Tuesday, May 5, 2009

A surfeit of running photos

About four years ago I started drifting into running photography. It started out with taking pictures of friends at road races, then everyone at road races, and then it spread into cross country. Last week I even tried taking pictures at a track meet.

However, when I started out, I decided to put my photos on Facebook. Unlimited storage, a nice interface, and the photo tagging and commenting features sold me on the site. Picture quality was not the best, and the limit of sixty photos per album was artificial and slightly restrictive, but it was something you could live with.

Now, I don't get into the "new-facebook-versus-old-facebook" debates, because nothing can say is going to influence which version of Facebook is released. All the shouting is not only futile, but it gets tiresome the second or third time around, which is how many "new Facebooks" there have been already. However, I'm getting annoyed that every time there is a "new Facebook," all my photo album URLs change. Fixing dozens of dead links is never fun.

But I've broken down and done it, at least for my running photos. Maybe I'll also do it for the hiking pictures. Or maybe I'll just change photo sites. In the event that anyone is interested, here are all my albums of athletics photos going back to 2005:





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Sunday, May 3, 2009

2009 Tails and Trails 5K / 10K

runnersOver 600 runners left the Leon County Animal Services Center on the morning of 2 May 2009, determined to finish either the 5K or 10K course of the seventh annual Tails & Trails Run, a benefit for the Tallahassee Animal Shelter Foundation. John Robida was the first to climb out of the Lake Lafayette basin and finish the 5K, winning the short race in 17:24. Top women's honors in the 5K went to Kelsey Scheitlin in 18:59.

Women's 5K championThe 10k title went to Vince Molosky, who covered the long course in 35:07. The fastest woman over the long course was Sheryl Rosen at 41:34.

Both courses took the runners almost a mile through Tom Brown Park to an out-and-back section on unpaved trails through the woods. Leaving the trails, the courses followed the paved Goose Pond Trail to a point below the Animal Services Center, then made a short but brutally steep climb to the finish line. The trail portion of the 10K course was especially scenic, skirting the shoreline of Lake Lafayette. The lake itself was covered with fog the morning of the race, giving the runners the impression of being on a mountain trail looking out over a foggy valley. Unfortunately, the course is too narrow to comfortably accommodate the number of runners the event has attracted, especially the out-and-back sections of the courses--double-track trail which has to handle two-way traffic.
Sheryl Rosen
Hopefully, though, course wizard Dana Stetson can make an adjustment to the course that will preserve the beauty of the run while allowing the race to continue to grow and raise funds for the Animal Shelter Foundation. Perhaps a loop could be substituted for the out-and-back portions of the course?

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Friday, May 1, 2009

FHSAA Region 1-3A 1600m Run, 30 April 2009

America loves the one-mile run, and America loves it's milers--Glenn Cunningham, Wes Santee, Jim Ryun, Marty Liquori, Steve Scott, et al. The mile is the only non-metric distance still recognized by the International Association of Athletic Federations, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association is missing a good bet by not running the mile and instead running the 1500m, which no true American cares about. Likewise, the Florida High School Activities Association is missing the same bet by offering competition over 1600m instead of the mile. Still, 1600m is only a bit over 9 meters short of a mile, so on Thursday (30 April 2009) evening I headed over to the Chiles High School track in Bradfordville to watch the Region 1 championships in the mile 1600m run.

The girls were up first. The Chiles runners--Lily Williams, Kaia Hampton, Kendall Andrews, and Carly Thomas--moved into the lead early and stayed there. Chiles is dominant in girls distance running, as evidenced by having placed five runners in the top ten at the state cross country championships back in November. Certainly, there was no one in Region 1 who could touch them. The top four runners advance from each Region meet to the state championships, and in the Region 1 1600, all four of those runners were from Chiles.
Girls 1600 Meter Run
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Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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1 Williams, Lily             9 Chiles HS              5:22.66    10
2 Hampton, Kaia             12 Chiles HS              5:23.16     8
3 Andrews, Kendall          11 Chiles HS              5:26.79     6
4 Thomas, Carly              9 Chiles HS              5:26.88     5
5 Vinson, Kayla             10 Ridgeview              5:38.67     4
6 Powers, Rae               11 Gainesville            5:39.33     3
7 Poidevant, Lauren         12 Ridgeview              5:39.94     2
8 Tyler, Karlee             11 Navarre                5:45.36     1
9 Oram, Jessica             12 Pace                   5:48.49
10 Faist, Taylor             09 Pensacola Washin       5:57.56
11 Pena, Briann              11 Ed White               6:13.39
12 Lloyd, Heather            09 First Coast            6:54.03
13 Martin, Hanna             12 Wolfson                6:54.80
-- Flemmings, Paris          12 Ed White                   DNF
-- West, Madison             09 Fleming Island             DNF
-- Flaws, Rachel             12 Pace                       DNF
The boys' 1600m was somewhat more competitive. At the gun, Lippett William, a sophomore from Jacksonville Wolfson, flew out into the lead. His 400m split was reportedly 63 seconds, a trifle ambitious for a runner whose previous best was 4:54.71. The rest of the field ran at a more judicious pace, ignoring William's early charge. By 800m they had overtaken the early leader.

