Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Cougar Challenge opens cross-country season in Tallahassee

Under threatening skies Tallahassee's high school cross-country season opened in Phipps Park on 14 September 2009 at the Cougar Challenge meet, hosted by Godby High School. When the racing was over, Stefanie Kurgatt of Maclay had won the Big Bend's first cross-country contest of the season with a 21:05 5K while her school took the team title with 43 points. On the boys' side the first honors of the season went to Maclay's Patrick Swain, the defending FHSAA-1A state champion in cross country. Maclay also claimed the boys' team crown with 47 points.

The first race of the afternoon was the high school girls' 5K, which got off slightly later than the posted 5:00 PM starting time--there was a delay while city workers removed a large fallen tree that was blocking the course. Cross country could only be postponed, however, and girls from eleven schools charged down the slope of the starting straightaway. As usual there were many optimists fighting for the early lead, but once the excitement of the start was gone strength took over, and two freshmen took over as front runners--Kristin Sweeney and Stefanie Kurgatt of Maclay. Kurgatt proved stronger on the third mile and crossed the line ahead of Sweeney, who ran 21:19. They finished over a quarter mile ahead of Lindsey Sanders of Maclay, the third-place runner at 23:21. Taking the first three places made Maclay a hard team to beat, and the Marauders ended up well-ahead of runner-up Lincoln, beating the Trojans 43 to 80.

Once the last of the girls had cleared the course it was time for the boys to race. By the second mile, Maclay's Patrick Swain and Austin Stevens were sharing the lead. But at the finish, Swain had the race all to himself, beating Stevens 17:27 to 17:44. Godby's Diuemy Duclos was another 200 meters back in third place at 18:31. Lincoln challenged for the team title but fell short as Maclay triumphed by ten points, 47 to 57.

The course was run in Phipps Park, land set aside by the Northwest Florida Water Management District to protect the Lake Jackson watershed and managed as a park by the city of Tallahassee. The trails in the park climb in and out of the Lake Jackson basin, and meet director Chris Sumner took advantage of those hills to design a challenging course. These were not races run in a flat south Florida parking lot.

Tallahassee fans of high school cross country will be happy to know that this is only the first of several meets in the area this fall. Other upcoming events in and around Tallahassee include:
  • Lincoln Invitational (September 19, Tom Brown Park)
  • Quail Trail Invitational (September 26, Pebble Hill)
  • FSU Invitational (October 10, Apalachee Regional Park)
  • 2A District 1 Pre-District Meet (October 17, Phipps Park)
  • Tallahassee City Championship (October 30, Maclay School)
  • District 1-A Championship (November 5, Maclay School)
  • District 1-AA Championship (November 7, Phipps Park)
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Monday, September 14, 2009

Fanny Bay Trail, Osceola National Forest, Florida

The Fanny Bay Trail in the Osceola National Forest is a short--about 3/4-mile--nature trail that takes you from a pine woods into a swamp. This would be unremarkable, but the one of the trailheads is in a rest area on Interstate 10.

This is a great idea!

You don't have to be traveling on I-10 t0 access the Fanny Bay Trail. In fact, the east end of the trail is at a parking area off of Pony Dobson Road in the Osceola National Forest. Good luck finding it, though. The rest area trailhead is much easier to locate. That trailhead is in the rest area for westbound traffic on I-10 near mile marker 318, just after exit 324 (US 90-Sanderson-Olustee) but before exit 303 (US 441-Lake City-Fargo). This rest area and its eastbound partner seem to have been put together by the United States Forestry Service; there are quite a few displays relating to the Osceola National Forest in particular and Florida National Forests in general.

Look on the walkways for silhouettes of frogs painted in yellow. These are the blazes that will lead you out of the rest area to the Fanny Bay Trail. The frogs take you north from the rest rooms, then west and north again to the boundary fence of the rest area. Here a gate leads through the fence, into the Osceola National Forest, and onto the Fanny Bay Trail. Turning right will take you about a quarter mile to the east end of the trail along Pony Dobson Road. You probably don't want to do that, so turn left and take the trail toward the swamp.

The trail itself is double track with a grassy surface that seems to receive regular mowing. The mower misses the dog fennel growing on either side of the trail, which you may need to brush aside as you pass. Frequent interpretive signs are posted along the trail. The weather prior to my visit had been wet, so there were puddles on the trail closer to the swamp.

Once in the swamp, the trail takes you onto a boardwalk winding through the trees. I found the tread slick, which is probably typical unless conditions have been exceptionally dry for Florida. Below the boardwalk, duckweed floats on the surface of the dark water. About half a mile from the rest area, the boardwalk ends in an observation deck with seats in the middle of the swamp. You can stop here and take a respite away from hurtling vehicles of steel and glass. The sounds of the highway are almost distant enough to ignore.

If you're looking for more exercise than a one-mile stroll to the swamp and back, consider turning right from the rest area trailhead. The Pony Dobson Road trailhead is only a quarter-mile away, but Pony Dobson Road itself is unpaved, an excellent surface for a walk or a run. Not having explored the road, I can't say how far it will take you, but I'm willing to bet that there's more than a few miles of natural surfaces waiting there for your feet.

Even just the walk to the swamp and back is a refreshing break from the highway, long enough to leave you alert and ready for more driving. Where possible this trail should be emulated at other highway rest areas. For example, both the eastbound and the westbound rest areas on Interstate 10 near mile-marker 194 outside of Tallahassee are adjacent to the Ochlockonee Tract of the Lake Talquin State Forest. Is anyone from the Florida Division of Forestry reading this?

