Kaus and Thompson triumph at the Deer Run

Racing through the streets of the Tallahassee, Florida community of Killearn Lake, Peter Kaus won the Deer Run 5K on Saturday morning, 7 November 2015. Kaus covered the USATF-certified 3.1-mile course in 18:48, finishing more than 400 meters ahead of the next runner. Ten-year-old Layla Thompson won the women's division of the annual race for the second year in a row, placing tenth overall in 22:59.


Lincoln High sophomore Franz Roeder finished runner-up in the Deer Run, running 20:31. Deerlake Middle School cross country runner Spencer Amsellem was third in 20:58. Florida State University engineering professor Juan Ordonez was the fastest master runner in the race, placing fourth overall in 21:27.


For Layla Thompson, it was her third women's division win on three consecutive Saturdays. She had also tallied victories at the Race For Readiness 5K on 31 October 2015 and the TMH For Life Challenge 5K on 24 October 2015. Not far behind Thompson, Deerlake Middle School cross country runner Lauren Cook was the second female finisher, eleventh overall in 23:10. Ten-year-old Sophie Harris was third in the women's standings, 14th overall in 24:28. Birgit Maier-Katkin was the top woman master in the race, the fourth female finisher and 20th overall in 25:10.


The 2015 Deer Run was hosted by the Deerlake Middle School Parent-Teacher Organization. 134 athletes finished the 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Deer Run 5K

1. 18:48 ~ Peter Kaus (M, 31)
2. 20:31 ~ Franz Roeder (M, 16)
3. 20:58 ~ Spencer Amsellem (M, 14)
4. 21:27 ~ Juan Ordonez (M, 41)
5. 21:54 ~ Michael Quiggins (M, 43)
6. 21:59 ~ Jackson Sytsma (M, 12)
7. 22:11 ~ Michael La Bossiere (M, 49)
8. 22:21 ~ Davis Johnstone (M, 15)
9. 22:49 ~ Art Johnstone (M, 49)
10. 24:13 ~ Jason Graham (M, 36)

Top Ten Women, 2015 Deer Run 5K

1. 22:59 ~ Layla Thompson (F, 10)
2. 23:10 ~ Lauren Cook (F, 12)
3. 24:28 ~ Sophia Harris (F, 10)
4. 25:10 ~ Birgit Maier-Katkin (F, 53)
5. 25:25 ~ Paula O'Neill (F, 54)
6. 25:44 ~ Jayd Derickson (F, 12)
7. 26:10 ~ Heather Duey (F, 47)
8. 26:29 ~ Patricia Knauf (F, 47)
9. 26:50 ~ Laura Brooks (F, 57)
10. 27:32 ~ Amanda Claire Curcio (F, 31)

Deer Run 5K winners, 2010 - 2015
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
6 November 2010	17:08, Jay Wallace	19:36, Allison Eagen	135
5 November 2011	18:21, Stephen Robbins	20:59, Claire Fruchtnicht	168
3 November 2012	19:00, Luke Parsley	23:36, Ana Wallace	161
9 November 2013	15:52, Stanley Linton	20:12, Micah Adriani	202
1 November 2014	19:05, Rik Pool	22:01, Layla Thompson	91
7 November 2015	18:48, Peter Kaus	22:59, Layla Thompson	134

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 Deer Run 5K at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2015/Deer%20Run%202015.asp
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2015 Deer Run 5K
  https://picasaweb.google.com/112560881455823075870/Deerlake_15
  
  
• 2014 story, “Pool and Thompson bag Deer Run titles”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/11/deer-run-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Linton and Adriani run like deer at the Deer Run”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/11/deer-run-2013.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Robbins outraces Ross at 2011 Deer Run”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/11/deer-run-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Wallace and Eagen are champion Deer Runners”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/11/deer-run-2010.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map #FL13081EBM for the 2015 Deer Run 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL13081EBM
  
  
• You can run with deer, swine, 'possums, or other critters in the Tallahassee region
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1538

A record for Kaus and a second title for Hamilton at the Patriot Run 6K

It's just a little over thirty miles from Tallahassee, Florida, to Thomasville, Georgia. Tallahassee athlete Peter Kaus made that short trip on Saturday morning, 12 September 2015, to win the third annual Patriot Run. Kaus finished the 6K cross country race in a course record 23:06, while another Tallahassee athlete, Geb Kiros, was the top master runner, placing second overall in 24:09. Thomasville's Beverly Hamilton won the women's title in 29:32, and Nancy Herring of Thomasville was the first woman master and fourth female finisher, coming in 22nd overall in 34:50. 96 athletes finished the 3.73-mile race.


