course certification

"Sam" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I perused the online rulebook at USAT but did not see the answer. Does
USAT required the distances of each discipline to be certified in any way?

Is the 10K run really a 10K run specifically?

I know that at a couple of elite world championships that they miss
counted the laps so the runs were quite short, but I cannot remember if
that was just an error on the organizer's part or what caused that error.

Thanks

Hi Sam,

I don't know about the US but in the UK the only races that are measured to
the last meter are championship or championship qualifying races. In all
others the measurements taken by the race organiser are accepted.

So long as everyone is racing the same course the race is valid even if
you're measurements are out.
--
DrClean
www.DrClean.co.uk
The Best Fabric Cleaning Resource on the Web

Sam said:

I perused the online rulebook at USAT but did not see the answer. Does USAT
required the distances of each discipline to be certified in any way?

Is the 10K run really a 10K run specifically?

I know that at a couple of elite world championships that they miss counted
the laps so the runs were quite short, but I cannot remember if that was
just an error on the organizer's part or what caused that error.

Thanks

It probably falls under the standard statement: "It is the athletes
responsibility to know the course."

In a loosely related example... I did a Gulf Coast Tri one year, where
the mens' leader was directed (by a race official) down the wrong path,
during the run.

It cost him the victory and the decision stood. What else can you do?

rsquared

This is a different matter than having the distance of the course certified.

Although I think I see where your response came from.

"rsquared" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Sam said:

I perused the online rulebook at USAT but did not see the answer. Does
USAT
required the distances of each discipline to be certified in any way?

Is the 10K run really a 10K run specifically?

I know that at a couple of elite world championships that they miss
counted
the laps so the runs were quite short, but I cannot remember if that was
just an error on the organizer's part or what caused that error.

Thanks

It probably falls under the standard statement: "It is the athletes
responsibility to know the course."

In a loosely related example... I did a Gulf Coast Tri one year, where
the mens' leader was directed (by a race official) down the wrong path,
during the run.

It cost him the victory and the decision stood. What else can you do?

rsquared