Green and Green pour on some flour power at Bun Run

On Saturday morning, 23 July 2016, 63 athletes left the Gornto Road YMCA in Valdosta, Georgia, ran a 3.1-mile circuit of Wood Valley, and returned. The first one back was Jackson Green, winning Valdosta First Presbyterian Church's seventh annual Break Bread Bun Run 5K. Green, a runner on the Valdosta State University cross country team, finished the course in 18:58. It was Jackson Green's first Bun Run, but it was the fifth in the last five years for Valdosta master runner Debbie Green. It was also her fastest Bun Run yet, as she went 23:10 to win the women's title and place ninth overall.


It was a close race up front with Jackson Green edging Ryan Kelly 18:58 to 19:04 for the win. Kelly, the Valdosta High cross country coach, had won the Bun Run twice previously, in 2013 and 2014. A little further back, Valdosta's Dan Butzin was third in 19:13. Valdosta athlete David Jones was fourth in 19:33 and Nick Rosatti of Hahira took fifth in 19:39. John Bolmer of Nashville, Georgia was the first master runner in the race and eighth overall in 22:58.


Behind women's champ Debbie Green, master runner Elisabeth Diamond of Bell, Florida was the women's runner-up, finishing tenth overall in 24:08. Kelly Davis of Valdosta was third in the women's standings and thirteenth overall in 24:56.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Break Bread Bun Run 5K

1. 18:57.1 ~ Jackson Green (M, 19) Valdosta, GA
2. 19:03.3 ~ Ryan Kelly (M, 37) Valdosta, GA
3. 19:12.1 ~ Dan Butzin (M, 31) Valdosta, GA
4. 19:32.4 ~ David Jones (M, 21) Valdosta, GA
5. 19:38.9 ~ Nick Rosatti (M, 19) Hahira, GA
6. 21:19.7 ~ Rob McGhin (M, 36) Valdosta, GA
7. 21:31.8 ~ Morgan Bolmer (M, 14) Nashville, GA
8. 22:57.7 ~ John Bolmer (M, 40) Nashville, GA
9. 24:42.0 ~ Dusty Dorminey (M, 42) Lake Park, GA
10. 24:43.5 ~ Tim Pate (M, 34) Quitman, GA

Top Ten Women, 2016 Break Bread Bun Run 5K

1. 23:09.3 ~ Debbie Green (F, 50) Valdosta, GA
2. 24:07.7 ~ Elisabeth Diamond (F, 56) Bell, FL
3. 24:55.3 ~ Kelly Davis (F, 26) Valdosta, GA
4. 25:39.0 ~ Lauren Bewley (F, 34) Valdosta, GA
5. 27:17.8 ~ Pollyanna Bass (F, 44) Pavo, GA
6. 27:24.0 ~ Lauren Will (F, 27) Tallahassee, FL
7. 28:01.2 ~ Amy Bradshaw (F, 26) Valdosta, GA
8. 28:30.1 ~ Rhonda D. Barrett (F, 44) Valdosta, GA
9. 29:30.1 ~ Barbara Bradshaw (F, 58) Lawrenceville, GA
10. 29:45.6 ~ Lisa Graves (F, 48) Valdosta, GA

Break Bread Bun Run 5K champions, 2010 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
24 July 2010	18:28, Scott Gardner	24:16, Nicole Kump	49
23 July 2011	18:47, Masked Avenger	23:07, Minerva Arreguin	78
21 July 2012	18:21, Mark McLeod	21:11, Alice Smoot	56
20 July 2013	18:54, Ryan Kelly	22:30, Alison Peters	71
12 July 2014	18:19, Ryan Kelly	21:20, Makenzee Page	49
11 July 2015	17:49, Matthew Baun	21:10, Erica Schloemer	38
23 July 2016	18:58, Jackson Green	23:10, Debbie Green	65

Links:

• Complete results of the 2016 Break Bread Bun Run 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QT1s-R64PyGymLtvzPgM4E84Y-_6eIuIjSuzEerxZLk/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Baun and Schloemer bake some fresh records in the Bun Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/bun-run-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Kelly and Page rise to the occasion at Bun Run”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/07/bun-run-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Kelly and Peters break away at Break Bread Bun Run”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/bun-run-2013-.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “McLeod and Smoot kick some buns in Valdosta's Wood Valley”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/07/bun-run-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Avenger and Arreguin emerge from the Wood Valley Hills as Bun Run Champs”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/07/bun-run-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Gardner conquers Valdosta's Wood Valley hills to win the Bun Run 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/07/break-bread-2010.html
  