A steady shower was falling on Thomasville the morning of the Patriot Run 6K. Now, if there is anything more fun than running cross country, it's running cross country in the rain. Some folks may not realize that, though, which would explain why participation in the race was down from the 2014 high water mark of 165 finishers. Still, nearly 100 athletes did show up to enjoy the weather and a run through Myrtlewood Plantation. Among those were the winner, Peter Kaus, and runner-up Geb Kiros. Dan Butzin came from Valdosta, Georgia, and finished third in 25:06. Master runner Chad Johnson was the first Thomasville finisher, placing fourth overall in 27:33.


Beverly Hamilton had won the Patriot Run women's title in 2013, setting the women's course record. Hamilton had to settle for second in the women's division in 2014, but at the 2015 race she regained the title, placing eighth overall in 29:32. Thomasville runners Cammie Hungerford (12th, 32:18) and Tiffany Nunnally (16th, 32:56) were second and third in the women's standings.


"It was muddy, it was raining, I wasn't in racing shape," said runner-up Geb Kiros. "But there was a lake and nature all around. I enjoyed it."


Timing and finish line services for the 2015 Stars and Stripes Patriot Run 6K were provided by A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta, Georgia.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Patriot Run 6K

1. 23:05.8 ~ Peter Kaus (M, 31) Tallahassee, FL
2. 24:08.2 ~ Geb Kiros (M, 49) Tallahassee, FL
3. 25:05.9 ~ Dan Butzin (M, 30) Valdosta, GA
4. 27:32.9 ~ Chad Johnson (M, 44) Thomasville, GA
5. 28:47.2 ~ Floyd White (M, 38) Thomasville, GA
6. 29:03.8 ~ Kevin Keffer (M, 34) Thomasville, GA
7. 29:04.1 ~ John Wheeler (M, 48) Boston, GA
8. 30:31.9 ~ Jason Stockstill (M, 16) Thomasville, GA
9. 30:42.4 ~ Tyler Bannister (M, 28) Thomasville, GA
10. 31:23.9 ~ Hobson Fulmer (M, 59) Apalachicola, FL

Top Ten Women, 2015 Patriot Run 6K

1. 29:31.6 ~ Beverly Hamilton (F, 37) Thomasville, GA
2. 32:17.4 ~ Cammie Hungerford (F, 23) Thomasville, GA
3. 32:55.3 ~ Tiffany Nunnally (F, 36) Thomasville, GA
4. 34:49.6 ~ Nancy Herring (F, 60) Thomasville, GA
5. 37:13.3 ~ Lisa Grimes (F, 32) Thomasville, GA
6. 38:12.4 ~ Abrie Sellers (F, 31) Thomasville, GA
7. 38:41.8 ~ Celeste Owens (F, 9) Boston, GA
8. 38:42.5 ~ Wendy Owens (F, 44) Boston, GA
9. 39:36.1 ~ Keri Johnson (F, 31) Coolidge, GA
10. 39:47.3 ~ Jeanna Mayhall (F, 49) Thomasville, GA

Stars & Stripes Patriot Run 6K winners, 2013 - 2015
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
14 September 2013	23:17, Will Carico	27:40, Beverly Hamilton	119
6 September 2014	23:38, Ryan Kelly	30:28, Caroline Filston	165
12 September 2015	23:06, Peter Kaus	29:32, Beverly Hamilton	96

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 Stars & Stripes Patriot Run 6K, courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d6keinmAKW0Ln36xke2eCYg71Pb2_9QZ4zt66MG7L2c/pubhtml
  
