Trouble Afoot!: July 2012

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Carmichael and Holt lead the stampede at Critter Run

Since the inception of the race in 1986, Dothan, Alabama's Critter Run 5K has become a summer distance running fixture in the southeast Alabama / southwest Georgia / northwest Florida tri-state area. Each year the race features a different animal; the "critter" for the 27th annual race on 28 July 2012 was the giraffe. Aside from accumulating a menagerie over nearly three decades, in recent years the Critter Run has been establishing a tradition of tight races. The close finishes started in the 2009 race with Andrew Norton edging out Charlie Johnson 17:13 to 17:18. In 2010 Tommy Heikkinen ran 17:14 to finish just ahead of Brandon Hough's 17:17. Challen Hyman's 2011 winning time of 18:00 just beat runner-up Chase Harris' 18:08.

Pensacola's Caleb Carmichael, a University of West Florida cross-country coach, had witnessed two of those close finishes from behind, finishing 5th (18:50) in 2010 and third (18:20). In 2012 Carmichael was ready to be part of the story.

But in the Saturday evening race, Tallahassee triathlete Charlie Johnson, the 2009 runner-up, took the lead. Carmichael trailed Johnson until the final climb up Whately Drive toward the finish in Westgate Park, where Carmichael decided it was his last chance to make a move. He closed the gap. With less than 200 meters to go, Johnson and Carmichael were running shoulder to shoulder going up Whately. Then the coach pulled away. Carmichael turned into Westgate Park with the lead, then crossed the finish line with his own close victory, 16:56 to 17:03 over Johnson. David Seymour of Enterprise, Alabama trailed the two over the line in 18:16, and Tallahassee's Sean Hudson grabbed the top master spot, finishing fourth in 18:29.

2012 Critter Run 5K overall award winners

200 meters out from the finish, Tallahassee's Sandy Holt was just a few steps ahead of Kim Likens, but Holt widened the gap before the end of the race, beating Likens 22:46 to 22:57. Tallahassee's Likens was the fastest master woman in the race, finishing ahead of Blakely master runner Debbie Wittmer. Wittmer was the third woman overall, placing 40th in 23:09.

338 athletes finished the race.

Top Ten Men, 2012 Critter Run 5K

16:56 ~ Caleb Carmichael (M, 28) Pensacola, FL
17:03 ~ Charlie Johnson (M, 32) Tallahassee, FL
18:16 ~ David Seymour (M, 24) Enterprise, AL
18:29 ~ Sean Hudson (M, 42) Tallahassee, FL
18:53 ~ Eric Godin (M, 28) Tallahassee, FL
19:04 ~ Myles Gibson (M, 46) Donalsonville, GA
19:14 ~ Brian Johnson (M, 38) Atlanta, GA
19:14 ~ John Rotella (M, 34) Roswell, GA
19:35 ~ Tim Unger (M, 52) Tallahassee, FL
19:57 ~ Timothy Teat (M, 27) Daleville, AL

Top Ten Women, 2012 Critter Run 5K

22:46 ~ Sandy Holt (F, 26) Tallahassee, FL
22:57 ~ Kim Likens (F, 44) Tallahassee, FL
23:09 ~ Debbie Wittmer (F, 49) Blakely, GA
23:55 ~ Kimberly Tompkins (F, 24) Enterprise, AL
24:10 ~ Ami Heath (F, 26) Dothan, AL
24:11 ~ Carla McDonald (F, 34) Tallahassee, FL
24:18 ~ Jamie Harris (F, 35) Tallahassee, FL
24:22 ~ Val Lichner (F, 53) Bonifay, FL
24:25 ~ Caroline Levesque (F, 51) Ft. Walton Bch, FL
24:30 ~ Chynna Dulac (F, 23) Dothan, AL

