Winning is a piece of cake for Kurt Dietrich and Vicky Droze at the Mother's Day 5K

In 2017, Kurt Dietrich won the sixteenth annual Tails & Trails 5K, and seven days later won the Marzuq Shrine Temple's Mother's Day 5K. In 2018 Dietrich was a repeat winner at the Tails & Trails 5K on May 5, then returned to Maclay Gardens on May 12 for a title defense at the Mother’s Day 5K. He won again, going 18:40. In the women's competition Vicky Droze took first, placing eighth overall in 23:03 and outrunning last year's winner Laura Reina. 92 athletes finished the race.

Kurt Dietrich

The Marzuq Shrine Temple first held their Mother's Day 5K in 2004. Every year since then you could depend on finding that race on the north side of Tallahassee in Maclay Gardens State Park on the Saturday morning before Mother's Day. It became a tradition. The awards were another tradition; cakes for the winners. The cakes disappeared in 2017, replaced with a more usual sort of prize. After a popular outcry, baked goods were back in 2018.


“Let us know what we can improve. We want to make this the best race possible,” the race director urged repeatedly. The return of the cakes confirms that the Shriners really do listen to the runners.

Paul Guyas

Cakes were back, and so were Kurt Dietrich and Laura Reina when the race started from the Lake Hall Recreation Area at 8:30 AM. Dietrich was leading right after leaving the starting line, dashing up the hill from the lake. Filippo Reina, a Deerlake Middle School eighth-grader, was right behind him. Paul Guyas, runner-up in the race in 2017, moved into third during the first half mile. By the last mile Guyas had passed Reina and was running in second. In the 2017 race, Guyas had been within striking distance of Dietrich with a mile to go. This time around, Dietrich was too far ahead to challenge.


“I expected Paul to be closer than he was,” said Dietrich.

Vicky Droze

Instead, Dietrich crossed the finish line with a lead of more than 200 meters, winning the race in 18:40. Guyas was the first master runner and overall runner-up in 19:33. Master runners Chuck Lang and Bill McNulty took the next two places, running 20:06 and 20:11. Filippo Reina was fifth in 20:19.


“It was kind of a disappointing time this week,” said Dietrich. “I’ve been tired the last few weeks so I knew it wouldn’t be as fast as last year.”


Laura Reina led the women’s field at the mile mark, with master runner Vicky Droze and Jasmin McClellan seven seconds behind. During the second mile, though, Droze left McClellan behind and caught Reina. After that it was Droze’s race. Back at Lake Hall she was the first woman across the finish line, running 23:03. Laura Reina was the women’s runner-up, ninth overall in 23:31. Jasmin McClellan held off Paula O'Neill for the third woman's spot, 24:05 to 24:08. McClellan and O'Neill were eleventh and twelfth overall.

Laura Reina

After getting his second win in two consecutive Saturdays at the 2017 Mother’s Day 5K, Dietrich had followed that up with a third winning weekend in a row at the Big Bend Filipino-American Association 5K. Dietrich plans to be in Cascades Park on May 19, trying for another win in the third annual BBFAA 5K. Other runners in the area are heading south that day for the twelfth annual Wakulla Springs 5K, or west to Blountstown, Florida for the seventh annual Catfish Crawl 5K. It may be summer weather now, but that just means that summer racing has started.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Marzuq Mother's Day 5K

1. 18:40, Kurt Dietrich (M, 26)
2. 19:33, Paul Guyas (M, 40)
3. 20:06, Chuck Lang (M, 52)
4. 20:11, Bill McNulty (M, 59)
5. 20:19, Filippo Reina (M, 13)
6. 21:38, Giovanni Wolmers (M, 33)
7. 23:01, Jose Jimenez (M, 30)
8. 24:16, Steve Anders (M, 30)
9. 24:33, Julian Strickland (M, 52)
10. 24:44, Perry Ponder (M, 49)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Marzuq Mother's Day 5K

1. 23:03, Vicky Droze (F, 42)
2. 23:31, Laura Reina (F, 53)
3. 24:05, Jasmin McClellan (F, 29)
4. 24:08, Paula O'Neill (F, 56)
5. 24:50, Gracie Holden (F, 28)
6. 26:30, Gingy Sampson (F, 53)
7. 26:39, Debbie Peters (F, 57)
8. 26:46, Nami Imaizumi (F, 39)
9. 27:38, Claudia Trevilla (F, 40)
10. 27:49, Carrie Bakle (F, 49)

Marzuq Shriners' Mother's Day 5K Champions, 2004 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
8 May 2004	19:42, Scott Ruplinger	25:33, Penny Isom	53
7 May 2005	?	?
13 May 2006	18:27, David Yon	19:27, Laura Hempel	71
12 May 2007	18:03, Martin Sykut	19:04, Lisa Johnson	67
10 May 2008	19:30, James Dexter	20:19, Sheryl Rosen	114
9 May 2009	18:13, Myles Gibson	22:41, Angela Dempsey	161
8 May 2010	19:10, Mickey Moore	22:29, Fran McLean	89
7 May 2011	18:33, Stephen Robbins	20:36, Micah Adriani	172
12 May 2012	16:08, Kevin Sullivan	17:53, Sheryl Rosen	235
11 May 2013	17:22, Vince Molosky	19:49, Katie Showman	128
10 May 2014	17:13, Vince Molosky	20:40, Renee Cox	122
9 May 2015	17:44, Zach DeVeau	19:57, Katie Sherron	69
7 May 2016	18:09, Grady Smith	26:56, Carrie Smith	51
13 May 2017	18:14, Kurt Dietrich	22:34, Laura Reina	84
12 May 2018	18:40, Kurt Dietrich	23:03, Vicky Droze	92
Any leads on the 2005 results would be deeply appreciated. Contact me!

Links:

• Complete results of the 2018 Marzuq Shriners' Mother's Day 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRVgPF3uNPLIJkBJLZm3lztUmiIDrpFXVjeIsK-s9GEUrumWLtPTvbgC0j5lmg5L0xqPxOsCRCTgvSH/pubhtml
  
  
• More photos of the 2018 Marzuq Shriners' Mother's Day 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10111855712543873.1073742356.5215641&type=1&l=68a4c73597
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2018 Marzuq Shriners' Mother's Day 5K
  https://photos.app.goo.gl/X5bL52i1btrUmxaD3
  
  
• 2017 story, “It was Dietrich's and Reina's day at the Mother's Day 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/05/marzuq-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Smith and Smith are winners at the 2016 Marzuq 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/05/marzuq-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Tasty Mother's Day wins for DeVeau and Sherron”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/05/marzuq-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Bloomin' good runs in the Gardens for Molosky and Cox”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/05/marzuq-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Sweet victory in Maclay Gardens for Molosky and Showman”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/05/marzuq-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Sullivan and Rosen take the cake at the Marzuq 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/05/marzuq-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “A Mother's Day stroll in Maclay Gardens for Robbins and Adriani”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/05/marzuq-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Marzuq laurels go to Moore and McLean”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/05/marzuq-2010.html
  
  
• Run a race! Find one to your liking on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://trouoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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