Troy Dunkley and Jillian Heddaeus rise to the Ten-Mile Challenge

Back in 2010, Reid Vannoy designed a five-mile loop around Ox Bottom Manor, north of Tallahassee, for Gulf Winds Track Club's Ten-Mile Challenge. If you run the loop twice, you've gone ten miles. Troy Dunkley ran two loops in 55:12 on Saturday morning, 7 December 2019, winning the 44th annual Ten-Mile Challenge. Jillian Heddaeus was the first woman in the race, placing twelfth overall in 76:54.

Troy Dunkley

Similar to the 2018 Challenge, it was cool and cloudy when the 2019 race started from Hawks Rise Elementary School at 8:00 AM. Unlike 2018, there was no rain. The streets were dry when Troy Dunkley and Trevor Sununu led the field away from the school, heading east on Meadow Ridge Drive. The course was hilly, and Dunkley opened a gap on Sununu while climbing a hill during the third mile. Sununu came back, though.


"I caught up to him on that long downhill around the fourth mile," said Sununu. "But after that he got away again on the uphill."

Trevor Sununu

That was the race. Dunkley spent the second half of the run widening his lead. He crossed the finish line back at the school first in 55:12. Sununu was second in 56:16. Chris O'Kelley, runner-up in the 2018 Challenge, placed third in 61:51. Another veteran of the 2018 race, Myles Gibson, was the top master runner in the Challenge, placing fifth overall in 65:07. Gibson noted that he had run better than half a minute faster than he had the previous year.


"Whenever I can do that, I'm happy," said Gibson.

Jillian Heddaeus and Melanie Leitman

Just a mile into the Ten-Mile Challenge, Jillian Heddaeus was well ahead of the rest of the women's field. Halfway through the race, she was nearly a quarter mile ahead of the next woman. During the second half, though, Melanie Leitman erased that lead. During the final mile, Heddaeus and Leitman were just a few seconds apart. Heddaeus held on to those few seconds, though, holding off Leitman's charge to take the women's title in 76:54. Leitman was a close runner-up in 76:59, placing thirteenth overall. Ruffian Tyner was the first woman master and third female finisher, fifteenth overall in 80:04.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Ten-Mile Challenge

1. 55:12, Troy Dunkley (M, 33)
2. 56:16, Trevor Sununu (M, 24)
3. 61:51, Chis O'Kelly (M, 26)
4. 64:05, Bryan Gensits (M, 25)
5. 65:07, Myles Gibson (M, 53)
6. 69:46, Paul Guyas (M, 42)
7. 71:31, Andrew Wilber (M, 29)
8. 71:58, Joel Piotrowski (M, 50)
9. 73:15, Philip Sura (M, 49)
10. 75:50, Cory Logan (M, 32)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Ten-Mile Challenge

1. 76:54, Jillian Heddaeus (F, 36)
2. 76:59, Melanie Leitman (F, 35)
3. 80:04, Ruffian Tyner (F, 44)
4. 82:58, Bridget Cobb (F, 48)
5. 86:26, April Bentley (F, 46)
6. 87:20, Krista Killius (F, 56)
7. 89:59, Monica Toth (F, 30)
8. 90:19, Calyn Stringer (F, 34)
9. 91:14, Shelby Augustyniale (F, 43)
10. 92:53, Karima Anderson (F, 33)

For those eschewing the Challenge of a ten-mile run there was a five-mile race, one time around the Ox Bottom Manor loop. Gary Droze won the shorter race for the second year in a row; the master runner and Tallahassee Community College cross-country coach covered the course in 29:50. Ryan Truchelut was second in 30:40.

Mike Martinez and Gary Droze

Ann Centner was the first woman in the race and third overall in 30:40. Centner was the overall leader in the five mile nearly from the start. Just over a hundred yards from the finish, on pace to break 29:00, she missed the turn into the school. Centner eventually realized that she was headed around the loop a second time and turned back, but the extra running cost her almost two minutes. In spite of the detour, Centner's time was still a women's event record, bettering the 30:46 run by Amy Paine in 2006.


Behind Centner, master runner Mike Martinez was the third male finisher and fourth overall in 31:06.

Ann Centner

Katie Sherron, a five-time women's champ of the Ten-Mile Challenge, opted for the shorter race in 2019. Sherron was the women's runner-up and ninth overall in 34:45. Alyssa Moore placed third in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 34:48. Tanya Evers was the first woman master and fifth female finisher in the five mile, twentieth overall in 37:50.


59 athletes finished the 2019 Ten-Mile Challenge, and another 120 completed the five-mile run. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed both races.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Five-Mile Road Race

1. 29:50, Gary Droze (M, 58)
2. 30:40, Ryan Truchelut (M, 34)
3. 31:06, Mike Martinez (M, 53)
4. 32:05, Tristan Lanasa (M, 26)
5. 33:24, Geb Kiros (M, 53)
6. 33:35, Duane Evans (M, 52)
7. 34:30, Colby Redfield (M, 34)
8. 34:41, Camillo Ordonez (M, 40)
9. 35:44, Esteban Parra Rodriguez (M, 28)
10. 36:34, Patrick Ernst (M, 31)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Five-Mile Road Race

1. 30:40, Ann Centner (F, 28)
2. 34:35, Katie Sherron (F, 38)
3. 34:48, Alyssa Moore (F, 25)
4. 35:47, Brittney Barnes (F, 31)
5. 37:50, Tanya Evers (F, 42)
6. 38:31, Lou Maxwell (F, 45)
7. 39:22, Nikky Manausa (F, 38)
8. 39:26, Angela Dempsey (F, 51)
9. 39:33, Nancy Stedman (F, 57)
10. 39:54, Sarah Dugas (F, 41)