Critter Run Champions and Critters, 1986-2012
Date	Men	Women	Critters
26 July 1986	15:49 Tom Graves	18:00 Gail Ogle	Moose
25 July 1987	15:26 Tom Graves	17:57 Carrie Boyd	Panda
30 July 1988	15:19 John DeVine	18:27 Judy Weisel	Raccoon
29 July 1989	16:02 Brad Sable	19:17 Jill Faulkner	Beaver
21 July 1990	15:08 David Keen	18:56 Janice Hochstein	Gorilla
20 July 1991	15:54 Matt Parker	18:40 Connie Robertson	Alligator
18 July 1992	16:50 Myles Gibson	19:26 Cindy Cobb	Rabbit
24 July 1993	15:50 Matthew Dobson	20:17 Lou Ellen Eaddy	Koala
23 July 1994	16:34 Sam Graves	20:06 Cindy Cobb	Fox
22 July 1995	15:50 Gary Droze	18:19 Sarah Kramer	Iguana
20 July 1996	16:31 Clayton Tillery	17:08 Suzanne Rigg	Pelican
19 July 1997	15:58 John Detro	18:57 Kelly Wild	Angus Bull
18 July 1998	16:45 Brandon Britton	18:43 Connie Robertson	Shark
24 July 1999	16:28 David Parker	19:02 Anna Pichrtova	Armadillo
22 July 2000	16:50 James Frazier	21:05 Terri Gray	Killer Whale
21 July 2001	15:57 Matthew Dobson	22:22 Jeanne Kenady	Bull Frog
20 July 2002	16:15 James Frazier	20:27 Karen Kenney	Tortoise
19 July 2003	16:31 Mike Lilly	21:20 Taylor Heaton	Barn Owl
24 July 2004	17:08 Ted Leblow	20:01 Kelly Wild	Zebra
16 July 2005	17:19 Sean O'Donnell	21:13 Kim Likens	Menagerie
22 July 2006	16:24 Matthew Dobson	22:13 Kim Likens	Cheetah
21 July 2007	16:48 Andrew Norton	21:30 Liesel Schmidt	Flamingo
19 July 2008	16:05 James Uthmeier	20:26 Liesel Schmidt	Penguin
18 July 2009	17:13 Andrew Norton	19:15 Kara Taylor	Elephant
24 July 2010	17:14 Thomas Heikkinen	19:42 Shannon Coates	Polar Bear
23 July 2011	18:00 Challen Hyman	19:05 Shannon Coates	Orangutan
28 July 2012	16:56 Caleb Carmichael	22:46 Sandy Holt	Giraffe

Links:

Complete results of the 2012 Critter Run 5K at dothanrunners.com
http://dothanrunners.com/2012critterrunresults.htm
More photos of the 2012 Critter Run 5K.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102168080111923.3371704.5215641&l=c3c7dfb6a0
2011 story, "Hyman wins and Coates repeats at 2011 Critter Run"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/07/critter-2011.html
2010 story, "Heikkinen and Coates are Critter Winners"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/07/critter-2010.html
USATF course certification map for the Critter Run 5K (AL86003JD)
http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=AL86003JD
Hosts of the Critter Run 5K, the Dothan Runners
http://dothanrunners.com/
Find more races in the Tallahassee region and the tri-state area
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Lagat leads the 2012 Run With The Moose 5K

Women runners have had much to say in the three-year history of the Run With The Moose 5K in Quincy, Florida. Sheryl Rosen was the overall winner of the first Run With The Moose, running 20:52 in 2010. Gary Droze evened the score for the men in 2011 with a 17:57 win. But in this year's race on Saturday morning, 28 July 2012, the women regained the lead in wins, taking the top spot and three of the top four places.

The race started just after 8:15 AM, and the athletes headed north on Shelfer Street. Just over half a kilometer into the race the runners made a turn onto King Street. Crawfordville master runner Duane Evans was first to that corner, followed by Violah Lagat and Carly Thomas. It was just weeks away from Lagat's second and Thomas's first cross-country season competing for Seminoles Florida State University. On the way to the two-kilometer mark, the runners negotiated the worst of the King Street hills. Evans was still leading, but Lagat and Thomas were closing. The two Seminoles overtook Evans, and then Lagat ran away from everyone. Lagat finished the race with a 500 meter lead, running a new women's record of 18:45 for the hilly Quincy 5K. Thomas finished second overall with a time of 20:50. Evans placed third in 21:16, the first male and the fastest master in the race. Fourth overall at 22:04, Katelyn Kelly was the third female finisher. Sandra Canada was the fourth woman the the first female master; she placed ninth overall in 26:11.

Another constant in the history of the race is the carping about the hills. The hills aren't going away, though, nor are the hosts from the Moose Lodge about to air condition the course. But the runners do get an accurate 5K, a tour of some beautiful Quincy neighborhoods, traffic control from local law enforcement, and an event that benefits Special Olympics. Surely that's worth enduring a few hills.

Top Ten Women, 2012 Run With The Moose 5K

18:45 ~ Violah Lagat (F, 23)
20:50 ~ Carly Thomas (F, 18)
22:04 ~ Kaitlyn Kelly (F, 18)
26:11 ~ Sandra Canada (F, 49)
28:37 ~ Jessica Miller (F, 34)
32:28 ~ Kamryn Kirkpatrick (F, 18)
34:15 ~ Cynthia Tie (F, 46)
34:25 ~ Lesa Evans (F, 45)
34:26 ~ Donna Graham (F, 53)
35:36 ~ Ranie Thompson (F, 36)

Top Ten Men, 2012 Run With The Moose 5K

21:16 ~ Duane Evans (M, 45)
22:14 ~ Cole Farrington (M, 19)
24:53 ~ Eric Dueno (M, 44)
25:00 ~ Franz Roeder (M, 13)
25:48 ~ Jason Thompson (M, 38)
26:44 ~ Bill Kimmons (M, 60)
27:52 ~ Mike Dueitt (M, 43)
28:05 ~ David Darst (M, 69)
28:36 ~ Warren Youmans (M, 19)
29:19 ~ Jeff Starks (M, 49)

