Measurement News – USATF/RRTC Newsletter

The links below allow downloading issues (as early as 2002) of Measurement News, the newsletter of the USATF Road Running Technical Council, which oversees the USATF Course Certification Program. All issues are provided as Adobe PDF files. For MN issues earlier than 2002, see our note below.

Downloadable Issues of MN:

   #133 Fall 20062.61 MB
   #132 Summer 20061.96 MB
   #131 Spring 20065.42 MB
   #130 Fall 20050.97 MB
   #129 Spring 20051.73 MB
   #128 Nov 20040.58 MB
   #127 Sept 20040.40 MB
   #126 July 20040.67 MB
   #125 May 20041.13 MB
   #124 Mar 20040.94 MB
   #123 Jan 20040.57 MB
   #122 Nov 20030.74 MB
   #121 Sept 20030.63 MB
   #120 July 20031.04 MB
   #119 May 20030.66 MB
   #118 Mar 20030.71 MB
   #117 Jan 20030.42 MB
   #116 Nov 20020.54 MB
   #115 Sept 20020.40 MB
   #114 July 20021.21 MB
   #113 May 20021.38 MB
   #112 Mar 20020.75 MB
   #111 Jan 20020.65 MB

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What about earlier MN issues? The first 110 issues of MN were originally prepared only in hard-copy. We have scanned all back issues, but the resulting files are too big to make available for downloading. You may, however, obtain a CD-ROM containing all back issues by sending $3.00 to Pete Riegel, 3354 Kirkham Road, Columbus OH 43221; phone: 614-451-5617. To illustrate its contents, see the Index of Articles (PDF file) and the Readme file from a recent edition of this CD. As noted on our Certification Tools page, Pete can also send a two-CD set for $5.00 containing the MN back issues along with other historical material about course measurement.

More on Measurement News history: MN began in 1982 as an informal newsletter distributed by Pete Riegel to fellow course measurers. It soon became an official RRTC publication and, over the years, has covered many of the developments in course measurement. Pete was editor for the first 115 issues (through Sept 2002); then, Jim Gerweck served as editor for issues #116 to #130 and Kevin Lucas was the editor for issues #131 to #133.