Tallahassee's top 5K road times in 2012

With 2013 coming to a close I was happy to have compiled a list of the top 5K road performances in Tallahassee for the year. The question of the fastest ever road 5K in town (on a USATF certified course, naturally) is still unanswered, and probably unanswerable. Going forward, though, we'd have better records. The 2013 list would be followed by a 2014 list, and a 2015 list, and eventually we'd have enough fast times documented that I'd be embarrassed to bring up that I had run 14:36 at the Braun's Octoberfest 5K (USATF course #FL87013DL) on 11 October 1986.


The 2013 list of 5K performances looked lonely, though. It had no context. 2014 was right around the corner, with 5K races on certified courses coming up on January 18 (Bowlegs 5K Run For Scholarship on FL12001EBM) and January 25 (Red Fox 5K on FL11132EBM). But who wants to wait?


So I decided to go back and construct the 2012 list. How hard could it be?


Harder than I thought. Even going back a year, course certification records aren't always easy to come by. There were odd discrepancies. Gulf Winds Track Club's Springtime 5K didn't seem to be certified in 2012, altho' it had been ever other year. Call the race directors to make sure, right? Well, they left town in 2013. They aren't unreachable, but you can see how things get slightly more difficult as times passes.


Research problems aside, here are the performance lists, one for men and one for women. Ryan Barrow had the fastest road 5K in Tallahassee in 2012, a 16:02 at Gulf Winds Track Club's Tallahassee Turkey Trot. Florida State alumna Violah Lagat topped the women's performances with a 16:26 in the same race. I picked 17:00 as the upper limit for men's times; this had the unintended consequence of omitting all master performances. Whoops. There was no such problem with the 20:00 upper limit for women, though; Sarah Docter-Williams led the women masters with a 19:11.


These, then, were the fast 5K times on Tallahassee's roads in 2012. You can compare them to the same for 2013. Here's hoping to see even faster times in 2014.

Top Tallahassee 5K Performances by Men on Certified Road Courses in 2012
Rank	Time	Athlete	Age	Date	Race	Place	Course Number
1.	16:02	Ryan Barrow	24	2012-11-22	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot	1	FL11112EBM
2.	16:03	Chris Rego	23	2012-09-15	GWTC Women's Distance Festival	1	FL06045DL
3.	16:05	Stanley Linton	18	2012-09-15	GWTC Women's Distance Festival	2	FL06045DL
4.	16:07	Alex Smyth	24	2012-02-11	Run for the Cookies	1	FL08011EBM
5.	16:07	Josh Myers	29	2012-04-14	Palace Saloon	1	FL11053EBM
6.	16:09	Stephen Cox	28	2012-04-14	Palace Saloon	2	FL11053EBM
	16:11	Cox	28	2012-02-11	Run for the Cookies	2	FL08011EBM
7.	16:15	Peter Wood	23	2012-04-14	Palace Saloon	3	FL11053EBM
8.	16:15	Charlie Johnson	32	2012-04-14	Palace Saloon	4	FL11053EBM
9.	16:16	Christian Minor	25	2012-04-14	Palace Saloon	5	FL11053EBM
10.	16:17	Kevin Hicks	28	2012-11-22	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot	2	FL11112EBM
11.	16:19	David Thomas	23	2012-04-14	Palace Saloon	6	FL11053EBM
12.	16:20	Vince Molosky	32	2012-02-11	Run for the Cookies	3	FL08011EBM
	16:23	Molosky	33	2012-09-15	GWTC Women's Distance Festival	3	FL06045DL
	16:27	Cox	28	2012-03-10	Shamrock Scurry	1	FL10021EBM
	16:31	Linton	18	2012-02-11	Run for the Cookies	4	FL08011EBM
	16:36	Molosky	32	2012-03-10	Shamrock Scurry	2	FL10021EBM
	16:36	Molosky	32	2012-04-14	Palace Saloon	7	FL11053EBM
	16:38	Johnson	32	2012-03-10	Shamrock Scurry	3	FL10021EBM
13.	16:38	Chase Harris	15	2012-11-22	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot	3	FL11112EBM
14.	16:41	Touchton	16	2012-02-11	Run for the Cookies	5	FL08011EBM
15.	16:43	Nate Kaiser	32	2012-03-10	Shamrock Scurry	4	FL10021EBM
16.	16:44	Josh Cross	25	2012-04-14	Palace Saloon	8	FL11053EBM
	16:45	Kaiser	32	2012-04-14	Palace Saloon	9	FL11053EBM
	16:47	Kaiser	32	2012-02-11	Run for the Cookies	6	FL08011EBM
17.	16:52	Taylor Buzzard	18	2012-11-22	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot	4	FL11112EBM
	16:58	Smyth	24	2012-11-22	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot	5	FL11112EBM
18.	16:59	David Altmaier	30	2012-02-11	Run for the Cookies	7	FL08011EBM
	17:00	Touchton	16	2012-01-28	Red Fox Trot	1	FL11132EBM