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

9 September 2009 Tallahassee 100-Mile Race Calendar

This is the Tallahassee vicinity road-race schedule for 9 September 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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12 SEPTEMBER 2009
  • Sickle Cell Foundation of the Big Bend 5K. 8:00 am ET. Jake Gaither Park, 801 Tanner Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32305. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Velma Penermon Stevens, (850)222-2355
  • Beach Blast Triathlon and Duathlon. 7:00 am CT (Sprint triathlon, 0.35 mile Swim, 15 mile Bike, 3.1 mile Run; Olympic triathlon, 0.7 mile Swim, 25 mile Bike, 6.2 mile Run; Sprint duathlon, 1.2 mile Run, 15 mile Bike, 3.1 mile Run; Olympic duathlon, 3.1 mile Run, 15 mile Bike, 6.2 mile Run). Mexico Beach, Florida. Event web site. Online registration at active.com.
  • Third annual Loop the Lake 5K. 8:00 am CT. First Baptist Church, 216 East Live Oak Avenue, De Funiak Springs, Florida 32435. Event web site. Entry form and flyer.
19 SEPTEMBER 2009
  • Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K. 8:00 am ET. Optimist Park, East Indianhead Drive, Tallahassee, FL. USATF certified course #FL00022DL. Entry form and flyer. Lisa Unger, ungertl@juno.com or 850-562-2901.
  • Race of the South 10K / 5K / One Mile. 7:30am ET 10K & 5K / 9:00am ET one mile. Moultrie YMCA, 601 26th Ave SE, Moultrie, Georgia 31768. Entry form and flyer. Contact Leslie Peretti (229) 985-1154 or leslieymca@hotmail.com
  • Gulf Coast Community College Commodore Sun Run 10K / 5K / Fun Run. 6:30 am CT. Aaron Bessant Park (at Pier Park), 500 West Park Drive, Panama City, FL. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
  • Trot with S.W.A.T. 10K. 8:00 am CT. Dothan Civic Center Parking Lot, 126 N. St. Andrews Street, Dothan, Alabama. Entry form and flyer. Brian Goguen 334-794-9029 or cgoguen@sw.rr.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
  • Quail Trail 5K. 8:00 am ET. Historic Pebble Hill Plantation, US 319, Thomasville, Georgia. Entry form and flyer. Helen Fennelly, 229-225-2186 or htfenn@hotmail.com
  • A Bridge to a Brighter Day 5K. 8:00 am CT. Carl Grey Park, Panama City, FL 32401. Online registration at active.com.
  • Jog For Jake 5K. 7:00 pm ET. Tift County High School, One Blue Devil Way, Tifton, Georgia 31794. Event web site. Online registration at active.com.
  • Headland Fall Farmers' Market 5K & One-Mile Fun Run. 7:30am CT. Gazebo on the square on Park Street, Headland, Alabama. Susan Owens 334-889-2225
3 OCTOBER 2009
  • Pine Run at Tall Timbers 20K. 7:30 am ET. Tall Timbers Research Station, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. Gordon Cherr, 850-556-5957 or scam22@aol.com
  • Pelham Wildlife Festival 5K. 8:00 am ET. Family Bank, 134 Hand Ave W, Pelham, GA. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Pelham Chamber of Commerce at 229-294-4924 or Carol Harrison at 229-328-6147.
  • Salmonole Run. 8:00 am ET. Florida State University, 117 North Woodward Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida 32306. Online registration at active.com.
  • Hahira Honeybee Festival 5K. 8:00 am ET. Hahira, Georgia. Event web site. honeybeefestival@yahoo.com
  • Joann Weintritt Memorial Pumpkins in the Park 2-Mile Run. 8:00am CT. Under the Oaks Park, 5843 E Hwy 98, Panama City, FL. Online registration at active.com.
10 OCTOBER 2009
  • Florida State University Cross-Country Invitational. 7:50am ET college men's 8K / 8:30am college women's 5K / 9:00am high school boys' 5K / 9:30am high school girls' 5K / 10:10am Open boys and men's 5K / 10:40am Open girls' and women's 5K. Apalachee Regional Park cross-country course, 7550 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida 32311. Entry form and flyer for the 5K open races. 978-430-9786 or hjn08c@fsu.edu
  • Parent's Weekend 5K. 7:30 am ET. Florida State University Integration Statue, South Woodward Plaza, Tallahassee, Florida 32304. Event web site. Entry form. parentsweekend@admin.fsu.edu
  • Stepping Out for your Heart 5K. 8:00 am ET. Tift County High School, Northeast Campus, 3021 Fulwood Rd, Tifton, Georgia 31794. Tift Regional Medical Center Foundation web site. Darian Peavy 229-353-7796 or darian.peavy@tiftregional.com, or Ernest Lang 229-383-4264.
  • Oyster Spat Festival 5K. 8:00 am ET. Sugar Hill Beach in St George Island State Park, 1900 E. Gulf Beach Dr., St. George Island, Florida 32328. Event web site. rickplesinger@yahoo.com
  • Marianna Fire Rescue "Stepping out for Fire Safety" 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run. 7:30am CT. Marianna Fire Rescue Station 1, 4425 Clinton Street, Marianna, FL. Online registration at active.com. bennettb@cityofmarianna.com or 850-526-4612.
  • Champions of Hope 5K. 8:00am CT. Southeast Alabama Medical Center, 1108 Ross Clark Circle, Dothan, AL 36303. Entry form. Race flyer. (334) 673-4150.
17 OCTOBER 2009
  • Girls Incorporated Half Marathon. 8:00 am CT. Pier Park, Panama City Beach, FL. Online registration at active.com.
  • Red Fox Trot 5K. 8:00am ET 5K / 9:00am one-mile fun run. Roberts Elementary School, 5777 Centerville Rd, Tallahassee, FL 32309. Lisa Johnson, robertselementaryrace@gmail.com, or Kim McFarland, mcfarlandk2@mail.leon.k12.fl.us
24 OCTOBER 2009
  • 11th annual Alan Sundberg, Jr. Memorial 5K. 8:00 am ET. Maclay Gardens State Park, 3540 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, FL 32309-3413. Event web site.
  • 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
  • Riverfront Run 5K. 8:30am ET. Broad Avenue next to Hilton Garden Inn, 101 S Front Street, Albany, Georgia 31701. Event web site. info@riverfrontrun.com or (229) 436-8191.
25 OCTOBER 2009
  • FSUCares Homecoming 5K. 4:00 pm ET. Florida State University College of Medicine, 1115 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32304. Event web site. Registration form and flyer. Laura Davis, led07f@med.fsu.edu
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).
  • Celebration Baptist Church Fall Fest 5K & 1-Mile Fun Run. 8:30am ET one mile / 9:00am ET 5K. Celebration Baptist Church, Tallahassee, Florida 32309. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Alan Hart, 850-321-4143.
  • Tricker Trek 10K Run & 1 Mile Family Fun Run. 8:00am CT. Marina Civic Center, Harrison Avenue, Panama City, FL. Online registration at active.com. Gumby Weckherlin (850)271-5896 or Joe Edgecombe (850)774-0018
  • Sixth annual St. John Road Race 5K, 1 Mile, and Tot Trot. 8:30 am ET (5K), 9:30 am ET (1 Mile), 9:45 am ET (Tot Trot). St. John Catholic School, 800 Gornto Road, Valdosta, GA 31602-1699. Entry form and flyer. 229-244-2556
7 NOVEMBER 2009
  • Cops For Kids 5K. 8:30am ET. Tallahassee, Florida. Cops For Kids web site. Entry form and flyer. Mike Rogers, 850-566-4131 or 850-566-2560.
  • Alligator Lake 5K / 10K. 9:00am ET. Alligator Lake Park, 1498 SW Country Club Road, Lake City, FL 32025. Online registration at active.com. Dusty Smith, halfmiletiming_dusty@hotmail.com
14 NOVEMBER 2009
  • Miles for Smiles 5K. 8:30 am ET (one-mile fun run), 9:00 am ET (5K). Coffee Regional Medical Center, 1101 Ocilla Road, Douglas, GA 31533.
  • YMCA Holiday Chili Run. 8:00 am ET. Albany YMCA Central Facility, 1701 Gillionville Road, Albany, GA 31707. Online registration at active.com.
  • Trot for Tots 10K & 5K. 9:00 am CT. Panama City Marina, 1 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, FL 32401. Online registration at active.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. Online registration at active.com. Marty Kirkland 850-265-8439 or Joe Edgecombe 850-763-5005, joeruns@yahoo.com
  • Run With The Son 5K. 9:00am CT. Altha Area Recreational Park, 15727 NW Bodiford Road, Altha, FL 32421. Online registration at active.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.
  • Valdosta Thanksgiving Day 5K. 8:00am ET 5K / 8:55am ET 1,500m. Patterson Street in front of Get Active, 3200-C North Ashley St, Valdosta, GA 31602. Contact Get Active, 229-219-0010.
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
  • Reindeer Trot 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00am ET 5K / 8:45am ET one mile. Bainbridge Country Club, 312 Country Club Road, Bainbridge, Georgia 39819. Entry form and flyer. Contact reindeertrot@gmail.com
  • Run For The Redfish Half-Marathon, 5K, and Kids' Fun Run. 8:00 am CT. Pier Park, Margaritaville, 16230 Front Beach Road, Panama City Beach 32413. Event web site. Registration form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
  • 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)
  • Jingle Bell Jog 10K / 5K / One-Mile. 8:00am ET (10 km) / 9:00am et (5 km). Tift Park, Corner of 5th and Monroe, Albany, GA 31701. USATF certified courses GA05018WC (10 km) and GA05017WC (5 km). Event web site. Online registration at active.com.
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. USATF certified course FL08072EBM. Event web site. Online registration at active.com. 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)
6 FEBRUARY 2010
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). Online registration at active.com. Tallahasseemarathon@gmail.com
6 MARCH 2010
  • 4th annual Snickers® Marathon® Energy Bar Marathon and Half-Marathon. 7:00 am ET. Veteran's Park, Front Street, Albany, GA 31701. USATF certified course GA07003WC (Marathon), GA07002WC (half-Marathon). Event web site. Online registration at active.com. info@SNICKERSmarathonenergybarmarathon.com
27 MARCH 2010
  • 35th annual Springtime 10K, Publix 5K & Fun Station 1-Miler. 8:00am ET. Leon County Courthouse, 301 S Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL 32301. Event web site. USATF certified course FL96048DL (10 km). Judy Alexander, jalexander98@comcast.net or 850-383-1361.
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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Monday, September 7, 2009

