FHAC Club Standards 2024 -2025
As runners, we believe in setting goals, pushing ourselves to improve, and celebrating our achievements. That’s why we’ve established a set of performance standards for various distances, based on age and gender, to help members track their progress and strive for excellence.
Whether you’re new to running or a seasoned veteran, our club standards provide a roadmap to success. From the 5k to the marathon, we’ve got you covered. So, if you’re ready to take your running to the next level, join us and start chasing those club standards!
Award Scheme
Introduction
Each year members can aim to meet a club standard and receive an award for their achievement. The standards are goal times set out by age grade based tables and provide an incentive to improve race times and also act as a useful training tool to gauge progress.
Categories
A runner who would be of a provincial standard and expect to finish in the top three of their class in races.
An exceptional standard of runner. This may well be the highest a club runner can expect to obtain.
A runner of good standard that many will be aiming to achieve.
The runner who is making good progress past the early days of running
The first step on the ladder for a club runner.
Qualifying Distances
5km, 8km, 10km, 15km, Half Marathon, 30km, Marathon and 2 Oceans Ultra.
A qualifying race must be an official ASA event or FHAC Club 5km or 8km Time Trial.
(note: parkruns or time trials at other clubs do not count).
Training runs do not count; neither do shorter splits achieved in races. (For example achieving a
standard for a half marathon whilst running a marathon would not be counted).
Awards
An award will be given once a runner achieves a time from the standard tables over 4 of the 8
qualifying distances.
Standards are achieved based on performances from 1 November to 31 October of the following
year.
A runner may achieve many different award categories during the year, (e.g., gold, copper and bronze); however, only the lowest category of the four will be awarded at the end of the year. .
EXAMPLES
If you achieve three bronze standard times and one copper standard time in your races you would receive the copper award.
If you achieve one gold standard, two silver standards and one bronze standard you receive a bronze award.
The club standard administrators will collate performances during the year, however we recommend each runner maintains their own record and can submit this to the club standards coordinator once they feel a standard has been achieved (please include all 4 race venues, distances, dates and official times). As some people may do races outside the province it is the responsibility of the runner to submit their club standards to the committee so they do not miss out. (Details of how to submit are to be advised.)
Awards will presented to all runners who have achieved the standard at the FHAC annual awards presentation evening.
If there is any dispute this will be brought up at the next committee meeting where the Committee’s decision will be final.