Champions of Gulf Winds Track Club's Ten-Mile Challenge, 1977 - 2018
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
29 January 1977	20 Km	67:06, Herb Wills	89:20, Rosemary Desloge
28 January 1978	20 Km	65:18, Joe Germano		85
13 January 1979	20 Km	67:33, Jim Eastman	85:31, Rosemary Desloge	66
15 December 1979	20 Km	66:23, George West	89:51, Rosemary Desloge
20 December 1980	20 Km	Mike Bordel	Laura Ledbetter
19 December 1981	20 Km	67:42, Rick Miller	90:12, Chris Levi
18 December 1982	20 Km	63:14, Noel Shumann	80:28, Donna Miller
3 December 1983	20 Km	68:20, Noel Shumann	79:25, Margaret Coomber
1 December 1984	20 Km	70:13, Steve Meade	76:24, Barbara Matthews	154
7 December 1985	20 Km	69:40, Felton Wright	80:00, Karen McHarg	158
6 December 1986	20 Km	67:29, Tim Simpkins	81:18, Karen McHarg	157
5 December 1987	20 Km	65:04, Jessie Close	79:42, Karen MacHarg	157
3 December 1988	10 Miles	51:05, David Keen	65:19, Janice Hochstein	165
2 December 1989	10 Miles	52:05, Jessie Close	64:09, Paula Johnson	163
1 December 1990	10 Miles	51:39, David Keen	62:53, Paula Johnson	181
7 December 1991	10 Miles	54:20, Jessie Close	63:40, Paula Johnson	151
5 December 1992	10 Miles	54:32, Jessie Close	63:09, Paula Johnson	159
4 December 1993	10 Miles	55:30, Steve Wilcox	61:53, Paula Johnson	148
3 December 1994	10 Miles	54:16, Herb Wills	61:43, Jane Johnson	164
2 December 1995	10 Miles	55:30, Gary Droze	65:55, Carrie Weyant	120
7 December 1996	10 Miles	56:27, Brian Erb	66:21, Carrie Weyant	113
6 December 1997	10 Miles	55:06, Lee Willis	62:38, Sarah Docter-Williams	133
5 December 1998	10 Miles	58:45, Robert Pautienus	62:27, Breeda Willis	127
4 December 1999	10 Miles	56:24, Gary Droze	69:44, Carrie Weyant	188
2 December 2000	10 Miles	56:29, Zachery Heissner	66:07, Laurel Slyck	146
1 December 2001	10 Miles	60:11, Tim Unger	64:40, Sarah Docter-Williams	169
7 December 2002	10 Miles	54:30, Lee Willis	63:54, Sarah Docter-Williams	111
6 December 2003	10 Miles	61:33, Bill McCord	63:20, Sarah Docter-Williams	158
4 December 2004	10 Miles	55:29, Gary Droze	61:41, Sarah Docter-Williams	142
	5 Miles	26:45, Chris Nickinson	38:32, Kara Taylor	26
3 December 2005	10 Miles	56:46, Gary Droze	66:43, Kara Newell	167
	5 Miles	32:24, Conor Sweeney	39:14, Vicky Droze	37
2 December 2006	10 Miles	59:13, Jay Wallace	62:27, Sheryl Rosen	126
	5 Miles	28:53, Gary Droze	30:46, Amy Paine	84
1 December 2007	10 Miles	58:47, Tripp Southerland	64:04, Sheryl Rosen	150
	5 Miles	31:19, Tim Unger	38:11, Janice Hochstein	53
6 December 2008	10 Miles	55:56, Chris Lake	65:30, Sheryl Rosen	177
	5 Miles	32:59, Gennaro Scibelli	32:51, Amy Paine	80
5 December 2009	10 Miles	57:59, Vince Molosky	65:47, Sheryl Rosen	117
	5 Miles	30:15, John Robida	38:27, Claire Fruchtnicht	49
4 December 2010	10 Miles	57:19, Vince Molosky	64:25, Allison Eagen	180
	5 Miles	31:54, Chase Harris	31:37, Lisa Johnson	90
3 December 2011	10 Miles	56:13, Stephen Cox	68:15, Katie Showman	169
	5 Miles	30:16, Brian Manry	36:11, Kate Chunka	89
1 December 2012	10 Miles	56:18, Stanley Linton	68:05, Micah Adriani	183
	5 Miles	29:19, Zac Buchholz	38:24, Moriah Campbell	119
7 December 2013	10 Miles	55:30, Stanley Linton	73:42, Micah Adriani	151
	5 Miles	30:51, Tony Guillen	35:38, Vicky Droze	87
6 December 2014	10 Miles	56:37, Stephen Cox	72:48, Katie Sherron	109
	5 Miles	31:54, Gary Galvez	37:24, Paula O'Neill	82
5 December 2015	10 Miles	59:14, Zach DeVeau	65:19, Katie Sherron	89
	5 Miles	27:29, Joseph Garcia	33:58, Amy Hines	88
3 December 2016	10 Miles	59:10, Charlie Johnson	74:31, Katie Sherron	92
	5 Miles	29:30, Zach DeVeau	33:00, Brittney Barnes	132
2 December 2017	10 Miles	56:26, Charlie Johnson	64:26, Katie Sherron	133
	5 Miles	29:44, Tristan Cravello	32:36, Katerina Caltova	82
1 December 2018	10 Miles	58:42, Charlie Kline	73:43, Alyssa Terry	39
	5 Miles	31:39, Gary Droze	35:58, Alison Thumm	59
7 December 2019	10 Miles	55:12, Troy Dunkley	76:54, Jillian Heddaeus	59
	5 Miles	29:50, Gary Droze	30:40, Ann Centner	120

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 GWTC Ten-Mile Challenge
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTgBq3aluckzaG8aVZtg_hNV8Cnwuuw2soe2Yb3C0vM_MKcgY2eL_rB4UvPqxku41WahLFDQ3ejrjQP/pubhtml
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! photos of the 2019 Gulf Winds Track Club Ten-Mile Challenge
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10114755048406563
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Ten-Mile Challenge
  https://photos.app.goo.gl/hT9yJMgqvn665vw67
  
  
• 2018 story, “Charlie Kline and Alyssa Terry rise to the Challenge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/12/ten-mile-challenge-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Charlie Johnson and Katie Sherron each repeat as Ten-Mile Challenge champions”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/12/ten-mile-challenge-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Johnson and Sherron top the Ten-Mile Challenge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/ten-mile-challenge-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “DeVeau starts winning and Sherron keeps winning at the Ten-Mile Challenge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/ten-mile-challenge-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “For Cox and Sherron it's 2011 all over again at the Ten-Mile Challenge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/12/ten-mile-challenge-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Linton and Adriani make it two at the Ten”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/12/ten-mile-challenge-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Linton and Adriani take Ten”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/ten-mile-challenge-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Cox and Showman take on all Ten-Mile Challengers”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/12/ten-mile-challenge-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Molosky and Eagen take Ten-Mile Challenge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/ten-mile-challenge-2010.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map (FL10078EBM) for Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Ten-Mile Challenge
  https://certifiedroadraces.com/certificate?type=l&id=FL10078EBM
  
  
• USATF Course Certification map (FL10077EBM) for Gulf Winds Track Club's 2019 Five-Mile Road Race
  https://certifiedroadraces.com/certificate?type=l&id=FL10077EBM
  
  
• Find upcoming challenges in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar of road races
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2655

Andrew Smith and Amanda Sava sail the trails at "Tails and Trails"

Tallahassee’s Tom Brown Park, Lafayette Heritage Park, and the Alford Greenway are connected by a network of trails, more miles of pathways than you could walk in a single afternoon. On Saturday morning, May 5, Andrew Smith raced 21.1 kilometers on those trails in 1:20:46, winning the Animal Shelter Foundation's seventeenth annual Tails & Trails Half Marathon. Amanda Sava was the first woman in the race, placing eighth overall in 1:45:35.

Andrew Smith

There were four races in the Tails & Trails that morning, also including a 10K, a 5K, and a one-mile fun run. The half marathon was the longest and it was also the earliest, starting from in front of the Tallahassee Animal Shelter at 8:00 AM. From the first, Andrew Smith was in the lead.


“After the mile I could tell there was no one there,” said Smith. “I just kept trying to hit six-minute miles.”


Don’t get the impression that it was easy, running in and out of the Lake Lafayette basin.

