Age is ascendant at Tour de Frenchtown 5K

The Tour de Frenchtown 5K returned to the streets of the Frenchtown district of Tallahassee on Saturday morning, 26 January 2013. It was a morning for the masters. Master runner Michael Martinez was the overall winner in 18:17, breaking Eric Godin's 2012 course record of 18:54. For the second year in a row, Paul Guyas finished runner-up, this time running 18:32.


Tallahassee master runner Birgit Maier-Katkin was the first female in the race, placing 15th overall in 24:57. Another master, Sondra Lee, was the second female finisher, running 25:54 for 19th place. 47 athletes finished the race.


Top Ten Males, 2013 Tour de Frenchtown 5K

1. 18:17 ~ Michael Martinez (M, 47)
2. 18:32 ~ Paul Guyas (M, 35)
3. 19:17 ~ Bing Xu (M, 44)
4. 19:25 ~ James Taylor (M, 49)
5. 19:43 ~ Camilo Ordoñez (M, 34)
6. 20:16 ~ Juan Ordoñez (M, 39)
7. 20:31 ~ Dan Anderson (M, 49)
8. 21:34 ~ Bill McGuire (M, 65)
9. 21:35 ~ Matt Jordan (M, 19)
10. 23:25 ~ Brian Norris (M, 21)

Top Ten Females, 2013 Tour de Frenchtown 5K

1. 24:57 ~ Birgit Maier-Katkin (F, 50)
2. 25:54 ~ Sondra Lee (F, 44)
3. 26:23 ~ Meghen Ellzey (F, 25)
4. 27:50 ~ Blaise Harvey (F, 37)
5. 28:06 ~ Jul Colle (F, 26)
6. 28:23 ~ Ginsy Sampson (F, 48)
7. 30:11 ~ Shelly Herman (F, 28)
8. 30:13 ~ Kelly Cason (F, 46)
9. 30:14 ~ Lora Minicucci (F, 25)
10. 32:24 ~ Lauren Walker (F, 50)

Links

• Complete results of the 2013 Tour De Frenchtown 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AuBsYKIIn3TCdG5EclctTk9DV2NiTXU2dU1oc1ZZb2c
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2013 Tour De Frenchtown 5K
  https://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/Frenchtown13
  
  
• 2012 story, "Godin and Droze are the fastest tourists in the Tour de Frenchtown"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/frenchtown-2012.html
  
  
• Plan your racing schedule in the Tallahassee region with the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1