Another win for Chris Lake at the Red Cross Hurricane 5K

The 2009 Red Cross Hurricane 5K was run in the Southwood area of Tallahassee, but when I arrived their Labor Day morning, I wasn't sure of the course. But Bill Lott was there, so I checked with him. "Are they running the Turkey Trot 5K course?"

"It's the old Turkey Trot course," answered Bill.

"Um, how old?"

It turns out that "old" was not very old at all, and the Red Cross race would use the 2007 and 2008 Turkey Trot 5K course (USATF #FL07043EBM), which is only "old" in that the Turkey Trot won't use it in 2009. I was familiar with the loop, and decided to camp out around the end of the first half mile on Shumard Oaks Boulevard, and then move to a point late in the second mile on Four Oaks Boulevard. I was trying to pick spots with good light for the camera, but the sky was overcast--not so good for photography, but good for the runners. The temperature and humidity were as mild as you could hope for on Labor Day in north Florida.

Swamped by over 600 entries, the race was about ten minutes late getting started. Chris Lake moved to the front early, and had built an authoritative lead by the end of the first half mile. In what could have been a re-run of the August 29 Miller Landing Madness 8K, Lake continued to move away from the field, ultimately winning by over a quarter mile with a 15:54. Behind Lake, Tyler Sununu and Tony Guillen dueled for second place. Sununu edged out Guillen in the end, 17:43 to 17:45. While Guillen was third overall, he was also the top master finisher for the men.

Sarah Docter-Williams took the women's division with a 19:02. Like Lake, she was also a winner in the Miller Landing Madness 8K. But her win at the Miller Landing race had been a narrow, come-from-behind victory, while at the Hurricane 5K she led almost from the start and finished a comfortable 20 seconds ahead of her nearest challenger, Kelsey Scheitlin. Docter-Williams was also the fastest woman master in the Hurricane 5K.

When the morning was over, 619 runners had been recorded coming over the finish line, almost triple the total from 2008 and making the Hurricane 5K one of the largest races in the Tallahassee area.