The start of the 2018 Tails & Trails Half Marathon

“It was a tough one,” said Smith. “The hills were no joke.”


When Smith returned to the Animal Shelter, finishing the race in 1:20:46, he was nearly three kilometers ahead of the next runner. It could have been lonesome out on the trails, but Smith had a lead cyclist to follow. The other athletes, though, were out of sight of both Smith and the cyclist. They had to rely on course markers and course marshals to find their way through the race.

Geb Kiros

“I ran off the course twice,” said Geb Kiros after finishing the half marathon. “I am not very happy.”


In spite of those detours, Kiros was the first master runner in the race, finishing second overall in 1:32:57. Master runner Jack McDermott took third in 1:33:46.

Laura McDermott and Amanda Sava

Finishing second to Amanda Sava in the women's standings, Lourena Maxwell was the first woman master in the half marathon and fourteenth overall in 1:51:38. Michelle Hadden edged Laura McDermott for the third women's spot, both runners clocked in 1:52:58. Hadden and McDermott were fifteenth and sixteenth overall.


Top Ten Men, 2018 “Tails and Trails” Half Marathon

1. 1:20:46, Andrew Smith (M, 23)
2. 1:32:57, Geb Kiros (M, 51)
3. 1:33:46, Jack McDermott (M, 49)
4. 1:35:46, Jonathan Manry (M, 39)
5. 1:37:22, Collin Woodrum (M, 19)
6. 1:43:39, Laryn Flikkema (M, 42)
7. 1:45:31, Steven Sheward (M, 29)
8. 1:47:02, Edward Nabong (M, 27)
9. 1:47:43, Emmanuel Nwala (M, 36)
10. 1:48:49, Tyler Barnett (M, 27)

Top Ten Women, 2018 “Tails and Trails” Half Marathon

1. 1:45:35, Amanda Sava (F, 23)
2. 1:51:38, Lourena Maxwell (F, 43)
3. 1:52:58, Michelle Hadden (F, 29)
4. 1:52:58, Laura McDermott (F, 38)
5. 1:59:53, Grace Kennedy (F, 29)
6. 1:59:56, Sherri Wise (F, 36)
7. 2:00:53, Nancy Stedman (F, 56)
8. 2:01:45, April Bentley (F, 44)
9. 2:02:02, Jennifer Jan Farinella (F, 28)
10. 2:02:15, Rachel Lovestrand (F, 30)

At 8:30, while the half-marathoners were still on the trails, headed for the turnaround on the out-and-back course, the 10K and the 5K got underway. Charlie Johnson soon got down to the business of running away from the rest of the 10K field.

Charlie Johnson

“He was about a minute ahead at the turnaround and he maintained that,” said Chris O’Kelley, the 2017 Tails & Trails 10K winner.


With 188 runners behind him, Johnson had a lot of outbound traffic to deal with on the return trip. One narrow gate was clogged by a file of runners headed for the turnaround. Johnson solved that problem by leaping the fence next to the gate. Undelayed, he continued to the finish line at the Animal Shelter, taking first in the 10K with a 37:16. Chris O’Kelley took second in 38:11, and Ryan Truchelut was third in 40:22. Paul Guyas was the first master runner in the 10K, placing seventh overall in 43:32.

Chris O'Kelley

Jillian Heddaeus won the women’s title in the 10K, placing fifteenth overall in 47:16. Heddaeus finished more than 300 meters ahead of the next woman in the race, but she found herself running with one of the men.


“We had a good little back-and-forth going,” said Heddaeus. “Then he went forth and I went back.”

Jillian Heddaeus

Kaley Ford was the second woman in the 10K, placing 21st overall in 48:54. Kenya Rich was the first woman master and third female finisher, 25th overall in 50:06.


Top Ten Men, 2018 “Tails and Trails” 10K

1. 37:16, Charlie Johnson (M, 38)
2. 38:11, Chris O'Kelley (M, 25)
3. 40:22, Ryan Truchelut (M, 32)
4. 41:09, Bobby Duggleby (M, 27)
5. 41:13, Brad Busboom (M, 30)
6. 43:23, Jim Halley (M, 38)
7. 43:32, Paul Guyas (M, 40)
8. 44:07, Isaac Bakan (M, 18)
9. 44:07, John Schwenkler (M, 36)
10. 44:35, Duane Evans (M, 50)

Top Ten Women, 2018 “Tails and Trails” 10K

1. 47:16, Jillian Heddaeus (F, 35)
2. 48:54, Kaley Ford (F, 23)
3. 50:06, Kenya Rich (F, 45)
4. 50:30, Melanie Leitman (F, 34)
5. 50:40, Nikky Manausa (F, 36)
6. 51:18, Nancy Proctor (F, 57)
7. 51:35, Monica Toth (F, 29)
8. 53:11, Ariel Urban (F, 27)
9. 53:25, Marie Dennis (F, 43)
10. 54:18, Jasmin McClellan (F, 29)

Kurt Dietrich won the Tails & Trails 5K for the second year in a row, running 19:13. Matt Triggs was the first master runner in the race, finishing second overall in 21:21. Ten-year-old Noah Deem took third in 22:29.

Charlie Johnson & Kurt Dietrich

Another youngster, eleven-year-old Madison Sims, took first in the women’s standings, placing eleventh overall in 24:27. Amelia Bryant was a close second, placing twelfth overall in 24:31. Anna Dower was the third woman and fifteenth overall in 24:39. Amy Triggs was the first woman master and the fourth female finisher in the 5K, 32nd overall in 26:04.


821 athletes crossed the finish line at the 2018 Tails & Trails, 104 in the half marathon, 192 in the 10K, 460 in the 5K, and 65 in the mile. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the races.


Top Ten Men, 2018 “Tails and Trails” 5K

1. 19:13, Kurt Dietrich (M, 26)
2. 21:21, Matt Triggs (M, 54)
3. 22:29, Noah Deem (M, 10)
4. 22:46, Tad David (M, 49)
5. 23:33, Juan Padron (M, 48)
6. 23:38, Patrick Deasy (M, 29)
7. 23:46, Patrick Westman (M, 28)
8. 24:15, Jordan Deem (M, 19)
9. 24:18, Daniel McNair (M, 33)
10. 24:19, David Guhl (M, 17)

Top Ten Women, 2018 “Tails and Trails” 5K

1. 24:27, Madison Sims (F, 11)
2. 24:31, Amelia Bryant (F, 29)
3. 24:39, Anna Dower (F, 26)
4. 25:31, Michelle Davis (F, 28)
5. 26:04, Amy Triggs (F, 53)
6. 26:25, Marina Byrd (F, 27)
7. 26:27, Chloe Schaub (F, 25)
8. 26:44, Jennie Merchant (F, 26)
9. 26:50, Jami Lynn Cook (F, 26)
10. 26:53, Ava Jones (F, 12)

