Discussions about certification

• What is best practice for course certification? How frequently does it need to be done?

  Posted: Aug. 3, 2024

• How long does it take to get a 5K certified? This is our first 5K/fun run - should we still certify the race?

  Posted: Aug. 2, 2024

• How do we submit a course for USATF certification?

  Posted: July 5, 2024

• I saw a local race that is using a course I measured, marked and certified. How should I handle this?

  Posted: April 5, 2024

• Is certifying a fun run course necessary/required?

  Posted: April 5, 2024

• How important do others feel about having a half marathon course that is USATF certified?

  Posted: March 22, 2024

• Should all volunteers at a race be SafeSport certified if the race allows participation by minors?

  Posted: Dec. 8, 2023

• Besides cost, is there a difference between having RRCA insurance vs USATF (sanctioning) with a certified course?

  Posted: Dec. 8, 2023

• Some other group is planning to use our USATF Certified half marathon course. Can they do that?

  Posted: May 5, 2023

• How do you manage holiday gift certificates?

  Posted: Dec. 23, 2022

• My co-organizer and I are considering having our 5K course certified by USATF. Have you been through that process?

  Posted: June 3, 2022

• [Poll] Who is certifying triathlons with USAT in 2022 and who has moved away from it?

  Posted: Dec. 3, 2021

• Who does their own coning? What certification and insurance do you carry for this?

  Posted: Oct. 29, 2021

• Any thoughts on professionally certifying your race distance?

  Posted: Oct. 15, 2021

• Has anybody certified their courses? What is the benefit?

  Posted: Sept. 23, 2021

• Is there a way to automate completion certificates? A website perhaps?

  Posted: April 2, 2021