2017 Prediction Contest

Well, my predictions are now officially out in the open. Now it’s time for you to make your counter offers.

We will host another prediction contest this year for the 2017 PTFCA Indoor State Championships. Here is how it will work. For each of the five distance events we’ve previewed (mile, 800, 3k, DMR, 4x8) you can post either 1) a top five (normal contest) or 2) a top eight projected finishers in the event (super contest). Each prediction is scored based on the following criteria:

a) -3 points for correctly predicting the winner

b) +2 points for each top 5/8 finisher missing from your list

c) You will receive a positive amount of points equal to the difference between your predicted runners finish and the actual finish. For example, if I predict Caleb to get 3^rd and he gets 1^st, that’s +2. Similarly, if I predict Alex to get 2^nd and he gets 7^th, that’s +5. That maximum amount of positive points you can receive for any one runner is +8.

d) Lowest score wins

If you are participating in the Etrain Ultimate Fan Challenge (which offers the chance to win free t-shirts for you and your teammates), this competition can get you points. If you are competing in the normal contest (i.e. top 5), for every event that you score better than Etrain, you will get 3 points in the UFC. For every event you score better than Etrain in the super contest (top 8), you will get 5 points in the UFC.

That means you can receive as many as 25 points for the UFC which, considering our current leader has 9 points, would be a big swing. So best of luck to all! Hope to see your predictions posted shortly.