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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

2 September 2009 Tallahassee 100-Mile Race Calendar

This is the Tallahassee vicinity road-race schedule for 2 September 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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5 SEPTEMBER 2009
  • 30th annual Midnight Chase 5K Run & 1-Mile Fun Run. 12:00 am CT. Panama City, FL. Registration on active.com. Nancy Dingus 850-763-6891 or Joe Edgecombe 850-774-0018
6 SEPTEMBER 2009
  • Youth Triathlon Series Tallahassee at FSU. 7:30am ET. Florida State University Morcom Aquatic Center, 2560 Pottsdamer Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32310. Series web site. Registration form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. Suzanne Henslee, Zanna@tampabay.rr.com
7 SEPTEMBER 2009
  • 2nd annual Red Cross Hurricane Run 5K. 8:00 am ET. Southwood Office Complex, Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, Florida. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. Debara Jump, 878-6080 ext. 106 or debara.jump@tallyredcross.org
  • Labor Day 5K & 1500m. 7:30am ET 5K / 8:25am ET 1500m. Get Active, 3200-C North Ashley St, Valdosta, GA 31602. Entry form and flyer. 229-219-0010.
12 SEPTEMBER 2009
  • Sickle Cell Foundation of the Big Bend 5K. 8:00 am ET. Jake Gaither Park, 801 Tanner Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32305. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Velma Penermon Stevens, (850)222-2355
  • Beach Blast Triathlon and Duathlon. 7:00 am CT (Sprint triathlon, 0.35 mile Swim, 15 mile Bike, 3.1 mile Run; Olympic triathlon, 0.7 mile Swim, 25 mile Bike, 6.2 mile Run; Sprint duathlon, 1.2 mile Run, 15 mile Bike, 3.1 mile Run; Olympic duathlon, 3.1 mile Run, 15 mile Bike, 6.2 mile Run). Mexico Beach, Florida. Event web site. Online registration at active.com.
  • Third annual Loop the Lake 5K. 8:00 am CT. First Baptist Church, 216 East Live Oak Avenue, De Funiak Springs, Florida 32435. Event web site. Entry form and flyer.
19 SEPTEMBER 2009
  • Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K. 8:00 am ET. Optimist Park, East Indianhead Drive, Tallahassee, FL. USATF certified course #FL00022DL. Entry form and flyer. Lisa Unger, ungertl@juno.com or 850-562-2901.
  • Race of the South 10K / 5K / One Mile. 7:30am ET 10K & 5K / 9:00am ET one mile. Moultrie YMCA, 601 26th Ave SE, Moultrie, Georgia 31768. Entry form and flyer. Contact Leslie Peretti (229) 985-1154 or leslieymca@hotmail.com
  • Gulf Coast Community College Commodore Sun Run 10K / 5K / Fun Run. 6:30 am CT. Aaron Bessant Park (at Pier Park), 500 West Park Drive, Panama City, FL. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
  • Trot with S.W.A.T. 10K. 8:00 am CT. Dothan Civic Center Parking Lot, 126 N. St. Andrews Street, Dothan, Alabama. Entry form and flyer. Brian Goguen 334-794-9029 or cgoguen@sw.rr.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
  • Quail Trail 5K. 8:00 am ET. Historic Pebble Hill Plantation, US 319, Thomasville, Georgia. Entry form and flyer. Helen Fennelly, 229-225-2186 or htfenn@hotmail.com
  • A Bridge to a Brighter Day 5K. 8:00 am CT. Carl Grey Park, Panama City, FL 32401. Online registration at active.com.
  • Jog For Jake 5K. 7:00 pm ET. Tift County High School, One Blue Devil Way, Tifton, Georgia 31794. Event web site. Online registration at active.com.
  • Headland Fall Farmers' Market 5K & One-Mile Fun Run. 7:30am CT. Gazebo on the square on Park Street, Headland, Alabama. Susan Owens 334-889-2225
3 OCTOBER 2009
  • Pine Run at Tall Timbers 20K. 7:30 am ET. Tall Timbers Research Station, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. Gordon Cherr, 850-556-5957 or scam22@aol.com
  • Pelham Wildlife Festival 5K. 8:00 am ET. Family Bank, 134 Hand Ave W, Pelham, GA. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Pelham Chamber of Commerce at 229-294-4924 or Carol Harrison at 229-328-6147.
  • Salmonole Run. 8:00 am ET. Florida State University, 117 North Woodward Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida 32306. Online registration at active.com.
  • Hahira Honeybee Festival 5K. 8:00 am ET. Hahira, Georgia. Event web site. honeybeefestival@yahoo.com
  • Joann Weintritt Memorial Pumpkins in the Park 2-Mile Run. 8:00am CT. Under the Oaks Park, 5843 E Hwy 98, Panama City, FL. Online registration at active.com.
10 OCTOBER 2009
  • Florida State University Cross-Country Invitational. 7:50am ET college men's 8K / 8:30am college women's 5K / 9:00am high school boys' 5K / 9:30am high school girls' 5K / 10:10am Open boys and men's 5K / 10:40am Open girls' and women's 5K. Apalachee Regional Park cross-country course, 7550 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida 32311. Entry form and flyer for the 5K open races. 978-430-9786 or hjn08c@fsu.edu
  • Parent's Weekend 5K. 7:30 am ET. Florida State University Integration Statue, South Woodward Plaza, Tallahassee, Florida 32304. Event web site. Entry form. parentsweekend@admin.fsu.edu
  • Stepping Out for your Heart 5K. 8:00 am ET. Tift County High School, Northeast Campus, 3021 Fulwood Rd, Tifton, Georgia 31794. Tift Regional Medical Center Foundation web site. Darian Peavy 229-353-7796 or darian.peavy@tiftregional.com, or Ernest Lang 229-383-4264.
  • Oyster Spat Festival 5K. 8:00 am ET. Sugar Hill Beach in St George Island State Park, 1900 E. Gulf Beach Dr., St. George Island, Florida 32328. Event web site. rickplesinger@yahoo.com