  
• 2013 story, “Carico and Balfour keep 'em flying at Stars and Stripes Patriot 6K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/stars-stripes-patriot-2013.html
  
  
• Myrtlewood Plantation
  http://www.myrtlewoodplantation.com/
  
  
• Find another cross-country race in the region in whatever units on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1485

Kaus and Herman are Tallahassee's fastest Downtown Dashers

Ever since Cascades Park opened in Tallahassee this spring, local runners have anticipated the first race in the park. For future races and training runs on the Capital Cascades Trail, Gulf Winds Track Club donated a set of permanent distance markers, at least two of which have already been placed in the pavement of the trail. Capital City Kiwanis scheduled their 4 July 2014 Firecracker 5K to start and finish in the park. But Access Tallahassee ended the speculation when their inaugural Downtown Dash 5K went through Capital Cascades Park on Saturday morning, 10 May 2014.


The race started and finished downtown at the Chain of Parks, which meant that the runners would not only be descending almost 130 feet to get from the high ground of downtown Tallahassee to the banks of the St. Augustine Branch in Cascades Park, but they would also be ascending that same amount to get back to the finish line. Most of that climb would come on the way to the three-mile mark on the infamous Call Street hill between Franklin Boulevard and Calhoun Street.


"The hill on Call was tough," recalled Peter Kaus.


Tough or not, Kaus was the first runner up that hill, and the first runner across the finish line of the 3.1-mile race. Kaus had been challenged early by some of the other athletes in the race. The most tenacious was Adam Greenstein, winner of the Springtime 5K just two months earlier.


"Adam was close at two miles," said Kaus. "But then he fell back."


After that it was just Kaus alone with the hills. He won the first-year race in 18:08, with Greenstein runner-up in 18:41. At 18:52 Michael Martinez was third overall and first master. Tallahassee master runner "Marathon Jack" McDermott was fourth in 19:03.


Shelly Herman was the first woman finisher in the race, placing ninth overall in 25:27. Ten-year-old Kate Krizner was the second female finisher, coming in 11th overall in 25:42. Loranne Ausley was the third woman finisher and top woman master, finishing 13th overall in 25:45.


173 athletes finished the Downtown Dash 5K, not including another 14 who took a wrong turn and ran a shortened version of the course.


Top Ten Men, Access Tallahassee's 2014 Downtown Dash 5K

1. 18:07.78 ~ Peter Kaus (M, 30)
2. 18:40.84 ~ Adam Greenstein (M, 22)
3. 18:51.34 ~ Michael Martinez (M, 48)
4. 19:02.95 ~ Jack McDermott (M, 45)
5. 19:45.71 ~ David Plack (M, 44)
6. 20:00.39 ~ Michael Cipriano (M, 56)
7. 21:01.59 ~ Zechariah Lange (M, 24)
8. 25:19.59 ~ Nishanth Krishnamurthy (M, 32)
9. 25:34.82 ~ Nathan Marshburn (M, 37)
10. 25:41.93 ~ Bill Krizner (M, 39)

Top Ten Women, Access Tallahassee's 2014 Downtown Dash 5K

1. 25:26.30 ~ Shelly Herman (F, 30)
2. 25:41.12 ~ Kate Krizner (F, 10)
3. 25:44.98 ~ Loranne Ausley (F, 50)
4. 26:30.35 ~ Dale French (F, 28)
5. 26:38.29 ~ Anna Dower (F, 22)
6. 26:50.10 ~ Kelley Coe El-Urfali (F, 50)
7. 26:56.16 ~ Joy Ramirez (F, 37)
8. 27:13.24 ~ Julie Kritz (F, 38)
9. 27:27.49 ~ Lisa Starling (F, 48)
10. 28:02.75 ~ Michelle Robinson (F, 26)

Links

• Complete results of Access Tallahassee's 2014 Downtown Dash 5K at gulfwinds.org
  http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2014/Access%20Downtown%20Dash%202014.asp
  
  
• USATF course certification map FL14049EBM for the 2014 Downtown Dash 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL14049EBM
  
