The standards are currently administered by Janet Redpath.  Standards certificates are usually presented at the annual Annual Awards Dinner Dance around Christmas/New Year.

How they Work

Race Distances

Standards apply to standard road race distances, but you don't need to run all of these!  To qualify for your standard, you need to equal or better the standard time for your age in 3 different distances during the year. You can qualify from any races over accurately measured distances, not just races in our club championships.  All you need is the official race results as proof of your time, a web site address for the results will be OK.  If the race is in the club championships, then Janet will already have the results.

How the Standard Times are Determined

Club standards are based on on the World Standard Times published by the WAVA (World Association of Veteran Athletes).  These are times that a world champion athlete might expect to run and figures have been produced for every age at every standard distance. They are approximately the same as world records but are not actually records themselves.

We have one set of standard times for the whole open age category and one set for each veteran age in each year band (not in the 5 year age bands). So if you are a 42 year old, your time is compared against the World Standard for a 42 year old.

If you want more information about the standard times for your age, please contact Janet.  We have not uploaded all of the standards times to this web site, although we hope to do this during 2010.  There is a lot of information as there is a time for each distance for each age and each gender!

Applying for a Standard

Rules

• You need to achieve the same standard at 3 different distances in one year.
• The standards year starts the day after the Helena Tipping 10k in December, and finishes with the Helena Tipping 10k in the following year .
• You can only qualify for the award of one standard level in any one year.
• Any properly measured and certified road race can count, you are not limited to championship races or club supported races
• Your time should be taken from the official race results.

Making a Claim

• Send an e-mail to the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and he will forward it on to Janet.  The e-mail should include your race dates which make up your standard, and your times & links to on-line race results where you know them.
• You can make a claim at any time but applications should be received by Janet by 14th December so she can organise the certificates before the Club Dinner.