  • Marianna Fire Rescue "Stepping out for Fire Safety" 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run. 7:30am CT. Marianna Fire Rescue Station 1, 4425 Clinton Street, Marianna, FL. Online registration at active.com. bennettb@cityofmarianna.com or 850-526-4612.
  • Champions of Hope 5K. 8:00am CT. Southeast Alabama Medical Center, 1108 Ross Clark Circle, Dothan, AL 36303. Entry form. Race flyer. (334) 673-4150.
17 OCTOBER 2009
  • Girls Incorporated Half Marathon. 8:00 am CT. Pier Park, Panama City Beach, FL. Online registration at active.com.
  • Red Fox Trot 5K. 8:00am ET 5K / 9:00am one-mile fun run. Roberts Elementary School, 5777 Centerville Rd, Tallahassee, FL 32309. Lisa Johnson, robertselementaryrace@gmail.com, or Kim McFarland, mcfarlandk2@mail.leon.k12.fl.us
24 OCTOBER 2009
  • 11th annual Alan Sundberg, Jr. Memorial 5K. 8:00 am ET. Maclay Gardens State Park, 3540 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, FL 32309-3413. Event web site.
  • 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
  • Riverfront Run 5K. 8:30am ET. Broad Avenue next to Hilton Garden Inn, 101 S Front Street, Albany, Georgia 31701. Event web site. info@riverfrontrun.com or (229) 436-8191.
25 OCTOBER 2009
  • FSUCares Homecoming 5K. 4:00 pm ET. Florida State University College of Medicine, 1115 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32304. Event web site. Registration form and flyer. Laura Davis, led07f@med.fsu.edu
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).
  • Celebration Baptist Church Fall Fest 5K & 1-Mile Fun Run. 8:30am ET one mile / 9:00am ET 5K. Celebration Baptist Church, Tallahassee, Florida 32309. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Alan Hart, 850-321-4143.
  • Tricker Trek 10K Run & 1 Mile Family Fun Run. 8:00am CT. Marina Civic Center, Harrison Avenue, Panama City, FL. Online registration at active.com. Gumby Weckherlin (850)271-5896 or Joe Edgecombe (850)774-0018
  • Sixth annual St. John Road Race 5K, 1 Mile, and Tot Trot. 8:30 am ET (5K), 9:30 am ET (1 Mile), 9:45 am ET (Tot Trot). St. John Catholic School, 800 Gornto Road, Valdosta, GA 31602-1699. Entry form and flyer. 229-244-2556
7 NOVEMBER 2009
  • Cops For Kids 5K. 8:30am ET. Tallahassee, Florida. Cops For Kids web site. Entry form and flyer. Mike Rogers, 850-566-4131 or 850-566-2560.
  • Alligator Lake 5K / 10K. 9:00am ET. Alligator Lake Park, 1498 SW Country Club Road, Lake City, FL 32025. Online registration at active.com. Dusty Smith, halfmiletiming_dusty@hotmail.com
14 NOVEMBER 2009
  • Miles for Smiles 5K. 8:30 am ET (one-mile fun run), 9:00 am ET (5K). Coffee Regional Medical Center, 1101 Ocilla Road, Douglas, GA 31533.
  • YMCA Holiday Chili Run. 8:00 am ET. Albany YMCA Central Facility, 1701 Gillionville Road, Albany, GA 31707. Online registration at active.com.
  • Trot for Tots 10K & 5K. 9:00 am CT. Panama City Marina, 1 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, FL 32401. Online registration at active.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. Online registration at active.com. Marty Kirkland 850-265-8439 or Joe Edgecombe 850-763-5005, joeruns@yahoo.com
  • Run With The Son 5K. 9:00am CT. Altha Area Recreational Park, 15727 NW Bodiford Road, Altha, FL 32421. Online registration at active.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.
  • Valdosta Thanksgiving Day 5K. 8:00am ET 5K / 8:55am ET 1,500m. Patterson Street in front of Get Active, 3200-C North Ashley St, Valdosta, GA 31602. Contact Get Active, 229-219-0010.
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
  • Reindeer Trot 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00am ET 5K / 8:45am ET one mile. Bainbridge Country Club, 312 Country Club Road, Bainbridge, Georgia 39819. Entry form and flyer. Contact reindeertrot@gmail.com
  • Run For The Redfish Half-Marathon, 5K, and Kids' Fun Run. 8:00 am CT. Pier Park, Margaritaville, 16230 Front Beach Road, Panama City Beach 32413. Event web site. Registration form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
  • 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)
  • Jingle Bell Jog 10K / 5K / One-Mile. 8:00am ET (10 km) / 9:00am et (5 km). Tift Park, Corner of 5th and Monroe, Albany, GA 31701. USATF certified courses GA05018WC (10 km) and GA05017WC (5 km). Event web site. Online registration at active.com.
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. USATF certified course FL08072EBM. Event web site. Online registration at active.com. 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)
6 FEBRUARY 2010
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). Online registration at active.com. Tallahasseemarathon@gmail.com
6 MARCH 2010
  • 4th annual Snickers® Marathon® Energy Bar Marathon and Half-Marathon. 7:00 am ET. Veteran's Park, Front Street, Albany, GA 31701. USATF certified course GA07003WC (Marathon), GA07002WC (half-Marathon). Event web site. Online registration at active.com. info@SNICKERSmarathonenergybarmarathon.com
27 MARCH 2010
  • 35th annual Springtime 10K, Publix 5K & Fun Station 1-Miler. 8:00am ET. Leon County Courthouse, 301 S Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL 32301. Event web site. USATF certified course FL96048DL (10 km). Judy Alexander, jalexander98@comcast.net or 850-383-1361.
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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Monday, August 31, 2009