“Tails and Trails” winners, 2002 - 2018
Date	Race	Men	Women	Finishers
30 March 2002	5K	19:49, Tim Bolton	23:06, Carrie Weyant	179
15 March 2003	5K	20:47, Justin Dickieson	24:20, Carrie Weyant	218
20 March 2004	5K	18:56, Gary Droze	23:02, Seeley Lovett	221
19 March 2005	5K	18:51, Mathew Dobson	23:12, Stephanie Liles	186
18 March 2006	10K	37:46, Vince Molosky	46:49, Kim Likens	73
	5K	22:06, Roger Michaud	21:48, Stephanie Liles	178
5 May 2007	10K	36:43, Vince Molosky	43:54, Jana Stolting	80
	5K	17:31, Tripp Southerland	24:22, Claire Fruchtnicht	250
3 May 2008	10K	37:23, Vince Molosky	41:55, Karen Geletko	141
	5K	20:54, Jason Graham	21:57, Katrina Unglaub	272
2 May 2009	10K	35:07, Vince Molosky	41:34, Sheryl Rosen	148
	5K	17:24, John Robida	18:59, Kelsey Scheitlin	464
1 May 2010	10K	35:44, Vince Molosky	42:38, Micah Adriani	315
	5K	16:37, Ken Youngers	22:13, Lisa Finn	355
30 April 2011	10K	36:41, Vince Molosky	41:06, Heather Griffis
	5K	17:04, Kevin Sullivan	19:41, Kelly Stevens
5 May 2012	10K	34:52, Stanley Linton	41:38, Micah Adriani	246
	5K	18:22, Jonathan Grisiaffi	23:00, Stephanie Stout	494
4 May 2013	10K	36:29, Vince Molosky	46:31, Lindsey Pfau	207
	5K	16:26, Stanley Linton	19:40, Micah Adriani	521
3 May 2014	10K	37:04, Matthew Cashin	46:12, Urska Dobersek	211
	5K	16:53, Adam Wallenfelsz	20:55, Sara Lane	359
2 May 2015	Half Marathon	1:25:43, Eric Godin	1:49:34, Mary Jane Hayden	92
	10K	37:22, Matthew Cashin	46:04, Brittney Barnes	278
	5K	17:06, Roger Schmidt	20:25, Alese Autore	552
7 May 2016	Half Marathon	1:19:49, Matt Mizereck	1:45:20, Katie Sherron	178
	10K	37:45, Stanley Linton	45:48, Anna Busby	191
	5K	18:20, Peter Van Brussel	20:50, Brittney Barnes	562
6 May 2017	Half Marathon	1:27:34, Eric Godin	1:36:48, Katie Sherron	148
	10K	38:54, Chris O'Kelley	44:40, Sheryl Rosen	123
	5K	18:47, Kurt Dietrich	23:44, Christina Linton	395
5 May 2018	Half Marathon	1:20:46, Andrew Smith	1:45:35, Amanda Sava	104
	10K	37:16, Charlie Johnson	47:16, Jillian Heddaeus	189
	5K	19:13, Kurt Dietrich	24:27, Madison Sims	447
From 2002 to 2006 the event was called the "Furry Scurry." No 10K was held before 2006. No Half Marathon was held prior to 2015.

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 “Tails and Trails”
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTwtSK3KN_vrDedPbCQI9Ic6qE_2eKVt0lY7KOiujzGGLF50ifbM5cJmuEYZU7Om6-nP0QRgbsLkgW1/pubhtml
  
  
• More photos of the 2018 “Tails and Trails”
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10111824255394253.1073742355.5215641&type=1&l=b5b1898524
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2018 “Tails and Trails”
  https://photos.app.goo.gl/UyCeiYha0goedeeg2
  
  
• 2017 story, “Godin and Sherron prevail on the trail at Tails & Trails”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/05/tails-trails-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Mizereck and Sherron tail none on the trails”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/05/tails-trails-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Godin and Hayden prosper on the longer trail at ‘Tails & Trails’”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/05/tails-trails-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Flooding doesn't stop Tails & Trails, Cashin, or Dobersek”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/05/tails-trails-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Molosky back on top in the 'Tails & Trails' 10K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/05/tails-trails-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Linton and Adriani kick tails on the trails”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/05/tails-trails-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Molosky and Griffis tear up the trails at Tom Brown”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/04/tails-trails-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Molosky and Adriani best the field at 'Tails and Trails'”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/05/tails-trails-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “2009 'Tails and Trails' 5K / 10K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/05/2009-tails-and-trails-5k-10k.html
  
  
• Find an upcoming race on the trails of the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2269

Johnson and Heddaeus take the plunge at the Rex Cleveland Downhill Mile

Winning a one-mile race by over a hundred meters is like finishing a marathon three kilometers ahead of the runner-up. It's like lapping the field and then some in a 10,000-meter race on the track. It's like a horse winning the Kentucky Derby by more than 50 lengths. But winning a mile race by over a hundred meters is exactly what Charlie Johnson did on Sunday afternoon, 5 November 2017, in Gulf Winds Track Club's second annual Rex Cleveland Road Mile. Johnson covered the one-mile course in a winning 4:25. Jillian Heddaeus was the first woman in the race, placing eleventh overall in 5:53.

Cascades Park Bridge

Tallahassee, Florida is at the edge of the Red Hills, producing some noticeable differences in elevation. At one extreme is FAMU Way. The road used to be called Canal Street because it ran along the Saint Augustine Branch. The creek flowed through a deep ditch on the north side of the street, except during heavy rains when it flowed over the street. It was one of the lowest spots in Tallahassee. Since then Canal Street has gotten a new name and a facelift, the Saint Augustine Branch is confined to a box culvert, and the Capital Cascades Trail traces the north side of FAMU Way. It's still one of the lowest spots in Tallahassee. At another extreme is Myers Park. The Myers Park neighborhood was built on higher and better-drained land than Canal Street, covering the slopes of one of Tallahassee's hills. Capital City Country Club, the oldest golf course in town, occupies the top of that hill. It is one of the highest spots in Tallahassee.


The two spots, Myers Park and Canal Street, high and low, aren't that far apart--about a mile. Because of the difference in elevation, most of that mile is either uphill or downhill, depending on which way you're traveling. Why not run in the downhill direction and have a downhill one-mile race? The answer to that question was Gulf Winds Track Club's first Rex Cleveland Road Mile in 2016. The course not only features a net drop of a hundred feet or so, it also includes a run across the Capital Cascades pedestrian bridge. It was such a good idea that GWTC did it again in 2017.


Just three weeks after posting a 9:47:18 in Ironman Hawaii, Charlie Johnson won the 2017 Rex Cleveland Mile, running the somewhat shorter race in 4:25. Not that Johnson is a stranger to the distance; earlier in the year he won the Gulf Winds Track Club Mile at the Breakfast on the Track, racing a flat mile in 4:32. Alekx Krush was runner-up in the Cleveland Mile, running 4:45. Albert Edwards edged Tristan Cravello for third, 4:51 to 4:52. Geb Kiros was the fastest master runner in the mile, placing fifth overall in 5:02.


