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Like its predecessor, the Hudson Valley Grand Prix, this year-long race program is designed to encourage friendly competition and help achieve personal goals while interspersing the excitement and suspense that motivates participants to a higher performance level than running alone would provide.

FAQ - EXPLAINATION THE GRAND PRIX vs K&Qs RACE SERIES

GRAND PRIX RACE SERIES
The Grand Prix 2023 consists of 14 races with any 7 required to qualify for the awards, and that’s it! (Race List Below).
Well.. except if you are looking to qualify for the Iron Runner award where you must do all 14 events, or 100% participation. It is kind of like a perfect attendance award at school.

KING & QUEEN OF THE MOUNTAIN SERIES
The King and Queen of the mountain series is completely separate from the Grand Prix series and it is also unscored point-wise.

The King and Queen of the Mountains series is a participation only series. So you must complete ALL the races in this K&Q series to qualify for the award. - Yes! It has traditionally been made up of the longer and harder races, either in the duration of the event, the hills or both - No Wimps!!

BOTTOM LINE
So even if you don’t run ANY K&Q events that does nothing to your Grand Prix score or your qualification for the Iron Runner Award. 
These two series are totally separate!

Hope this helps to clear up any confusion for you new people.

I Invite you to come out and and join with us as we move into a new year of exciting and unique competition that should stimulate the running community.

Sign ups are available online, on paper, or as part of the Winter Series Triple Play.

Grand Prix 2023 Updates

In 2023 The Winter Series Race #4, the ORC Jingle Jog 4m and the Run 4 Downtown will all feature double Grand Prix points!

This is a more challenging series with a mountain of events that you can participate in exclusively or in addition to the Grand Prix events.

Each is scored separately, but there are rumors of a combined award for completing both the Grand Prix's Iron Runner achievement, (run all events) and all the King and Queen events.