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We are very happy to announce The Bicycle Doctor of Dousman Wisconsin as the major sponsor of the 2012 Elver Race Series. They have a large selection of cross country skies and ski related gear. We hope you would visit them in Dousman or go to their web site at http://www.bikedr.com/.


ELVER RACE SERIES 2012

Updates:

Thank you to the 19 brave souls that came out and raced at Elver on Monday the 30th.  Results can be found at left.  The season skiers have been sorted according to their best two races of the season.

I just got a call from the City.  The lights will be turned off on the trails at Elver and the shelter will be locked up.  It is time to start doing the snow dance again!

The High School race scheduled for Tuesday January 31st  has been canceled.


Race Description:
The MadNorSki Tuesday Night Elver Races at Madison's Elver Park will be held on the lighted trails on January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 and February 7, & 14, in 2012. Race distances will be 5K and 10K (more or less) with both skating and classic technique classes each night. Information regarding each race will be posted to the XC email list prior to the race including schedule changes and cancellations. All skiers are welcome. Results will be posted on left side of this page. A typical race course map is available here and Elver park trail distances are available here.

The "Series Competition"

The Elver Race Series will have overall champions declared at the end of the season. There will an award for winners in 8 categories as follows:

10k Men's Freestyle
10k Men's Classic
10k Women's Freestyle
10k Women's Classic
5k Men's Freestyle5k Men's Classic
5k Women's Freestyle5k Women's Classic

To be eligible a skier must sign up for the race series. Skier must declare which category they are competing in. Each skier finishing a race will be ranked in there category according to their finish (serarated by gender, but no age classes). Firsts place will get one point, second place will get two points, third place will get three points and so on. You must have scores from three races to be eligible for an award. The skier's best three race finishes will be used for point totals, and the others ignored. The lowest score wins. If any races need to be canceled the race committee may adjust the number of races needed for pint totals. To be eligible for an award you must sign up for the entire race series.

TEAMS:

NEW FOR 2012: There will be team racing this year as part of the Elver Race Series. There will be two categories of teams, female only and "open". Open can be any combination of males or females (all male is ok). A team may consist of 3-5 skiers. Only the top three skiers from a team will score points for the team on any given night. The racers on any one team DO NOT have to be in the same race (they do have to be skiing on the same night). Scoring for a team will happen in the same manner as individuals. Your finish place in your race (separated by gender, but not age) is your point value. A perfect team score for a night would be three, from 3 different first place race finishes. At the end of the season a team must have scores from all but one race. For example, if all six races are held a team's top 5 scores will be used. If only five races are held a total from 4 races will be used.

Download team registration form here.

There is no extra fee for registering a team, but all the skiers on a team must be entered as season skiers.

Fee Schedule:

                                                  Per Race                   Entire Season

Youth (18 and younger)                   $2                             $10

Mad-nor-ski member                        $8                            $40

Non Member                                   $10                           $50