Congratulations and thanks to Alan, and thanks and BZ to you, Fred, for the
kind note.
Best regards.
Cordially,
Ginny Rober

-----Original Message-----
From: triplecitiesrunnersclub@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:triplecitiesrunnersclub@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Fred Bostrom
Sent: Thursday, 23 March 2006 8:07 AM
To: tcrc
Subject: [triplecitiesrunnersclub] Alan Jones Recognition

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







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