In the women's competition, Stella Lewis took second behind Jillian Heddaeus, placing thirteenth overall in 5:59. Thirteen-year-old Lewis is a seventh-grader on the Swift Creek Middle School cross-country team. Nine-year-old Clifton Lewis of the Panhandle Express was third in the women's standings and fourteenth overall in 5:59. Deerlake Middle School cross-country runner Leah Kiros (19th, 6:10) was the fourth female finisher, and Fort Braden School harrier Madison Sims (25th, 6:19) was the fifth.


163 athletes finished the 2017 Rex Cleveland Road Mile. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2017 Cleveland Magic Mile

1. 4:25, Charlie Johnson (M, 37)
2. 4:45, Alekx Krush (M, 22)
3. 4:51, Albert Edwards (M, 24)
4. 4:52, Tristan Cravello (M, 18)
5. 5:02, Geb Kiros (M, 51)
6. 5:13, Patrick Koon (M, 12)
7. 5:15, Paul Guyas (M, 40)
8. 5:41, Erik Andersen (M, 34)
9. 5:47, Jackson Rowe (M, 11)
10. 5:50, T.J. Devlieger (M, 55)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2017 Cleveland Magic Mile

1. 5:53, Jillian Heddaeus (F, 34)
2. 5:59, Stella Lewis (F, 13)
3. 6:00, Clifton Lewis (F, 9)
4. 6:10, Leah Kiros (F, 12)
5. 6:19, Madison Sims (F, 10)
6. 6:20, Julie Duggins (F, 34)
7. 6:21, Claramae Campbell (F, 14)
8. 7:05, Ashley Marina (F, 29)
9. 7:19, Emily Hawken (F, 11)
10. 7:21, Aza Hampton (F, 11)

Winners of Gulf Winds Track Club's Rex Cleveland Road Mile, 2016 - 2017
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
2 November 2016	4:09.14, Ricardo Estremera	5:34.19, Amy Hines	174
5 November 2017	4:25, Charlie Johnson	5:53, Jillian Heddaeus	163

Links

• Complete results of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2017 Cleveland Magic Mile at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2017/ClevlandMile2017.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Presto! Estremera and Hines prevail at the Magic Mile”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/11/cleveland-mile-2016.html
  
  
• Course map of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2017 Cleveland Magic Mile
  https://app.box.com/s/xcz07n0orcocpfucmd578spm9r1cbxpc
  
  
• Upcoming miles and marathons, magical and mundane, on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2126

After the yellow flag is lifted, Lloyd and Heddaeus win the Potluck Four

"It has always been a bit of a quirky race..."


David Yon was describing Gulf Winds Track Club's Potluck Four Mile, a cross-country event that he has been directing annually since it was first run in 1998. Some of those quirks have been built into the race; it has always included a prediction competition, where athletes are rewarded for correctly guessing their finishing time. Other quirks have quietly disappeared over time--in the early years the race included a team division with randomly-drawn teams and a convoluted scoring system that few understood. Still other quirks were there courtesy of the race director. No one ever told Yon that the course, the starting line, and even the exact distance had to change every year; that was all his idea.

Scott Lloyd

The latest foible wasn't entirely his idea, though. At 6:00 PM on Saturday, 3 June 2017, when the race was scheduled to start in Phipps Park, a gate on the first quarter-mile of the course was still locked. The key was unavailable and there was no way to get over a hundred athletes around the gate safely at full steam.


"We're going to walk the first half mile," declared Yon.


Think of it as proceeding under a caution flag. They do it in NASCAR, even if it's generally unknown in cross-country running. It got the field past the obstacle and on to the somewhat safer part of the course, where racing could begin.

The Start

Scott Lloyd had been one of the eager athletes in front of the group during the walk. When the caution flag lifted, Lloyd took off. A rising senior on the Wakulla High cross-country team, Lloyd finished first in 32:22. Travis Parks, an alumnus of the Wakulla High cross-country program, was second in 32:58. Hawthorne Hay, a rising sophomore on the Chiles High cross-country team, placed third in 34:14. Florida State University meteorology professor Philip Sura was the fastest master runner in the race, finishing sixth overall in 35:37.


Jillian Heddaeus was the first women to finish the four miles, coming across the line eighth overall in 35:53. Heddaeus had been the fourth woman in the 2016 race and the third woman in 2015. Haleigh Martin was second in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 36:22. A Wakulla High graduate, Martin has signed a national letter of intent to run cross-country for the Truett McConnell University Bears in 2017. Chiles High rising sophomore Emily Molen was the third woman and fifteenth overall in 37:27. Nancy Stedman was the first woman master and seventh female finisher, 37th overall in 43:14.

Jillian Heddaeus

107 athletes finished the twentieth annual Potluck Four Mile. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2017 Potluck Four Mile

1. 32:22, Scott Lloyd (M, 17)
2. 32:58, Travis Parks (M, 21)
3. 34:14, Hawthorne Hay (M, 15)
4. 35:05, Paul Guyas (M, 39)
5. 35:28, Matthias Laywell (M, 18)
6. 35:37, Philip Sura (M, 47)
7. 35:44, Chuck Lang (M, 51)
8. 35:56, Chris Porter (M, 16)
9. 36:12, Finn Tucker (M, 15)
10. 36:23, Evan Guarino (M, 18)

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2017 Potluck Four Mile

1. 35:53, Jillian Heddaeus (F, 34)
2. 36:22, Haleigh Martin (F, 17)
3. 37:27, Emily Molen (F, 15)
4. 38:10, Alyssa Langston (F, 16)
5. 39:21, Jamila Allen (F, 28)
6. 39:38, Kate Chunka (F, 34)
7. 43:14, Nancy Stedman (F, 55)
8. 43:31, Amelia Wilson (F, 27)
9. 44:08, Martha Guyas (F, 32)
10. 44:15, Julia Sura (F, 45)

Potluck champions, 1998 - 2017
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
20 June 1998
5 June 1999	29:29, Zack Heissner	32:26, Sarah Docter-Williams	58
3 June 2000	24:42 Paul Hoover	25:59, Kim Wynn
2 June 2001	24:59, Reid Vannoy	25:33, Sarah Docter-Williams	53
8 June 2002	22:47, Ryan Deak	26:04, Sarah Docter-Williams	132
7 June 2003	25:17, Tim Unger	25:36, Sarah Docter-Williams	91
5 June 2004	23:05, Caleb Carmichael	25:59, Kara Newell	136
4 June 2005	23:22, Caleb Carmichael	27:21, Kara Newell	110
3 June 2006	23:06, Jared Black	25:58, Sheryl Rosen	155
2 June 2007	24:26, Tony Guillen	27:36, Jane Johnson	115
7 June 2008	23:00, John Robida	25:09, Sarah Docter-Williams	144
13 June 2009	22:40, Jay Wallace	27:05, Micah Adriani	177
5 June 2010	22:14, Matt Mizereck	27:39, Micah Adriani	173
4 June 2011	22:57, Vince Molosky	26:33, Summer Calder	196
2 June 2012	22:33, Vince Molosky	27:18, Katie Showman	232
1 June 2013	21:17, Kevin Sullivan	26:24, Micah Adriani	237
31 May 2014	23:34, Kevin Sullivan	32:17, Katie Sherron	165
6 June 2015	25:45, Vince Molosky	30:35, Carrie Seiberlich	179
11 June 2016	22:52, Stanley Linton	30:02, Ann Centner	160
3 June 2017	32:22, Scott Lloyd	35:53, Jillian Heddaeus	107
The race was five miles in 1998 and 1999, and four miles thereafter.

