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Title: Fast Running Blog is now a USATF Club Post by: Sasha Pachev on March 28, 2008, 02:19:49 pm Just registered it yesterday. So we are now official.
Title: Re: Fast Running Blog is now a USATF Club Post by: Jon Allen on March 28, 2008, 03:18:25 pm What exactly are the implications of this? What does it mean?
Title: Re: Fast Running Blog is now a USATF Club Post by: Michelle Lowry on March 28, 2008, 04:59:29 pm It means we can race in the cross country nationals, right? But I don't think there are co-ed teams. It would be so cool to do some races as a team like that.
Title: Re: Fast Running Blog is now a USATF Club Post by: James Barnes on March 28, 2008, 10:05:45 pm That is good to hear. Thanks for doing that!
Title: Re: Fast Running Blog is now a USATF Club Post by: Jon Allen on March 29, 2008, 06:35:57 am Awesome!
Title: Re: Fast Running Blog is now a USATF Club Post by: Adam R Wende on March 29, 2008, 01:30:40 pm Thanks Sasha. That is cool, moving up in the world. I hope Michelle is right it would be great to run a cross-country race as a team again...
Title: Re: Fast Running Blog is now a USATF Club Post by: Dustin Ence on March 29, 2008, 05:11:48 pm Nice to hear. I think it would be Awesome if we could field some teams in regional and national events.
Title: Re: Fast Running Blog is now a USATF Club Post by: Tom on March 29, 2008, 08:24:43 pm That's great Sasha. I really have nothing to add but I think with this post I can finally reach 50 and stop being a NEWBIE!
Title: Re: Fast Running Blog is now a USATF Club Post by: James Moore on March 31, 2008, 11:57:00 pm So excited about this!
Title: Re: Fast Running Blog is now a USATF Club Post by: adam on April 01, 2008, 07:51:15 pm I don't really know what this means, but I'll jump on the bandwagon! this is AWESOME!!!!!
Title: Re: Fast Running Blog is now a USATF Club Post by: koriandjc on April 08, 2008, 07:43:46 am Sounds good Sasha.. you have done a greta job
JC Title: Re: Fast Running Blog is now a USATF Club Post by: Sean Sundwall on April 25, 2008, 10:22:50 am Good move. This opens a lot of opportunities for those in the club including Club Track Nationals (ni KC this year) and Cross Country Nationals (Spokane, WA).
One thing Sasha should check into is how/what athletes must do to declare. Since FRB is now a USATF club, I believe each person who wants to be on FRB has to be a current, card-carrying member of USATF. I know for a fact that no athlete can compete in the USATF events without a USATF membership. Also, USATF rules stipulate you can only belong to one USATF club and there is a waiting period from the time you quit one club and are eligible to compete with another. These rules were part of the reason I opted to not run in AZ with the group because I am a declared Club Northwest team member. Sasha will need to read the rules carefully. Casual races where it's not a formal USATF event or even a formal FRB event should be fine but they are very strict when it comes to USATF events. This is not meant to be alarming at all. I would just recommend understanding implications so there are no surprises. Title: Re: Fast Running Blog is now a USATF Club Post by: Paul Petersen on April 25, 2008, 10:30:45 am Yeah, I see this as only being an issue for championship events or team events. XC Nats is probably the pertinent example. Everyone on the team would have to be a current USATF member. When you register for the USATF, there is a spot to enter in your team affiliation. That's probably all it would take.
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