Shoe Dryer

One thing that made Bob Schul, Billy Mills, Bill Dellinger and the other great distance runners of the 1960s so tough was leather shoes. Even Abebe Bikila, who won a marathon gold medal barefoot, trained in those awful leather shoes. A pair of leather training flats weighed several pounds dry, and they weren't often dry. A run through wet grass, in the rain, or on a hot humid day had the shoes soaked through with dew, rainwater, or sweat. A U.S. gallon of each of these fluids weighs eight pounds, and it seemed like each shoe could soak up several gallons. Once soaked, leather shoes took a week or two to dry out, assuming you let them sit around long enough to get dry. Chances are, you would have to pull them on while they were still damp and get them wet all over again.

By the mid-1970s we were being spoiled by lighter shoes with nylon uppers that didn't soak up nearly as much water and would actually dry out if you gave them half a chance. You do have to give them that chance, though. In the bad old days, you might as well throw your wet leather training shoes in the bottom of your gym locker and let the moulder, because they weren't going to dry out, anyway. So how do you get training shoes with nylon uppers dry before your next workout? Because you do want them dry, and as soon as possible, if for no other reason than that the current crop of training shoes all smell like cat urine if left if they're run in hard and put up wet.

There are a few methods that you should under no circumstances try, because just about all these shoes are put together with heat-activated glue. So when your grandmother suggests putting your wet athletic shoes on the radiator, thank her for her advice but under no circumstances follow it--and don't leave your wet shoes laying around so that she can helpfully place them on the radiator, on the water heater, in the oven, or in the clothes dryer. The heat from these sources will reactivate the glue holding your shoes together and it will cease holding your shoes together. Another place not to attempt to dry your shoes is in your car under the window. I rediscover this every ten years or so, most recently with a pair of racing flats.

I've been advised that carefully towel-drying the inside of the shoe and then stuffing it with newspaper is effective. It also seems to be a bit labor intensive to me. I'm not one of those people who pre-washes all the pots, pans, and plates before loading them into the dishwasher. After all, if a machine is billed as a dish washer, then it should be able to wash dishes. It's enough for me to remove some of the larger bones before dropping the dish in the machine, right? So I'm not much for the stuffing-with-newspaper method of drying shoes, especially when the shoes came off my feet after a long run. But dry, moving air seems to be enough to dry the shoes. It doesn't have to be desert-dry, nor does it have to be in a wind tunnel. Sitting in an air-conditioned room under a ceiling fan will work. Of course, ceiling fans tend to be in the center of a room, which is probably not where you want your wet shoes displayed (remember the cat-urine odor), especially if you have them on top of a bar stool to be closer to the source of moving air. Refrigerators used to have prominent warm-air exhausts, and a wet pair of shoes placed in front of the exhaust would dry in a few hours. This would probably still work if you could figure out where they are hiding the warm-air exhaust on refrigerators nowadays.

And then there are shoe dryers.

I've been told that these don't work very well. The one that I've been using works great, and you could use it even if you were doing two-a-day workouts in a rainy place like Washington using the same shoes all the time. Which you really shouldn't do because you should rotate your shoes, right? But you could, because that's how well the dryer works. I don't know where it came from or how much it cost because it's quite a few years old, which speaks well for its durability. It was never beautiful, and age hasn't improved its looks, but it lives contentedly in its corner of the garage. It's a plug-in unit containing a small heater and fan, from which two hollow plastic stalks rise. Your shoes go on the top of the stalks, which carry a gentle puff of warm air into the shoes. After a few hours the shoes are dry. There's no noise, so you might forget to turn the dryer off (which you do by pulling the plug; there's no switch). One shortcoming of the unit is that it only dries one pair of shoes at a time. If you're in a household that produces multiple pairs of wet shoes then you're going to need more than one shoe dryer.

An embossed label on the base of the unit proclaims, "PEET The Shoe Dryer." I don't know if they're still around. I kind of hope they are. After all, this unit can't last forever.

Postscript:

Of course, amazon.com still sells PEET Shoe Dryers.
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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Chris Lake wins Miller Landing Madness 2009

I first learned that Chris Lake was planning on running the Miller Landing Madness 8K the day before the race. He stopped me as I was shuffling toward the Phipps Park trails.

"Listen," he said, "Do you know the course for tomorrow?"

"Not really," I denied. "I looked at the map once."

"There are some big rocks out there. Do you know if we run over those?"

Thinking of the Salute to Prefontaine 5K, I replied, "Based on the Gulf Winds Track Club's record of holding cross-country races designed to cripple runners, I'm guessing so."

Lake may not have been entirely happy with my answer, but he showed up Saturday morning at Phipps Park in spite of the prospect of some rocky footing and turned in a 28:05 8K for the win at the 2009 Miccosukee Madness on August 29. Lake had command of the race by the end of the second mile and never relinquished the lead again. Behind him, early challengers John Robida and Vince Molosky faded and were overtaken by Charlie Johnson, who finished in the runner-up position in a time of 28:38.

Kati Gosnell likewise enjoyed an early lead in the women's division, but was overtaken in the last mile of the race by Sarah Docter-Williams, who ended up with a six-second margin of victory, 33:03 to 33:09. Docter-Williams was also the fastest woman master on the course that morning. The top male master was Maclay School coach Gary Droze, who finished fifth overall at 29:44.

Last years Madness had to be postponed due to Tropical Storm Faye and run a week later. This year the weather was not a factor, and the only delay was the race starting ten minutes later than its scheduled 8:00am. For those too young or lacking in ambition to run 8K, a 5K was run concurrently. The 8K was followed by a 3K for youth, also run on a hilly cross-country course through Phipps Park.

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Friday, August 28, 2009

Ugly Feet

The other morning, while trotting around the Lake Overstreet loop, I caught my toe on a root and went down, banging my knee. This isn't unusual, and happens regularly enough to be embarrassing, especially because it was already light enough out to actually see the root. But this was a knee that has given me some trouble over the years--a missed 1977 cross-country season due to bursitis, a missed 1978 track season due to bursitis, and a lot of pain in the early twenty-first century culminating in a partial menisectomy. Bouncing back up from the road, I wondered if the knee deserved the thumping it had just gotten. I remembered a passage from a Mike Royko column:
I don't even take it personally when someone steps on my foot any more. I just say: "Don't apologize, he had it coming. Step on the other one, too, he's just as bad."
Royko had what might have been a love-hate relationship with his feet, except that there was absolutely no love involved. His feet were flat, or at least flat enough to cause pain while not flat enough to prevent him from serving in Korea. He relished describing how ugly his feet were:
My father had size twelve feet. And so did I--on the day I was born. And the doctor later said that I was the only infant he had ever seen come into the world with calluses and corns and cracked toenails. My toes are longer than most people's fingers. If the toes were extended, I'd probably wear a size twenty shoe. But they curl under about three times so they look more like large clenched fists than feet. They're also very wide. They might be as wide as they are long, which has always made it difficult for me to find shoes that fit properly.
Which is not all that Royko had to say about his feet, but some of the rest of it sounds like it might have been slightly exaggerated.

