following information:
- You can find out who is on the team and how many people.
- You can post comments related to team formation to other MARS people.
Jerry's Race MARS teaM formation section - Race starts 08/16/2008
Team formation is currently
OPEN for Jerry's Race!
Login into your MARS account to become part of a team for Jerry's Race.
For Jerry's Race, teams will be formed for the Hometown Teams Challenge. The Hometown Teams Challenge of Jerry's race features a 5k
cross country courseroad race.
The approximate plan (subject to change) is as follows: Input from participants will be taken in the first couple of weeks in July. Then team structures will be built based on that input. The last day to join a team will be July 29th!
Details:
- Jerry's Race is a double point event! That means up to 20 points are possible for individuals or teams!
- All people that are part of a team will receive 14 points minimum.
- More points will be awarded for a more competitive a team. One big team can be formed, or smaller teams, or both. Competitiveness will be based on how you match up against ALL teams (not just MARS teams) in the race. However, competition against MARS teams may be treated differently! We might do something related to age/gender graded scoring. The highest scoring MARS team will determine the maximum points any team can get.
- An example of scoring (may be subject to slight modification):
- Team X --20 points. This is not a MARS team, and therefore, the points serve as a place holder only.
- MARS team 1 --18 points
- MARS team 2 --16 points
- Team Q --14 points. This is not a MARS team, and therefore, the points serve as a place holder only.
- MARS team 3 --14 points.
MARS team 1 would receive a minimum of 18 points. MARS team 2 would receive a minimum of 16 points. MARS team 2 would not drop below 14 points. Since MARS team 1 was the first MARS team to finish and scored 18 points, age/gender graded results will use 18 points as the maximum number of points. The average time from the age-gender graded result for each person in the top 5 for their team will be calculated when scoring MARS teams amongst themselves. The team with the lowest age/gender graded average time would receive 18 points for this example.
The table given below may only apply to the top 5 or 10 people (TBD) in each team, and the rest will all receive 14 points.
| # | Team | Place | Min Points. | Age Gender Place | Age Gender time | Age Gender Points | Points Awarded |
| 1 | MARS team 2 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 18:00 | 17 | 18 |
| 3 | MARS team 3 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 17:30 | 18 | 18 |
| 3 | MARS team 3 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 19:00 | 16 | 16 |
Crazylegs Classic MARS teaM formation section - Race starts 04/26/2008
[This is team formation only, and is not a registration method directly associated with Crazylegs]
Currently formation is Closed for Crazylegs. People can join in at any time up until 04/12 8:00PM04/14 12:00PM noon CST.
When you form a team for Crazylegs, in addition to an individual registrant, you get the following:
- A single team plaque for the entire team.
- A commemorative hat.
- When your are part of the MARS team you get 1 point added to your totals, and we will have the team plaque on display at following races.
- An option will be given to be featured on our athlete section of the website. More details will be announced via email.
- Items 1 and 2 are according to what was last noticed by MARS, and no warranty for the accuracy of these items displayed here on this "page" is implied by MARS or the Crazylegs Classic and any parties associated with them. The information provided here is for your reference only, and may not reflect the most current information available.
How to join the MARS teaM: go to your
account login, then login, then select the "Team Formation"->"Crazylegs teaM Formation" options.
Instructions:
- If you have already registered for the Crazylegs Classic by any method (individual or team), we are sorry that you will NOT be able to join the MARS team, but we do appreciate those who let us know they registered for Crazylegs by filling out the form (when you are logged in). Do not contact Crazylegs about backing out of any existing registrations you have with them. Wait for the next team race to occur.
- If you have NOT already registered for Crazylegs, you CAN join the MARS team by following these steps below!
It is important that you do NOT register with Crazylegs until we give the signal. We will give everyone a signal to register well enough in advance (TBA).
- Fill out the form online by logging in and selecting "Team Formation"->"Crazylegs teaM Formation". You may be asked to update your password and security questions before you can view any menues, and if so, follow the instructions to do so, then log back in with your new password and select the team formation options.
- A team captain will be picked.
- Wait until we announce the team captain and signal everyone (see below) to register with Crazylegs. We will let everyone know well before the early registration cutoff time of April 14th for Fun and Fitness teams. In order to make a team, we must have at least 10 people. In the event that we do not get 10 or more people well before the early cutoff time for early registration (04/14/2008), we will notify everyone so they have a chance to still register themselves for early registration as individuals.The team has exceeded the minimum limit of 10 people as of 03/26. More people are welcome.
- Register with Crazylegs after we have given the signal (the signal has been given).
- Packet pickup maywill be at Fleet Feet instead of the Crazylegs areaon 04/25 12:30PM to 6:30PM..
Crazylegs Team Registration Information
Registration Instructions:
Details on Crazylegs site:
- Do not click the "Click to Pay for Team members". The default screen that loads is the correct one, which puts you at step 2. You will see a list of existing members that have already signed up.
- Complete step 2 by filling in your name, gender, DOB, and selecting runner. Additionaly, put in your time from last year's Crazylegs race in the "Estimated Time" slot. If you don't have a previous race time from the 2007 Crazylegs race, put in a sanctioned race time, and your estimated Crazylegs time. If neither of these apply, the fastest time you can put down is 36 minutes in the "Estimated time slot".
- If you are just paying for yourself, hit "save and continue payment". If you have other friends, you can follow this same process for each person and pay for each person individually by hitting "save and continue payment". OR, more quickly you can hit "save and add another team member" until you get to the last friend, where you will then hit "save and continue payment". You will then able to pay for multiple people all at once in Step 3.
- Complete step 3 which asks for billing information.
- You are done.
