Welcome the MN Running Data Center
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The Minnesota Running Data Center is the state record keeper for long distance running. It is an agent of the Road Running Information Center (formerly TACSTATS/USA) which is responsible for keeping official records and statistics for long-distance running in the United States. So doing makes running a genuine sport. Without records, no performance is outstanding.To help Minnesota runners and races get their fair share of recognition for their performances, the Minnesota Running Data Center solicits results from directors of races on certified courses and passes on to RRIC the noteworthy performances in each age group.
The Road Running Information Center and the Minnesota Running Data Center are interested only in races that can certify that each finisher ran at least the advertised distance in a time at least as fast as that reported. Thus your performance must have been on a certified course in a race for which proper timing procedures were used.
One hundred and thirty-one races that were run on certified courses of standard distance in Minnesota in 2005 submitted results. Just two of those races failed to submit proper documentation of their procedures (a two-page form requiring just six signatures); their results are listed with either a "p" for "pending" or, if it is clear no documentation will be sent, a "u" for "unverifiable." It is sad to note this cost one Minnesota runner - Sonia Jacobsen - a Minnesota age record. It is always a shame to lose a mark because a race director doesn't bother to take the few simple steps to verify the times, but especially so when the mark could have been an age record. A runner may run faster in the future, but they will never be that young again.
For information on national records and rankings, contact the Road Running Information Center. In most years a disproportionate number of runners with large numbers of listings in their rankings book are from Minnesota.