On the third lap, Matt Mizereck, a two-time state cross-country champion from Tallahassee Leon, moved up through the field and into the lead. Most of the pack remained bunched up behind him, but the field began to string out on the last lap as Mizereck pushed the pace. By 200m to go, only Fort Walton Beach Choctawhatchee's Hakeem Tarpley and Pine Forest's Donald Davis III remained in contact with Mizereck, but the Leon miler continued to accelerate. A dash down the final straight sealed Mizereck's win in 4:25.91, Tarpley and Davis trailed in 4:27.17 and 4:27.87. Chris Haynes of Jacksonville Robert E. Lee finished fourth in 4:31.07 to become the last state qualifier out of Region 1.
Boys 1600 Meter Run
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Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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1 Mizereck, Matt            11 Leon HS                4:25.91    10
2 Tarpley, Hakeem           10 Choctawhatch           4:27.17     8
3 Davis III, Donald         12 Pine Forest            4:27.87     6
4 Haynes, Chris             12 Robert E. Lee          4:31.07     5
5 Scott, Brandon            11 Columbia               4:33.30     4
6 Heikkinen, Thomas         12 Rutherford H           4:34.18     3
7 Carr, Darin               09 Milton                 4:36.07     2
8 Fricke, Peter             10 Pensacola Washin       4:36.46     1
9 Boston, Zakaria           12 Navarre                4:38.05
10 Poidevant, Tommy          12 Ridgeview              4:41.83
11 Bayles, Ben               09 Fleming Island         4:45.07
12 Gibbons, Cody             10 Nease                  4:49.92
13 William, Lippett          10 Wolfson                5:00.63
-- Robertson, Alan           12 Englewood                  DNF
-- Stanford, Will            10 Leon HS                    DNF
It was a good pair of races, even if neither was quite a mile. Maybe next year the FHSAA can be convinced to add the 9 meters and 344 millimeters to the 1600 to make it a true mile.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

29 April 2009 Tallahassee 100-Mile Race Calendar

This is the Tallahassee vicinity road-race schedule for 29 April 2009. If that's more than a week ago, the latest schedule is always available via this link:


This is a listing of upcoming races within 100 miles of Tallahassee, Florida, roughly the area in the map below. If a race isn't listed, I probably haven't heard of it, so post a comment and let me know about it.

