Climb the runbritain National Rankings Ladder through 2022

2022 is the year to start moving up the runbritain national ladder. The current leaders are Marc Scott (handicap-7.2) for men and Eilish McColgan (handicap -3.9) for women.

While the National runbritain ladders are headed by Marc Scott and Eilish McColgan, how is your runbritain handicap score looking? If you have run in a runbritain licensed event or a parkrun since the beginning of 2010 you will have a handicap score between MINUS 8 to 36.0. How are you doing?

The handicap scoring system has been well established over the last decade and the national ladder is a regular topic of conversation across the clubhouses of the UK as runners compare their handicap scores.

The scoring system, which has been developed in conjunction with the team behind the Power of 10 website, rewards regular racing and factors in a degree of difficulty for slower courses. It works just like a golf handicap system as a measure of the course difficulty and your ability on that course.

The system now includes all age groups, including juniors, from 800m and up and also includes cross country. It gives rankings within age groups and postcode areas. So, with more runners than ever in the system, we thought it would be a good time for a quick stock check and a peek at the standards to be in the top 1000 in some of the age group categories.