431 athletes finished the 2011 "Run For The Cookies" 5K, an annual fundraiser for the Girls Scouts of the Big Bend. Another 58 finished the earlier one-mile fun run. A February race, the "Run For The Cookies" can be cold and it can be cloudy. But any runner who shrugs off the weather to compete gets a box of Girl Scout cookies and a chance to run on one of the fastest 5K courses in the area.
Top Ten Men
Kevin Sullivan (M, 36) 15:50
- Vince Molosky (M, 31) 16:46
- Nate Kaiser (M, 31) 16:54
- Christopher Coutts (M, 37) 17:22
- Stanley Linton (M, 17) 17:24
- Jack McDermott (M, 41) 17:28
- Trevor Touchton (M, 15) 17:55
- Douglas Bell (M, 42) 18:06
- Michael Martinez (M, 45) 18:10
- Justin Dickieson (M, 25) 18:13
- Sheryl Rosen (F, 26) 19:02
- Lisa Johnson (F, 29) 19:02
- Kelly Stevens (F, 29) 19:17
- Brandi Campbell (F, 35) 20:19
- Micah Adriani (F, 33) 20:28
- Mary Anne Grayson (F, 45) 20:42
- Ashley Daily (F, 24) 21:14
- Kristine Cox (F, 33) 21:33
- Julie Clark (F, 49) 21:38
- Stephanie Stout (F, 26) 21:46
- Nancy Stedman (F, 49) 21:46
Links:
- Complete results of the 2011 "Run For The Cookies" 5K at gulfwinds.org
http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2011/run_for_the_cookies_2011.htm - More photos of the 2011 "Run For The Cookies" 5K (Part 1)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3082831&id=5215641&l=4916f0ef55 - More photos of the 2011 "Run For The Cookies" 5K (Part 2)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3083030&id=5215641&l=792b84f0a5 - Fred Deckert's photos of the 2011 "Run For The Cookies" 5K
http://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/RunForTheCookies11 - "Run For the Cookies" 5K USATF course certification map (FL08011EBM)
http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL08011EBM - 2010 story: "It's Lake and Hines for all the cookies!"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/02/cookie-run.html - "Run for the cookies, but look out for those Samoas"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/02/samoas.html - Find your next race in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! race calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
Great write-up, Herb, and thanks for being out there to document things in words and pictures. This race is one of my favorites, and cookies are only one of the reasons. (The 9:00 start time doesn't hurt when it comes to me liking a race, since a little extra sleep is always a good thing!).
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great story, Herb! Great photos, too. The race directors are exhausted!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful day for a race!!
ReplyDeleteLove the title for this article, Herb. How is the winner decided in a tie like that between Lisa and Cheryl anyway?
ReplyDeletePaula,
ReplyDeleteThanks! Outside of summer weather, I think the only consideration keeping so many starting times at 8am is the traffic.
Herb.
Jeanne,
ReplyDeleteTake some well-deserved rest. But not too long--Miller Landing Madness isn't that far off!
Herb.
Linda,
ReplyDeleteIt certainly was! And cool enough to run some fast times.
Herb.
Yakker,
ReplyDeleteWell, they probably didn't finish in a dead heat; one runner most likely crossed the line clearly in front of the other. But in road racing, times are only reported to whole numbers of seconds. So if Rosen had run 19:01.18 and Johnson had run 19:01.87, they would both be recorded as having run 19:02.
If it was a near dead heat, though, it probably just would have been called a tie. On the track you can usually go to a photo, but I've never heard of having video timing at a road race. Maybe at the Boston Marathon, where big money is at stake?
Herb.