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1 MAY 2009
  • 22nd Annual Gnat Days 5K. 7:00 pm ET. Courthouse Square Park, Camilla, Georgia. Entry form and flyer. Eric Brooks 229-395-1763 or eric@camillageorgia.com
2 MAY 2009
  • Tails & Trails 5K / 10K / 1 Mile. 8:30 am ET. Animal Service Center, 1125 Easterwood Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32311. Event web site. Entry form and flyer.
  • Spring Fling 8-Mile / 5K / 1 Mile. 7:00 am ET 8-mile and 5K, 9:30 am ET 1-mile. Bainbridge Country Club, 312 Country Club Road, Bainbridge, GA 39819. Entry form and flyer. springflingrun@gmail.com
  • Moultrie Technical College Classic 5K / 10K / 1 Mile. 7:30 am ET 5K & 10K, 9:00 am ET 1 mile. Packer Park, 343 Darbyshire Rd, Moultrie, GA 31768. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Darby Avera 229-891-7000 davera@moultrietech.edu
  • 24th Annual Race Judicata 5K. 8:00 am CT. Bay County Courthouse, 300 East 4th Street, Panama City, FL 32401. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
  • Downtown Endurance 5K. 8:00 am CT. First Baptist Church Family Life Center, 300 West Main Street, Dothan, AL 36301. 334-792-3217 or bjones@fbcdothan.org
  • Dewar Elementary School 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run. 8:00 am ET one mile / 8:30 am ET 5K. Dewar Elementary School, 3539 Mount Zion Church Road, Valdosta. Entry form and flyer. Melissa Roe 229-219-1370 or mroe@lowndes.k12.ga.us
8 MAY 2009
  • River Town Days 5K. 8:00 am ET. Earle May Boat Basin, Bainbridge, GA 39819. Info at active.com. Blaine Palmer 229-400-3674
9 MAY 2009
  • 6th Annual Marzuq Shrine Mothers Day 5K. 8:00 am ET. Maclay Gardens State Park, 3540 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32309. Entry form and flyer. Keiff Lindsey, (850) 212-2926 or romanroch@hotmail.com
  • Colony City Chase 5K. 8:00 am ET. Fitzgerald High School, 601 West Cypress Street, Fitzgerald, GA 31750. Online registration at active.com. 229-423-5048
16 MAY 2009
  • Run for Wakulla Springs 5K Trail Run and 1 Mile Fun Run. 8:00 am ET (one mile), 8:30 am ET (5K). Wakulla Springs State Park, 550 Wakulla Park Drive, Wakulla Springs, FL 32327. Entry form and flyer.
  • Florida A & M Developmental Research School 5K. 8:30 am ET. FAMU DRS, 400 Orange Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida 32307. Entry form and flyer. Natalie Jackson (850)412‐5921
  • 3rd Annual Missionette 5K / 10K Extraordinary Run. 8:00 am ET. Family Worship Center of Cairo, 1400 South Broad Street, Cairo, GA 39828. USATF certified course GA09001WC (10K) and GA09002WC (5K). Entry form and flyer. Katina Stewart 229-378-0970.
  • Army 10-Miler. 7:00 am CT. Fort Rucker, Alabama. Event web page. 334-255-3794
  • Bay County Association of Realtors 5K Fun Run/Walk. 8:30 am CT. Front Beach Road & Back Beach Road, Panama City Beach, FL. Nancy Palmer 850-625-7433
23 MAY 2009
  • Dothan Fire Department / Dothan Runners Club “Fit to Fight” 5K / 10K. 8:00 am CT. Dothan Fire Department Station #1, 600 Columbia Highway, Dothan, AL 36301. Entry form and flyer.
25 MAY 2009
  • 3rd Annual Memorial Day 5K Night Race. 7:00 pm ET. 1500 East Shotwell Street, Bainbridge, GA 39819. Entry form and flyer. Mandi O'Mara 229-400-3750 or omara@dcboe.com
  • Memorial Day 5K. 8:00 am ET. Old S. L. Mason School, Baytree Road and Azalea Drive, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. Get Active Running & More, 229-219-0010
  • Cordele Kiwanis Memorial Day 8K. 7:59 am ET. Crisp County Middle School, 1116 24th Avenue East, Cordele, GA 31015. USATF certified course #GA07012WC. Entry form and flyer.
13 JUNE 2009
  • Potluck Bash 4-Mile Run. 6:00 pm ET. Forestmeadows Athletic Center, 4750 N Meridian Rd, Tallahassee, FL. David Yon, 850-425-6671 or david@radeylaw.com
20 JUNE 2009
  • Big Bend Victim Assistance Coalition “Run for One, Run for All” 5K. 8:00 am ET. Southwood State Office Complex on Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, FL. Erica Higgins, (850) 922-3498 or HigginsE@leoncountyfl.gov
  • Melon Run 5K. Old Jefferson County High School gym, Monticello, FL. USATF certified course #FL06044DL. Online registration at active.com.
27 JUNE 2009
  • Hot Trot 5K. 7:30 am CT. Washington-Holmes Technical Center, 757 Hoyt Street, Chipley, FL 32428. Stan Owens 850-547-2244
  • Summer Sizzler 5K / 1 Mile. 7:00 pm ET (1 mile), 7:30 pm ET (5K). St. George Island, FL. USATF certifed course #FL99035DL. Entry form and flyer. Hobson Fulmer, 850-927-2510 or hobson@fairpoint.net
4 July 2009
  • Firecracker 5K. 7:30 am ET. Greensboro, FL. Greensboro Kiwanis, PO Box 97, Greensboro, FL 32330.
  • Valdosta 5K. 7:15 am ET. Valdosta, GA. Five Points, North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia.
  • Freedom Springs Triathlon. 7:00 am CT. Blue Springs Recreation Park, 5461 Blue Springs Road, Marianna, FL. Entry form and flyer. Terry Edwards (850)482-3415 or fst1@earthlink.net
18 July 2009
  • Critter Run 5K. 6:00 pm CT. Westgate Park, 801 Recreation Road, Dothan, AL 36303. USATF certified course #AL86003JD. Larry Dykes (334) 792-6021
  • Summer Sprint 5K. 7:30 am CT. Panama City, FL. 850-234-4370
