Saturday, January 16, 2010

Gulf Winds Track Club 2010 Distinguished Service Award

[ A short address I made at the Gulf Winds Track Club annual awards meeting on 16 January 2010. ]

I'm an old cross-country guy, so I've run cross-country a lot of different places. Golf courses, military reservations, school yards, horse tracks, city parks, state parks, experimental forests, river levees, and so on. But on two different continents, I never ran anywhere that was just a cross-country course. Usually, the moment the race was over you were no longer welcome on the course. On some venues you didn't even feel welcome during the race. This was particularly true of golf courses.

Now, Tallahassee is a cross-country city. Really. You may not have noticed it because of all the noise accompanying another autumn sport, but it's true. The FSU Lady Seminoles placed second in the NCAA cross-country championships last November. Leon County high schools have fielded 24 state championship teams since 1969, and runners from those high schools have won 20 individual state titles. Back in the 1970s Florida State hosted the AIAW national cross-country championships, and in 1991 Tallahassee hosted the meet to select the United States team for the World Cross-Country Championships.

You won't find any place in Florida with a stronger tradition of cross-country running excellence than Tallahassee and Leon County. But our community also had a tradition of cross-country being chased out of one venue after another. Like most places, we didn't have a dedicated cross-country course.

Well, Pat Plocek, Bob Braman, and Brian Corbin weren't satisfied with their home being no better than most places. Pat Plocek works with the Leon County Division of Parks and Recreation and a little over a year ago he came up with a list of county lands on which a cross-country course could be developed. Brian Corbin and FSU coach Bob Braman know a little bit about running, and they picked out a part of Apalachee Regional Park along Lake Lafayette. Last winter Bob and Brian mapped out a loop in the park, and hacked out a narrow path through the woods. Pat did his magic with the county, and the path became a wide avenue. With support from Leon County, Gulf Winds Track Club, Florida State University, and an army of volunteers, Pat, Bob, and Brian turned jungles, swamps, and old cow pastures into a first rate cross country course in time for the 2009 FSU Invitational. Three cross-country meets have already been held on Leon County's Apalachee Regional Park Trail. There will be more. There is a good possibility that we'll see a NCAA regional meet on the course later this year.

Best of all, you can go out there tomorrow morning or any time the park is open and run. No one will hit golf balls at you, and you won't have to check the calendar to see whether or not it's deer season.

A special project like this deserves special recognition. For their role in delivering the Apalachee Regional Park Trail cross-country course to our community, the Gulf Winds Track Club would like to present FSU's Bob Braman, Leon County's Pat Plocek, and our own Brian Corbin with its first Distinguished Service Award.

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

13 January 2010 Tallahassee 100-Mile Race Calendar

This is the Tallahassee vicinity road-race schedule for 13 January 2010. 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.

Map

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)
  • Relay Resolution 5K. 9:00am ET. Integration Statue, Florida State University, Woodward Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. fsurelayforlife.specialevents@gmail.com
  • ABAC Fitness 5K & one-mile fun run. 9:00am ET. Red Hills Tennis Complex, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, Georgia. Jimmy Ballenger at (229) 391-4939 or Joe Wilson at (229) 392-658
23 JANUARY 2010
  • 5th Annual Special Olympics Leon County 5K. 9:00 am ET. Florida State University's Mike Long Track, Chieftain Way and Spirit Way, Tallahassee, Florida. USATF certified course #FL06015DL. Event web site. Online registration at active.com.
  • Moving in Memory of Marline 10K, 5K, and 1 Mile Fun Run. Marina Civic Center, 8 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, Florida 32401. Online registration at active.com.
  • Turner's Run for Your Life 5K & one-mile run run. 8:00am ET 5K / 8:55am ET one mile. 8th Street Middle School, Tifton, Georgia. Entry form and flyer. teresa@turnerfurniture.com or 229-382-3266
30 JANUARY 2010
  • FSU First Responders 5K. 9:00am ET. Integration Statue, Florida State University, Woodward Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida. Entry form and flyer. DBulecza@admin.fsu.edu
  • Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Half-Marathon and 5K. 8:00am ET Half-Marathon / 8:20am ET 5K. Covella Pond/Boyett Park Marine Corps Logistics Base, 814 Radford Blvd. Albany, Georgia. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. danielsd@usmc-mccs.org or 229-639-5246.
  • 28th annual Hog Wild 15K and 5K. 2:00pm CT. The Depot Off Main, 120 Museum Avenue, Dothan, Alabama. Event web page. Larry Dykes, drcprez@yahoo.com or 334-792-6021.
6 FEBRUARY 2010
  • Buzzard Day "Road Kill Run" 10K / 5K. 8:45am ET. Reed Bingham State Park, 542 Reed Bingham Road, Adel, GA 31620. 229-896-3551.
  • Saint Teresa's School Nun Run 5K & One-Mile Fun Run. 8:30am ET. Saint Teresa's School, 417 Edgewood Lane, Albany, GA 31707. Saint Teresa's School web site. Online registration at active.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). Online registration at active.com. Tallahasseemarathon@gmail.com
13 FEBRUARY 2010
  • Run For The Cookies 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run. 8:30am one mile / 9:00am 5K. Tallahassee Community College Lifetime Sports Center. USATF certified 5K course FL08011EBM. Entry form and flyer. okonj@tcc.fl.edu or 850-894-2019.
  • 2nd annual Trade Love Run 5K & 10K. 8:00am ET. Willis Park, Bainbridge, Georgia. Larissa Carpenter, BainbridgeTradeLoveRun@gmail.com
  • St. Andrew's Mardi Gras 5K. 8:00am CT. Oaks Along The Bay Park, 10th Street and Beck Avenue, Panama City, Florida. Online registration at active.com.
  • Step Fitness Blue Grey 5K. 7:30am ET. Lake DeSoto, Lake City, Florida. Online registration at active.com.
20 FEBRUARY 2010
  • Flash 12 km / 6 km. 8:13am ET. J Lewis Hall, Sr. Park, 7575 Old Woodville Road, Woodville, FL 32310. USATF certified 12K course #FL05007DL. Entry form and flyer. Mark Priddy, MarkPriddy@msn.com or 850-668-4907.
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
13 MARCH 2010
  • Shamrock Scurry 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00am one mile / 8:30am 5K. Killearn United Methodist Church, 2800 Shamrock South, Tallahassee, Florida 32309. Connie Clark, rclarke54@comcast.net or 850-933-2429.
20 MARCH 2010
  • Caring Hands, Caring Heart 5K. 8:00 am CT. Middlebrook Park, Banfill Avenue, Bonifay, FL 32425. Event web page.
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.
3 APRIL 2010
  • Red Hills Triathlon (1/3-mile swim, 16-mile bike, 3.1-mile run). 7:30am ET. Maclay Gardens State Park, 3540 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32309. Event web site. Online registration at active.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.
24 APRIL 2010
  • 33rd 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). Event web site.
  • Education For Life 5K. 8:00am ET. Florida State University's Mike Long Track, Chieftain Way and Spirit Way, Tallahassee, Florida. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