Run With The Moose 5K champions, 2010-2012
Date	Men	Women
14 August 2010	22:01, Jay Silvanima	20:52, Sheryl Rosen
23 July 2011	17:57, Gary Droze	24:05, Vicky Droze
28 July 2012	21:16, Duane Evans	18:45, Violah Lagat

Links

Complete results of the 2012 Run With The Moose 5K at gulfwinds.org
http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2012/Run%20with%20the%20Moose%202012.asp
More photos of the 2012 Run With The Moose 5K
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102145934486933.3367649.5215641&l=567d6d1c31
Fred Deckert's photos of the 2012 Run With The Moose 5K
https://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/Moose12
2011 story, "Droze & Droze rack up Moose 5K wins in Quincy"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/07/moose-2011.html
2010 story, "Rosen outraces the herd at the Run With The Moose 5K"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/08/moose-2010.html
More races, including those named after moose, deer, and other ruminants
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

25 July 2012 Tallahassee 100-Mile Race Calendar

his is the Tallahassee vicinity road-race schedule for 25 July 2012. If that's more than a week ago, the latest schedule is always available via this link:

http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1

This is a listing of upcoming races within 100 miles of Tallahassee, Florida, roughly the area in the map below. If a race isn't listed, I probably haven't heard of it, so post a comment and let me know about it.

Map

26 JULY 2012

Gulf Winds Track Club / Tallahassee Parks & Recreation Summer Track Series Meet #8. 6:45pm ET. Maclay School track, 3737 N Meridian Rd, Tallahassee, Florida. Tom Perkins, 850-894-2019.

28 JULY 2012

3rd annual Run With The Moose 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00AM ET one mile / 8:15AM ET 5K. Quincy Moose Lodge, 1831 W. Jefferson St., Quincy, Florida 32351. 2011 story. 2010 story. Entry form and flyer. Dawn Mackland, lodge2672@mooseunits.org or 850-294-9317.
Cumulative 5K (Run a 3200 and a 200 and a 1600). 7:30 AM ET. Scruggs Track, Valwood School, 4380 Old US HWY 41 N, Hahira, Georgia 31632. acourseline@earthlink.net
Hog Jog 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Entrance, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, 3076 95th Drive Live Oak, Florida 32060. Event web page. Online registration at active.com. Kathy Wood, wellness@suwannee.k12.fl.us
27th annual Critter Run 5K. 6:00 pm CT. Westgate Park, 801 Recreation Road, Dothan, AL 36303. USATF certified course #AL86003JD. 2011 story. 2010 story. Event web page. Event entry form. Larry Dykes, 334-792-6021.

30 JULY 2012

Valdosta All-Comer Track Series Meet #9. 6:30 PM ET. Scruggs Track, Valwood School, 4380 Old US HWY 41 N, Hahira, Georgia 31632. Track series flyer.

31 JULY 2012

Hot Summer Nights 5K Trail Run #9. 6:00 pm CT. Westgate Park, 801 Recreation Road, Dothan, AL 36303. Larry Dykes, drcprez@yahoo.com or (334) 792-6021.

4 AUGUST 2012

Run To Remember 10K and 5K. 7:00 AM ET. Moultrie/Colquitt County Parks & Recreation Department, 11th Ave SW, Moultrie, Georgia. Online registration at active.com.
Possum Trot 5K. 7:30am CT. Wausau, Florida. 2011 story. Frank or Carol Kreis, 850-773-2030.
Walter Phelps Memorial 5K Trail Run and one-mile fun run. 8:00am ET one mile / 8:30am ET 5K. Lee County YMCA, 316 Robert B Lee Drive, Leesburg, Georgia. 2011 story. Online registration at active.com.
Habitat's Home Run 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET 5K / 9:00 AM ET one mile. Patterson Street and Roosevelt Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
23rd annual Run For Love 5K and one-mile fun run. 7:15 PM ET one mile / 7:45 PM ET 5K. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Tennis Center, 2802 Moore Highway, Tifton, Georgia 31793. 2010 story. Online registration at active.com. Laurie Mullen, lmullen@tiftschools.com or 229-848-0784.

6 AUGUST 2012

Valdosta All-Comer Track Series Meet #10. 6:30 PM ET. Scruggs Track, Valwood School, 4380 Old US HWY 41 N, Hahira, Georgia 31632. Track series flyer.

7 AUGUST 2012

Hot Summer Nights 5K Trail Run #10. 6:00 pm CT. Westgate Park, 801 Recreation Road, Dothan, AL 36303. Larry Dykes, drcprez@yahoo.com or (334) 792-6021.