  • Loop the Lake 5K. 7:30 am ET. Lake Blackshear Resort and Golf Club, 2459-H US Highway 280 West, Cordele, GA 31015. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
1 August 2009
  • Possum Trot 5K. 7:30 am CT. Wausua, FL. Frank or Carol Kreis 850-773-2030
15 August 2009
  • Breakfast On The Track One Mile Run. 7:45 am ET. Maclay School track, 3737 N Meridian Rd, Tallahassee, FL. Bonnie Wright, 850-386-3500 or bwright@electro-net.com
  • Georgia Veterans Duathlon and Triathlon. 8:00 am ET. Georgia Veterans State Park, 2459 U.S. Highway 280 W, Cordele , GA 31015. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com
29 August 2009
  • Miller Landing Madness 8K/5K/3K. 8:00 am ET. Elinor Klapp Phipps Park, Miller Landing Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312. Mike Sims (850)514-3424 or Tom Perkins (850)894-2019
  • Winnersville Half-Ironman & Sprint Triathlon. 7:30 am ET (Half-Ironman, 1 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13 mile run), 8:00 am ET (Sprint, 45 mile swim, 14 mile bike, 3.6 mile run). Valdosta Lowndes 4-H Facility, 5000 4-H Club Road, Lake Park, GA 31636. Event web site. Online registration at active.com. Registration form.
12 September 2009
  • Sickle Cell Foundation of the Big Bend 5K. 8:00 am ET. Jake Gaither Park, 801 Tanner Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32305. Velma Penermon Stevens, (850)222-2355
19 September 2009
  • Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K. 8:00 am ET. Optimist Park, East Indianhead Drive, Tallahassee, FL. USATF certified course #FL00022DL. Lisa Unger, 850-562-2901 or ungertl@juno.com
26 September 2009
  • Salute to Prefontaine 5K Cross-Country Run. 9:00 am ET. Silver Lake Recreation Area of the Apalachicola National Forest, Silver Lake Road, Tallahassee, FL. Jeff Nielsen, 850-459-8859 or dobieman@comcast.net
  • Trot with S.W.A.T. 10K. 8:00 am CT. Dothan Civic Center Parking Lot, 126 N. St. Andrews Street, Dothan, Alabama. Brian Goguen 334-794-9029 or cgoguen@sw.rr.com
10 October 2009
  • Pine Run at Tall Timbers 20K. 7:30 am ET. Tall Timbers Research Station, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL. Gordon Cherr, 850-556-5957 or scam22@aol.com
  • Stepping Out for your Heart 5K. 8:00 am ET. Tift County High School, Northeast Campus, 3021 Fulwood Rd, Tifton, Georgia 31794. Darian Peavy 229-353-7796 or darian.peavy@tiftregional.com, or Ernest Lang 229-383-4264.
24 October 2009
  • Expression 5K. 8:30 am ET. Christian Heritage Church, 2820 Sharer Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32312. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Liz Baker, 850-212-7406 or lizbaker777@aol.com or expressionrun@gmail.com
31 October 2009
  • Boston Mini-Marathon. 8:00 am ET. Commercial Bank, 124 West Jefferson Street, Boston, GA 31626. Entry form and flyer. Brad Johnson, bradjohnson@bankcb.com or 229-498-8500 (day) / 229-226-4679 (evening).
14 November 2009
21 November 2009
  • 15th Annual Draggin' Tail 18-Mile Run & Relay 5K. 8:00 am CT. St Theresa's Catholic Church, 2056 Sunny Hills Boulevard, Sunny Hills, FL. Event web site. Marty Kirkland 850-265-8439 or Joe Edgecombe 850-763-5005, joeruns@yahoo.com
26 November 2009
  • Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15k / 10K / 5K. 8:00 am ET. State Office Satellite Complex at SouthWood, Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, FL. Event web site.
28 November 2009
  • Pilgrim Chase Trail Run 5K. 8:00 am CT. Westgate Park, 801 Recreation Road, Dothan, AL 36303. Larry Dykes 334-792-6021
5 December 2009
  • 2009 Gulf Winds Track Club Ten-Mile Challenge / Five-Mile Run. 8:00 am ET. Killearn Lakes Elementary School, 8037 Deerlake Drive East, Bradfordville, FL. USATF certified courses FL07049EBM (10 mile) and FL07048EBM (5 mile). Event web page. Judy Alexander, 850-383-1361 or jalexander98@comcast.net
  • Christmas Parade 5K. 6:00 pm ET. Douglas, Georgia. Cathy Browning (912-384-1616 or cbrowning@windstream.net) or C.M. Jenkins (912-384-7448 or 912-383-5445 or cimjenkins@windstream.net)
12 December 2009
  • 29th Annual Tallahassee Ultra Distance Classic 50K/50M. 7:00 am ET. Wakulla Springs State Park, 550 Wakulla Park Drive, Wakulla Springs, FL. Event web site. Gary Griffin, runlong@nettally.com
16 January 2010
  • Gulf Winds Track Club 30K / 15K. 7:30 am ET. The Retreat at Bradley's Pond, 9002 Bradley Road, Tallahassee, FL 32309. USATF certified courses FL06013DL (30K) and FL06014DL (15 K). Jerry/Jackie McDaniel (mcdanieljackie@hotmail.com or 850-297-0009)
7 February 2010
  • 36th Annual Tallahassee Marathon and Half-Marathon. 7:30 am ET. Mike Long Track, Florida State University, Chieftan Way at Spirit Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306. Event web site. USATF certified course FL06020DL (Marathon), FL06021DL (half-Marathon). Tallahasseemarathon@gmail.com
10 April 2010
  • 36th Annual Palace Saloon 5 km. 8:00am ET. James Messer Fields Park, Jackson Bluff Road and Dupree Street, Tallahassee, FL 32304. USATF certified course FL99027DL. Online registration at active.com.
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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Some Palace Saloon 5K Numbers