Links

• Complete results of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2017 Potluck Four Mile at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2017/Potluck%20Bash%202017.asp
  
  
• More photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2017 Potluck Four Mile
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10109859184596883.1073742278.5215641&type=1&l=079aeabdbb
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2017 Potluck Four Mile
  https://plus.google.com/photos/112560881455823075870/album/6427737632232286913
  
  
• 2016 story, “Linton and Centner take their first Potluck”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/06/potluck-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Predictable wins for Molosky and Seiberlich at Potluck”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/06/potluck-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Sullivan and Sherron come back for seconds at Potluck”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/06/potluck-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Sullivan and Adriani are the big dogs at Potluck”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/06/potluck-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Potluck turns 15, Molosky and Showman turn wins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/06/potluck-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Molosky and Calder champs at 14th annual Potluck Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/06/potluck-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Mizereck and Adriani outrun the field at Potluck”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/06/potluck-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “2009 Potluck Bash 4 Mile, Tallahassee, Florida”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/06/2009-potluck-bash-4-mile-tallahassee.html
  
  
• Photos of the 2008 Potluck Four Mile
  
  • Part 1 - https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2445933&id=5215641&l=25e13dc662
    
  • Part 2 - https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2445931&id=5215641&l=2beecd73bd
    
  • Part 3 - https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2445921&id=5215641&l=234be2fd1b
    
  
  
• Upcoming prediction runs and non-prediction runs in the Tallahassee region
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2000

Droze and Heddaeus take flight at the Family Fun Day 5K

When "Get Outdoors, Florida!" hosted a Family Fun Day in Tallahassee, Florida's Tom Brown Park, it was natural for a run to be part of the program. Ignoring the aberration of indoor track, running is a quintessential outdoor activity. So among the Family Fun Day events on Saturday morning, 25 February 2017, a five-kilometer race was scheduled for 10:00 AM. The course was billed as "measured by Gary Droze," the Tallahassee Community College cross-country coach. Spending time on the course with a surveyor's wheel may or may not have been an advantage, but it certainly wasn't a disadvantage, because Droze won the race in 18:18. Jillian Heddaeus had no part in course measurement, but nevertheless won the women's title in 21:29, placing fifth overall. 45 athletes finished the race.


Behind master runner Gary Droze, Eric Godin took second in 18:35. Paul Guyas was third in 19:00.


Mariel Carbone was second in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 24:55. Sophia Fonseca was the third woman and fourteenth overall in 26:02.


Get Outdoors, Florida! is a non-profit coalition devoted to promoting outdoor experiences to achieve healthier lifestyles. Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee timed the 2017 Family Fun Day 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Family Fun Day 5K

1. 18:17.50, Gary Droze
2. 18:34.33, Eric Godin
3. 18:59.28, Paul Guyas
4. 20:36.17, Marty Spieler
5. 21:54.14, Frank Price
6. 22:08.69, Michael Weyant
7. 22:45.42, Luke Liles
8. 23:50.71, Felton Wright
9. 25:01.50, John Davis
10. 25:04.06, Ben Kaplan

Top Ten Women, 2017 Family Fun Day 5K

1. 21:28.79, Jillian Heddaeus
2. 24:54.35, Mariel Carbone
3. 26:01.90, Sophia Fonseca
4. 26:34.28, Stella Lewis
5. 26:46.14, Martha Guyas
6. 26:59.80, Allison Thorpe
7. 27:21.88, Katharine Price
8. 28:08.89, Stephanie Hurt
9. 29:46.91, Shannon O'Keefe
10. 31:03.58, Gina Kittel

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Family Fun Day 5K at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2017/Get%20Outdoors%202017.asp
  
  
• Upcoming runs in the great outdoors on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1908

Halley and Heddaeus rout their rivals at the Red Shoe Run

Saturday, 30 April 2016, was a busy day for running in Tallahassee, Florida, with at least three separate events going on around town. Nearly 400 athletes, though, chose to go to the Southwood community for the the fifth annual Red Shoe Run, conducted by Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tallahassee. In the longest of the three Red Shoe Run races, Jim Halley won the 10K in 39:33. Jillian Heddaeus took the women's title in 45:18, placing sixth overall. 99 people finished the 6.2-mile race.


Michael Rhodes was the first master runner in the Red Shoe Run 10K, finishing second to Halley in 41:06. Travis Parks placed third overall in 42:37. Shelby Augustyniak edged Kenya Rich for the top woman master spot, 48:20 to 48:26. Augustyniak and Rich were the second and third female finishers, placing eleventh and twelfth overall.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Red Shoe Run 10K

1. 39:33 ~ Jim Halley (M, 36)
2. 41:06 ~ Michael Rhodes (M, 47)
3. 42:37 ~ Travis Parks (M, 20)
4. 44:24 ~ John Bikowitz (M, 30)
5. 45:12 ~ Roy Crews (M, 52)
6. 45:40 ~ David Yon (M, 60)
7. 46:55 ~ Mark Tombrink (M, 28)
8. 47:42 ~ Joe Vega (M, 62)
9. 48:06 ~ Kyle Sill (M, 32)
10. 52:33 ~ Hal Davis (M, 60)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Red Shoe Run 10K

1. 45:18 ~ Jillian Heddaeus (F, 33)
2. 48:20 ~ Shelby Augustyniak (F, 40)
3. 48:26 ~ Kenya Rich (F, 43)
4. 49:04 ~ Crystal Peltier (F, 36)
5. 49:09 ~ Jenny Early (F, 32)
6. 50:49 ~ Emmy Kyllonen (F, 26)
7. 50:49 ~ Monica Toth (F, 27)
8. 51:53 ~ Ludmila De Faria (F, 47)
9. 52:17 ~ Laura Sellati (F, 36)
10. 52:17 ~ Deirdre McCarthy (F, 36)

In the 5K Andrew Wynn, a frosh distance runner at Community Christian School, edged the 2015 champion, Thomas Parker, for first, 18:48 to 18:51. Adriana Piekarewicz enjoyed a slightly longer margin in winning the women's competition, outracing runner-up Sheryl Rosen 18:58 to 19:06. Crawfordville's Duane Evans was the fastest master runner in the 3.1-mile race, placing fifth overall in 19:42.