1971 FHSAA Boys Track and Field Championships

Here's another set of "results from the attic," the 1971 Florida High School Activities Association boys' state track and field championships, held on Friday, 7 May 1971 and Saturday, 8 May 1971 at Showalter Field in Winter Park. This was the first time that the state meet had been held at Showalter, and it would be quite a few years before it returned to the University of Florida in Gainesville. 1971 was also the last year that the school classifications were AA, A, B, and C; the classes became AAAA, AAA, AA, and A the following year.

In 1971 the running events were still all imperial (non-metric) distances. A few events were contested that have since become obsolete, such as the 180-yard low hurdles. The championships had been racially integrated for several years, but there was still no girls' competition. The FHSAA wouldn't allow the girls on the track until later in the 1970s.

The source for these results was the microform edition of the Orlando Sentinel for Saturday, 8 May 1971 and Sunday, 9 May 1971.

Class AA Boys

880-Yard Relay
1. Lakeland Kathleen (Gregory Bennett, Michael Tunsil, Maurice Hayes, Timmy Bates) 1:28.0
2. Tampa Leto 1:28.3
3. Miami Jackson 1:28.3
4. Fort Pierce Central 1:28.5
5. Jacksonville Stanton 1:28.7
6. Miami Northwestern 1:28.9

440-Yard Dash
1. Curtis Westphal (Largo) 49.2
2. Bob Cullity (Orlando Evans) 49.2
3. Vernon Clark (Fort Lauderdale) 49.3
4. Reese White (Jacksonville Wolfson) 49.3
5. James Bailey (Deland) 49.5
6. Tim Lytton (Melbourne) 50.2

High Jump
1. Clarence Tate (Pensacola Washington) 6' 6"
2. Sid Levarity (Miami Jackson) 6' 6"
3. John Patterson (Hollywood McArthur) 6' 3-1/2"
4. Mike Sullivan (Jacksonville Fletcher) 6' 3-1/2"
5. Jeff Nedimyer (Titusville) 6' 3-1/2"
6. Frank Lefevre (Clearwater) 6' 3-1/2"

Sprint Medley Relay
1. Miami Carol City (J. W. Gilbert, Joe Smith, Rodney Clark, John Fowler) 1:55.5
2. Fort Pierce Central 1:55.9
3. West Palm Beach Twin Lakes 1:56.4
4. Miami Northwestern 1:57.0
5. Panama City Bay 1:57.5
6. Clearwater 1:57.9

Two-Mile Run
1. Gary Funkhauser (Largo) 9:20.3 (breaks 1968 record of 9:25.8 by Jack Nason of Orlando Evans)
2. Rich Nulty (Eau Gallie) 9:34.4
3. Alan Penberthy (Hialeah) 9:41.3
4. Alan Rosenbalm (Hialeah) 9:41.8
5. David Shilling (Orlando Edgewater) 9:43.5
6. Phil Paul (Tallahassee Leon) 9:44.0

120-Yard Hurdles
1. James Rackley (Jacksonville Lee) 14.1
2. Ken Caalaia (Sarasota) 14.1
3. Robert Rambo (Southwest) 14.3
4. Eddie Carter (Vero Beach) 14.4
5. David Brower (Tallahassee Leon) 14.5
6. Dane Gibson (Pensacola Escambia) 14.6

100-Yard Dash
1. Ernest Pough (Jacksonville Stanton) 9.7
2. Vesco Bradley (Tampa Leto) 9.7
3. Rodney Clark (Miami Carol City) 9.8
4. Larry Brinson (Miami Northwestern) 10.0
5. James McKenzie (Plant City) 10.1
6. Tim Bates (Lakeland Kathleen) 10.2

