Q - Coach - I see you've been measuring several of road race routes this year for certification purposes. I've run in several races and wondered how accurate they are. Is there a site that tells you if a course has actually been certified.
A - Yep - in Canada, Athletics Canada is responsible for granting Course Certifications and they post the routes that are certified HERE.
There you'll see the listings that look like this:
A - Yep - in Canada, Athletics Canada is responsible for granting Course Certifications and they post the routes that are certified HERE.
There you'll see the listings that look like this:
In fact, the majority of road races are not certified, and for your interest, the magazine, Canadian Running, did an article about this subject last fall - you can read it HERE.
Occasionally, a route that has been certified may not yet be posted to the Athletics Canada website; so, if it's really important to you, I suggest you contact the Race Director for confirmation, unless of course it's concerning a route where you ran a PB :)
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