Royko's ugly feet were apparently congenital. One can acquire ugly feet during one's life, though, as did one of the characters in Brooke McEldowney's syndicated comic strip, 9 Chickweed Lane:



Marathon runners may not be subjecting their feet to the same forces that ballet dancers do, but the runner does it over and over and over again. I don't do marathon training anymore, but even with the modest amounts of running that I do nowadays, it's a rare occasion when I have all my toenails, when I don't have blisters in some stage of healing, when I don't have a build-up of callous that only a jack-plane could trim. I generally keep them locked up inside shoes, so their usual color is a corpse-like white--at the beach, they burn in seconds.


I also seem to have some of the bad genetics that Royko complained of, possibly from the same Chicago-Polish roots. But I didn't know that I had bunions until a podiatrist remarked, "When you're done with running, we can operate on those." Well, when I'm done running, you can pickle them. I'll be done with my feet and the rest of the flesh.

But however bizarre my asymmetric bunions look, they've never given me any pain. In general, my feet haven't been much of a problem for my running. They've been so blistered at times that almost the entire sole of the foot has sloughed off, but most of that must have been callous, because I could always run a day or two later. Plantar fascitis? Not me. These have been good feet, and I bear them no ill will.

Those knees, however, had better watch it.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

26 August 2009 Tallahassee 100-Mile Race Calendar

This is the Tallahassee vicinity road-race schedule for 26 August 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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29 AUGUST 2009
  • Miller Landing Madness 8K/5K/3K. 8:00 am ET. Elinor Klapp Phipps Park, Miller Landing Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. Mike Sims (850)514-3424 or Tom Perkins (850)894-2019
  • Winnersville Sprint Triathlon. 7:30 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.
5 SEPTEMBER 2009
  • 30th annual Midnight Chase 5K Run & 1-Mile Fun Run. 12:00 am CT. Panama City, FL. Registration on active.com. Nancy Dingus 850-763-6891 or Joe Edgecombe 850-774-0018
7 SEPTEMBER 2009
  • 2nd annual Red Cross Hurricane Run 5K. 8:00 am ET. Southwood Office Complex, Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, Florida. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. Debara Jump, 878-6080 ext. 106 or debara.jump@tallyredcross.org
  • Labor Day 5K & 1500m. 7:30am ET 5K / 8:25am ET 1500m. Get Active, 3200-C North Ashley St, Valdosta, GA 31602. Entry form and flyer. 229-219-0010.
12 SEPTEMBER 2009
  • Sickle Cell Foundation of the Big Bend 5K. 8:00 am ET. Jake Gaither Park, 801 Tanner Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32305. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Velma Penermon Stevens, (850)222-2355
  • Beach Blast Triathlon and Duathlon. 7:00 am CT (Sprint triathlon, 0.35 mile Swim, 15 mile Bike, 3.1 mile Run; Olympic triathlon, 0.7 mile Swim, 25 mile Bike, 6.2 mile Run; Sprint duathlon, 1.2 mile Run, 15 mile Bike, 3.1 mile Run; Olympic duathlon, 3.1 mile Run, 15 mile Bike, 6.2 mile Run). Mexico Beach, Florida. Event web site. Online registration at active.com.
  • Third annual Loop the Lake 5K. 8:00 am CT. First Baptist Church, 216 East Live Oak Avenue, De Funiak Springs, Florida 32435. Event web site. Entry form and flyer.
19 SEPTEMBER 2009
  • Tallahassee Women's Distance Festival 5K. 8:00 am ET. Optimist Park, East Indianhead Drive, Tallahassee, FL. USATF certified course #FL00022DL. Entry form and flyer. Lisa Unger, ungertl@juno.com or 850-562-2901.
  • Race of the South 10K / 5K / One Mile. 7:30am ET 10K & 5K / 9:00am ET one mile. Moultrie YMCA, 601 26th Ave SE, Moultrie, Georgia 31768. Entry form and flyer. Contact Leslie Peretti (229) 985-1154 or leslieymca@hotmail.com
  • Gulf Coast Community College Commodore Sun Run 10K / 5K / Fun Run. 6:30 am CT. Aaron Bessant Park (at Pier Park), 500 West Park Drive, Panama City, FL. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
  • Trot with S.W.A.T. 10K. 8:00 am CT. Dothan Civic Center Parking Lot, 126 N. St. Andrews Street, Dothan, Alabama. Entry form and flyer. Brian Goguen 334-794-9029 or cgoguen@sw.rr.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
  • Quail Trail 5K. 8:00 am ET. Historic Pebble Hill Plantation, US 319, Thomasville, Georgia. Entry form and flyer. Helen Fennelly, 229-225-2186 or htfenn@hotmail.com
  • A Bridge to a Brighter Day 5K. 8:00 am CT. Carl Grey Park, Panama City, FL 32401. Online registration at active.com.
  • Jog For Jake 5K. 7:00 pm ET. Tift County High School, One Blue Devil Way, Tifton, Georgia 31794. Event web site. Online registration at active.com.
  • Headland Fall Farmers' Market 5K & One-Mile Fun Run. 7:30am CT. Gazebo on the square on Park Street, Headland, Alabama. Susan Owens 334-889-2225
3 OCTOBER 2009
  • Pine Run at Tall Timbers 20K. 7:30 am ET. Tall Timbers Research Station, 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. Gordon Cherr, 850-556-5957 or scam22@aol.com
  • Pelham Wildlife Festival 5K. 8:00 am ET. Family Bank, 134 Hand Ave W, Pelham, GA. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Pelham Chamber of Commerce at 229-294-4924 or Carol Harrison at 229-328-6147.
  • Salmonole Run. 8:00 am ET. Florida State University, 117 North Woodward Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida 32306. Online registration at active.com.
  • Hahira Honeybee Festival 5K. 8:00 am ET. Hahira, Georgia. Event web site. honeybeefestival@yahoo.com
  • Joann Weintritt Memorial Pumpkins in the Park 2-Mile Run. 8:00am CT. Under the Oaks Park, 5843 E Hwy 98, Panama City, FL. Online registration at active.com.