  
• Course map, 2014 Break Bread Bun Run 5K
  https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPWbQx-8lcduHrQ0AlVIWv4XDZzP0KQefM318SP7ZiEsngdpznhok3cLbZ0j849hPqfHR5cZgUO3HkgXwY0TXfjTMdwittEOVq3pCJq1myNw9pC0rGim-6ypdkbmGDIwnAv6uJ5pNLf4M/s1600/Break+Bread+Bun+Run+5K+map+20140712.jpg
  
  
• Find another baked good race on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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Green and Green put the "fast" in "fast food" at Valdosta's Chik-Fil-A 5K

When the Chik-Fil-A race series came to Valdosta, Georgia, on Saturday morning, 19 January 2015, it was an alumnus of the Lowndes High cross country squad who won the 5K race. Former harrier Jackson Green posted a 19:07 for the 3.1-mile run on the north side of Valdosta, finishing more than 250 meters ahead of the next runner. Valodsta's Rick Mazurkiewicz was the top master runner in the race, placing second overall in 20:12. Peter MacDonough took third in 20:22.


Valdosta master runner Debbie Green was the first woman in the 5K, coming in fourteenth overall in 22:34. Coffee Middle School seventh-grader Gracie Woods was second in the women's standings, sixteenth overall in 23:33. 21sr overall in 24:15, Valdosta's Martha Mazurkiewicz was the third female finisher and second woman master.


137 athletes finished the 5K, which started and finished at Crossroads Baptist Church. The race was run on Valdosta's only USATF-certified course, assuring the runners that their times could be legitimately compared with performances on other certified courses. In days gone by, distances in road racing were treated rather casually. During the 1930s seven-time Boston Marathon winner Clarence Demar observed that a ten-mile road race might actually be anywhere from six to twelve miles long. Decades later Ted Corbitt formulated a procedure for measuring road-race courses; events that used his method could apply to have their courses certified. No method of measurement is perfect, and you can argue that a USATF-certified 10K course isn't actually ten kilometers long. However, such a course is the same length as any other ten-kilometer course measured by the same method, or at least close enough to allow comparison of performances.


Proceeds from the Chick-Fil-A Race Series Valdosta 5K benefited the Georgia Sheriffs' Boys Ranch. The Valdosta race was the last on the series schedule for 2015, which had included 32 events in eleven different states.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Chik-Fil-A Race Series Valdosta 5K

1. 19:07 ~ Jackson Green (M, 15-19)
2. 20:12 ~ Rick Mazurkiewicz (M, 45-49)
3. 20:22 ~ Peter MacDonough (M, 30-34)
4. 20:31 ~ Matthew White (M, 40-44)
5. 21:09 ~ Oscar Norton (M, 30-34)
6. 21:11 ~ Mitchell Kallam (M, 10-14)
7. 21:53 ~ Kelly Barcol (M, 45-49)
8. 21:54 ~ David Smothers (M, 30-34)
9. 21:59 ~ Rob Sheridan (M, 55-59)
10. 22:01 ~ Leland Kent (M, 10-14)

Top Ten Women, 2015 Chik-Fil-A Race Series Valdosta 5K

1. 22:34 ~ Debbie Green (F, 45-49)
2. 23:33 ~ Gracie Woods (F, 10-14)
3. 24:15 ~ Martha Mazurkiewicz (F, 45-49)
4. 25:03 ~ Kelly Yates (F, 40-44)
5. 25:06 ~ Shelby Joyner (F, 15-19)
6. 25:11 ~ Kelly Davis (F, 25-29)
7. 26:04 ~ Josie Mazurkiewicz (F, 20-24)
8. 26:27 ~ Amy Rogers (F, 30-34)
9. 26:49 ~ Rhonda Barrett (F, 40-44)
10. 27:04 ~ Meshea Hardeman (F, 25-29)

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 Chik-Fil-A Race Series Valdosta 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PcDOVFTox7dTjwhG-dFrsvlj9y0snrYQlycRkGLE_AA/pubhtml
  
  
• USATF course certification map GA15099WC for the 2015 Chik-Fil-A Race Series Valdosta 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA15099WC
  
  
• Chik-Fil-A Race Series
  http://cfaraceseries.com/
  
  
• Find upcoming races associated with other fast food chains on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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