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The new format features a rotating start and finish at each of the six annual series races. AWMM Series IX begins this weekend at the 2015 Tokyo Marathon and ends upon completion of the February 2016 Tokyo Marathon. AWMM Series X begins at the April 2016 Boston Marathon and ends upon completion of the April 2017 Boston Marathon. Each subsequent series will begin and end at the next AWMM Series race on the calendar. The Olympic Marathon and IAAF World Championships Marathon will serve as Qualifying Races and be included in the race schedule in the years they are held, but will not begin or end a Series.

Point System​: The champions of the AWMM Series will be the male and female athlete who scores the greatest number of points from Qualifying Races during the one-­year scoring period. During each scoring period, points from a maximum of two Qualifying Races will be scored. An athlete must start in two Qualifying Races over the Series cycle to be eligible for the championship. If an athlete earns points in more than two events, the athlete’s highest two finishes will be scored.

Ich finde das neue Format, besser gesagt den veränderten, jetzt jährlichen Zeitrahmen durchaus interessant.
Was mir nicht gefällt ist, dass die Läufer nur 2 Resultate "einbringen" können, weil so mit Sicherheit extrem oft Punktgleichheit herrschen wird. Bei dem neuen jährlichen Rahmen mit Beginn und Ende des Zyklus bei dem gleichen Marathon wäre es ohne Probleme möglich, 3 Wertungsrennen zuzulassen, ohne dass sich die Läufer "verheizen".