Mile
1. Alan Rosenbalm (Hialeah) 4:19.5
2. Mark Staschke (Orlando Boone) 4:20.2
3. Utley Crane (Largo) 4:20.3
4. Anbrey Stewart (Miami Killian) 4:21.4
5. David Shilling (Orlando Edgewater) 4:22.0
6. Daniel Larkin (Jacksonville Forrest) 4:25.5

Shot Put
1. Ruben Carter (Fort Lauderdale Stranahan) 62' 1" (breaks 1963 record of 60' 1-1/2" by Harry Winkler of West Palm Beach Forest Hill)
2. Eduardo Suares (Coral Park) 59' 11-1/4"
3. Rafeal Ortega (Coral Gables) 57' 5-3/4"
4. Steadman Scavella (Southwest) 57' 5"
5. David Twedell (Gainesville) 56' 2"
6. Arnold Robinson (Delray Beach Atlantic)

Discus Throw
1. Ralph Ortega (Coral Gables) 171' 2"
2. John Tegg (Orlando Edgewater) 169' 4"
3. Lenny Varn (Orlando Boone) 168' 9"
4. Al Jackson (Miami Jackson) 168' 4"
5. Steve Kornegay (Orlando Colonial) 163' 8"
6. Ulysses Cromity (Jacksonville Raines) 163' 0"

Long Jump
1. Alvin Brown (Sarasota) 23' 1"
2. Alvis Brown (Miami Edison) 23' 1"
3. Jeff Thomas (Hollywood McArthur) 22' 10-1/4"
4. Sam Beasley (Pensacola) 22' 8-3/4"
5. Ernest Robinson (Panama City Bay) 22' 5-1/2"
6. Danny Bell (Jacksonville Jackson) 22' 2"

880-Yard Run
1. Randy Russell (Jacksonville Wolfson) 1:54.3
2. Leon Gaddy (Fort Myers) 1:55.0
3. Brian Torrey (Largo) 1:55.5
4. Joe Banks (Brandon) 1:55.6
5. Mike Bernikow (West Palm Beach Twin Lakes) 1:56.0
6. Jim Dostalik (Titusville) 1:56.7

220-Yard Dash
1. Ernest Pugh (Jacksonville Stanton) 21.6
2. Vesco Bradley (Tampa Leto) 21.6
3. Leroy McNair (Fort Lauderdale Dillard) 21.9
4. Tim Bates (Lakeland Kathleen) 22.2
5. Tyrone Taylor (Lake City) 22.3
6. William Nealy (Coral Gables) 22.4

Mile Relay
1. Miami Southwest (Lindsey Plummer, Larry Goodine, Robert Ramnbo, Don Lambright) 3:19.1
2. Coral Gables 3:19.5
3. Miami Killian 3:20.4
4. South Broward 3:20.7
5. Clearwater 3:20.8
6. Brandon 3:20.8

180-Yard Low Hurdles
1. Wade Souto (Coral Park) 19.3 (Set record of 19.2 in prelims breaking 1960 record of 19.4 by John Turek of North Miami)
2. Robert Rambo (Miami Southwest) 19.4
3. Phil Eason (Orlando Edgewater) 19.5
4. Eddie Carter (Vero Beach) 19.7
5. Chandler Williams (Miami Springs) 20.0
6. Dane Gibson (Pensacola Escambia) 20.1

Pole Vault
1. Dan Mattox (Orlando Edgewater) 14' 6"
2. Doug Becker (Orlando Evans) 14' 0"
3. Bruce Ward (Orlando Evans) 13' 6"
4. John Gussetto (Titusville) 13' 6"
5. Robert Griffin (Jacksonville Lee) 13' 0"
6. James Bennett (Sarasota Riverview) 13' 6"


Class A Boys

120-Yard Hurdles
1. Isaac Bostic (Palatka South) 14.4
2. Michael McCall (Ocala Forest) 14.5
3. Lorenso Harqrett (Palatka Central) 14.8
4. Barnard Hankerson (Richards) 14.8
5. Raymond Hughes (Southeast) 15.0
6. Lorenzo Byrd (Lake Wales) 15.0

Shot Put
1. Howard Brown (Bartow) 57' 2-1/2"
2. Randal True (St Petersburg Bishop Barry) 54' 5-1/2"
3. Ricky McIntosh (Cocoa Beach) 53' 3"
4. Scott Pokorney (Boca Raton) 50' 11"
5. John Lockhart (Tampa Middleton) 50' 8-1/2"
6. Kenny Pinder (Okeechobee) 49' 9-1/2"

Discus Throw
1. Howard Brown (Bartow) 165' 9"
2. Mike Stanfield (Pensacola Catholic) 164' 10"
3. Fred Nichols (Bartow) 161' 6"
4. George Nicholas (Tarpon Springs) 157' 2"
5. Thomas Brooks (Palatka Central) 148' 7"
6. Robert Cardwell (New Smyrna Beach) 145' 0"

Long Jump
1. James Clark (North Marion) 22' 7-1/2"
2. Alan Straughter (Miami Curley) 21' 11-1/2"
3. Phillip Brown (Crestview) 21' 11-1/2"
4. Zachariah Perkins (Crestview) 21' 11-1/2"
5. Calvin Newsome (Tampa Middleton) 21' 10-1/2"
6. Anthony Horne (Quincy Shanks) 21' 9-1/2"