11 AUGUST 2012

3rd annual Trojan Pride 5K. 8:00am ET. Pavilion #13, Tom Brown Park, Easterwood Drive, Tallahassee, Florida. 2011 story. 2010 story. Entry form and flyer. Tanise Jackson tljackson212@gmail.com or Lincoln High School 850-487-2110.
14th annual Summer Sizzler 5K and one-mile fun run. 7:00 pm ET (1 mile), 7:30 pm ET (5K). St. George Island, Florida. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. USATF certifed course #FL99035DL. Event web site. Online registration at active.com. Hobson Fulmer, hobson@fairpoint.net or 850-927-2510.
Georgia Veterans Sprint Triathlon (400 yard swim / 13.6 mile bike / 5K run). 7:45am ET Duathlon / 8:00am ET Sprint Triathlon. Georgia Veterans State Park, 2459 U.S. Highway 280 W, Cordele , GA 31015. 2011 story. Event web site. Online registration for sprint triathlon at active.com. Sprint triathlon entry form and flyer. Jim Rainey, Georgia Multisports Productions, jim@gamultisports.com or 770-926-2367.

14 AUGUST 2012

Hot Summer Nights 5K Trail Run #11. 6:00 pm CT. Westgate Park, 801 Recreation Road, Dothan, AL 36303. Larry Dykes, drcprez@yahoo.com or (334) 792-6021.

18 AUGUST 2012

15th annual GWTC Breakfast On The Track One Mile Run. 7:45 am ET. Maclay School track, 3737 N Meridian Rd, Tallahassee, Florida. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. Bonnie Wright, 850-386-3500 or bwright@electro-net.com

19 AUGUST 2012

Hearts For Military Heroes Summer Run 5K. 8:00 AM CT. Frank Brown Park, 16200 Panama City Beach Parkway, Panama City Beach, Florida. Online registration at active.com.

21 AUGUST 2012

Hot Summer Nights 5K Trail Run #12. 6:00 pm CT. Westgate Park, 801 Recreation Road, Dothan, AL 36303. Larry Dykes, drcprez@yahoo.com or (334) 792-6021.

25 AUGUST 2012

GWTC Miller Landing Madness 8K/5K/3K. 8:00 am ET. Elinor Klapp Phipps Park, Miller Landing Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. Tom Perkins, 850-894-2019.
Life Is A Beach 5K Trail Run. 8:00am CT. Westgate Park, 801 Recreation Road, Dothan, Alabama 36303. 2011 story. 2010 story. Event web page. Larry Dykes, drcprez@yahoo.com or 334-792-6021.
Race for Education 5K. 8:00 AM ET. McKey Park, Burton Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.
Third annual Leesburg Long Run For The Children 10.5K, 5K, and one-mile fun run. 7:00 AM ET 5K / 7:50 AM ET 10.5K / 8:00 AM ET one mile. Lee County Chamber of Commerce, 100 Starksville Avenue North, Leesburg, Georgia 31763. Entry form and flyer. Don VanOteghem, pamndonv@bellsouth.net or 229-759-1970.
Kristy Nolan Leukemia Foundation 5K. 8:00 AM CT. Frank Brown Park, 16200 Panama City Pkwy, Panama City Beach, Florida. Online registration at active.com.

28 AUGUST 2012

Hot Summer Nights 5K Trail Run #13. 6:00 pm CT. Westgate Park, 801 Recreation Road, Dothan, AL 36303. Larry Dykes, drcprez@yahoo.com or (334) 792-6021.

1 SEPTEMBER 2012

Dr. James H. Crowdis 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:30 AM ET. First United Methodist Church, 397 College Street, Blakely, Georgia. Event web site. 5K course map. Entry form. Tony Gilbert, crowdisrun@windstream.net or 229-724-7660.
Flatlander Dawg Gone Good Road Race 5K and one-mile fun run. 7:30 AM ET one mile / 8:00 AM ET 5K. Behind Lakeland First Baptist Church, 15 East Main Street Lakeland, Georgia 31635. 2011 story. Online registration at RunSignUp.com.

2 SEPTEMBER 2012

Tallahassee Youth Triathlon Series #3. 8:00am ET. Morcom Aquatic Center, Potsdamer Road, Tallahassee, Florida. Event web site. Event page on Facebook. Mike Weyant, weyantm@comcast.net or 850-241-6591.

3 SEPTEMBER 2012

5th annual Robin Lotane Memorial Red Cross Hurricane Run 5K. 8:00 am ET. Tallahassee Red Cross, 1115 Easterwood Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32311. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. Bob Lotane, 850-545-9446, or Debara Jump, debara.jump@tallyredcross.org or 850-402-5612.
4th annual Valdosta Labor Day 5K & 1500m fun run. 8:00am ET. 3200 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. 2011 story. 2010 story. Online registration at runsignup.com.

