There are no minimum requirements to become a member of this club. We welcome first time Half Marathoners.
There is no time limit to finish our 50 States Endurance Challenge or 100 HALF Anywhere Challenge in this club.
The Following Rules Apply:
- A Half Marathon distance is 21,097.5 meters, which is equivalent to 13.1 miles. For a race to count toward your 50 states or 100 half marathons, it must be announced as an official Half Marathon race (or Half Ironman distance triathlon, see #4). with official means of measurement from race organization, of which was publicly announced as an official Half Marathon in a means of media, such as a newspaper, website, magazine, running publication, or race brochure and of which official verifiable results are maintained and/or published to general public. (SAVE YOUR OFFICIAL RACE NUMBERS FOR VERIFICATION, though we are working to streamline the verification process to make it easy as possible). ** WE WILL ACCEPT A FULL 26.2 MARATHON TOWARD THE 50 STATE CHALLENGE, BUT NOT TOWARD THE 100 HALF CHALLENGE **
- The Half Marathon (or marathon) event must be an official event with a race director with means to certify runner’s completion of the half marathon (or marathon) distance, with a minimum of 20 starters and minimum of 15 finishers. (Any exception requests need to be officially requested in writing).
- A Half Marathon (or marathon) must be run (or walked) without interruption. Multi-day events to finish one Half Marathon (or marathon) distance does not constitute as an official Half Marathon (or full marathon) that would apply toward a finish for a state. Walkers qualify as long as the race is completed within the guidelines of the official event and comply with all other rules & guidelines set forth.
- A Half Marathon portion of a triathlon that has an official half marathon built into the distance, such as a Long Course with a 13.1 mile finish or an official Half Ironman with a 13.1 mile finish, may be counted as a Half Marathon. The same rules apply as in 1 through 3 (official event, race director, verifiable results, etc). (Full Ironman can also count toward the 50 STATE CHALLENGE)
- To officially earn a completion of a half marathon (or marathon), you must officially complete the race. Not finishing a race or being disqualified from a race does not qualify as completing a Half Marathon (or marathon) or Half Iron distance triathlon, therefore will not constitute as a race completion for that state or toward your 100 half marathon challenge.
- Running a Half Marathon (or other qualified event) that crosses borders of more than one state will only count as one state of which can only be the location of which the event started or finished.
- Relays will not count, unless each individual ran 13.1 miles, and it is a non-interrupted race. Relays such as Ragnar Relays or Hood to Coast will not be considered, as they are not run without interruption.
- Non-registered participants that are coaching, pacing, guiding, may not count the event unless they are officially registered in the race with their own race number.
- VERIFICATION: For verification purposes, please ensure you retain documentation from each race you finish. Accepted verification materials can be any of the following: 1) race bib OR medal; 2) Finisher’s certificate; 3) published events in an “official” media. (Hard copy verification will be requested at time of certification to be considered an official 50 state finisher. We are working to streamline this process, and will work to make the process easy for our members. We'll keep you posted).
- To receive an award of completing a Half Marathon or longer in all 50 states or completing 100 in any of the 50 states, one must be a Fifty States HALF Marathon member in good standing at the time of completion of the states. To receive a 2nd award of finishing 50 states a 2nd time around, one must also be in good standing at the time of completion.
- IMPORTANT: Members must have finished at minimum their last 10 states (of the 50) for the 50 States Challenge, and/or their last 20 states (of the 100) for the 100 Half Marathon Challenge while in membership status AND be in current good standing when completing the 50th state or 100th half marathon, to obtain complimentary final award and certificate. Members who do not meet this minimum criteria or members who may have finished all 50 states or 100 half marathons prior to joining Fifty States HALF Marathon Club may purchase a Fifty States HALF Marathon Club 50 state finisher award or 100th half marathon award for $75 (this would include the final aware and finisher’s certificate, though you must still become a member first). Unfortunately, we do NOT provide any services to NON-members. You must be a member to receive or purchase an award.
AWARDS: Our current award process will start by sending awards out 4 times a year (quarterly). We are looking at changing this, but as of now, this is what we are looking at for our process.
JANUARY 2010, APRIL 2010, JULY 2010, OCTOBER 2010, JANUARY 2011, and so on. We will keep you posted and make an announcement if we’re able to change this.
Rules, guidelines, prices and procedures are subject to change at anytime at discretion of Fifty States HALF Marathon Club LLC. Adminstrative membership fee is non-refundable.
Membership Benefits
To be a member of the premiere long distance running club in the United States for camaraderie, a great means to meet new friends with similar interests and to be part of what we hope to become one of the biggest long distance running communities in the United States!
NICE PERSONALIZED 50 State Finisher AWARD or 100 Half Marathon Finisher AWARD and personalized Certificate of Accomplishment for completing either challenge
Random Special Recognition & Accomplishment Awards (at club discretion)
A "Half Way There" Milestone Award being implemented into our awards SOON!
Club Events and/or Award & Reunion events (To Be Announced)
EVENT RACE DISCOUNTS TO MANY POPULAR RACES
Club Hats, T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Memorabilia and more Available for Purchase
(COMING SOON!)
Online Member Profile and Interactive Social Networking for Runners! (We will continue to work on improving the members only portion of our site).
*This is included in your membership. Our members can currently interact with our other members, share race information, share upcoming races if you choose by email or in our forum, and we will be working on a few other ideas we have that could be fun for our members.
We welcome your ideas and suggestions
Benefits, annual dues and costs of Membership may change at the discretion of the Fifty States Half Marathon Club LLC. The one time initial administrative fee is non-refundable.
It is our sole intention to try to keep membership and all other costs cost effective for our members and make this the best site we can for all Half Marathoners.