Being co-director with Reid Vannoy of the recently completed 35th annual Palace Saloon 5K, I have been getting more than a few comments and questions about the size of the field this year. People seem interested in how the size of this year's race compares with earlier runnings of the Palace. The records of the race are somewhat spotty, so I can't say that it's the largest Palace Saloon 5K ever, but I can say that it's larger than any other I've been able to find a record for.

I also get asked about how the number of participants compares with other races in the area. This is a little bit easier to answer if you can agree on what the question is. I decided to compare the number of registered finishers in the Palace Saloon 5K with the number of registered finishers in other Gulf Winds Track Club races during the previous year (i.e., 12 April 2008 through 11 April 2009). I didn't want to use the calendar year, because then I would have to wait till the end of 2009 to make my comparison.







DATE RACE FINISHERS

11/27/2008 Turkey Trot 5K 1,714

4/11/2009 Palace Saloon 5K 1,022

3/28/2009 Springtime 10K 658

11/27/2008 Turkey Trot 1 Mile 597

2/1/2009 Tallahassee Half-Marathon 416

3/28/2009 Springtime 5K 409

11/27/2008 Turkey Trot 10K 389

11/27/2008 Turkey Trot 15K 341

2/1/2009 Tallahassee Marathon 203

8/16/2008 Breakfast on the Track One-Mile Run* 190

12/6/2008 Ten-Mile Challenge (10-Mile Run) 177

9/20/2008 Women's Distance Festival 5K 167

6/7/2008 Potluck Bash Four Mile Run 144

10/11/2008 Pine Run at Tall Timbers 20K 142

9/27/2008 Prefontaine 5K 133

1/10/2009 Bowlegs 5K 117

8/30/2008 Miller Landing Madness 5K 110

2/21/2009 Flash 12K 105

1/17/2009 Gulf Winds Track Club 15K 96

1/17/2009 Gulf Winds Track Club 30K 87

12/6/2008 Ten-Mile Challenge (5-Mile Run) 80

8/30/2008 Miller Landing Madness 8K 76

3/28/2009 Springtime 1 Mile 74

8/30/2008 Miller Landing Madness 3K 73

12/13/2008 Tallahassee Ultra-Distance Classic 50K 33

2/21/2009 Flash 6K 30

12/13/2008 Tallahassee Ultra-Distance Classic 50 Mile 17

9/20/2008 Women's Distance Festival 1 Mile 12

*Single race run in multiple sections.


I took the figures from results published at the Gulf Winds Track Club's web site, http://www.gulfwinds.org/. Because the Palace Saloon 5K is a single race, I've chosen to compare individual races rather than entire events. Thus, for example, the Women's Distance Festival 5K and the Women's Distance Festival one-mile fun run are listed separately rather than combined as one event. This seemed fair, and it also made the Palace's numbers look more impressive, so I went with it.

The only valid conclusion that you can take from this exercise is that I like numbers a lot.