8 SEPTEMBER 2012

31st annual Sickle Cell Foundation of the Big Bend 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:10am ET one mile / 8:30am ET 5K. Jake Gaither Park, 801 Tanner Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32305. 2011 story. 2010 story. Event web site. Velma Penermon Stevens, 850-222-2355
4th annual Coach Mike Run For The Kids 5K. 8:30AM ET. Cobb Middle School, 915 Hillcrest Street, Tallahassee, Florida. 2011 story. 2010 story. Tolar Griffin, Tolar.Griffin@wcsb.us
5K at Fifth. 8:00 AM ET. Paisley Cafe, 1123 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, Florida. Entry form and flyer. Shannon Moore, 850-694-3322.
Run For Remembrance 5K. 8:00 AM CT. Aaron Bessant Park, 500 West Park Drive, Panama City, Florida. Online registration at active.com. Rebecca DeBell, 850-527-9265.
Beach Blast Triathlon / Duathlon II. 7:00am CT Olympic distances / 7:30am CT sprint distances. St Joe Beach, Florida. Event web site. Online registration at active.com. Director@BeachBlastTriathlon.com

15 SEPTEMBER 2012

Gulf Winds Track Club's 31st annual Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K. 8:00am ET. Optimist Park, East Indianhead Drive, Tallahassee, Florida. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. USATF certified course #FL00022DL. Entry form and flyer. Lisa Unger, ungertl@juno.com or 850-562-2901.
Race of the South 10K / 5K / one-mile fun run. 7:30am ET 10K and 5K, 9:00am ET one mile. Moultrie YMCA, 601 26th Avenue Southeast, Moultrie, Georgia 31768. 2010 story. Event web page. Leslie Peretti, leslieymca@hotmail.com or 229-985-1154.
Cast Iron 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Citizens National Bank Parking Lot, 100 East Stephens Street, Quitman, Georgia 31643. 2011 story. Online registration at active.com.
Run For The Kids 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:30 AM CT. Gulf Coast State College, 5230 US Highway 98, Panama City, Florida. Online registration at active.com.
Buck Run 5K. 7:30 AM CT. 2201 Recreation Drive, Panama City Beach, Florida. Online registration at active.com.

22 SEPTEMBER 2012

Gulf Winds Track Club's Salute to Prefontaine 5K Cross-Country Run. 8:30am ET. Silver Lake Recreation Area of the Apalachicola National Forest, Silver Lake Road, Tallahassee, Florida. 2011 story. 2010 story. Jeff Nielsen, dobieman@comcast.net or 850-459-8859.
6th annual Trot with S.W.A.T. 10K and 5K. 8:00 am CT. Poplar Head Park, 126 N. St. Andrews Street, Dothan, Alabama. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. Carol Goguen 334-794-9029 or cgoguen@sw.rr.com
Chehaw Through The Zoo 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Chehaw Park, 105 Chehaw Park Road, Albany, Georgia. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. Danielle Sumner, DSumner@chehaw.org or 229-430-5295.

29 SEPTEMBER 2012

4th annual Quail Trail 5K. 8:00 AM ET. Historic Pebble Hill Plantation, US 319, Thomasville, Georgia. 2010 story. 2009 story. USATF certified course GA09026WC. Event web page. Entry form and flyer. Helen Fennelly, 229-225-2186 or htfenn@hotmail.com
Born to Run: Tallahassee 10K and 5K. 7:30 AM ET. James Messer Sports Complex, Jackson Bluff Road, Tallahassee, Florida. Online registration at active.com. Colin Bowyer, cbb10f@my.fsu.edu or 850-396-3107.
Run For The Renascence 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM CT. Marina Civic Center, 8 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, Florida. Online registration at active.com.
Run For Life 5K. 8:00 AM ET. The Coliseum, 1302 11th St. SW, Live Oak, Florida. Online registration at active.com.
Heels and Wheels Duathlon (Run 2 miles, Bike 11 miles, Run 2 miles). 7:30 AM ET. Albany Area YMCA Sports Park, 4508 Gillionville Road, Albany, Georgia 31721. Event web page. Online registration at imathlete.com. DRC Sports, info@drcsports.com or 352-637-2475.

6 OCTOBER 2012

Second annual Run for Lawson Cross Country 10K, 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00 AM ET one mile. Holy Comforter Episcopal School, 2001 Fleischmann Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32308. 2011 story. Event web site. Event page on Facebook. Cathy Mayfield, emc4223@aol.com
Riverfront Run 5K. 8:30am ET. Broad Avenue next to Hilton Garden Inn, 101 S Front Street, Albany, Georgia 31701. Event web site. Online registration at active.com. info@riverfrontrun.com or (229) 436-8191.
Girls Incorporated Half Marathon & 5K. 8:00 am CT. Pier Park, Panama City Beach, Florida. Online registration at active.com.

13 OCTOBER 2012

Gulf Winds Track Club's Pine Run at Tall Timbers 20K. 7:30 am ET. Tall Timbers Research Station, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, Florida. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. Gordon Cherr, 850-556-5957 or scam22@aol.com
6th annual Stepping Out For Your Heart 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00am ET 5K / 9:00am ET one mile. Tift County High School northeast campus, 3021 Fulwood Road, Tifton, Georgia 31794. Darian Peavy, darian.peavy@tiftregional.com or 229-353-7796.

