Guidelines
Series Registration: For 2010 there is no series registration. All events in the 2010 WORS Trail Run Series are independent events and run solely under the direction of each local organizing committee.
Race Distance: Each WORS Trail Run Series event will have two race
distance options for competitors: Long Course (approximately 10 K, varies by venue) and Short Course (approximately
5 K).
Entry Fees: Will be set by each local organization running a race.
Start Time: 8:30 a.m. for Long Course competitors and 8:35 a.m. for the
Short Course entrants.
Classes & Age Groups: Runners may compete in one of two categories:
Long Course (approx. 10K) or Short Course (approx. 5K). There will be six
classes (five Age Groups and Overall) each for men and women in each class:
Overall (those runners with the top three overall times regardless of age. These racers will be excluded from Age Group placings), 19 & under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 & over for men and women. A competitors age is as of December 31, 2010.
Awards & Scoring: The top three men and women overall and in each age class in both the Long Course and Short Course race will receive a custom WORS Trail Run Series medal additional awards are at the discretion of each individual event.
Awards Presentation: WORS Trail Run Series participants are strongly
encouraged to participate in and receive any and all awards through official
award ceremonies at each event and the end-of-the-season Awards Banquet. The WORS Trail Running awards ceremony is scheduled for 10:30 at each event. If a racer is unable to attend these ceremonies, it is his or her responsibility to make arrangements for receiving their award.
Series Scoring: WORS Trail Running series points will be awarded in Age Group and Overall categories to both the Long Course and Short Course competitors racing with a series number. Points will be awarded using the Trail Running Series Points Scale Outlined below. To receive an Overall score in the series a runner must compete in 3 of the seven series races scheduled for 2010. All events will be counted in the final overall scores.
Trail Running Series Points Scale
| 1st | 100pts | 11th | 60pts | 21st | 30pts |
| 2nd | 93 | 12th | 57 | 22nd | 27 |
| 3rd | 87 | 13th | 54 | 23rd | 24 |
| 4th | 82 | 14th | 51 | 24th | 21 |
| 5th | 78 | 15th | 48 | 25th | 18 |
| 6th | 75 | 16th | 45 | 26th | 15 |
| 7th | 72 | 17th | 42 | 27th | 12 |
| 8th | 69 | 18th | 39 | 28th | 9 |
| 9th | 66 | 19th | 36 | 29th | 6 |
| 10th | 63 | 20th | 30 | 30th | 3 |