Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Tallahassee's top 5K road performances for 2013 (through October)

Stanley LintonNot infrequently, someone wonders aloud--what was the fastest 5K time ever run on the Tallahassee roads? You won't find any shortage of folks willing to venture an opinion, but it isn't an easy question to answer. Even today, many races fail to publish their results, and the farther back in time you go the harder it is to come by records. I know that my research has failed to turn up all the winning times for the Palace Saloon 5K going back to the first race in 1975. Some races known for fast performances don't exist anymore, and even the older runners have begun to forget them. The Reservation Run 5K, the Braun's Octoberfest 5K, and the Budweiser 5,000 come to mind.


There's also the question of course accuracy. Was that fast time from 1983 really a 5K, or something short of a 5K? The best way to deal with the accuracy issue is to only consider times run on course with USATF certification. It's easy enough to look up whether or not a current course is USATF certified, but good luck on figuring out the certification status of that 1983 race.


Kayleigh TyermanIt would be nice to just shrug it off. Who cares? After all, Tallahassee's fastest road 5K wouldn't make the list of the top 20 performances at the Mike Long Track. Road courses are also quite different from each other. Is it fair to compare the net downhill Springtime 5K with the Run For The Cookies 5K, where there is no net change in elevation? Would the answer to the question really be meaningful?


People do care, though. If they didn't, the question wouldn't come up so often.


We may never have an answer because of the variable quality of record keeping over the years. It would be easy to figure out if some fan of running statistics had kept up with the top annual performances, year by year.


I can't change the fact that we can't look up Tallahassee's top 5K performances for 1983, but I can see that the top 5K performances for 2013 are available. And here they are, through the most recent local 5K race on a certified course, the Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K on 14 September 2013. Times are limited to sub-17:00 for men and sub-20:00 for women, which more than captured the top ten performers for each. This isn't complete. The FSECC 5K is coming up on 31 October 2013 and Gulf Winds Track Club's Tallahassee Turkey Trot 5K on 28 November 2013. But now you'll know what time to shoot for at those races.


Top Tallahassee 5K Performances by Men on Certified Road Courses in 2013
(Through 28 October 2013)
RankTimeAthleteAgeDateRacePlaceCourse Number
1. 15:46Stanley Linton192013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K1FL13028EBM
2. 15:49Peter Wood252013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K2FL13028EBM
3. 15:49Will Stanford202013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K3FL13028EBM
15:58     Linton192013-09-14GWTC Women's Distance Festival1FL06045DL
16:00     Linton192013-02-09Run for the Cookies1FL08011EBM
4. 16:09Jack Redwing272013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K4FL13028EBM

16:10     Linton192013-01-19Red Fox Trot1FL11132EBM
16:12     Linton192013-01-05Bowlegs Run for Scholarship1FL12001EBM
16:13     Linton192013-03-09Shamrock Scurry1FL10021EBM
5. 16:18Chris Rego232013-02-09Run for the Cookies2FL08011EBM
6. 16:19John Keenan262013-09-14GWTC Women's Distance Festival2FL06045DL
7. 16:22Zac Buchholz182013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K5FL13028EBM
8. 16:23Vince Molosky332013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K6FL13028EBM
9. 16:27Stephen Cox292013-09-14GWTC Women's Distance Festival3FL06045DL
10. 16:27Charlie Johnson332013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K7FL13028EBM
11. 16:39Remy Tamer242013-09-14GWTC Women's Distance Festival4FL06045DL
16:41     Molosky342013-09-14GWTC Women's Distance Festival5FL06045DL
12. 16:41Nate Kaiser332013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K8FL13028EBM
13. 16:46Josh Myers302013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K9FL13028EBM
16:46     Keenan252013-03-02Thomasville Road Baptist Church 5K1FL10021EBM
16:47     Molosky332013-01-05Bowlegs Run for Scholarship2FL12001EBM
14. 16:48Alex Smyth252013-04-26Springtime 5K1FL11045EBM
15. 16:49Josh Seitz242013-09-14GWTC Women's Distance Festival6FL06045DL
16:50     Kaiser332013-03-09Shamrock Scurry2FL10021EBM
16. 16:53Joseph Garcia172013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K10FL13028EBM
17. 16:53Roger Schmidt212013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K11FL13028EBM
18. 16:53Trevor Touchton172013-02-09Run for the Cookies3FL08011EBM
16:53     Kaiser332013-01-19Red Fox Trot2FL11132EBM
19. 16:57Thomas Campbell Arnold202013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K12FL13028EBM
16:58     Redwing272013-09-14GWTC Women's Distance Festival7FL06045DL
20. 17:00Chase Harris162013-02-09Run for the Cookies4FL08011EBM



