Mott and Horst win the "short" bout on Tallahassee's Marathon Day ticket

Generally, a half-marathon, being 13.1-miles long, is not going to be regarded as "the short race." But when it's paired with a marathon, like the Tallahassee Marathon, the half-marathon is indeed perceived as short.


While 234 runners worked their way through the 37th annual Tallahassee Marathon on Sunday, 6 February 2011, another 600 were enjoying the "short" race, the half marathon. St. Pete's Jonathan Mott ran 70:10 for the win, beating runner-up Chris Lake to the finish line by over three minutes. Tallahassee's Lake clocked 73:13. Next in was the top woman finisher, Jill Horst of Rome, Georgia. Horst covered the course in 81:58, well ahead of the second woman, Tallahassee schoolteacher Lisa Johnson (8th, 84:56).


Tallahassee's Sean Hudson was the fastest master in the race, placing seventh overall in 84:43. Mickey Moore, the second master finisher, was tenth in 86:26. Jane Johnson (23rd, 92:57) of Tallahassee was the first woman master, beating out Thomasville's Mary Anne Grayson (34th, 97:01) for the honor.


Top Ten Men

1. Jonathan Mott, 1:10:10
2. Chris Lake, 1:13:13
3. Stanley Linton, 1:22:08
4. Peter Ormsby, 1:22:29
5. Bosworth Henry, 1:23:13
6. Sean Hudson, 1:24:43
7. Rory Rowan, 1:26:21
8. Mickey Moore, 1:26:26
9. Dustin Hinkel, 1:27:11
10. Keith Gates, 1:27:57

Top Ten Women

1. Jill Horst, 1:21:58
2. Lisa Johnson, 1:24:56
3. Katie Showman, 1:32:30
4. Jane Johnson, 1:32:57
5. Kelly Stevens, 1:34:19
6. Maryanne Grayson, 1:37:01
7. Tiffany Barz, 1:38:45
8. Ashley Daily, 1:38:59
9. Renee Cox, 1:39:05
10. Brooke Castelamare, 1:40:11

Links:

• Complete results of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2011 Tallahassee Half Marathon at active.com
  http://results.active.com/pages/page.jsp?eventID=1872549
  
  
• Photos of Gulf Winds TC's 2011 Tallahassee Marathon/Half-Marathon
  https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3080423&id=5215641&l=10185f9e3d
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of Gulf Winds TC's 2011 Tallahassee Marathon/Half Marathon
  http://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/Marathon_11#
  
  
• USATF course certification map for Gulf Winds Track Club's Tallahassee Half-Marathon
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL09001EBM
  
  
• The main event: "Vanegas wins and Harvey sets record at Tallahassee Marathon XXXVII"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/02/tallahassee-marathon-2011.html
  
  
• Heather Fuselier's race blog: "Half-Marathon: The Second Time's the Charm!"
  http://diaryofareluctantathlete.blogspot.com/2011/02/half-marathon-second-times-charm.html
  
  
• Races short and long in the Tallahassee region are on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1