INQUIRY ABOUT AN EXPIRED COURSE
Hi Pete,
Ted Rupe , race director for the Youngstown Peace Race needs to change the last mile of the Peace Race 10k race.
It was certified in 1993 by Mark Courtney and the Number is OH93002RE. I told him it is over 10 years old so it isn't an active certified course. I guess my question would be:
Does the whole course need to be recertified or if nothing has changed and he has all the paper work, can we just use the old paper work up to the 5 mile point? And go from there?
What would you suggest as far as getting the course certified?
Thanks Pete,
Jim
MY ANSWER
Dear Jim,
The course is 15 years old. You mentioned using the old paper work up to the 5 mile point, and going on from there to the finish.
The ten year expiration policy came about because renewal applications sometimes lacked credibility. Some courses will survive ten years with no changes at all. Most will not.
While it seems strange to decertify an absolutely unchanged course, the only person who really knows the course is the original measurer, and after ten years even he or she may not remember what was there. I believe the ten year policy to be a good idea.
I think the entire course should be remeasured, and this agrees with present policy. Even if it was not expired, it’s rarely a good idea for one measurer to build on the work of another, as would be the case if anybody but Mark did the remeasurement.
I’m going to put this exchange on the Bulletin Board.
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