Top Tallahassee 5K Performances by Women on Certified Road Courses in 2012
Rank	Time	Athlete	Age	Date	Race	Place	Course Number
1.	16:26	Violah Lagat	23	2012-11-22	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot	1	FL11112EBM
2.	17:06	Georgia Peel	26	2012-09-15	GWTC Women's Distance Festival	1	FL06045DL
3.	17:20	Lindsay Zeiler	27	2012-04-14	Palace Saloon	1	FL11053EBM
4.	17:36	Amy Hines	31	2012-02-11	Run for the Cookies	1	FL08011EBM
	17:41	Hines	31	2012-04-14	Palace Saloon	2	FL11053EBM
5.	18:09	Lisa Johnson	31	2012-04-28	Red Shoes Run	1	FL11112EBM
	18:17	Johnson	30	2012-04-14	Palace Saloon	3	FL11053EBM
6.	18:20	Lily Williams	18	2012-11-22	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot	2	FL11112EBM
	18:29	Hines	31	2012-10-26	YMCA Trick or Trot	1	FL10091EBM
7.	18:31	Chelsi Woodruff	20	2012-09-15	GWTC Women's Distance Festival	2	FL06045DL
8.	18:35	Sheryl Rosen	27	2012-04-14	Palace Saloon	4	FL11053EBM
9.	18:38	Jodie McGuff	19	2012-11-22	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot	3	FL11112EBM
	18:52	Johnson	30	2012-02-11	Run for the Cookies	2	FL08011EBM
	18:52	Rosen	27	2012-02-11	Run for the Cookies	3	FL08011EBM
10.	18:54	Christine Griggs	18	2012-09-15	GWTC Women's Distance Festival	3	FL06045DL
11.	18:59	Katherine McMeekin	21	2012-09-15	GWTC Women's Distance Festival	4	FL06045DL
12.	19:03	Natalie Concepcion	18	2012-09-15	GWTC Women's Distance Festival	5	FL06045DL
13.	19:04	Erika Charlassier	21	2012-09-15	GWTC Women's Distance Festival	6	FL06045DL
14.	19:05	Katie Showman	30	2012-09-15	GWTC Women's Distance Festival	7	FL06045DL
15.	19:11	Lauren Gelzinis	20	2012-09-15	GWTC Women's Distance Festival	8	FL06045DL
16.	19:11	Sarah Docter-Williams	48	2012-11-22	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot	4	FL11112EBM
17.	19:14	Christina Phipps	19	2012-09-15	GWTC Women's Distance Festival	9	FL06045DL
18.	19:16	Kaitlyn Kelly	18	2012-09-15	GWTC Women's Distance Festival	10	FL06045DL
	19:25	Showman	30	2012-04-14	Palace Saloon	5	FL11053EBM
	19:27	Showman	30	2012-01-07	GWTC Bowlegs 5K	1	FL12001EBM
19.	19:43	Carrie Seiberlich	40	2012-03-10	Shamrock Scurry	1	FL10021EBM
20.	19:49	Anna Busby	21	2012-01-07	GWTC Bowlegs 5K	2	FL12001EBM
	19:52	Showman	30	2012-03-10	Shamrock Scurry	2	FL10021EBM
21.	19:54	Brandi Campbell	36	2012-02-11	Run for the Cookies	4	FL08011EBM
22.	19:56	Kelly Bahn	20	2012-11-22	GWTC Tallahassee Turkey Trot	5	FL11112EBM

Links

• Tallahassee's USATF certified 5K road courses
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/search/searchResults.asp?distance=5&distanceUnits=km&distanceComparison=%3D&city=Tallahassee&state=FL&courseStatus=A&courseType=R&submit=Search
  
  
• "Linton and Showman open 2012 with wins at Bowlegs"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/bowlegs-2012.html
  
  
• "Touchton and Hanlon set Red Fox records"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/02/red-fox-2012.html
  
  
• "Cox and Seiberlich rock the Shamrock"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/03/shamrock-scurry-2012.html
  
  
• "Myers, Zeiler win the Battle of Jackson Bluff at Palace Saloon 5K"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/04/palace-2012.html
  
  
• "Godin and Williams strap on their racing shoes for Red Shoes"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/05/red-shoes-2012.html
  
  
• "Georgia Peel runs 17:06 at Women's Distance Festival 5K"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/wdf-2012.html
  
  
• "No treat to compete against Kaus and Hines"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/trick-or-trot-2012.html
  
  
• "Lake and Rosen take titles as 6,000 runners take in Turkey Trot"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/11/turkey-trot-2012.html
  
  
• "Tallahassee's top 5K road times in 2013"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/12/tallahassee-5K-times-2013.html
  
  
• Find a race where you can earn a spot on the 2014 list using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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