Sterling debuts for Lake and Turner at Tall Timbers

Chris Lake has won more than a few of the oldest races in the Tallahassee, Florida, area, sometimes more than once. He has won the Springtime 10K, a race that started in 1975, and the Rose City 10K, which goes back to 1978. He has won the 40-year-old Palace Saloon 5K and the 39-year-old Turkey Trot 15K. The Boston (Mini) Marathon was first run in 1979; Lake won it in 2012. At the 39th running of the Prefontaine Forest 5K on 27 September 2014 he added that title to his collection.


Lake hadn't won Gulf Winds Track Club's Pine Run 20K, though. When he started running cross country at Chiles High School in 2003, the Pine Run had been held at International Paper's Southlands Experimental Forest near Bainbridge, Georgia, each October since 1977. By the time he graduated Chiles in 2007 International Paper had announced that it was selling off Southlands, ending 30 years of Pine Runs. When Gordon Cherr revived the Pine Run at Tall Timbers Research Station in 2008, Lake was in his second year of studies at Florida State University.


On Saturday morning, 11 October 2014, Chris Lake finally got to test himself at the Pine Run. He made the grade. Lake ran 72:10, finishing the 20K race over 1600 meters ahead of the next runner. Lake's time was the fastest in the Pine Run's seven years at Tall Timbers, eclipsing even the 73:15 run by three-time Canadian Olympian Kevin Sullivan in the 2011 race.


Three-time Pine Run champion Vince Molosky finished second behind Lake in 78:41. Another Pine Run veteran, Eric Godin, was third in 86:15. Joel Piotrowski was the first master runner in the race, placing fourth overall in 87:08. It was his seventh Pine Run in the last seven years.


Master runner Elspeth Turner took the women's title, crossing the finish line just behind Piotrowski, fifth overall in 87:09. Like Lake, Turner hadn't run the Pine Run before, but marked her debut with a win. It was no wonder, though. Originally from the United Kingdom, Turner had been a standout distance runner at the University of Alabama, making the NCAA All American women's cross-country team in 1987 and setting a number of school records. Her school record in the women's 10,000 meters of 33:05.43, set in 1988, still stands.


Allison Palmer finished runner-up in the women's standings, 20th overall in 96:48. Jillian Heddaeus was the third woman across the finish line, 27th overall in 99:08.


164 athletes finished Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Pine Run 20K at Tall Timbers.


[ All of the photos used in this report are the work of Fred Deckert. ]


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Pine Run 20K

1. 1:12:10 ~ Chris Lake (M, 27)
2. 1:18:41 ~ Vince Molosky (M, 35)
3. 1:26:15 ~ Eric Godin (M, 30)
4. 1:27:08 ~ Joel Piotrowski (M, 45)
5. 1:27:53 ~ Mike Peymann (M, 52)
6. 1:28:25 ~ Peter Kaus (M, 30)
7. 1:29:17 ~ Mark Tombrink (M, 26)
8. 1:29:27 ~ Duane Evans (M, 47)
9. 1:30:33 ~ Philip Sura (M, 44)
10. 1:31:31 ~ Brian Molen (M, 38)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2014 Pine Run 20K

1. 1:27:09 ~ Elspeth Turner (F, 49)
2. 1:36:48 ~ Allison Palmer (F, 28)
3. 1:39:08 ~ Jillian Heddaeus (F, 31)
4. 1:40:58 ~ Jessie Kircher (F, 20)
5. 1:41:47 ~ Chelsey Palmer (F, 26)
6. 1:42:32 ~ Lindsey Toole (F, 19)
7. 1:43:32 ~ Christienne Coutts (F, 43)
8. 1:43:52 ~ Nancy Stedman (F, 52)
9. 1:45:14 ~ Nikky Manausa (F, 33)
10. 1:46:23 ~ Blair Bodenmiller (F, 27)

