I was browsing through my April issue of Runner's World yesterday when
an article by Amby Burfoot titled "How Long Can You Keep Up With Your
Past" caught my eye. The article deals with the World Masters
Association age and gender-graded tables that reflect age-group
performances.

Since we have used these tables for many years to determine award
winners at the Vestal XX race, I was not surprised when midway through
the article Alan Jones was cited as one of the main contributors to the
table development. However, when Amby then highlighted Alan as
"possibly the most important but unsung individual in road running" I
really sat up and took notice.

To back up this claim Amby then mentioned some of Alan's
accomplishments over the last 30 years which included the Jones
Counter, the RunScore Program and the WMA table calculations. For Alan
to be identified in this way by the man who is the executive editor of
Runner's World and the 1968 Boston Marathon winner is indeed a high
honor.

I'm sure that this national recognition of Alan makes all of us in the
TCRC extremely pleased and proud.

Fred Bostrom