100-Yard Dash
1. Lyle Lattimore (Arcadia DeSoto) 9.9
2. Roosevelt Jackson (Bradenton Southeast) 10.0
3. Anthony Stroman (Arcadia DeSoto) 10.0
4. Samuel Bell (Glades Central) 10.0
5. Alexander Smith (North Marion) 10.0
6. Mitchell Fielder (Haines City) 10.1

Mile Run
1. Dennis Skelton (Chaminade) 4:13.2 (breaks 1969 record of 4:16.3 by Thomas Fulton of Charlotte County)
2. Joseph Ramsey (Boca Raton) 4:19.8
3. George West (St Augustine) 4:30.8
4. Neil Murphy (Chaminade) 4:31.0
5. Keith Ferguson (Cocoa Beach) 4:32.9
6. Mally Pugh (Ocoee) 4:32.9

Sprint Medley Relay
1. Tampa Middleton (Calvin Newswome, Robert Peacock, Ralph Kylse, Beaufort Brown) 1:57.2 (breaks 1970 record of 1:57.4 by Riviera Beach Kennedy)
2. Lake Wales 1:58.0
3. Bartow 1:58.6
4. Riviera Beach Suncoast 1:58.6
5. Auburndale 1:59.2
6. Glades Central 1:59.8

Two-Mile Run
1. Bobby James (Milton) 9:46.0
2. Michael Kerlin (Apopka) 9:50.3
3. Thornton Kussmaul (Orange Park) 9:59.7
4. Edward Pilkington (North Fort Meyers) 10:01.2
5. John Kilchrist (Orange Park) 10:05.4
6. Neal Murphy (Chaminade) 10:09

220-Yard Dash
1. Mitchell Fielder (Haines City) 22.1
2. Donald Watts (Tarpon Springs) 22.1
3. Vernon Davis (Riviera Beach Suncoast) 22.2
4. Ronnie Moore (Lakeview) 22.3
5. Sam Cooper (Riviera Beach Suncoast) 22.3
6. Larry Bellamy (Tallahassee Rickards) 22.6

880-Yard Run
1. Frank Olges (Niceville) 1:55.8
2. Glen Wilkinson (Pensacola Catholic) 1:57.0
3. Harroll McElmurray (St Petersburg Bishop Barry) 1:58.6
4. Randy St Pierce (Jacksonville Gulf) 1:58.8
5. George Hannah (Pahokee) 1:59.5
6. Ernest Blanding (Arcadia DeSoto) 2:00.4

Pole Vault
1. Steven DeSherlia (Tallahassee Rickards) 14' 0" (breaks 1970 record of 13' 7" by Steven DeSherlia)
2. Phillip Ledford (Apopka) 13' 6"
3. David Ustler (Apopka) 13' 0"
4. Michael Green (Clay) 13' 0"
5. Jeffery McKinley (Boca Raton) 13' 0"
6. Marshall Ustler (Apopka) 12' 6"

880-Yard Relay
1. Arcadia DeSoto (Robert Carter, George Goodman, Lyle Lattimore, Anthony Stroman) 1:27.7 (breaks old record of 1:28.7 by Haines City)
2. Riviera Beach Suncoast 1:28.5
3. Lakeview 1:28.8
4. Glades Central 1:29.1
5. Quincy Shanks 1:30.1
6. Tampa Middleton 1:30.1

440-Yard Dash
1. Raymond Crump (Tallahassee Rickards) 47.9
2. Erskin Jackson (Boca Raton) 49.4
3. Walter Simmons (Pensacola Catholic) 49.5
4. Roosevelt Jackson (Bradenton Southeast) 50.0
5. Beaufort Brown (Tampa Middleton) 50.3
6. Willie Win (Tallahassee Rickards) 50.5

High Jump
1. Patrick Osborne (Boca Raton) 6' 2"
2. Dwight Gates (Pensacola Catholic) 6' 2"
3. David Tossie (Oviedo) 6' 0"
4. Jerrold Whitt (Bartow) 6' 0"
5. Danny Pierce (New Port Richey Gulf) 6' 0"
6. Bruce Dooley (Charlotte County) 6' 0"

180-Yard Hurdles
1. Isaac Bostic (Palatka South) 19.9
2. Barnard Hankerson (Tallahassee Rickards) 20.1
3. Michael Shelton (Tampa Blake) 20.4
4. Michael McCall (Ocala Forrest) 20.4
5. Loranzo Hargrett (Palatka Central) 20.4
6. Henry Lamb (Haines City) 20.5

One-Mile Relay
1. Boca Raton (Joseph Ramsey, Clarence Jones, Melton Waltons, Erskin Jackson) 3:20.7
2. Pensacola Catholic 3:22.6
3. Auburndale 3:22.9
4. Bartow 3:23.0
5. St Petersburg Bishop Barry 3:24.0
6. Pahokee 3:24.4


Class B Boys

One-Mile Relay
1. Eustis (Robbie Ball, Pearlie Moore, Ronal Williams, Gregg Ward) 3:28.2
2. Frostproof 3:30.1
3. Mount Dora 3:31.4
4. Tallahassee Florida High 3:32.0
5. Hawthorne 3:32.7
6. Avon Park 3:33.2

100-Yard Dash
1. John Davidson (St Cloud) 9.7 (ties 1963 record by Fred Ayer of Florida High)
2. Sam Brown (Newberry) 10.1
3. Larry Jackson (Clermont) 10.1
4. Charles Ryan (Daytona Beach Father Lopez) 10.1
5. Dan Smart (Chattahoochee) 10.2
6. Alonzo Jackson (Fort Meade) 10.2