Credit for the number of finishers at the Palace this year has to go to the runners who love this race enough to run it each year, and to the heroic volunteers who served the crowds at registration before the race and at the finish line after the race. These are the people who directly responsible not only for the size of this event, but for the smooth execution that kept a large race from becoming a large disaster. Hats off to ya, and I hope you'll be around for the 36th annual Palace Saloon 5K on 10 April 2010.

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Bridge to Somewhere

There should be a bridge on Jackson Bluff Road over Munson Slough.


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Historically, there has been such a bridge. Jackson Bluff Road ran west to Jackson Bluff, a prominence on the Ochlockonee River that's the site of the Jackson Bluff dam (a.k.a. the Lake Talquin dam). However, in the 1930s Dale Mabry Airfield expanded to the point that the road was cut by one of the runways. Jackson Bluff Road no longer needed to cross Munson Slough, so the bridge disappeared. Dale Mabry Field ceased operation in the 1960s when Tallahassee opened a new airport, and Jackson Bluff Road resumed its old route over the runways. However, instead of Jackson Bluff Road getting a new bridge and railroad crossing, West Pensacola Street was extended to meet up with the Blountstown Highway.

For automobile traffic, you really don't need a bridge on Jackson Bluff Road. Drivers can cross the Munson Slough on the Pensacola Street Bridge, or use one of the bridges on the roads that connect Roberts Avenue and Jackson Bluff Road. What would really be useful here is a pedestrian and cyclist bridge. This would connect the neighborhoods west of Munson Slough with James Messer Fields Park. It would also enhance Jackson Bluff Road's utility as a east-west corridor for bicycle traffic--a corridor that points right at the Florida State University campus and downtown Tallahassee. Finally, the Tallahassee-Leon County Greenways Master Plan includes a shared-use trail paralleling the railroad. The bridge would allow people to access the trail from Jackson Bluff Road on either side of the slough.

CSX might not be terribly happy about having a bicycle and pedestrian path crossing their tracks, but it would sure beat having another automobile crossing.

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

22 April 2009 Tallahassee 100-Mile Race Calendar

This is the Tallahassee vicinity road-race schedule for 22 April 2009. If that's more than a week ago, the latest schedule is always available via this link:


This is a listing of upcoming races within 100 miles of Tallahassee, Florida, roughly the area in the map below. If a race isn't listed, I probably haven't heard of it, so post a comment and let me know about it.MapHere are some upcoming races within 100 miles of Tallahassee, Florida, roughly the area in the map above. If a race isn't listed, I probably haven't heard of it, so post a comment and let me know about it. An updated version of this schedule is posted to http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/ every Wednesday, except when it isn't. If you want to link to this schedule or bookmark it, use this address, which will always give you the most recently posted calendar: http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1

25 APRIL 2009
  • 32nd Annual Rose City Run 10K and one mile kids' run. 8:00 am ET 10K / 9:30 am ET one mile. North Broad Street and Monroe Street, Thomsaville, GA. USATF certified course GA92011WN (10K). Entry form. Event web site.
  • Junior League of Tallahassee 5K Run for Reading. 8:00 am ET. Tom Brown Park, Tallahassee, FL. Entry form and flyer. Alison Voorhees, 850-933-9038 or run.for.reading@gmail.com
  • Altha Project Graduation Race to the Finish 5K. 8:00 am CT. Sam Atkins Park, Blountstown, FL 32424. Online registration at active.com
  • Brian Dowling Memorial 5K Trail Run. 8:00 am CT. Westgate Park, 801 Recreation Road, Dothan, AL 36303. Event web page.

