Yes, you are reading it right. There will be an annual ranking of PAU members starting this year. Although I got this idea from one of the Ultra Running Groups in Southern California, I deemed it necessary to apply this “ranking system” to the members of the PAU for whatever purpose the Sports Federation will decide later this year. I hope that the members will be happy to know about this development as they would be able to compare themselves with their co-ultrarunners and will serve as their source of motivation to improve some more and excel in ultrarunning.
The first race to be considered as part of the PAU’s ranking of members is the result of the 2010 BDM 102K Ultramarathon Race. The formula goes like this: Winner’s Finish Time Divided by the Individual’s Finish Time X 102. The higher your points is, the higher your rank is. So, Alvin Canada earns the highest total points of 102 because he is the Champion. Let us compute Jonel Mendoza’s points for the 2010 BDM 102 as he had a Finish Time of 14:47:25 hours. Since Alvin Canada’s Finish Time is 10:01:05 Hours, it is now divided by Jonel’s Time X 102, and the result is 69.08 points. All the Finishers of the 2010 BDM 102 will be ranked according to points based on the said formula.
The second race to be considered for PAU’s ranking will be the 1st PAU 50K Run at Tanay, Rizal on May 9, 2010. The third race will be the 2nd PAU 65K Run from Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte to Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte on August 29, 2010. The fourth race will be the 3rd PAU 50K Run sometime on November 2010 from People’s Park, Tagaytay City to Nasugbo, Batangas.
And the 5th Race will be a 24-Hour Endurance Race in an Oval Track for the Top 30 Ranking PAU Members (taken from the 2010 BDM 102 + 1st PAU 50K Run + 2nd PAU 65K Run results) which will be held before the 3rd PAU 50K Run. In order to find out the ranking/points in the 24-Hour Race, the formula is, Runner’s Number of Kilometers Completed divided by Winner’s Kilometers Completed X 100.
A member of the PAU is considered to be in the ranking if he/she can finish at least four (4) PAU races before the end of the year.
I hope this ranking system will motivate you more to train for the ultras! Good luck!
Bald Runner 
very busy PAU schedule.no off season.and there is the 151 in march 2011.
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Sir BR,
This looks good. parang handicapping system ng US Golf Assn for golfers…this way, alam na natin kung sino ang KA-PUSTAHAN. Jonel, bigyan mo ko “PLUS 2 HOURS” sa 50K run ha..kahit wala pa ako ranking….ang pusta natin, Ice water sa finish line…
Seriously, i think this is best… wala na yung “newbie” or “4 months palang akong tumatakbo”…we can lie all we want, but the NUMBERS WON’T..
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Great idea Sir Jovie, all the more reasons to join the upcoming PAU runs 🙂 Hala abagal BDM ko hahaha I need a speedy 50k 😛
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Ang daming Math! Anyway, anything to improve ultrarunning in the Philippines!
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The ranking is great for type A personalities and bragging rights. It may intimidate a few. But majority of the distance runners would prefer to belong to the ‘finisher’ group.
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Sir Jovie,
when you mean “in a year” is that from Jan 1 2010 to December 31 2010 or is it from the date that the rankings are in place? Will there be more PAU races in 2010? (other than the 4 that’s scheduled). Does that mean that if you missed the BDM you can’t be ranked for 2010?
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