Myles Gibson plays beat the Devil in Dothan

In Dothan, Alabama an old race got a new name. After seventeen years as the Life Is A Beach 5K, the Dothan Runners rebranded their event as the Run Like The Devil 5K. The Dothan runners also moved the race date from August to September. It was still the same course, though, the 3.1-mile route on the Dykes Trail at Westgate Park. Many of the runners were also the same--Myles Gibson, for example. The Donalsonville, Georgia master runner won the race as the Life Is A Beach 5K in 2003, 2007, 2014, and 2015. Unfazed by the name change, Gibson returned to win again on Saturday morning, 15 September 2018, running 20:42. Master runner Kristi Holland, back after finishing second in the women's standings at the 2017 Life Is A Beach 5K, was the first overall female runner in the Run Like The Devil 5K, placing eighth overall in 26:26.


Dale Thomas finished second overall for the second year in a row, this time running 21:33. Master runner Jay Wrenn was third overall in 23:22.


Mariah Self was the second woman finisher and twelfth overall in 28:54. Katie Barrentine took third in the women's standings and sixteenth overall in 31:23.


32 athletes finished the 2018 Run Like The Devil 5K Trail Race.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Run Like The Devil 5K Trail Race

1. 19:42, Myles Gibson (M, 52)
2. 21:33, Dale Thomas (M, 55)
3. 23:22, Jay Wrenn (M, 54)
4. 23:29, Jimmy Russell (M, 54)
5. 24:03, Wes Cantrell (M, 50)
6. 25:01, Brooks Newell (M, 32)
7. 26:16, Ricardo Farias (M, 30)
8. 26:42, Darrel Baxter (M, 45)
9. 28:47, Micah Pendleton (M, 22)
10. 28:50, Alex Crockett (M, 25)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Run Like The Devil 5K Trail Race

1. 26:26, Kristi Holland (F, 42)
2. 28:54, Mariah Self (F, 27)
3. 31:23, Katie Barrentine (F, 34)
4. 31:52, Carol Goguen (F, 56)
5. 33:20, Susan Anderson (F, 56)
6. 34:04, Patty Potter (F, 44)
7. 35:29, Sandra Binford (F, 60)
8. 36:02, Chandler Closson (F, 13)
9. 37:06, Mary Willis (F, 61)
10. 44:34, Graciela Rosario (F, 62)

Dothan Runners' Run Like The Devil 5K Trail Race Champions, 2001 - 2018
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
23 August 2014	18:46, Myles Gibson	24:38, Val Lichner	46
22 August 2015	18:40, Myles Gibson	23:49, Kimberly Floyd	54
13 August 2016	22:06, Will Scott	20:44, Ashlee Romani	44
19 August 2017	20:42, Will Scott	23:11, Kate Smith	39
15 September 2018	19:42, Myles Gibson	26:26, Kristi Holland	32
From 2001 to 2017 the name of the event was the Life Is A Beach 5K.

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Life Is A Beach 5K Trail Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS0BU_kHCamU9wtEVuvwDNDvUOY42PVoOSftu-HpBOtXQbEyEow10hjwqFKdi0GVpu9FPAlA2GYW9ad/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Scott and Smith blast by the Beachgoers in Dothan”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/08/dothan-beach-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Ashlee Romani takes the whole pile of sand at the Life Is A Beach 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/08/dothan-beach-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Life Is [still] A Beach for Gibson and Floyd”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/dothan-beach-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Nothing to beach about for either Gibson or Lichner”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/dothan-beach-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Rogers and Houppert win for Team RWB at Life Is A Beach 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/dothan-beach-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “No sand, no waves, but wins for Kent and Lichner”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/08/dothan-beach-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, "Coach McDermott crashes Dothan's beach party”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/08/dothan-beach-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Ireland and Bokenfohr winners at this beach party”
  https://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
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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