  
• Look for the next race through Cascades Park on the Trouble Afoot! race calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1136

Peter Kaus and Lauren Poulos are first to the Trough

Florida State alumni returning to Tallahassee for Homecoming 2013 may have been a bit shocked to find the industrial properties on West Madison Street swept away, replaced by the faux downtown of the Seminole Boosters' College Town project. On the Sunday after the Homecoming game, 17 November 2013, Peter Kaus sped past the College Town high rises to the finish line of Madison Social's Trough Run, winning the inaugural race in 14:51. Michael Martinez was the runner-up and top master in 15:00. Lauren Poulos took top woman honors, coming in fifth overall in 16:37. Leah Denger was the fastest master woman, placing 35th overall in 22:14.


As for those times, the course as planned turned out to be significantly shorter than 5K, and the lead vehicle took the front runners on an even more abbreviated route. Whatever the distance, it was a race, and 167 athletes finished. The event was hosted by Madison Social, which occupies a prominent spot at the corner of West Madison and South Woodward, the west end of College Town. The athletes competing in the Trough Run assembled in front of Madison Social at 3:00 PM for the start of the race; they would soon be returning to the same spot for the finish. From the starting siren Albert Reed led the runners east on Madison Street. Before the end of the first mile, though, Peter Kaus was out front, leading the field west on Gaines Street. Early in the second mile Michael Martinez also passed Reed, taking over second. Kaus, indifferent to the maneuvers behind him, was still setting the pace at the two mile mark where the race had started back east on St. Augustine Street. Back on Madison Street, heading west toward Madison Social and the finish line, Martinez started to narrow the gap, but it was Kaus's race. Kaus crossed the finish line in 14:51 as first Trough Run champion, and Martinez followed as runner-up in 15:00. Reed was third in 15:49. David Saxon took fourth in 16:09. Lauren Poulos, the women's champ, edged out Steven Buckner for fifth, 16:37 to 16:42.


Any disappointment over the short course dissolved in post-race beer, cooling in the ice-filled troughs referred to in the "Trough Run" name. Proceeds of the race benefited Jimbo and Candi Fisher's Kidz 1st Fund, established in 2011 to provide education about, raise awareness of, and fund research into Fanconi anemia. Another Trough Run is in the future--"Maybe it is one year from now or six months," according to Matt Thompson, Madison Social's managing partner .


Just have those troughs full!


Top Ten Men, 2013 Trough Run

1. 14:51 ~ Peter Kaus (M, 29)
2. 15:00 ~ Michael Martinez (M, 47)
3. 15:49 ~ Albert Reed (M, 21)
4. 16:09 ~ David Saxon (M, 21)
5. 16:42 ~ Steven Buckner (M, 23)
6. 18:33 ~ John Parker (M, 24)
7. 19:31 ~ Brogan Farrell (M, 25)
8. 19:38 ~ Zack Rees (M, 23)
9. 19:45 ~ Christopher Turner (M, 31)
10. 19:48 ~ Bill McGuire (M, 66)

Top Ten Women, 2013 Trough Run

1. 16:37 ~ Lauren Poulos (F, 27)
2. 18:22 ~ Katie Showman (F, 32)
3. 20:12 ~ Alyssa Bertinelli (F, 21)
4. 20:46 ~ Carly Echerri (F, 24)
5. 20:59 ~ Mallory Brooks (F, 30)
6. 21:04 ~ Sharon Rudd (F, 34)
7. 21:47 ~ Karima Anderson (F, 27)
8. 21:48 ~ Jensen Reinert (F, 25)
9. 21:59 ~ Summer Robinson (F, 18)
10. 22:14 ~ Leah Dienger (F, 43)

Links

• Complete results of the 2013 Madison Social Trough Run at gulfwinds.org http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2013/Trough%20Run%202013.asp
  
  
• More photos of the 2013 Madison Social Trough Run
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10103819093722413.1073741926.5215641&l=715d51c8e4
  
  
• Future runs for troughs, kegs, barrels, and boards on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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