21 OCTOBER 2012

Third annual “Running for the bay!” Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K, 5K and 50K ultramarathon. 7:15am ET. Apalachicola, Florida. Race web site.

27 OCTOBER 2012

33rd annual Boston Mini-Marathon. 8:00 am ET. Commercial Bank, 124 West Jefferson Street, Boston, GA 31626. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. Brad Johnson, bradjohnson@bankcb.com or 229-498-8500 (day) / 229-226-4679 (evening).

3 NOVEMBER 2012

2nd annual Conley Elementary Yellow Jacket Swarm 10K, 5K, and one-mile fun run. 8:30am ET 10K & 5K / 10:00am ET one mile. Conley Elementary School, 2400 East Orange Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida. 2011 story. 10K USATF certified course FL11084EBM. Entry form and flyer. Jen Turner, turnerjst@gmail.com
Deer Run 5K and one mile. 8:00am ET 5K / 9:00am ET one mile. Deerlake Middle School, 9902 Deerlake West, Tallahassee, Florida. 2011 story. 2010 story. Gill Jones, gjonesfl@hotmail.com or 922-6545.
Flagler College Tallahassee Run for the Books 5K. 9:00am ET. Lifetime Sports Complex, Tallahassee Community College, Appleyard Drive at West Pensacola Street, Tallahassee, Florida. Karen Atkinson, atkinsok@tcc.fl.edu or 850-201-8070.
Ironman Florida Triathlon (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run...duh!). 6:50am CT first wave. Boardwalk Beach Resort, 9400 South Thomas Drive, Panama City Beach, Florida. Event web site. Online registration at active.com.

17 NOVEMBER 2012

2nd annual Trash Dash. 8:30am ET. Leon County Solid Waste Management, 7550 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida 32311. 2011 story.
18th annual Draggin' Tail 18-Mile Run, Relay, & 5K. 8:00 am CT. St Theresa's Catholic Church, 2056 Sunny Hills Boulevard, Sunny Hills, Florida. 2011 story. 2010 story. Marty Kirkland 850-265-8439 or Joe Edgecombe joeruns@yahoo.com or 850-763-5005.

22 NOVEMBER 2012

Gulf Winds Track Club's 37th annual Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15K / 10K / 5K. 8:00 am ET. State Office Satellite Complex at SouthWood, Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, FL. 2011 story. 2010 story. 2009 story. Event web site. David Yon, david@radeylaw.com or 850-425-6671 or 850-668-2236

24 NOVEMBER 2012

Swine Time 5K. 8:30am ET. Swine Time Fairgrounds, New Street, Climax Georgia. 2011 story. Paul Fryer, pfryer1@gmail.com or 229-246-8560 or Chip Ariail, dariail@dcboe.com or 229-243-9120.

1 DECEMBER 2012

Gulf Winds Track Club Ten-Mile Challenge / Five-Mile Run. 8:00 am ET. Hawks Rise Elementary School, 205 Meadow Ridge Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32312-1565. USATF certified courses FL10078EBM (ten mile) and FL10077EBM (five mile). 2011 story. 2010 story. Event web page. Event page on Facebook. Reid Vannoy, reidv@comcast.net or 850-591-7891.
Fourth annual Run for the Redfish Half-Marathon / 5K / one-mile fun run. 8:00am CT. Pier Park, Margaritaville, 16230 Front Beach Road, Panama City Beach 32413. 2011 story. 2010 story. Event web site.

8 DECEMBER 2012

Gulf Winds Track Club's 32nd annual Tallahassee Ultra Distance Classic 50K/50M. 7:00 am ET. Wakulla Springs State Park, 550 Wakulla Park Drive, Wakulla Springs, Florida. USATF certified course FL08072EBM. 2011 story. 2010 story. Event web site. Gary Griffin, runlong@nettally.com

15 DECEMBER 2012

Gulf Wind Track Club's second annual Tannenbaum Trail 6K Cross Country Run. 9:00AM ET. Apalachee Regional Park Trail, 7550 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida. 2011 story. Brian Corbin, brirun@comcast.net, or Herb Wills, hwills@gmail.com

Sunday, July 22, 2012

A Poor Man's Lunacy

Dana Stetson's Mike The Dog races aren't quite crazy, at least compared to what else is out there. After all, even running the Western States 100 Mile or the Badwater aren't regarded as crazy even if they're out of the mainstream. But if you do regard running an ultramarathon in Death Valley as insane, compared to that example of a psychosis, participating in a Mike The Dog race is at worst neurotic, and probably only qualifies as eccentric. The Mike The Dog half marathon may have seemed slightly lunatic, running back and forth over the same hill ten times, but it's a poor man's lunacy.

Running five miles in the Wakulla State Forest doesn't make it onto the scale of insanity at all. So for the third annual Mike The Dog Five Mile, Stetson upped the ante by moving the starting time to 2:00 on Sunday afternoon, 22 July 2012, to take full advantage of midsummer heat and humidity. Swarms of ravenous mosquitoes infested the forest, courtesy of tropical storm Debbie. The air along the course was scented with roadkill and anxious skunk. But Stetson wouldn't change the fact that even under the worst conditions the forest is a scenic place to run. The footing was good, the course was well marked, and there were a couple of self-service water tables to lower the chance of heat exhaustion.

