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The NVRC times road races as a service to the running
community. We do not aim to make a
profit nor to take business away from commercial timing companies. Our niche is smaller races that cannot afford
a timing company or that fly under the radar of commercial companies. We also time cross-country events with
printouts for dual meets, invitationals, or multiple dual meets. And our software will also handle duathlons,
triathlons, and races with teams.
We offer two
timing methods. Both methods require a
power source near the registration area for our computer and printer. We require that the race director furnish 2
or 3 people at the finish line to assist. We furnish a finish line chute and display clock.
The NVRC does not
loan equipment. If a NVRC-approved timer
is not available for your race, we cannot time it for you.
- Chip Timing. The NVRC owns a chip timing system utilizing ChampionChips,
either returnable or disposable. Race entry, overall results, and age group
results are done with commercial software.
This is the fastest and most efficient timing system. We backup the chips with bibs/tearoff
tags. The charge for chip and bib is
about $1.00 per runner for returnable chips and $1.75 per runner for disposable
chips. There is a substantial charge if
returnable chips are not recovered. The
race director will supply us with an EXCEL file of data for pre-registered
runners.
- Time Machine. The timer records data at the finish line
with a Time Machine; those are transmitted electronically to our computer. Tear-off tags are collected from bibs at the
finish line. Race entry, overall results,
and age group results are done with commercial software. If the race director supplies bibs, they must
have tear-off tags. If we supply bibs,
the charge is $0.20 per bib ($0.14 for cross-country bibs) and $0.01 per pin. If your race involves
a substantial number of runners, we will print barcoded labels for the
tags. These can be scanned directly into
our computer. If we print labels, there
is an additional charge of $0.05 per runner.
We can also supply labels for pre-registered bags at the same rate. The Time Machine/barcode method is almost as
fast as chips for races with less than 300 runners. The race director will supply us with an
EXCEL file of data for pre-registered runners.
Our fees. We charge a base fee of $50 to $80 for a race
timed using the Time Machine, the amount depending on distance traveled and
time involved, payable to NVRC. The fee
could be higher if the race is outside Centre County. For chip timing, the base fee is $70 to $100.
Charges for bibs, pins, labels, or chips
are additional to the base fee.
Here are some races we have timed recently:
Herbie’s Hometown Loop
http://nvrun.com/index.php/racing/results/987-5th-annual-herbies-home-town-loop
Crack O’Dawn 5K
http://nvrun.com/index.php/racing/results/952-crack-o-dawn-5k-2011
Black Moshannon 5K/10K (chip-timed)
http://nvrun.com/index.php/racing/results/935-2011-black-moshannon-5k-and-10k-races
To inquire about the availability of NVRC timing services for your race date, contact the NVRC race timer, Dave Eggler, at dhe1@psu.edu.
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