http://www.nationalmastersnews.com/phidippides.htm The Phidippides Awards In honor of the very first marathon runner in history, a new award program for Masters Long Distance Running has been established, the "Phidippides Awards". The awards will be predicated upon participants accumulating a number of points over a given calendar year for participating in long distance running events. Each runner will be eligible for only one award per year. Points will be accumulated pursuant to the following chart: 1 point 5K to 5 mile 2 points 10K to 15K 3 points 10 miles to ½ marathon 4 points 25K to marathon Runners will be eligible for the following awards, based on the point totals indicated: Ages 40-50s 60-70s 80+ Gold 20 16 8 Silver 16 12 4 Bronze 12 8 2 The rules are simple and straightforward. The course must be certified so that we can verify the distance run, and there must be a finish time recorded for the runner. Finishing times must be verifiable by a results posting on an event website, or if none is available, a newspaper listing submitted by the runner will suffice. Since this is a USATF award, USATF membership is required (to become a member, see their website, usatf.org). The award itself is free, and it will be bestowed to the runner upon receipt of his/her application (see below) and verification of the event information.