1 MAY 2009
  • 22nd Annual Gnat Days 5K. 7:00 pm ET. Courthouse Square Park, Camilla, Georgia. Entry form and flyer. Eric Brooks 229-395-1763 or eric@camillageorgia.com
2 MAY 2009
  • Tails & Trails 5K / 10K / 1 Mile. 8:30 am ET. Animal Service Center, 1125 Easterwood Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32311. Event web site. Entry form and flyer.
  • Spring Fling 8-Mile / 5K / 1 Mile. 7:00 am ET 8-mile and 5K, 9:30 am ET 1-mile. Bainbridge Country Club, 312 Country Club Road, Bainbridge, GA 39819. Entry form and flyer. springflingrun@gmail.com
  • Moultrie Technical College Classic 5K / 10K / 1 Mile. 7:30 am ET 5K & 10K, 9:00 am ET 1 mile. Packer Park, 343 Darbyshire Rd, Moultrie, GA 31768. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Darby Avera 229-891-7000 davera@moultrietech.edu
  • 24th Annual Race Judicata 5K. 8:00 am CT. Bay County Courthouse, 300 East 4th Street, Panama City, FL 32401. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
  • Downtown Endurance 5K. 8:00 am CT. First Baptist Church Family Life Center, 300 West Main Street, Dothan, AL 36301. 334-792-3217 or bjones@fbcdothan.org
  • Dewar Elementary School 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run. 8:00 am ET one mile / 8:30 am ET 5K. Dewar Elementary School, 3539 Mount Zion Church Road, Valdosta. Entry form and flyer. Melissa Roe 229-219-1370 or mroe@lowndes.k12.ga.us
8 MAY 2009
  • River Town Days 5K. 8:00 am ET. Earle May Boat Basin, Bainbridge, GA 39819. Info at active.com. Blaine Palmer 229-400-3674
9 MAY 2009
  • 6th Annual Marzuq Shrine Mothers Day 5K. 8:00 am ET. Maclay Gardens State Park, 3540 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32309. Entry form and flyer. Keiff Lindsey, (850) 212-2926 or romanroch@hotmail.com
  • Colony City Chase 5K. 8:00 am ET. Fitzgerald High School, 601 West Cypress Street, Fitzgerald, GA 31750. 229-423-5048
16 MAY 2009
  • Run for Wakulla Springs 5K Trail Run and 1 Mile Fun Run. 8:00 am ET (one mile), 8:30 am ET (5K). Wakulla Springs State Park, 550 Wakulla Park Drive, Wakulla Springs, FL 32327. Entry form and flyer.
  • Florida A & M Developmental Research School 5K. 8:30 am ET. FAMU DRS, 400 Orange Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida 32307. Entry form and flyer. Natalie Jackson (850)412‐5921
  • 3rd Annual Missionette 5K / 10K Extraordinary Run. 8:00 am ET. Family Worship Center of Cairo, 1400 South Broad Street, Cairo, GA 39828. USATF certified course GA09001WC (10K) and GA09002WC (5K). Entry form and flyer. Katina Stewart 229-378-0970.
  • Army 10-Miler. 7:00 am CT. Fort Rucker, Alabama. Event web page. 334-255-3794
  • Bay County Association of Realtors 5K Fun Run/Walk. 8:30 am CT. Front Beach Road & Back Beach Road, Panama City Beach, FL. Nancy Palmer 850-625-7433
23 MAY 2009
  • Dothan Fire Department / Dothan Runners Club “Fit to Fight” 5K / 10K. 8:00 am CT. Dothan Fire Department Station #1, 600 Columbia Highway, Dothan, AL 36301. Entry form and flyer.
25 MAY 2009
  • 3rd Annual Memorial Day 5K Night Race. 7:00 pm ET. 1500 East Shotwell Street, Bainbridge, GA 39819. Entry form and flyer. Mandi O'Mara 229-400-3750 or omara@dcboe.com
  • Memorial Day 5K. 8:00 am ET. Old S. L. Mason School, Baytree Road and Azalea Drive, Valdosta, Georgia 31602. Get Active Running & More, 229-219-0010
  • Cordele Kiwanis Memorial Day 8K. 7:59 am ET. Crisp County Middle School, 1116 24th Avenue East, Cordele, GA 31015. USATF certified course #GA07012WC. Entry form and flyer.
13 JUNE 2009
  • Potluck Bash 4-Mile Run. 6:00 pm ET. Forestmeadows Athletic Center, 4750 N Meridian Rd, Tallahassee, FL. David Yon, 850-425-6671 or david@radeylaw.com
20 JUNE 2009
  • Big Bend Victim Assistance Coalition “Run for One, Run for All” 5K. 8:00 am ET. Southwood State Office Complex on Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, FL. Erica Higgins, (850) 922-3498 or HigginsE@leoncountyfl.gov
  • Melon Run 5K. Old Jefferson County High School gym, Monticello, FL. USATF certified course #FL06044DL.
27 JUNE 2009
