Although it starts on the pavement, the Wakulla Springs 5K is almost a cross-country race, mostly run on the sandy trails of the Sanctuary of Wakulla Springs State Park. The Sanctuary is usually closed to visitors, but for the last six years runners have been welcomed onto the trails the morning of the Wakulla Springs 5K. After leaving the paved park roads, the course parallels the Wakulla River on its downstream journey. Somewhere around the halfway point, the route turns onto a trail even closer to the river and takes the runners back upstream to the finish line. The Sanctuary is home to many species of wildlife, although most runners report only encountering ticks and deer flies.
Top Ten Men, 2012 Wakulla Springs 5K
- 16:49 ~ Vince Molosky (M, 32) Tallahassee, FL
- 17:04 ~ Stanley Linton (M, 18) Crawfordville, FL
- 17:35 ~ Michael Nesius (M, 27) Tallahassee, FL
- 17:57 ~ Stephen Robbins (M, 15) Cairo, GA
- 18:55 ~ Eric Godin (M, 28) Tallahassee, FL
- 19:01 ~ Cole Tessier (M, 29) Tallahassee, FL
- 19:08 ~ Jonathan Grisiaffi (M, 16) Tallahassee, FL
- 19:12 ~ Michael Kennett (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
- 19:22 ~ Todd Seabrook (M, 28) Tallahassee, FL
- 19:25 ~ Mike Peymann (M, 49) Tallahassee, FL
Top Ten Women, 2012 Wakulla Springs 5K
- 21:53 ~ Angela Wable (F, 38) Tallahassee, FL
- 22:15 ~ Cora Atkinson (F, 17) Crawfordville, FL
- 22:43 ~ Kirsti Satterstrom (F, 27) Tallahassee, FL
- 22:44 ~ Jennifer Bacile (F, 33) Tallahassee, FL
- 23:31 ~ Fran McLean (F, 54) Tallahassee, FL
- 24:12 ~ April Bentley (F, 38) Crawfordville, FL
- 24:14 ~ Guler Arsal (F, 33) Tallahassee, FL
- 24:42 ~ Raychel Gray (F, 17) Crawfordville, FL
- 24:49 ~ Breanna Croschere (F, 21) Tallahassee, FL
- 24:59 ~ Sandra Canada (F, 49) Woodville, FL
Wakulla Springs 5K Champions, 2007-2012 | ||
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Date | Men | Women |
19 May 2007 | 19:09, Miles Gibson | 22:16, Olivia Swedberg |
17 May 2008 | 17:42, Jay Wallace | 23:29, Sydney Nutting |
16 May 2009 | 17:20, Tyler Price | 21:49, Roxanne Hughes |
15 May 2010 | 17:56, Justin Dickieson | 20:03, Kati Gosnell |
21 May 2011 | 16:59, Vince Molosky | 19:29, Seeley Gutierrez |
19 May 2012 | 16:49, Vince Molosky | 21:53, Angela Wable |
Links
- Complete results of the 2012 Friends of Wakulla Springs 5K at gulfwinds.org
http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2012/Friends%20Wakulla%20Springs%202012.html - More photos of the 2012 Friends of Wakulla Springs 5K
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101946782050013.3337031.5215641&l=5a49f1dd45 - Fred Deckert's photos of the 2012 Friends of Wakulla Springs 5K
https://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/Wakulla12 - 2011 story, "Molosky and Gutierrez break records at Wakulla Springs"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/05/wakulla-2011.html - 2010 story, "Sand and 'Skeeters at the Sanctuary of Wakulla Springs"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/05/wakulla-2010.html - Find your next race in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
Great write-up, Herb!
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