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President
Hiroaki Chosa,
Japan Association of
Athletics Federations,
1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo 150-8050, Japan
Tel: 81 3 5452 1500
Fax: 81 3 5452 1795
Honorary Vice President
Leonard F. Luchner
Vice-President
Carlos Moya (Marketing) Lisbon Half
Marathon
Secretary
Hugh Jones
19 Kelly Street,
London NW1 8PG, U.K.
Email: Aimssec@aol.com
(no tel/fax available)
Treasurer
Al Boka,
Las Vegas Marathon
Board of Directors
Horst Milde,
Berlin Marathon
Gordon Rogers (Technical)
Representative N. America and English
speaking Caribbean, Vancouver
Marathon, PO Box 2931, Vancouver BC
V6H 1E1, Canada
Tel: 1 604 733 6224
Fax: 1 604 733 6221
Email: gordonrogers@telus.net
Ahmed A. Shariff, Representative Africa,
Mount Meru Marathon, Tanzania
Francisco Borao, (Membership
Development) Representative
Mediterannean, Valencia Marathon
Dave Cundy, (Oceania Representative),
Gold Coast Marathon
Consultants
Peter McLean,
(Press & Public Relations)
15 Kirklee Terrace,
Glasgow G12 0JA, Scotland
T/F: 44 141 357 2516
Email: petermclean@
pmpr2000.fsnet.co.uk
Wim Verhoorn
(AIMS Marketing)
WVMC.bv, PO Box 47
3150 AA Hoek van Holland, Nederland
Email: VERH5082@planet.nl
Dr David Martin, (Statistics)
Georgia State University,
24 Peachtree Center Avenue, Kell Hall,
Room C1, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
Fax: 1 404 651 1531
Email: drdave@gsu.edu.
Jim Moberly,
Honolulu Marathon
AIMS AFFILIATE
International Marathon Medical
Directors Association (IMMDA)
President
Martha Miltenyi,
Budapest Marathon
Secretary / Treasurer
Lewis Maraham MD
24 West 57th Street,
6th floor, New York, NY 10019
Tel: 1 212 765 5763
Email: nysportsmd@aol.com
MEASURERS
International Measurement
Administrators
Asia & Oceania
Dave Cundy,
P.O. Box 206, Ettalong Beach,
NSW 2257, Australia
Tel: 61 2 4342 7611
Fax: 61 2 4342 7648
Email: cundysm@ozemail.com.au
French & Spanish speaking
Europe & Africa
Jean François Delasalle,
Domaine de Chantraigne BP 25,
80800 Corbie, France
Tel: 33 3 2248 5190
Fax: 33 3 2248 5191
Email: jf.delasalle@tiscali.fr
English speaking Europe & Africa
Currently vacant
Americas
Bernie Conway,
67 Southwood Crescent,
London, Ontario N6J 1S8, Canada
Tel/Fax: 1 519 641 6889
Email: measurer@rogers.com
Major aims
The formation of a new marathon
“Super League” was announced in
January, consisting of a circuit of the
Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago
and New York Marathons. The
public focus of this joint “World
Marathon Majors” series is the
award of $500,000 each to the best
male and best female performers in
their races, judged over a two-year
period. Performances in World
Championship and Olympic Games’
Marathons may also be taken into
consideration.
London Chicago and New York have
resigned membership of AIMS as a
result, although Boston and Berlin
have not done so. Big-budget races
that would otherwise compete
against each other for the world’s
top runners see advantages in
managing this process more cooperatively.
Less clear is why some
of these feel it necessary to distance
themselves from co-operative
arrangements with smaller, noncompeting
races which form the
membership of AIMS.
There is great competition for the
title “the best marathon in the
world”, but there is no agreed
formula by which to form such a
judgement. Big races emphasise
their size. Rich races emphasise
their wealth. Apart from a few top
runners, to whom the spoils fall, any
ordinary marathon runner knows
that the best marathon in the world
is the one they like best. It is an
entirely subjective judgement based
upon the experience the particular
race offers. Within AIMS there are
230 members, each of which offers a
different experience (for glimpses of
such, just flick through this
magazine) and each of which is
striving to improve its service and
standing. It is very unfortunate that
a few of the market leaders in the
sport are signalling disinterest in
the full range of qualities and
events that distance running has to
offer, and that the running world in
future will be unable to speak with
one voice.
New AIMS Members
■ Maraton Internacional de Guadalajara
(MEX)
has been held for 22 years, with best
performances from Eliseo Garcia (2:16:18)
Guadalupe Loma (2:38:52). Currently
2000 men and 440 women participate,
coming from 4 countries
■ Zermatt Marathon (SUI) is an alpine
event with breathtaking views of the
Matterhorn almost throughout. It has been
held for the last four years. Best times
recorded have been 3:04:19 (men) and
3:45:24 (women). The race attracts 241
runners from 18 countries.
New Associate Members
■ Quito Ultimas 15km (ECU) joined just
before the latest race held on 4 June (see
results section).
■ La Ruta de las Igelsias (ECU) was held for
the first time on 15 October 2005, this race
had 1763 runners departing from the
Basilico de Quito at 19.00, in along a torchlit
route that passed by 10 churches during the
first 4km. The race finishes in the north of
the city at the Parque La Carolina. Winners
were locals Franklin Tenorio (30:37 and
Rosa Chacha (35:35)
The next edition of Distance Running will
be published in October, covering races
held from July-September. The advertising
and editorial deadlines will be on
9 September.
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