Chris Jones and Katie Sherron take top billing at the return of the Pine Run

North of Tallahassee, Florida, Tall Timbers was founded as a place to shoot quail. Later, it became a research station dedicated to the study of the role of fire in land management, with a particular emphasis on how prescribed burning promoted quail population.


Athletics was not part of the origins. Neverthless, on Saturday morning, 5 October 2019, more htan a hundred runners made a twenty-kilometer tour of the hill forestland of Tall Timbers. It was Gulf Winds Track Club's 41st annual Pine Run 20K, and Chris Jones won the 12.4-mile cross-country race, running 1:24:34. Dr. Katie Sherron was the first woman in the 20K, placing 16th overall in 1:37:40.

Chris Jones

The Pine Run is the only time each year that runners are welcome on the trail of Tall Timbers. In 2018, the athletes didn't even get that opportunity, because the race had to be canceled due to storm damage from Hurricane Michael. That same cyclone brought the 2019 winner, Chris Jones, to the region.


"I recently moved to Tyndall to help with the hurricane efforts," said Jones. "I've been busy."

Mickey Moore & Bryce Parry

Jones was leading nearly from the 7:30 AM start of the 20K. During the first half of the Pine Run a few runners were able to keep Jones in sight, but after that he broke the race open, going on to win by almost half a kilometer. If he made it look easy, it wasn't.


"It hurt, it hurt," said Jones. "It's nice that the weather's cooling off, but the hills, the hills! I wasn't prepared."


Jones' route to the Pine Run was unique. 26 years old, he hadn't run in either high school or college.


"I started running because I wanted to join the Air Force, and I needed to lose weight," said Jones. "Then after basic training I had a lot of time on my hands, so I kept running."

Hong-Guo Yu

Mickey Moore was the fastest master runner in the Pine Run, taking second overall in 1:26:29. Dr. Hong-Guo Yu, another master runner, was third overall in 1:26:51, just ahead of Florida State University undergraduate Bryce Parry (4th, 1:26:55).


Katie Sherron and Alyssa Moore were leading the women's field early in the race, running together with several other runners. That lasted for just over half the race.

Alyssa Moore & Katie Sherron

"I don't know where Katie got away the group, but around seven miles I was feeling bad so I dropped back," said Moore.


Sherron forged on, finishing the full twenty kilometers just after Moore passed the nineteen-kilometer mark. Moore was the women's runner-up and 24th overall in 1:42:30. Laura McDermott placed third in the women's standings and 30th overall in 1:47:54. Sarah Dugas was the top woman master and sixth female finisher, 39th overall in 1:51:30.

Alyssa Moore

By 11:00 AM the last of the runners had cleared the Pine Run course, leaving Tall Timbers to the trees, the wildlife, and the researchers. The quail would have some peace of mind till next October, when the 2020 Pine Runners returned to run a few more miles and flush a few more coveys.


111 athletes finished the 2019 Pine Run 20K. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Pine Run 20K

1. 1:24:34, Chris Jones (M, 26)
2. 1:26:29, Mickey Moore (M, 49)
3. 1:26:51, Hong-Guo Yu (M, 51)
4. 1:26:55, Bryce Parry (M, 20)
5. 1:27:16, Christian Minor (M, 32)
6. 1:27:55, Myles Gibson (M, 53)
7. 1:28:56, Bob Deak (M, 65)
8. 1:30:11, Bryce Kelley (M, 24)
9. 1:30:31, Jon Maner (M, 46)
10. 1:33:17, Donald Smith (M, 40)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Pine Run 20K

1. 1:37:40, Katie Sherron (F, 37)
2. 1:42:30, Alyssa Moore (F, 25)
3. 1:47:54, Laura McDermott (F, 39)
4. 1:50:04, Maria Andrews (F, 29)
5. 1:50:42, Monica Toth (F, 30)
6. 1:51:30, Sarah Dugas (F, 40)
7. 1:53:49, Mary Jane Hayden (F, 39)
8. 1:55:19, Nancy Proctor (F, 58)
9. 1:57:36, Julie Fink (F, 37)
10. 2:00:19, Samantha Fillmore (F, 43)

Champions of Gulf Winds Track Club's Pine Run 20K, 1977 - 2019
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
10 October 2016	69:46, Stan Linton	83:54, Allison Eagen	181
7 October 2017	80:31, Christopher O'Kelley	91:59, Sheryl Rosen	103
Race canceled in 2018
5 October 2019	84:34, Chris Jones	97:40, Katie Sherron	111
From 1977 to 2006 the race was run at International Paper's Southlands Experimental Forest south of Bainbridge, Georgia. From 2008 to 2019 the race has been run at Tall Timbers Research Station at the north end of Leon County, Florida.

Links

• Complete results of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Pine Run 20K at Tall Timbers
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vREmTomYfpEXoMTZZuXU6jXcESco6ARatsnFbq8ECDdqsdqbZDJtpLeBdjoJZEbV7kJivc_8lhMbKln/pubhtml
  
  
• More "Trouble Afoot!" photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Pine Run 20K at Tall Timbers
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10114365299177143
  
  
• 2017 story, “O'Kelley and Rosen tear it up at Tall Timbers in the Pine Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/pine-run-2017.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Miedema and Skalski are tough at Tall Timbers in the Pine Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/pine-run-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Sterling debuts for Lake and Turner at Tall Timbers”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/pine-run-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Linton and Rosen are the twin terrors of Tall Timbers in Tallahassee's Pine Run 20K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/10/pine-run-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Molosky and Johnson take titles at Tall Timbers”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/pine-run-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Sullivan and Rosen tumble records at Tall Timbers”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/10/pine-run-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Molosky and Johnson find their way to wins at Pine Run 20K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/pine-run-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Wallace, Rosen winners at the 2009 Pine Run”
  https://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
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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