Champions of Gulf Winds Track Club's Pine Run 20K, 1977 - 2014
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
15 October 1977	67:19 ~ Herb Wills	86:21 ~ Rosemary Desloge	124
14 October 1978	69:30 ~ Jim Eastman	81:21 ~ Janice Gage	167
13 October 1979	71:28 ~ Louis Floyd	86:29 ~ Laura Ledbetter	144
11 October 1980	71:57 ~ Kirk Fechter	98:20 ~ Michelle Jernigan	134
10 October 1981	75:05 ~ Jeff Doherty	99:40 ~ Marianne Crawford	101
9 October 1982	67:00 ~ Herb Wills	97:17 ~ Kathe Brookover	106
22 October 1983	69:32 ~ Herb Wills	85:43 ~ Patti Sudduth	128
20 October 1984	72:37 ~ Kirk Fechter	89:55 ~ Donna Miller	107
19 October 1985	68:54 ~ Herb Wills	88:22 ~ Patti Sudduth	71
18 October 1986	71:20 ~ Bill Crooks	87:31 ~ Janice Gage Hochstein	146
17 October 1987	68:58 ~ Tom Swiersz	85:56 ~ Kay Capozzi	125
15 October 1988	65:36 ~ Herb Wills	82:29 ~ Paula Johnson	170
14 October 1989	69:46 ~ Herb Wills	89:53 ~ Jodi Waldron	139
13 October 1990	69:55 ~ Herb Wills	85:10 ~ Donna Miller	113
12 October 1991	65:43 ~ Jessie Close	88:16 ~ Mary Jean Yon	150
17 October 1992	66:34 ~ Gary Droze	82:17 ~ Carrie Hunnicutt	141
16 October 1993	75:26 ~ Paul Hoover	80:53 ~ Paula Johnson	134
15 October 1994	72:45 ~ Tim Simpkins	80:18 ~ Jane Johnson	147
14 October 1995	77:39 ~ Tim Simpkins	82:46 ~ Jane Johnson	146
12 October 1996	74:32 ~ Tim Simpkins	80:30 ~ Jane Johnson	172
11 October 1997	71:36 ~ Gary Droze	80:12 ~ Sarah Docter-Williams	156
10 October 1998	73:12 ~ Gary Droze	81:35 ~ Jane Johnson	125
9 October 1999	80:41 ~ Robert Pautienus	82:23 Sarah Docter-Williams	170
14 October 2000	79:28 ~ Art Remillard	82:43 ~ Jane Johnson	150
13 October 2001	80:57 ~ Tim Unger	84:03 ~ Sarah Docter-Williams	128
12 October 2002	83:37 ~ Tim Bolton	86:46 ~ Jane Johnson	137
11 October 2003	84:14 ~ David Yon	97:27 ~ Lisa Whitworth	79
9 October 2004	83:01 ~ David Guerra	91:55 ~ Jane Johnson	94
9 October 2005	79:41 ~ Myles Gibson	89:55 ~ Jane Johnson	136
14 October 2006	78:22 ~ Jay Wallace	81:31 ~ Sheryl Rosen	108
No race held in 2007
11 October 2008	77:45 ~ Vince Molosky	87:32 ~ Kati Gosnell	142
2 October 2009	75:22 ~ Jay Wallace	86:21 ~ Sheryl Rosen	155
9 October 2010	73:39 ~ Vince Molosky	90:21 ~ Jane Johnson	243
8 October 2011	73:15 ~ Kevin Sullivan	84:02 ~ Sheryl Rosen	180
13 October 2012	74:48 ~ Vince Molosky	95:05 ~ Jane Johnson	199
12 October 2013	74:27 ~ Stanley Linton	85:36 ~ Sheryl Rosen	171
11 October 2014	72:10 ~ Chris Lake	87:09 ~ Elspeth Turner	164
From 1977 to 2006 the race was run at International Paper's Southlands Experimental Forest south of Bainbridge, Georgia. From 2008 to 2014 the race was run at Tall Timbers Research Station at the north end of Leon County, Florida.

Links

• Complete results of the 2014 Pine Run 20K at Tall Timbers at gulfwinds.org
  http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2014/Pine%20Run%202014.asp
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2014 Gulf Winds Track Club Pine Run at Tall Timbers 20K
  https://picasaweb.google.com/112560881455823075870/TTimber14
  
  
• 2013 story, "Linton and Rosen are the twin terrors of Tall Timbers in Tallahassee's Pine Run 20K"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/10/pine-run-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, "Molosky and Johnson take titles at Tall Timbers"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/pine-run-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, "Sullivan and Rosen tumble records at Tall Timbers"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/10/pine-run-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, "Molosky and Johnson find their way to wins at Pine Run 20K"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/pine-run-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, "Wallace, Rosen winners at the 2009 Pine Run"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/10/wallace-rosen-winners-at-2009-pine-run.html
  
  
• Beautyberry and other wildflowers on the Pine Run 20K course
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101068395887923.3217016.5215641&l=45b43048ac
  
  
• If there's another cross-country race like the Pine Run scheduled, it'll be listed here
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1229