All-American and Phidippides Awards
The National Masters News and the USATF provide awards for achieving certain marks in track and field and for long-distance road races. The required marks for the ALL-AMERICAN Award for racewalking are shown in the PICTURES link, together with a picture of the award that Alan received for his 2010 award.
The PHIDIPPIDES award, inspired by the historic masters runner, is based on points accumulated over the calendar year for road races. A runner (or walker) is eligible for one award per year. Points are earned based on the following basis:
- 1 Point 5 km to 5 miles
- 2 Points 10 km to 10 miles
- 3 Points 10 miles to Marathon
- 4 Points 25 km to Marathon
- ***Age****40-59**60-79***80+
- Gold*******20******16*****8
- Silver******16******12*****4
- Bronze*****12*******8*****2
This table and a picture of the award achieved by Alan Poisner for 2010 are in the photostream under the PICTURES link. http://www.flickr.com/photos/racewalker/