Two-Mile Run
1. Earl Jonas (Union County) 10:19.3
2. Tommy Brewer (Gainesville P. K. Yonge) 10:21.1
3. Robert Blount (Clewiston) 10:21.2
4. Willard Smith (Clermont) 10:22.1
5. Bruce Wilkenson (Gainesville P. K. Yonge) 10:24.1
6. James Eakle (Miami Ransom) 10:26.6

Long Jump
1. Ken Edwards (Dunellon) 21' 11"
2. Nathan Fullwood (St Cloud) 21' 6-1/4"
3. James Fullwood (St Cloud) 21' 6"
4. John Prianti (Crescent City) 20' 6-1/2"
5. Ulysses Pearson (Hawthorne) 20' 3-1/4"
6. David Shingles (Fort Meade) 20' 3"

Discus
1. Marvin Carlton (Fort Meade) 154' 10"
2. Charles McKinney (Clermont) 148' 0"
3. John Nearl (Gainesville P. K. Yonge) 134' 4"
4. Francis Tenewitz (Tallahassee Florida High) 130' 0"
5. David Campbell (Union County) 129' 11"
6. Danny Pope (Mulberry) 129' 5"

Shot Put
1. Marvin Carlton (Fort Meade) 53' 1-1/4"
2. Dan Pope (Mulberry) 50' 4-3/4"
3. Steve Isaac (Tavares) 48' 9-1/4"
4. John Bruner (Chipley) 47' 5"
5. Randy Jones (Clermont) 46' 2-1/2"
6. Dave Campbell (Union County) 45' 7-1/4"

120-Yard High Hurdles
1. Mark Wilson (Frostproof) 14.6 (breaks old record of 14.8 by Leroy Maulden of Frostproof)
2. James Fullwood (St Cloud) 15.0
3. John Greene (Gainesville P. K. Yonge) 15.2
4. Jon Perry (Gainesville P. K. Yonge) 15.3
5. Marvin Fussell (South Sumter) 15.3
6. Don Berg (Ransom) 15.3
7. Ronald Crawford (St Thomas) 16.1

880-Yard Relay
1. St. Cloud (Daniel Holden, Nathan Fullwood, James Fullwood, John Davidson) 1:28.9 (breaks 1967 record of 1:30.0 by Tampa Catholic)
2. Fort Meade 1:30.1
3. Chattahoochee 1:30.6
4. Eustis 1:31.0
5. Hawthorne 1:31.3
6. Dunellon 1:31.8

Pole Vault
1. Don Berg (Ransom) 13' 6"
2. Jim Watts (Fort Meade) 13' 0"
3. Bruce Wilkinson (Gainesville P. K. Yonge) 12' 6"
4. Merl Akins (South Sumter) 11' 6"
5. Michael Stevenson (Frostproof) 11' 6"
6. Dan Gurney (Clermont) 11' 0"

Mile Run
1. Earl Jonas (Union County) 4:35.2
2. Tom Brewer (Gainesville P. K. Yonge) 4:36
3. Robert Blount (Clewiston) 4:37
4. Colan Coody (Union County) 4:37.4
5. Cliff Preston (Gainesville P. K. Yonge) 4:40.8
6. Michael McMullen (South Sumter) 4:41.7

High Jump
1. Don Berg (Miami Ransom) 6' 0"
2. Wilcox (Fort Myers Riverdale) 6' 0"
3. Kirk Jameson (South Sumter) 5' 10"
4. Dennis Allen (Crystal River) 5' 10"
5. David Jennings (Melbourne Central Catholic) 5' 10"
6. Steven Canfield (Wakulla County) 5' 10"

880-Yard Run
1. David Price (Tallahassee Florida High) 2:01.0
2. Derek Edwards (Williston) 2:01.0
3. Otis Ming (Fort Meade) 2:02.9
4. Brad Kimbrough (Gainesville P. K. Yonge) 2:04.2
5. Daryl Wooley (Melbourne Central Catholic) 2:07.6
6. Joe Franza (Avon Park) 2:07.7

Sprint Medley Relay
1. Dunellon (Anthony Bailey, Al Council, Donald Bostik, Kenny Edwards) 2:01.7
2. Fort Meade 2:02.5
3. Tavares 2:02.7
4. Melbourne Central Catholic 2:03.0
5. Hawthorne 2:03.9
6. Fort Lauderdale St Thomas 2:05.4

440-Yard Dash
1. David Jennings (Melbourne Central Catholic) 50.7
2. Robert Ball (Eustis) 51.0
3. Chuck McKinnie (Fort Myers Riverdale) 51.0
4. Levon Williams (Mulberry) 51.7
5. John Greene (Gainesville P. K. Yonge) 51.9
6. Robert Elwart (Tallahassee Florida High) 52.8

220-Yard Dash
1. John Davidson (St Cloud) 22.1 (ties record by Fred Ayer of Tallahassee Florida High)
2. Larry Jackson (Clermont) 22.5
3. Charles Ryan (Daytona Beach Father Lopez) 22.8
4. Sam Brown (Newberry) 23.0
5. Alonzo Jackson (Fort Meade) 23.2
6. Dan Smart (Chattahoochee) 23.4

