Alan Jones, TCRC founder, was honored with the annual MarathonFoto /Road Race Management Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 Road Race Management Race Directors’ Meeting in Hollywood, FL on December 14.
The award is made for contributions to the sport of long-distance road running over the course of a lifetime. Many nominations were received that read like a Who’s Who of running. The 10-member committee had the difficult task of reviewing the nominees.
Check out a small exert from the write up on Road Race Management:
"In 1971, Alan created the Vestal XX 20K race in Vestal, NY and, at the same time founded the Triple Cities Runners Club. He was the race director of the Vestal XX and president of the club for its first 25 years. Beginning in 2025, the race will be known as the Alan Jones Vestal XX. In addition, RunSignUp now annually awards The Alan Jones Timer of the Year Award.
In 1971, Alan invented the Jones Counter to measure the first Vestal race. Alan’s son, Clain, made the device for nine years. During that time, he made 2341 Counters including four for the 1976 Montreal Olympic Committee. The Counter is now used to measure almost every road running course in the world. The Counter has been used to measure every Olympic Marathon since the Montreal Olympics (except for the 1980 Games in Moscow.)"
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