Stetson wasn't around for the start of the race, which wasn't a problem because he didn't plan on either running or timing it. Nevertheless, the run began approximately on time. Mariah Tinger got out in front by a respectable margin, but then she paused to drink at the 2500-meter water table. While she was taking on fluid, Juan Ordoñez caught up. The two left the water table together, and once again Tinger built up a lead. At the turnaround and 4,000-meter water table Tinger stopped again, and Ordoñez overtook her again. The runners headed back along the course toward the finish, Ordoñez and Tinger trading the lead. Around five kilometers a deer bounded across the path in front of the leaders. The race continued. Coming up on the finish, Tinger led by half a step, but Ordoñez pulled ahead during the final kick, winning by less than a second. A couple of minutes later, Jeff Nielsen crossed the finish line in third place, the fastest master runner in the race.

The below results are incomplete and unofficial.

Top Ten Finishers, 2012 Mike the Dog Five Mile

34:38 ~ Juan Ordoñez (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
34:39 ~ Mariah Tinger (F, 35) Somerville, MA
37:11 ~ Jeff Nielsen (M, 54) Tallahassee, FL
41:53 ~ (F, )
42:14 ~ Michael Burns (M, 47) Tallahassee, FL
42:40 ~ Gary Griffin (M, 62) Tallahassee, FL
42:58 ~ Mike Baker (M, 43) Tallahassee, FL
43:04 ~ (F, )
43:24 ~ David Yon (M, 56) Tallahassee, FL
43:27 ~ (F, )

Links

More photos of the 2012 Mike the Dog Five Mile
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102158064298693.3369816.5215641&l=a703428213
2011 story, "Sand, Sweat, and Success for Molosky and Calder"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/07/mike-dog-2011.html
Look for truly buggy upcoming events on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1

Khosla and company go running with the Devil

In track and field, the high jump always ends in failure.

So does the pole vault, for that matter. The point is that the athletes keep jumping until they fail to clear the bar, with the possible exception of the winner. You don't usually get that in running events-- you may not win, but you do have a chance to finish the race.

Not so in the Devil-Takes-The-Hindmost run.

Starting with the second lap, the Devil takes the slowest runner off the track at the end of each lap. This continues lap after lap until there is only one runner left on the track, the winner. For everyone else, the race ends with the failure to keep up. You can think of it as a metaphor for mortality. You can view it as a microcosm of economic competition in the modern world. Or you can just watch it hilariously unfold.

23 runners gathered on the Mike Long Track at 7:00 PM on Saturday, July 22, for Tallahassee's 2012 edition of the Devil-Takes-The-Hindmost. It was the second year in a row for the event, which is in danger of once again becoming an annual event. As in 2011, Elizabeth Stupi played the role of the Devil, and led the runners once around the track before pausing at the end of the front straightaway to wait for her first victim.

It was seven-year-old Bernadette Burns. She had run the first two laps with her father, Michael Burns, but her parent stepped ahead of her at the end of the lap, leaving her for the Devil. The older Burns went out at the end of lap three. Either through greed or confusion, the Devil also took a second runner, Jeff Starks, on the third lap.

Dana Stetson was the next to go, then Michael Molen outkicked his sister Emily Molen on lap five, only to be taken himself on lap six. The Devil got Madeline Horgan on the seventh lap, leaving Ashley Daily as the only woman left on the track, but only until the end of lap eight.

The field continued to dwindle. There was occasional drama, as when Bing Xu sprinted past Jasen Fulghum on lap 14, leaving Fulghum for the Devil. Brian Molen and Paul Guyas both went out on lap 17, one taken by the Devil and the other too winded to continue. John Robida was grabbed after 18 laps, leaving three high school runners and Peter Kaus on the track. Jarod Hoffman lagged on the 19th lap, and the Devil got him. Kaus outkicked Zac Buchholz to survive the 20th lap, but that left him too fatigued to keep pace with Sukhi Khosla. Kaus bowed out after lap 21, leaving Khosla to complete the 22nd lap alone, as the winner of the 2012 Devil-Takes-The-Hindmost Run.

The Devil left the track having caught 22 runners. Khosla got away this year, but the Devil is patient, and knows that there is next year, and the year after that. See you then.

