Welcome!

Race directors, Dale and Teresa Landefeld, thank you for your participation in last year’s event and hope to return next year.

The Runner's Connection is giving away a free pair of shoes to one lucky "Iron Man" and "Iron Woman." If you have 20 or more participation points in the Grand Prix Series, you receive a chance to win!

Finally, you will have the chance to vote this year for your three favorite races. Stay tuned for more details about this fun new addition.

See you at the finish line!

The Health Plan, Ohio Valley Runners’ and Walkers’ Club and CentreTown Fitness are teaming up again in an effort to promote healthy lifestyles throughout the Ohio Valley with the annual “Taking Strides Towards Better Health” Grand Prix Run/Walk Race Series.

Once you have verified your information for the series, DO NOT forget to select which events you are participating in so we can verify your participation and competition points. You will still need to fill out whatever forms the event itself requires, but as event registration forms become available we will link them to our site.

Runners and walkers will accumulate participation points for every 5K they complete in the participation category. Once an entrant accumulates 10 points within their category, they are automatically eligible to attend and receive awards at the annual “Taking Strides Towards Better Health” Grand Prix Race Series banquet.

Competition Points will also be awarded at the majority of the Grand Prix events to the top 10 finishers based on Grand Prix age categories. Events that are Participation Points only are marked on the schedule with an asterisk. This year, we will be utilizing a participant’s best 10 Competition Points for age category awards at the end of the series.

CentreTown Fitness will once again be awarding a full year individual membership to the top male and female in both the running and walking categories based on their total competition points.

You can find a complete set of rules and points system on this website. You can also find the race series calendar and important news updates.

We look forward to seeing you at one of the many races in the series and we hope to help you “stride towards your better health” in 2013.

You can verify that you have selected your event by clicking the “Calendar” button after you log in. Click the blue “Add” button for the events you want verified. Races that you have selected for verification will have a red “Remove” button next to them. After selecting the events, the results are manually verified and updated in 24 hours.

Keep in mind that you will still need to select events for verification even if competition points are not awarded for a particular race. Your participation points will still need counted.

When accessing the site through an iPhone (1.1.3 or later):
Tap the "share" icon", Tap "Add to Home Screen", Edit WebClip/Bookmark name and tap "Add".

Droid users:
Navigate to website; tap bookmark icon in top right corner of browser; tap "Add" in top left corner on bookmarks page; Edit the bookmark name and tap "ok"; Go to any home screen location; Push and hold for one second. The phone will ask you what to add to the home screen; Choose "Shortcuts"; Choose "Bookmarks"; Tap Grand Prix bookmark.

Also, watch for QR Codes on posters and other marketing material to access our site when you are out and about. If scanning a QR Code, you will need to install a QR Reading app on your mobile device.

The “Taking Strides Towards Better Health” Grand Prix Race Series provides extra incentive for all ages and abilities to run or walk in a community race. By registering for the series, we seek to encourage and recognize participation and performance in local racing through a points system.

Runners and walkers will accumulate points for every 5K they complete in the participation category. Once they accumulate 10 points, they are automatically eligible for the 1st Annual “Taking Strides Towards Better Health” Grand Prix Race Series banquet.

Points will also be awarded for top 10 finishers at each event based on the age category you are entered into for the Grand Prix Series. At the end of the race series, awards will be given to the top three finishers overall in their age divisions at the banquet.

You can find a complete set of rules and points system by clicking the "Rules" button on the left hand side of the page.

View the entire "Race Schedule" for Grand Prix Series by clicking on the left hand side of the page. Once you have registered for the series, you will need to select which events you are participating in so we can verify your participation and competition points. You will still need to fill out whatever forms the event itself requires, but as event registration forms become available we will link them to our site.

We look forward to seeing you at one of the many races in the series and we hope to help you “stride towards your better health”.

Click on the “Registration” button.

Fill out your information, click “Submit”.

Once you are registered, you can login to view your Points Earned, your Upcoming Events, Events you have completed, your Category and Edit your Account Information.

Click on “Select Events”.

Listed are upcoming events for this year’s Grand Prix Race Series. Select the Events (Add Events) that you are participating in. You can sort to see “All Events” or “My Events” with the buttons at the top of the screen.

After a race is completed, the event name will no longer appear in the Upcoming Events window, you can view your event in the “Events Completed” window.

Clicking on an Event Name will open another window with additional information on the event, such as description and location of the event, website of the event, registration form, and contact information for that event. Event Details will also show you how many Participation Points the event is worth and what Tier Category the event is in.

After a race, you can view your points earned by clicking the “Points Earned” button. It will display your overall Participation points and Tier Category points.

After an event, click on the “Events Completed” button to view the race information and points earned information for that particular event.

The “Category” button displays the Category Type you are registered in and your age division.

At any time, you can update account information with the “Edit Account Info” button. When changing your password, an email will be sent to you to verify that a change has occurred. You have 48 hours to respond to the change or your account will revert back to your old password.