Fast Track Performance
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2012 Dick Pond Fast Track Race Circuit
Below is information regarding Team Race requirement and on how to win Team performance awards.
7 race count requirement
All races on the Team race calendar shaded in green and orange will count towards your 7 race minimum. Team Pacer Races (shown in brown) also count towards the 7 race minimim. In addition, any and every USATF Certified marathon counts towards your race count, as long as you add the race to your Personal Race Calendar (a feature on the Race Calendar page of this website) and post your race results afterwards.
If you do not see your marathon listed on the marathon tab/page, you may add it yourself by clicking "Post a New Race" button on the right hand side of the Race Calendar. If you need assistance adding a race, please contact Jonathan Cain.
In order for Team, Pacer, and marathon races to count, you must wear the Team Singlet during the race.
Team Performance Awards
Awards will be distributed at the end of the racing season, and like in 2011, will be in the form of gift cards to Dick Pond Athletics. Awards will go to the top 10 in each of 3 categories to those who have met the 7 race minimum: Male, Female, and Age-Graded. You can only win in one category, so if you happen to place in the top 10 in more than one, then your highest will count. Races eligible for awards are listed with a $ and shaded in green. Scoring for each race will match the CARA Runners Choice Circuit calculations where the top 15 in each category will be awarded points. To get more details on how each race will be scored, visit www.CARAruns.org under the Racing section, for a detailed description.
Scoring will be done for DPFT members only. The season started on January 1st, 2012. If you become a member mid-season, only those races ran after you become a member will count.
Marathon composite: Your best time for all marathons you've done during 2012 will be used towards award prize money calculation.
If you have any questions regarding the 2012 Dick Pond Fast Track Race Circuit, please contact Grace Wasielewski.
Saturday Team Run on Saturday, May 19th |
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 Pace Post
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Come run with the team at our regularly scheduled Busse Woods Saturday Run. All paces are welcome and you may choose to do one (7.7 miles) or two loops (15.4 miles). |
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Barrington Hills Group Run on Saturday, May 19th |
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| Come join us for 8 to 20 mile long run along hilly roads and past large estates. This is a great area to train for long hilly races like Boston. | ||||||||||||||
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Sunday Team Run on Sunday, May 20th |
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Come run with the team at our now regularly scheduled Busse Woods Sunday Run. All paces are welcome and you may choose to do one (7.7 miles) or two loops (15.4 miles). |
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Dick Pond Fun Run on Monday, May 21st |
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| 4.0 mile Route | |
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| 8 mile | |
| 6:00 |
Location: | Dick Pond Athletics' Schaumburg store |
Map & Directions: | Google Maps |
Route Maps: | 4.0 mile Route Map 7½ mile Route Map 8 mile Route Map |
Time: | 6:00 PM |
Join us for our Fun Run every Monday at 6:00pm at the Schaumburg Store. There are several groups that run variance distances including 4, 5, and 7 miles.
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| The Dick Pond Fun Run is on Monday the 21st of May 2012 at 6:00 PM. There are 2 days, 22 hours until then! | |
Wednesday Night Track Workouts
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Welcome to the DPFTRT Wednesday Night Track Wokouts. In conjunction with our weekend long runs, these workouts aim to turn the casual runner into the competetive racer, and the competetive racer into a winner. Participants tend to run long repetitions, fast but not too fast, with a tightly-controlled rest or interval period. The key to success in these workouts over the long term is to run them at a controlled pace, and not to race against yourself or other runners. Consistency, not spikes and burn-outs, is the key to success. Track Workout Pace Groups |
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From mid-March to early-November, we meet at the Harper College outdoor track for interval training. During winter, we meet at Dick Pond Athletics Schaumburg store for hill workouts. Whether you are training for your first 5K or your 40th marathon, all runners are welcome to come train with us.
Please note that DPFTRT does not always have first dibs on the track and from time to time it is closed with little or no notice.
Fast Track's Extracts
- Pace Calculator.xls
- 2012 Individual Circuit Race Results PalosHalf.xls
- Dick Pond Fast Track Team Race Calendar 2012 Jan21.doc
Twitter Feed
Introducing the Fast Track Racing Team Twitter feed! This feed will be used for short announcements regarding workouts, races, and get-togethers. All information posted on this Twitter will be available on the team website, but will now be in convenient Twitter form. If you wish to receive text messages from this Twitter feed, follow the instructions below.
How to get text messages from the Fast Track Twitter:
- Go to http://twitter.com and sign up for an account
- Using your phone, text message the word "START" to 40404
- Follow the instructions that are text messaged back to you (first send your Twitter username, then your password, then the word "OK")
- Head to http://twitter.com/FTRacingTeam and click the "Follow" button
- When you see the green check mark and "Following," click the little phone button immediately to the right
- You will now receive text message announcements from Fast Track!
NOTE: By default, you will NOT receive text messages from everyone you follow on Twitter. If you do NOT want to receive text messages, skip step 5 above when following a Twitter feed.