Devil Takes The Hindmost Run
Mike Long Track, Tallahassee, Florida
Saturday, 21 July 2012 @ 7:00PM ET
Place	Athlete	M/F	Age	City, State	Laps
1.	Sukhi Khosla	M	15	Tallahassee, FL	22
2.	Peter Kaus	M	28	Tallahassee, FL	21
3.	Zac Buchholz	M	17	Tallahassee, FL	20
4.	Jarod Hoffman	M	16	Tallahassee, FL	19
5.	John Robida	M	32	Tampa, FL	18
6.	Paul Guyas	M	34	Tallahassee, FL	17
	Brian Molen	M	36	Tallahassee, FL	17
8.	Juan Ordonez	M	38	Tallahassee, FL	16
9.	Bing Xu	M	44	Tallahassee, FL	15
10.	Jasen Fulghum	M	28	Tallahassee, FL	14
11.	Michael Kennett	M	28	Tallahassee, FL	13
12.	Cole Tessier	M	28	Tallahassee, FL	12
13.	John Lightle	M	31	Tallahassee, FL	11
14.	Cole Farrington	M	19	Bainbridge, GA	10
15.	Eric Dueno	M	44	Havana, FL	9
16.	Ashley Daily	F	25	Tallahassee, FL	8
17.	Madeline Horgan	F	15	Tallahassee, FL	7
18.	Michael Molen	M	12	Tallahassee, FL	6
19.	Emily Molen	F	10	Tallahassee, FL	5
20.	Dana Stetson	M	54	Tallahassee, FL	4
21.	Michael Burns	M	47	Tallahassee, FL	3
	Jeff Starks	M	49	Quincy, FL	3
23.	Bernadette Burns	F	7	Tallahassee, FL	2

Links:

More photos of the 2012 Devil-Takes-The-Hindmost Run
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102128409212723.3364590.5215641&l=37c83064d5
Tom Rowland's photos of the 2012 Devil-Takes-The-Hindmost Run
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3020619534125.98669.1821804264&l=ca5b2543c9
2011 story, "Akbar beats the Devil"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/07/devil-2011.html
2004 story, "A diabolic tradition renewed: Devil-Take-The-Hindmost (2004)"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/07/devil-2004.html
Find more conventional races in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1

Saturday, July 21, 2012

McLeod and Smoot kick some buns in Valdosta's Wood Valley

Two years after finishing third in Valdosta's inaugural Break Bread Bun Run 5K, Mark McLeod was back on the streets of Wood Valley for the 2012 race on Saturday morning, July 21. This time Fitzgerald's McLeod buried the competition, finishing nearly a quarter mile ahead of the runner up and setting a course record of 18:21. Valdosta's Masked Avenger was the second runner to complete the circuit through the hills of Wood Valley, crossing the finish line in 19:50. Tyler Thurman of Lowndes High placed third in 20:21, followed by the first master runner in the race, Sean McConnell (4th, 20:33) of Adel.

For a close race, you had to turn to the women's competition. Valdosta's Alice Smoot and Savannah's Sarah Batt fought all the way to the finish line, contesting both the women's title and the female master's title. At the line it was Smoot, with both runners clocked in the same time of 21:11--a new course record for women. Valdosta's Elizabeth Smith took third in 23:45. Lauren Tosky of Leesburg, a winner at Valdosta's fourth annual Barnes 100 Years 5K seven days earlier, placed fourth among the females in 24:29.

56 athletes finished the third annual Bun Run 5K.

Top Ten Men, 2012 Break Bread Bun Run 5K

18:21 ~ Mark McLeod (M, 20) Fitzgerald, GA
19:50 ~ Masked Avenger (M, 33) Valdosta, GA
20:21 ~ Tyler Thurman (M, 16) Valdosta, GA
20:33 ~ Sean McConnell (M, 41) Adel, GA
20:50 ~ Rick Mazurkiewicz (M, 45) Valdosta, GA
21:26 ~ Will Blanchard (M, 31) Bella Vista, AR
22:06 ~ Jackson Williams (M, 29) Willacoochee, GA
22:15 ~ Matthew Wells (M, 43) Valdosta, GA
23:24 ~ Pat Collins (M, 54) Valdosta, GA
23:30 ~ Ian North (M, 29) Atlanta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2012 Break Bread Bun Run 5K

21:11 ~ Alice Smoot (F, 55) Valdosta, GA
21:11 ~ Sarah Batt (F, 47) Savannah, GA
23:45 ~ Elizabeth Smith (F, 34) Valdosta, GA
24:29 ~ Lauren Tosky (F, 18) Leesburg, GA
25:18 ~ Ashley Tosky (F, 19) Leesburg, GA
25:40 ~ Aubrey Suddarth (F, 17) Valdosta, GA
25:42 ~ Debbie Green (F, 46) Valdosta, GA
26:02 ~ Billie Washburn (F, 50) Valdosta, GA
26:35 ~ Martha Mazurkiewicz (F, 44) Valdosta, GA
26:54 ~ Rebecca Meindl (F, 36) Valdosta, GA

Break Bread Bun Run 5K champions, 2010-2012
Date	Men	Women
24 July 2010	18:28, Scott Gardner	24:16, Nicole Kump
23 July 2011	18:47, Masked Avenger	23:07, Minerva Arreguin
21 July 2012	18:21, Mark McLeod	21:11, Alice Smoot