  • Hot Trot 5K. 7:30 am CT. Washington-Holmes Technical Center, 757 Hoyt Street, Chipley, FL 32428. Stan Owens 850-547-2244
  • Summer Sizzler 5K / 1 Mile. 6:00 pm ET. St. George Island, FL. USATF certifed course #FL99035DL. Entry form and flyer. Hobson Fulmer, 850-927-2510 or hobson@fairpoint.net
4 July 2009
  • Firecracker 5K. 7:30 am ET. Greensboro, FL. Greensboro Kiwanis, PO Box 97, Greensboro, FL 32330.
  • Freedom Springs Triathlon. 7:00 am CT. Blue Springs Recreation Park, 5461 Blue Springs Road, Marianna, FL. Entry form and flyer. Terry Edwards (850)482-3415 or fst1@earthlink.net
18 July 2009
  • Critter Run 5K. 6:00 pm CT. Westgate Park, 801 Recreation Road, Dothan, AL 36303. Larry Dykes (334) 792-6021
  • Summer Sprint 5K. 7:30 am CT. Panama City, FL. 850-234-4370
1 August 2009
  • Possum Trot 5K. 7:30 am CT. Wausua, FL. Frank or Carol Kreis 850-773-2030
15 August 2009
  • Breakfast On The Track One Mile Run. 7:45 am ET. Maclay School track, 3737 N Meridian Rd, Tallahassee, FL. Bonnie Wright, 850-386-3500 or bwright@electro-net.com
  • Georgia Veterans Duathlon and Triathlon. 8:00 am ET. Georgia Veterans State Park, 2459 U.S. Highway 280 W, Cordele , GA 31015. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com
29 August 2009
  • Miller Landing Madness 8K/5K/3K. 8:00 am ET. Elinor Klapp Phipps Park, Miller Landing Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312. Mike Sims (850)514-3424 or Tom Perkins (850)894-2019
12 September 2009
  • Sickle Cell Foundation of the Big Bend 5K. Jake Gaither Park, Tallahassee, FL. Velma Penermon Stevens, (850)222-2355
19 September 2009
  • Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K. 8:00 am ET. Optimist Park, East Indianhead Drive, Tallahassee, FL. USATF certified course #FL00022DL. Lisa Unger, 850-562-2901 or ungertl@juno.com
26 September 2009
  • Salute to Prefontaine 5K Cross-Country Run. 9:00 am ET. Silver Lake Recreation Area of the Apalachicola National Forest, Silver Lake Road, Tallahassee, FL. Jeff Nielsen, 850-459-8859 or dobieman@comcast.net
  • Trot with S.W.A.T. 10K. 8:00 am CT. Dothan Civic Center Parking Lot, 126 N. St. Andrews Street, Dothan, Alabama. Brian Goguen 334-794-9029 or cgoguen@sw.rr.com
10 October 2009
  • Pine Run at Tall Timbers 20K. 7:30 am ET. Tall Timbers Research Station, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL. Gordon Cherr, 850-556-5957 or scam22@aol.com
21 November 2009
  • 15th Annual Draggin' Tail 18-Mile Run & Relay 5K. 8:00 am CT. St Theresa's Catholic Church, 2056 Sunny Hills Boulevard, Sunny Hills, FL. Event web site. Marty Kirkland 850-265-8439 or Joe Edgecombe 850-763-5005, joeruns@yahoo.com
26 November 2009
  • Tallahassee Turkey Trot 15k / 10K / 5K. 8:00 am ET. State Office Satellite Complex at SouthWood, Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, FL. Event web site.
28 November 2009
  • Pilgrim Chase Trail Run 5K. 8:00 am CT. Westgate Park, 801 Recreation Road, Dothan, AL 36303. Larry Dykes 334-792-6021
5 December 2009
  • 2009 Gulf Winds Track Club Ten-Mile Challenge / Five-Mile Run. 8:00 am ET. Killearn Lakes Elementary School, 8037 Deerlake Drive East, Bradfordville, FL. USATF certified courses FL07049EBM (10 mile) and FL07048EBM (5 mile). Event web page. Judy Alexander, 850-383-1361 or jalexander98@comcast.net
12 December 2009
  • 29th Annual Tallahassee Ultra Distance Classic 50K/50M. 7:00 am ET. Wakulla Springs State Park, 550 Wakulla Park Drive, Wakulla Springs, FL. Event web site. Gary Griffin, runlong@nettally.com
7 February 2010
  • 36th Annual Tallahassee Marathon and Half-Marathon. 7:30 am ET. Mike Long Track, Florida State University, Chieftan Way at Spirit Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306. Event web site. USATF certified course FL06020DL (Marathon), FL06021DL (half-Marathon). Tallahasseemarathon@gmail.com
10 April 2010
  • 36th Annual Palace Saloon 5 km. 8:00am ET. James Messer Fields Park, Jackson Bluff Road and Dupree Street, Tallahassee, FL 32304. USATF certified course FL99027DL. Online registration at active.com.
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