I am pleased to bring you this announcement of the 2009 USATF-IAAF Course Measurement Demonstration and Workshop to be held May 30 & 31 in Albany and Utica. A brochure can be downloaded here: Demonstration and Workshop

Sat., May 30 (Albany): The course measurement and pre-validation demonstration will be held immediately before the 31st annual Friehofer's Run for Women at 5:30 am at the Empire State Plaza in downtown Albany.

Sun. May 31 (Utica): The course measurement workshop will be held at the National Distance Running Hall of Fame beginning at 8:00 am and lasting until 4:00 pm.

The demonstration and workshop will be led by Mike Wickiser, past-chairman of USATF/RRTC and co-chair for Measurement Workshops; and Bernie Conway, Chief Certifier for Canada and International Measurement Administrator for the Americas for IAAF and AIMS.

There is no charge for either the demonstration and/or the workshop, but all participants must register on Active.com.

For additional information on the demonstration, contact Jim Gilmer at jagilmer@nycap.rr.com or (518) 427-9374.

For additional information on the workshop, contact Mary MacEnroe at mary@boilermaker.com or (315) 724-4525.

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Freihofer’s Validation

A pre-race validation was done yesterday just before the race was run. Checking the course were Jim Gilmer, Bernie Conway, Mike Wickiser and Tom Riegel.

The four results all fell within 0.08 percent and the course passed its preval.

The group is shown below. I’ll stop here because Gilmer will be preparing his own report and I don’t want to steal his thunder.

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