180-Yard Low Hurdles
1. Jackie Gaines (Clermont) 20.8
2. Jon Perry (Gainesville P. K. Yonge) 21.2
3. Tony Gandy (Chipley) 21.3
4. Don Berg (Miami Ransom) 21.6
5. David Harp (Wildwood) 21.6
6. David Campbell (Union County) 22.1


Class C Boys

100-Yard Dash
1. Karl Brown (Graceville) 10.3
2. Danny Deas (Miami Florida Christian) 10.3
3. Robert Rouse (Wewahitchka) 10.4
4. Robert Ensslin (Berkley Prep) 10.5
5. Jon Walker (Fort Pierce Carroll) 10.6
6. Frank Vickers (Greenville) 10.6

Mile Run
1. Ernest Beckwith (Liberty County) 4:36.2
2. John Adair (Trinity Prep) 4:38.7
3. William Rowan (Greensboro) 4:39.6
4. Walter Washington (Pierson Taylor) 4:40.4
5. Ed Nelson (Chiefland) 4:43.5
6. John Williams (Greenville) 4:44.8

880-Yard Relay
1. Florida A&M (Ulysses Burgess, Eddie Davis, Willie Burgess, George Shuler) 1:31.7 (breaks 1970 record of 1:32.2 by Liberty County)
2. Liberty County 1:32.2
3. Umatilla 1:33.2
4. Groveland 1:34.0
5. Moore Haven 1:34.7
6. Greenville 1:36.5

Mile Relay
1. Liberty County (Billy Brinson, Monroe Peddie, Jimmy Brunson, Tony Anderson) 3:29.7 (breaks 1970 record of 3:30.0 by Florida School for the Deaf)
2. Umatilla 3:30.5
3. Chiefland 3:35.2
4. Greenville 3:40.3
5. Miami Westminster Christian 3:44.8
6. Wewahitchka 3:44.9

Pole Vault
1. Clinton Jacobs (Mount Dora Bible) 11' 9"
2. Gary Beach (Branford) 11' 6"
3. Ashley Loper (Pinecrest) 11' 6"
4. Kenny Steverson (Umatilla) 11' 6"
5. Larry Morris (Freeport) 11' 0"
6. Mike McGuire (Greenville) 11' 0"

Discus
1. Gary Beach (Branford) 151' 0" (breaks 1970 record of 145' 4" by Gary Beach of Branford)
2. Otis Evans (Groveland) 140' 2"
3. Anthony Anderson (Liberty County) 136' 4"
4. Joel Stroud (Chiefland) 130' 2"
5. Donald Bowen (Berkley Prep) 129' 10"
6. Roy Swilley (Pinecrest) 127' 0"

Long Jump
1. Robert Ensslin (Berkley) 21' 9" (breaks 1970 record of 21' 4" by William Moody of Greensboro)
2. William Moody (Greensboro) 21' 2-1/2"
3. Kenny Steverson (Umatilla) 21' 2-1/4"
4. Craig Young (Carrabelle) 21' 3/4"
5. Reginald Dunmore (Chiefland) 20' 5"
6. Wayne Reese (Morehaven) 20' 0"

120-Yard High Hurdles
1. James Terry (Umatilla) 15.2 (breaks 1970 record of 15.3 by William Lewis of Liberty County)
2. Kenny Steverson (Umatilla) 15.6
3. Lee Hatch (Branford) 16.0
4. Curtis Salter (Munson) 16.5
5. Thomas (Moore Haven) 16.7
6. Denver Butcher (Liberty County) 16.7

Shot Put
1. Gary Beach (Branford) 51' 7-1/4" (breaks 1967 record of 50' 1-1/4" by Johnny Samuels of Florida School for the Deaf)
2. Dennis Wheeler (Temple Heights) 49' 8-1/2"
3. Otis Evans (Groveland) 49' 4-1/2"
4. Ricky Halter (Bell) 48' 5-3/4"
5. Harold Rolls (Umatilla) 48' 3-1/2"
6. Roy Swilley (Pinecrest)

440-Yard Dash
1. Lorenzo Davis (Chiefland) 51.9
2. Richard Malcom (Florida School for the Deaf) 52.0
3. Richard Allen (Umatilla) 52.5
4. Sammy Stephens (Greenville) 52.5
5. Craig Young (Carrabelle) 52.5
6. Jimmie Brown (Liberty County) 52.7

180-Yard Low Hurdles
1. Kennie Steverson (Umatilla) 20.5 (breaks 1968 record of 20.9 by James Getzen of Newberry)
2. Clinton Jacobs (Mount Dora Bible) 21.1
3. Denver Butcher (Liberty County) 22.5
4. Tom Osterson (Miami Westminster Christian) 22.5
5. Jim Webb (Miami Westminster Christian) 23.3

220-Yard Dash
1. George Shuler (Florida A&M) 22.9
2. Danny Deas (Miami Florida Christian) 23.2
3. Robert Ensslin (Berkley) 23.6
4. Reginald Dunmore (Chiefland) 23.6
5. Craig Young (Carrabelle) 23.9
6. Raymond Guetiler (Fort Pierce Carroll) 24.2

Two-Mile Run
1. Ernest Beckwith (Liberty County) 10:15.8
2. Flash Berlot (Mount Dora Bible) 10:31.6
3. Jackie Barber (Liberty County) 10:32.1
4. Danny Cox (Umatilla) 10:42.9
5. Edward Nelson (Chiefland) 10:49.4
6. Mike Dulke (Key West Mary Immaculate) 11:21.9

Sprint Medley
1. Liberty County (Tony Anderson, Greg Solomon, Irvin Brunson, Don Stanley) 2:03.1 (breaks 1970 record of 2:04.5 by Clearwater Central Catholic)
2. Umatilla 2:03.6
3. Mount Dora Bible 2:06.2
4. Greensboro 2:07.3
5. Branford 2:08.1
6. Graceville 2:09.2

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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Review and Resolve

I try not to write about the blog itself, but traditionally every writer gets at least one "freebie" at the start of the year. You know, the "Year In Review" article. Or column. Or issue. I promise not to milk it too dry.

