2015 La Sportiva Mountain Cup Schedule

The La Sportiva Mountain Cup is back in 2015, and will take place for the seventh year running. The LSMC a 10-race series taking place on U.S. soil that focuses on shorter-distance trail running.

2015 La Sportiva Mountain Cup Schedule

• March 7 – Hillbilly Half Marathon – Olympia, WA
• April 4 – Hell’s Hills 25k – Smithville, TX
• April 18 – Tuck Fest Half Marathon – Charlotte, NC
• May 3 – 7 Sisters Trail Race – Amherst, MA
• May 9 – Don’t Fence Me In Trail Run – Helena, MT
• May 23 – Sutallee Trace Challenge – Canton, GA
• June 6 – Rothrock Challenge – State College, PA
• July 5 – La Sportiva Vail Hill Climb – Vail, CO
• July 18 – La Sportiva Table Rock 27k – Stinson Beach, CA
• August 1 – Jupiter Peak Steeplechase – Park City, UT

2015 La Sportiva Mountain Cup Scoring and Award Structure

Check out the LSMC scoring page for details on how points are awarded. Note that there’s a basic point-award structure that’s enhanced with bonus points for the series-opener race, the series-closer race, and for beating a runner in any race who is ranked in the top 10 overall for their gender in the series. Here’s an excerpt from that page which further explains scoring for 2015:

The top 10 male and female racers for each event will be scored…

Mountain Cup scoring: 1st through 10th place scoring is as follows:
20 – 17 – 15 – 13 – 11 – 10 – 9 – 8 – 7 – 6

Series Opener Scoring: At the Hillbilly Half Marathon, 1st through 10th place scoring is as follows:
23 – 20 – 18 – 16 – 14 – 13 – 12 – 11 – 10 – 9

Championship Scoring: At the Jupiter Peak Steeplechase, 1st through 10th place scoring is as follows:
25 – 22 – 20 – 18 – 16 – 15 – 14 – 13 – 12 – 11

Bonus Points: Two (2) bonus points will be awarded to a competitor for every runner beaten in a race who was in the top 10 in the same gender in the overall standings.

Series Standings: Series participants can enter as many races as desired.  Only the top five (5) races will be scored for the overall standings. 

…Series participants must race in a minimum of three (3) events to be eligible for cash purse.
Each event will be scored only for overall Male and Female… At the end of the season, the top 5 overall Male and Female runners will receive prize money for their performance as long as the three (3) race minimum has been reached.

…Highest score wins!

There’s a $25,000 cash purse for the series, $12,500 for each gender, paying out to the top five of each gender as follows:

• $5,000 for the series win
• $3,500 for second place in the series
• $2,000 for third place in the series
• $1,500 for fourth in the series
• $500 for fifth in the series

Call for Comments

• Have you participated in the LSMC in the past? Or, have you run a race that was part of the cup? If so, what are your thoughts on the series?
• Are you thinking of participating in the series this year?