10 OCTOBER 2009
  • Parent's Weekend 5K. 7:30 am ET. Florida State University Integration Statue, South Woodward Plaza, Tallahassee, Florida 32304. Event web site. Entry form. parentsweekend@admin.fsu.edu
  • Stepping Out for your Heart 5K. 8:00 am ET. Tift County High School, Northeast Campus, 3021 Fulwood Rd, Tifton, Georgia 31794. Tift Regional Medical Center Foundation web site. Darian Peavy 229-353-7796 or darian.peavy@tiftregional.com, or Ernest Lang 229-383-4264.
  • Oyster Spat Festival 5K. 8:00 am ET. Sugar Hill Beach in St George Island State Park, 1900 E. Gulf Beach Dr., St. George Island, Florida 32328. Event web site. rickplesinger@yahoo.com
  • Marianna Fire Rescue "Stepping out for Fire Safety" 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run. 7:30am CT. Marianna Fire Rescue Station 1, 4425 Clinton Street, Marianna, FL. Online registration at active.com. bennettb@cityofmarianna.com or 850-526-4612.
  • Champions of Hope 5K. 8:00am CT. Southeast Alabama Medical Center, 1108 Ross Clark Circle, Dothan, AL 36303. Entry form. Race flyer. (334) 673-4150.
17 OCTOBER 2009
  • Girls Incorporated Half Marathon. 8:00 am CT. Pier Park, Panama City Beach, FL. Online registration at active.com.
24 OCTOBER 2009
  • 11th annual Alan Sundberg, Jr. Memorial 5K. 8:00 am ET. Maclay Gardens State Park, 3540 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, FL 32309-3413. Event web site.
  • 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
  • Riverfront Run 5K. 8:30am ET. Broad Avenue next to Hilton Garden Inn, 101 S Front Street, Albany, Georgia 31701. Event web site. info@riverfrontrun.com or (229) 436-8191.
25 OCTOBER 2009
  • FSUCares Homecoming 5K. 4:00 pm ET. Florida State University College of Medicine, 1115 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32304. Event web site. Registration form and flyer. Laura Davis, led07f@med.fsu.edu
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).
  • Celebration Baptist Church Fall Fest 5K & 1-Mile Fun Run. 8:30am ET one mile / 9:00am ET 5K. Celebration Baptist Church, Tallahassee, Florida 32309. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Alan Hart, 850-321-4143.
  • Tricker Trek 10K Run & 1 Mile Family Fun Run. 8:00am CT. Marina Civic Center, Harrison Avenue, Panama City, FL. Online registration at active.com. Gumby Weckherlin (850)271-5896 or Joe Edgecombe (850)774-0018
  • Sixth annual St. John Road Race 5K, 1 Mile, and Tot Trot. 8:30 am ET (5K), 9:30 am ET (1 Mile), 9:45 am ET (Tot Trot). St. John Catholic School, 800 Gornto Road, Valdosta, GA 31602-1699. Entry form and flyer. 229-244-2556
7 NOVEMBER 2009
  • Cops For Kids 5K. 8:30am ET. Tallahassee, Florida. Cops For Kids web site. Entry form and flyer. Mike Rogers, 850-566-4131 or 850-566-2560.
  • Alligator Lake 5K / 10K. 9:00am ET. Alligator Lake Park, 1498 SW Country Club Road, Lake City, FL 32025. Online registration at active.com. Dusty Smith, halfmiletiming_dusty@hotmail.com
14 NOVEMBER 2009
  • Miles for Smiles 5K. 8:30 am ET (one-mile fun run), 9:00 am ET (5K). Coffee Regional Medical Center, 1101 Ocilla Road, Douglas, GA 31533.
  • YMCA Holiday Chili Run. 8:00 am ET. Albany YMCA Central Facility, 1701 Gillionville Road, Albany, GA 31707. Online registration at active.com.
  • Trot for Tots 10K & 5K. 9:00 am CT. Panama City Marina, 1 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, FL 32401. Online registration at active.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. Online registration at active.com. Marty Kirkland 850-265-8439 or Joe Edgecombe 850-763-5005, joeruns@yahoo.com
  • Run With The Son 5K. 9:00am CT. Altha Area Recreational Park, 15727 NW Bodiford Road, Altha, FL 32421. Online registration at active.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.
  • Valdosta Thanksgiving Day 5K. 8:00am ET 5K / 8:55am ET 1,500m. Patterson Street in front of Get Active, 3200-C North Ashley St, Valdosta, GA 31602. Contact Get Active, 229-219-0010.
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
  • Reindeer Trot 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00am ET 5K / 8:45am ET one mile. Bainbridge Country Club, 312 Country Club Road, Bainbridge, Georgia 39819. Entry form and flyer. Contact reindeertrot@gmail.com
  • Run For The Redfish Half-Marathon, 5K, and Kids' Fun Run. 8:00 am CT. Pier Park, Margaritaville, 16230 Front Beach Road, Panama City Beach 32413. Event web site. Registration form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
  • 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)
  • Jingle Bell Jog 10K / 5K / One-Mile. 8:00am ET (10 km) / 9:00am et (5 km). Tift Park, Corner of 5th and Monroe, Albany, GA 31701. USATF certified courses GA05018WC (10 km) and GA05017WC (5 km). Event web site. Online registration at active.com.
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. USATF certified course FL08072EBM. Event web site. Online registration at active.com. 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)
6 FEBRUARY 2010
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). Online registration at active.com. Tallahasseemarathon@gmail.com
6 MARCH 2010
  • 4th annual Snickers® Marathon® Energy Bar Marathon and Half-Marathon. 7:00 am ET. Veteran's Park, Front Street, Albany, GA 31701. USATF certified course GA07003WC (Marathon), GA07002WC (half-Marathon). Event web site. Online registration at active.com. info@SNICKERSmarathonenergybarmarathon.com
27 MARCH 2010
  • 35th annual Springtime 10K, Publix 5K & Fun Station 1-Miler. 8:00am ET. Leon County Courthouse, 301 S Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL 32301. Event web site. USATF certified course FL96048DL (10 km). Judy Alexander, jalexander98@comcast.net or 850-383-1361.
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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