207 athletes finished the 2016 Red Shoe Run 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Red Shoe Run 5K

1. 18:48 ~ Andrew Wynn (M, 15)
2. 18:51 ~ Thomas Parker (M, 33)
3. 19:42 ~ Duane Evans (M, 48)
4. 21:02 ~ Spencer Reinhardt (M, 32)
5. 21:31 ~ Jimmy Sauls (M, 36)
6. 23:01 ~ David Anderson (M, 65)
7. 23:11 ~ Matthew Mears (M, 47)
8. 23:15 ~ Arek Sarkissian (M, 36)
9. 23:30 ~ Dylan Macilveen (M, 16)
10. 24:35 ~ Bobby Brooks (M, 63)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Red Shoe Run 5K

1. 18:58 ~ Adriana Piekarewicz (F, 27)
2. 19:06 ~ Sheryl Rosen (F, 31)
3. 20:27 ~ Lauren Dorough (F, 11)
4. 23:52 ~ Michelle Hadden (F, 27)
5. 24:06 ~ Isabel Anderson (F, 36)
6. 25:09 ~ Madison Crews (F, 15)
7. 25:24 ~ Nela Diaz (F, 36)
8. 25:56 ~ John Hadden (F, 31)
9. 26:26 ~ Vlada Tchourioukanov (F, 20)
10. 27:26 ~ Madison Sims (F, 9)

In addition to the athletes in the 10K and 5K, another 71 went the distance in a one-mile fun run. All three races were chip timed by Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee, Florida.

Ronald McDonald House Tallahassee Red Shoe Run winners, 2012 - 2016
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
28 April 2012	10K	38:48, Eric Godin	46:15, Susan Williams	111
	5K	19:27, Paul Guyas	18:09, Lisa Johnson	250
27 April 2013	10K	36:57, Peter Van Brussel	46:40, Shannon Colavecchio	170
	5K	17:00, Joseph Garcia	21:57, Andrea Duffy	400
19 April 2014	10K	36:52, Reikan Lin	41:06, Micah Adriani	162
	5K	19:14, Thomas Parker	19:20, Lisa Johnson	275
18 April 2015	10K	38:17, Mickey Moore	48:38, Kaci Basford	131
	5K	17:19, Gary Droze	22:54, Paula O'Neill	263
30 April 2016	10K	39:33, Jim Halley	45:18, Jillian Heddaeus	99
	5K	18:48, Andrew Wynn	18:58, Adriana Piekarewicz	206

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Red Shoe Run at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2016/RedShoeRun2016.asp
  
  
• 2015 story, “Moore and Basford come out on top in the 10K at the Red Shoe Run”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/04/red-shoe-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Lin's and Adriani's fast shoes prevail at Red Shoe”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/04/red-shoe-2014.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Godin and Williams strap on their racing shoes for Red Shoes”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/05/red-shoes-2012.html
  
  
• Look for more races featuring colorful shoes on the Trouble Afoot! race calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1707

Wallenfelsz and Heddaeus emerge from the masses at Tallahassee's Jingle Bell Run

Displaying the kick of a 4:17.02 1600-meter runner, Leon High senior Adam Wallenfelsz won the Jingle Bell Run in downtown Tallahassee, Florida, on Saturday evening, 5 December 2015. Jillian Heddaeus repeated as the women's champion.


Wallenfelsz ran 9:09 and Heddaeus 10:38, although times don't mean much in Tallahassee's Jingle Bell Run. During nearly three decades during which the race has been held annually, the course has changed almost every year. Although it's usually listed as three kilometers, the actual distance has been shorter some years and longer others. 2015 was one of the rare years when the course was the same as the previous year, so it was possible to compare times from 2014. Well, it was possible for athletes who had run both years, as Heddaeus had.


"I wonder what my time was last year?" said Heddaeus. "I'd like to know whether I was faster both tonight and this morning."


That was because "this morning," Heddaeus had run Gulf Winds Track Club's Ten-Mile Challenge, just as she had the morning before her 2014 win at the Jingle Bell Run. In the 2015 ten mile Heddaeus had run 71:34, improving substantially on her 2014 time of 74:50. In the Jingle Bell Run, she had gone from 10:46 to 10:38.


"That course is hard!" declared Heddaeus.


It's no easier when you've raced ten miles just nine hours earlier.


Running, walking, or stumbling along, thousands finished the Jingle Bell Run, many wearing Santa hats and blinking lights. Other than Wallenfelsz and Heddaeus, no one's time or place of finish was recorded. The athletes who Wallenfelsz outkicked for the win remain anonymous. But you can't get a Boston qualifier at the Jingle Bell Run. You can run through city streets usually choked with cars, enjoy the lighting of Tallahassee's holiday decorations, and celebrate the beginning of what passes for winter in North Florida. Participants also contribute to the Tallahassee Friends Of Our Parks Foundation, which is no humbug.

Recent winners of Tallahassee's Jingle Bell Run, 2009 - 2015
Date	Men	Women
19 December 2009	Matt Mizereck, 9:45	Kirsten Hagen, 12:44
4 December 2010	Jacob Slupecki, 10:05	Kirsten Hagen, 12:32
3 December 2011	Stanley Linton, 9:57	Stefanie Kurgatt, 12:18
1 December 2012	Stanley Linton, 10:04	Katherine Resavage, 13:24
7 December 2013	Connor Hollander, 8:34	Lindsay Taylor, 11:14
6 December 2014	Joseph Garcia, 8:27	Jillian Heddaeus, 10:46
5 December 2015	Adam Wallenfelsz, 9:09	Jillian Heddaeus, 10:38
I've included times, but the figures aren't meaningful because the course and distance change frequently.

Links

• Complete results of Tallahassee's 2015 Jingle Bell Run
  Bah! Humbug!
  
  
• A few more photos of the 2015 Tallahassee Jingle Bell Run
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10106963845469703.1073742158.5215641&l=b967118079
  
  
• 2014 story, “Tallahassee Jingle Bell victories for Garcia and Heddaeus”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/12/tlh-jingle-bell-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Rain on their parade doesn't dampen Hollander or Taylor's Christmas spirits”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/12/tlh-jingle-bell-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Jingle Bells peal victory for Linton and Resavage”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/tlh-jingle-bell-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Linton and Kurgatt head the horde at Jingle Bell 3K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/12/tlh-jingle-bell-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Slupecki and Hagen lead a cast of thousands at the Jingle Bell 3K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/tlh-jingle-bell-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Mizereck masters the mob at Jingle Bell Run”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/12/mizereck-masters-mob-at-jingle-bell-run.html
  
  
• Find upcoming races that include timing and results on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1568

Rabun and Heddaeus win Boston, Southern-style

"Where are all the fast Tallahassee people?" asked Ryan Kelly.


Any present were behind him, because Kelly was leading the 36th annual Boston Mini Marathon--13.1 miles on the old highway between the Georgia villages of Boston and Dixie on Saturday morning, 31 October 2015. Instead of athletes from Tallahassee, Florida, though, Kelly should have been concerned about a Savannah, Georgia, runner, Drew Rabun.


On the way from Boston to the halfway turnaround near Dixie, Rabun had trailed Kelly, the Valdosta High cross country coach, sometimes by up to 50 meters. It was a different story on the return trip. Shortly after the turnaround Rabun overtook Kelly then marched away from him. Rabun made it to the finish line back in Boston in 1:19:52, winning the half marathon by well over 800 meters. Kelly was second in 1:23:16. Tallahassee master runner Tony Guillen placed third in 1:23:45.


Rabun has run a faster half marathon back home in Savannah, a 1:15. His current training plans didn't call for him to go after a personal record at Boston, though.


