To recognize the achievements of our member athletes, and encourage participation in local races — each year, Fox River Trail Runners (FRTR) establishes the club Race Circuit. Athletes earn age-graded scores at each circuit race, and every athlete who completes at least 7 races is eligible for awards at the end of the racing season.
2026 Circuit Schedule
Circuit races are selected to represent established, well managed races popular with club members at a variety of distances. We look for races close to the Fox Valley / Western Suburbs area, and try to avoid multiple races in any given weekend.
The circuit includes up to two (2) Ad Hoc Marathons and one (1) Ad Hoc Half Marathon, as selected by you. This allows you to choose any marathon or half marathon you like —Boston, Indianapolis, Flying Pig, Madison, etc.—to be counted towards your circuit total score.
We do our best to identify your finish times in these circuit races, but if we miss any of your race finishes in the 2026 Circuit Results spreadsheet, please self-report your results using this online form.
Circuit Results
Throughout the 2026 racing season, we track member finish times and raceday ages in this Circuit Results spreadsheet. Each finish time earns an age-graded score*, which normalizes performances across distance, gender and age group.
*Age-graded scores calculated by 2025 Road Event Age-grading factors, established by the USATF Masters Long Distance Running Council.
Awards Criteria
All FRTR athletes who complete 7 or more circuit races in 2026 will be recognized, and are eligible for these end-of-the-year awards:
- Top 5 circuit finishers—ranked by the age-graded average of their best 7 races
- Fastest Circuit Female and Fastest Circuit Male—having completed 7+ races, every finish time from 1-mile to marathon is distance-normalized to award these top performers.
- Most Races—whichever athlete(s) who finish the highest number of circuit races within the calendar year.
If you have questions about the Race Circuit, standings or awards, please email griffin.hammond@frtr.org.