Reply to "Eliminate Expirations and Renewals"

jimgerweckMember

Pete, here in New England there are many courses that have been used, unchanged, for more than 10 years, some as many as 30+.
I may be wrong, but I thought a record could be set on an expired course, as long as subsequent measurement/validation showed the length to be accurate.
As to whether runners care if a course is listed on the USATF website or not, I'm not sure. I know in the case of marathons they often search there to be sure the course is a Boston Qualifier. Personally, the Easter race I just directed listed the course as "USATF-certified (CT98003DR)." We all know that's expired, but the runners didn't seem to know or care. Frankly, I don't think a lot of smaller races do, either.
My only reason for starting this whole discussion was, does the fact a course's certification has expired make it any less accurate? That's what most runners care about.

4/18/128:16 AM

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