Top Tallahassee 5K Performances by Women on Certified Road Courses in 2013
(Through 28 October 2013)
RankTimeAthleteAgeDateRacePlaceCourse Number
1. 16:51Kayleigh Tyerman242013-09-14GWTC Women's Distance Festival1FL00022DL
2. 17:42Chelsi Woodruff212013-02-09Run for the Cookies1FL08011EBM
3. 17:49Sheryl Rosen282013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K1FL13028EBM
4. 17:54Carly Thomas182013-02-09Run for the Cookies2FL08011EBM
5. 18:07Katie Showman312013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K2FL13028EBM
18:23     Rosen292013-09-14GWTC Women's Distance Festival2FL00022DL
6. 18:24Seeley Gutierrez362013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K3FL13028EBM
18:25     Rosen282013-02-09Run for the Cookies3FL08011EBM
7. 18:33Katherine McMeekin222013-02-09Run for the Cookies4FL08011EBM
8. 18:44Teresa Ristow192013-02-09Run for the Cookies5FL08011EBM
9. 18:45Kaitlyn Kelly192013-09-14GWTC Women's Distance Festival3FL00022DL
10. 18:51Kailand Cosgrove222013-02-09Run for the Cookies6FL08011EBM
11. 18:56Micah Adriani352013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K4FL13028EBM
12. 19:00Shelby Salimone212013-09-14GWTC Women's Distance Festival4FL00022DL
13. 19:03Christine Griggs192013-09-14GWTC Women's Distance Festival5FL00022DL
14. 19:05Erika Charlassier222013-02-09Run for the Cookies7FL08011EBM
19:07     Salimone212013-02-09Run for the Cookies8FL08011EBM
15. 19:11Melissa Thompson282013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K5FL13028EBM
16. 19:17Lisa Johnson312013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K6FL13028EBM
17. 19:23Lauren Gelzinis212013-02-09Run for the Cookies9FL08011EBM
19:24     Johnson312013-04-06Springtime 5K1FL11045EBM
18. 19:24Alicia York262013-02-09Run for the Cookies10FL08011EBM
19. 19:24Linden Hall212013-02-09Run for the Cookies11FL08011EBM
20. 19:26Chantelle Brodie192013-09-14GWTC Women's Distance Festival6FL00022DL
21. 19:34Adriana Piekarewicz252013-09-14GWTC Women's Distance Festival7FL00022DL
22. 19:36Renee Cox252013-05-25Fight For Air1FL11064EBM
19:36     Griggs182013-02-09Run for the Cookies12FL08011EBM
19:36     Adriani352013-01-19Red Fox Trot1FL11132EBM
23. 19:43Jensen Swopes202013-02-09Run for the Cookies13FL08011EBM
19:44     Brodie182013-02-09Run for the Cookies14FL08011EBM
24. 19:47Mary Anne Grayson472013-04-20Palace Saloon 5K7FL13028EBM
19:47     Showman312013-01-19Red Fox Trot2FL11132EBM
25. 19:57Alexandra Midgett182013-02-09Run for the Cookies15FL08011EBM
26. 19:57Lauren Ross212013-02-09Run for the Cookies16FL08011EBM
19:59     Swopes202013-09-14GWTC Women's Distance Festival8FL00022DL


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