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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Kudos for Corbin and McCarthy at "Education For Life" 5K

Seven days after his victory at the Run For Autism 5K, Brian Corbin made it two in a row with a 18:18 win at the inaugural running of the Education For Life 5K on the Florida State University campus on Saturday, 24 April 2010. As at the Run For Autism, the next runner to follow Corbin over the finish line was Mickey Moore, who clocked 19:10. Corbin was also the fastest master runner in the Education For Life race. Maegan McCarthy topped the women's field, finishing sixth overall in 21:01. McCarthy formerly ran cross country for Tampa's Plant High School (c/o 2005). The next woman finisher and top woman master was Lilburn, Georgia's Kim Walters, who finished 13th overall in 22:14.


Over 200 runners finished the first year event, a benefit for the Southern Scholarship Foundation, which since 1955 has enabled students in financial need to attend FSU, FAMU, UF, and FGCU by providing rent-free housing. Not entirely coincidentally, the president of the foundation is Mickey Moore, the runner-up in the Education For Life 5K. The race started and finished on FSU's Mike Long Track, touring the west side of campus on a mostly flat USATF certified course (FL06015DL). The same course was used earlier this year for the Special Olympics of Leon County 5K.




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Sunday, April 4, 2010

Corbin and Griffis victorious at Run For Life 3K


Since 1967, Daytona Beach, Florida has hosted the Easter Beach Run, a four-mile race on the sands of "The World's Most Famous Beach" (as the Chamber of Commerce calls it). Over the years this has been a wildly successful event, run by some of the best distance runners in the region. If Daytona Beach can have a running event on Easter Sunday, why not Tallahassee?


Actually, Daytona Beach gave up holding it's four-mile race on Sunday quite a few years ago, and now holds it annually on the Saturday before Easter. Still, the event had already demonstrated that people will race on Easter Sunday--just as the Peachtree Road Race shows that they'll race on Independence Day and the Boston Marathon shows that they'll race on Patriots Day. And so at 10:00am on Easter Sunday, 4 April 2010, the Run For Life 3K was held in Tallahassee on the Florida State University campus.


Fifteen runners started from the Integration Statue on Woodward Plaza, heading west along the Call Street corridor before turning north on Stadium Drive. By the halfway point on Spirit Drive, Brian Corbin was out front with a commanding lead over Heather Griffis. The rest of the field was far behind and remained that way as Corbin crossed the line with the victory in 10:34. Griffis was runner-up and the first woman finisher at 11:03.


Run For Life 3K Results

Place Name                        S Age City             St Time    Pace 
===== =========================== = === ================ == ======= =====
   1. Brian Corbin                M  42 Tallahassee      FL   10:34  5:41
   2. Heather Griffis             F  24 Tallahassee      FL   11:03  5:56
   3. David Csonka                M  28 Tallahassee      FL   15:06  8:07
   4. Cory Safra                  M  21 Tallahassee      FL   16:39  8:56
   5. Shruti Graf                 F  36 Tallahassee      FL   16:43  8:59
   6. David Graf                  M  34 Tallahassee      FL   16:43  8:59
   7. Michael Magyar              M  24 Tallahassee      FL   16:44  8:59
   8. Seth Rubin                  M  29 Tallahassee      FL   16:49  9:00
   9. Madeline Schrull            F  21 Tallahassee      FL   19:37 10:32
  10. Astyn Dragone               F  21 Tallahassee      FL   19:37 10:32
  11. Rachel Gleicher             F  24 Tallahassee      FL   21:47 11:42
  12. Alexandria Mancuso          F  19 Tallahassee      FL   24:20 13:04
  13. Nelisa da Silva             F  20 Tallahassee      FL   30:56 16:36
  14. Fern da Silva               F  45 Tallahassee      FL   30:56 16:36

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