2009 was my first full calendar year of blogging Trouble Afoot! I always wanted the blog to be mainly about places to run, walk, and cycle--i.e., trails. It was a good year for trails in the Tallahassee area. A number of paved, multi-use trails were built--the Lake Elberta Park Trail, the Lake Henrietta Park Trail, the Martha Wellman Pond Trail, and the first two-mile stretch of the Georgia, Florida, and Alabama Rail Trail. Unfortunately, these aren't connected to a trail network, but maybe someday. The Capital Circle Southeast Trail was also extended to link up with the Tallahassee-St Marks Historic Rail Trail. Off the pavement, Leon County built the Apalachee Regional Park Trail, and work has started on St Marks River State Park. With all that happening, there was always plenty to write about. Maybe too much.

Thus my resolution.

Don't you hate New Year's resolutions? I do. But here's a simple one for Trouble Afoot! I'd like to clear my backlog. With all the great trails in Tallahassee and the places I've visited, I have quite a few trails that I've taken notes on, or taken picture of, but for which I just never quite finished writing a report. So by the end of 2010, I'd like to be done with all of those, including:
  • Mahan Drive Trail
  • Capital Circle Southeast Trail Extension
  • Goose Pond Trail
  • Bear Creek Trails
  • St George Island Bike Path
  • Moultrie Trail
  • Three ascents of Blood Mountain
  • Chiefland to Trenton on the Nature Coast Trail
  • Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail
  • Woody Gap
  • Land Bridge Loop
  • Overlook Loop
  • South Chickamauga Creek Greenway Trail
That would be a good start. And if I fail to keep the resolution, I won't even have to admit it until late December, when it will be too late to possibly finish all that writing. With any luck by then I'll have forgotten all about this and be on to wondering what to do in 2011.
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Saturday, January 9, 2010

Cox, Switzer winners at a chilly Bowlegs 5K

Stephen Cox ran a 17:21 5K around Tallahassee's Innovation Park, leading a field of 84 runners who braved race-time temperatures in the 20s to run the 26th annual Bowlegs 5K Run For Scholarship, the first Gulf Winds Track Club race of 2010. Matt Minno was the top master in the race, finishing seventh overall in 20:44. Top woman honors went to Lauren Switzer, ninth overall in 21:01, a former soccer player for the Florida State University Lady Seminoles. For the third time in the race's history, Fran McLean was the top master woman, finishing 21st overall in 22:52.

The initial charge away from the FAMU / FSU School of Engineering was led by Charles Kemeny, who led the early stages of the race. Cox was never far behind, however, and eventually caught Kemeny and won going away, ending the race with a lead of over 200 meters. There was less drama in the women's competition as Switzer led almost from start to finish, crossing the line about a quarter mile ahead of women's runner-up McLean.

At 84 finishers, the field was the smallest it had been in five years. It's possible that some runners were discouraged from coming by dire predictions of temperatures in the teens. Weather forecasts, though, always tend toward the apocalyptic, and the actual temperature during the race was 26 to 27 °F. This is indeed cold for north Florida, but it's all what you're used to. The women's winner, Lauren Switzer, is from St. Charles, Illinois--she probably thought it was an early spring.