"I've got a marathon about four weeks out," said Rabun. "Today I planned to go out with whatever pace the field set, then pick it up the second half."


It was a winning plan for Rabun, who has parents in nearby Thomasville. In spite of his connections to the area, it was his first Boston Mini.


For Tallahassee's Jillian Heddaeus, the 2015 race was her second run at Boston. In 2014 she had finished third in the women's standings, running 1:34:37. A year later she won the women's competition, coming in 18th overall in 1:36:11.


"It was hard," said Heddaeus. "It was hard. It started getting hot out there on the way back after the sun came out."


"I got a little anxious at the turnaround and ran a little harder than I should on the way back," continued Heddaeus. "I think I ran the second half faster. That's what you're supposed to do, right?"


Maybe or maybe not, but it's hard to argue with winning tactics.


Melissa Luke was the second female finisher, placing 35th overall in 1:43:51. Tallahassee master runner Nancy Stedman took third in the women's standings, 42nd overall in 1:44:47.


The race started at 8:00 AM, so that most of the runners still had plenty of the morning left to visit the crafts stalls, sample the wares of the food vendors, watch the parade, just admire the town of Boston, or other plans.


"I want to get home in time to take a nap before the Bulldogs game comes on," said one athlete.


It may be Boston, but it's still Georgia.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Boston (mini) Marathon

1. 1:19:50 ~ Drew Rabun (M, 35) Savannah, GA(3
2. 1:23:15 ~ Ryan Kelly (M, 36) Lake Park, GA
3. 1:23:44 ~ Tony Guillen (M, 46) Tallahassee, FL
4. 1:25:53 ~ Jaxon Hohensee (M, 29) Tallahassee, FL
5. 1:26:22 ~ David Burnett (M, 39) Valdosta, GA
6. 1:26:49 ~ Patrick Whitehead (M, 29) Albany, GA
7. 1:28:37 ~ Derek Bovard (M, 29) Atlanta, GA
8. 1:29:30 ~ Sean McConnell (M, 44) Adel, GA
9. 1:30:15 ~ Greg Waddell (M, 49) Bainbridge, GA
10. 1:32:29 ~ Arnoldo De Jesus (M, 29) Albany, GA

Top Ten Women, 2015 Boston (mini) Marathon

1. 1:36:10 ~ Jillian Heddaeus (F, 32) Tallahassee, FL
2. 1:43:50 ~ Melissa Luke (F, 34) Tifton, GA
3. 1:44:46 ~ Nancy Stedman (F, 53) Tallahassee, FL
4. 1:45:00 ~ Beverly Johnson (F, 37) Thomasville, GA
5. 1:45:07 ~ Shannon Perla (F, 41) Tifton, GA
6. 1:46:58 ~ Sarah Dugas (F, 36) Tallahassee, FL
7. 1:47:34 ~ Sarah Craig (F, 21) Tallahassee, FL
8. 1:50:49 ~ April Bentley (F, 41) Tallahassee, FL
9. 1:53:23 ~ Crystal Duglas (F, 39) Tallahassee, FL
10. 1:53:38 ~ Sarah Monbarren (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL

Boston (mini) Marathon Champions, 1979 - 2015
Date	Men	Women
31 October 2015	79:50, Drew Rabun	96:10, Jillian Heddaeus
25 October 2014	72:20, Chris Lake	85:15, Katie Sherron
26 October 2013	71:17, Stanley Linton	80:42, Sheryl Rosen
27 October 2012	73:46, Chris Lake	83:27, Sheryl Rosen
29 October 2011	69:29, Kevin Sullivan	82:10, Sheryl Rosen
30 October 2010	75:13, Vince Molosky	86:59, Lisa Johnson
31 October 2009	79:49, Vince Molosky	87:10, Sheryl Rosen
25 October 2008	81:50, Myles Gibson	86:19, Sheryl Rosen
27 October 2007	76:18, John Seppala	87:35, Sheryl Rosen
28 October 2006	81:18, Michael Martinez	82:49, Sheryl Rosen
29 October 2005	81:11, Myles Gibson	96:32, Jennifer Kilinski
30 October 2004	83:55, David Yon	91:57, Jane Johnson
25 October 2003	76:20, Myles Gibson	97:52, Lisa Whitworth
26 October 2002	84:38, Mike Posey	92:41, Carrie Weyant
27 October 2001	82:36, Steven Walker	95:24, Carrie Weyant
28 October 2000	75:28, Art Remillard	83:20, Sarah Docter-Williams
30 October 1999	78:22, Corey Cherr	95:28, Julie Carico
31 October 1998	80:25, Rusty Jones	97:01, Peggy Simpson
25 October 1997	81:21, Rusty Jones	82:55, Michelle LeFleur
26 October 1996	76:26, Jeff Nielsen	86:12, Carrie Weyant
28 October 1995	78:21, Paul Hough	91:01, Katherine Perez
29 October 1994	72:42, Paul Hough	92:34, Diane Turchick
30 October 1993	75:33, Paul Hough	86:09, Carrie Weyant
31 October 1992	77:45, Steve Carney	86:05, Carrie Hunnicutt
26 October 1991
27 October 1990	79:33, Brian Murphy	86:44, Donna Miller
28 October 1989	71:23, Alex Walmsley	93:10, Mary Jean Yon
29 October 1988	74:22, T. C. Carroll	1:41:54, Nancy Widener
1987	no race held	no race held
8 November 1986
11 November 1985	67:30, Herb Wills	88:06, Patti Sudduth
27 October 1984	74:21, Scott Hinkle	Dot Skofronick
29 October 1983	70:25, Noel Shuman	87:01, Patti Sudduth
30 October 1982	67:48, Noel Shuman	91:41, Donna Murdock
31 October 1981	69:57, Gary Slayton	88:56, Lt. Vickie Monroe
25 October 1980	71:49, Gary Slayton	96:03, Judy Taylor
27 October 1979	70:52, Bruce Carpenter	1:47:13, Robin Anderson
Got any information on the missing years? Let me know! Send an e-mail to hwills@gmail.com, or leave a comment below.

Links:

• Complete results of the 2015 Boston (mini) Marathon at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2015/Boston%20Mini%20Marathon%202015.asp
  
  
• More pictures of the 2015 Boston (mini) Marathon
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10106849329635353.1073742144.5215641&l=7e9e8ad527
  
  
• 2014 story, “Herds of spectators see Lake and Sherron win Boston Mini”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/boston-mini-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Linton and Rosen are Boston (mini) Strong”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/10/boston-mini-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “First Boston win for Chris Lake; sixth for Sheryl Rosen”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/boston-mini-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Sullivan and Rosen smokin' at the Boston Mini”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/10/boston-mini-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Molosky makes it two-in-a-row at the Boston Mini”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/boston-mini-2010.html
  
  
• 2009 story, “Another Boston Mini Win For Rosen”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/11/another-boston-mini-win-for-rosen.html
  
  
• Upcoming races in the Tallahassee region; mini, maxi, ultra, or whatever
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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