Saturday, 17 August 2013, wasn't a good day for the trail's in Dothan's Westgate Park. Two inches of rain fell on the city that day, enough to turn any trail into a muddy strip. At 8:00 AM, when the Dothan Runners' Life Is A Beach 5K was scheduled to start, an inch of rain had already fallen and the storm raged on. The race was postponed.It was of course entirely coincidence that this was the thirteenth annual Life Is A Beach 5K.
Before accepting this as an example of the Curse of Thirteen, or evidence that Life is a Beach, let's keep in mind that the race was only postponed, not canceled. A week later, on 24 August 2013, 81 athletes were in Westgate Park for the rescheduled 5K. Quite a few were there representing Team RWB of Fort Rucker, and the fastest of that contingent was the race winner, Cliff Rogers. Rogers covered the 3.1-mile cross-country course around the park in 20:26, finishing 80 meters ahead of the runner-up, Wes Cantrell. Cantrell was the fastest master runner in the race, posting a 20:45.The women's competition turned into a race between two Team RWB runners, with Brooke Houppert ultimately triumphing over Carmel Cammack, 22:29 to 22:47. Houppert and Cammack placed ninth and thirteenth overall. Alford, Florida's Jill Wofsey was the first female master, coming in 29th overall in 26:31, the eighth woman finisher.
The Dothan Runners Club returns to Westgate Park on 7 September 2013, this time not to run cross-country in the morning but to race the roads in the evening at the 28th annual Critter Run 5K.
Top Ten Men, 2013 Life Is A Beach 5K
- 20:26 ~ Cliff Rogers (M, 31) Midland City, AL
- 20:45 ~ Wes Cantrell (M, 45) Dothan, AL
- 20:53 ~ Joe Ferguson (M, 38)
- 21:16 ~ Jason Teitloff (M, 32)
- 21:18 ~ Brooks Newell (M, 27)
- 21:25 ~ Al Goudzwaard (M, 57)
- 21:36 ~ Nicholas Lewis (M, 28)
- 22:22 ~ Jay Wrenn (M, 49)
- 22:37 ~ Bret Sosebee (M, 30)
- 22:38 ~ Charles Uptain (M, 37)
Top Ten Women, 2013 Life Is A Beach 5K
- 22:29 ~ Brooke Houppert (F, 35)
- 22:47 ~ Carmel Cammack (F, 30)
- 24:23 ~ Anna Bergmark (F, 32)
- 26:08 ~ Eden Keene (F, 31)
- 26:15 ~ CJ Parrish (F, 33)
- 26:17 ~ Kelly Strange (F, 32)
- 26:24 ~ Kellie Andrasko (F, 28)
- 26:31 ~ Jill Wofsey (F, 50)
- 26:34 ~ Carly Davis (F, 30)
- 26:44 ~ Katie Newton (F, 25)
| Dothan Runners' Life is a Beach 5K Trail Run Champions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 11 August 2001 | 18:18, Matt Parker | 24:09, Piper Stockman | 68 |
| 18 August 2002 | 18:55, Shawn Latshaw | 22:05, Teresa Lafleur | 75 |
| 16 August 2003 | 18:04, Myles Gibson | 21:09, Sandy Ebanks | 71 |
| 14 August 2004 | 17:24, Nicholas Ireland | 23:18, Ali Keith | 74 |
| 13 August 2005 | 20:42, Dale Thomas | 24:40, Nancy Hein | 60 |
| 12 August 2006 | 18:15, Gabe Mitchell | 25:45, Cassie Logan | 72 |
| 11 August 2007 | 18:39, Myles Gibson | 24:18, Amelia Carter | 86 |
| 16 August 2008 | 17:54, Ryan Overstreet | 23:20, Lou Ellen Jayroe | 71 |
| 15 August 2009 | 20:37, Brian Hickey | 23:00, Kristina Bennett | 62 |
| 21 August 2010 | 17:52, Nicholas Ireland | 21:50, Katrina Bokenfohr | 113 |
| 27 August 2011 | 18:57, Sean Kent | 17:55, Casey McDermott | 82 |
| 25 August 2012 | 18:26, Sean Kent | 24:23, Val Lichner | 119 |
| 24 August 2013 | 20:26, Cliff Rogers | 22:29, Brooke Hoopert | 81 |
Links
- Complete results of the 2013 Life Is A Beach 5K at dothanrunners.com
http://www.dothanrunners.com/2013lifeisabeach.html
- 2012 story, "No sand, no waves, but wins for Kent and Lichner"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/08/dothan-beach-2012.html
- 2011 story, "Coach McDermott crashes Dothan's beach party"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/08/dothan-beach-2011.html
- 2010 story, "Ireland and Bokenfohr winners at this beach party"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/08/dothan-beach-2010.html
- The Dothan Runners Club
http://www.dothanrunners.com
- Beach runs and sunny beach runs on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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