5 weeks til race day; new this year at Mud Mountain: chip timing

This year Mud Mountain moves into the electronic age. The race will no longer be timed by hand; instead, we have hired Mattoon Multi-sport to time the race using ChampionChip timing. Runners will be given an electronic chip. This should make the results easier and faster to post after the race. According to Mattoon Multi-sport: "We offer professional timing with the most advanced timing system in the world. Chip timing from ChampionChip. State of the art technology with a chip the size of a quarter that is tied on the shoe or strapped on the ankle with a neoprene band. This chip technology registers in the system every time it crosses the specially designed ground mats. We can get results virtually as soon as [runners] cross the finish line, then upload the results on the net via phone modem."