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

6 January 2010 Tallahassee 100-Mile Race Calendar

This is the Tallahassee vicinity road-race schedule for 6 January 2010. 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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9 JANUARY 2010
  • Bowlegs 5K Run for Scholarship. 9:00am ET. FAMU / FSU College of Engineering, 2525 Pottsdamer Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-6046. USATF certified course #FL95008DL. Larry Giunipero, lgiunip@cob.fsu.edu or 850-878-5569, or Bill Hillison, bhillis@garnet.acns.fsu.edu or 850-893-4557.
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)
  • Relay Resolution 5K. 9:00am ET. Integration Statue, Florida State University, Woodward Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. fsurelayforlife.specialevents@gmail.com
23 JANUARY 2010
  • 5th Annual Special Olympics Leon County 5K. 9:00 am ET. Florida State University's Mike Long Track, Chieftain Way and Spirit Way, Tallahassee, Florida. USATF certified course #FL06015DL. Event web site. Online registration at active.com.
  • Moving in Memory of Marline 10K, 5K, and 1 Mile Fun Run. Marina Civic Center, 8 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, Florida 32401. Online registration at active.com.
30 JANUARY 2010
  • FSU First Responders 5K. 9:00am ET. Integration Statue, Florida State University, Woodward Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida. Entry form and flyer. DBulecza@admin.fsu.edu
  • Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Half-Marathon and 5K. 8:00am ET Half-Marathon / 8:20am ET 5K. Covella Pond/Boyett Park Marine Corps Logistics Base, 814 Radford Blvd. Albany, Georgia. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. danielsd@usmc-mccs.org or 229-639-5246.
  • 28th annual Hog Wild 15K and 5K. 2:00pm CT. The Depot Off Main, 120 Museum Avenue, Dothan, Alabama. Event web page. Larry Dykes, drcprez@yahoo.com or 334-792-6021.
6 FEBRUARY 2010
  • Buzzard Day "Road Kill Run" 10K / 5K. 8:45am ET. Reed Bingham State Park, 542 Reed Bingham Road, Adel, GA 31620. 229-896-3551.
  • Saint Teresa's School Nun Run 5K & One-Mile Fun Run. 8:30am ET. Saint Teresa's School, 417 Edgewood Lane, Albany, GA 31707. Saint Teresa's School web site. Online registration at active.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). Online registration at active.com. Tallahasseemarathon@gmail.com
13 FEBRUARY 2010
  • Run For The Cookies 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run. 8:30am one mile / 9:00am 5K. Tallahassee Community College Lifetime Sports Center. USATF certified 5K course FL08011EBM. Entry form and flyer. okonj@tcc.fl.edu or 850-894-2019.
  • 2nd annual Trade Love Run 5K & 10K. 8:00am ET. Willis Park, Bainbridge, Georgia. Larissa Carpenter, BainbridgeTradeLoveRun@gmail.com
  • St. Andrew's Mardi Gras 5K. 8:00am CT. Oaks Along The Bay Park, 10th Street and Beck Avenue, Panama City, Florida. Online registration at active.com.
  • Step Fitness Blue Grey 5K. 7:30am ET. Lake DeSoto, Lake City, Florida. Online registration at active.com.
20 FEBRUARY 2010
  • Flash 12 km / 6 km. 8:13am ET. J Lewis Hall, Sr. Park, 7575 Old Woodville Road, Woodville, FL 32310. USATF certified 12K course #FL05007DL. Entry form and flyer. Mark Priddy, MarkPriddy@msn.com or 850-668-4907.
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
13 MARCH 2010
  • Shamrock Scurry 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00am one mile / 8:30am 5K. Killearn United Methodist Church, 2800 Shamrock South, Tallahassee, Florida 32309. Connie Clark, rclarke54@comcast.net or 850-933-2429.
20 MARCH 2010
  • Caring Hands, Caring Heart 5K. 8:00 am CT. Middlebrook Park, Banfill Avenue, Bonifay, FL 32425. Event web page.
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.
3 APRIL 2010
  • Red Hills Triathlon (1/3-mile swim, 16-mile bike, 3.1-mile run). 7:30am ET. Maclay Gardens State Park, 3540 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32309. Event web site. Online registration at active.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.
24 APRIL 2010
  • 33rd 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). Event web site.
  • Education For Life 5K. 8:00am ET. Florida State University's Mike Long Track, Chieftain Way and Spirit Way, Tallahassee, Florida. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

30 December 2009 Tallahassee 100-Mile Race Calendar16 December 2009 Tallahassee 100-Mile Race Calendar

This is the Tallahassee vicinity road-race schedule for 30 December 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.

Map

1 JANUARY 2010
  • Valdosta New Year's Day 5K. 8:00am ET. Patterson Street in front of Get Active, 3200-C North Ashley St, Valdosta, GA 31602. Contact Get Active, 229-219-0010.
2 JANUARY 2010
  • Sixth annual Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K / 5K / 1-mile fun run. 9:00am ET. Earle May Boat Basin, 100 Boat Basin Circle, Bainbridge, Georgia. USATF certified 10K course #GA05001WC. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. oakcityus@gmail.com or Lance Wilson at lance.wilson096@cottonstates.com or (229) 400-5854.
9 JANUARY 2010
  • Bowlegs 5K Run for Scholarship. 9:00am ET. FAMU / FSU College of Engineering, 2525 Pottsdamer Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-6046. USATF certified course #FL95008DL. Larry Giunipero, lgiunip@cob.fsu.edu or 850-878-5569, or Bill Hillison, bhillis@garnet.acns.fsu.edu or 850-893-4557.
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)
  • Relay Resolution 5K. 9:00am ET. Integration Statue, Florida State University, Woodward Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. fsurelayforlife.specialevents@gmail.com
23 JANUARY 2010
  • 5th Annual Special Olympics Leon County 5K. 9:00 am ET. Florida State University's Mike Long Track, Chieftain Way and Spirit Way, Tallahassee, Florida. USATF certified course #FL06015DL. Event web site. Online registration at active.com.
  • Moving in Memory of Marline 10K, 5K, and 1 Mile Fun Run. Marina Civic Center, 8 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, Florida 32401. Online registration at active.com.
30 JANUARY 2010
  • FSU First Responders 5K. 9:00am ET. Integration Statue, Florida State University, Woodward Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida. Entry form and flyer. DBulecza@admin.fsu.edu
  • Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Half-Marathon and 5K. 8:00am ET Half-Marathon / 8:20am ET 5K. Covella Pond/Boyett Park Marine Corps Logistics Base, 814 Radford Blvd. Albany, Georgia. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. danielsd@usmc-mccs.org or 229-639-5246.
  • 28th annual Hog Wild 15K and 5K. 2:00pm CT. The Depot Off Main, 120 Museum Avenue, Dothan, Alabama. Event web page. Larry Dykes, drcprez@yahoo.com or 334-792-6021.
6 FEBRUARY 2010
  • Buzzard Day "Road Kill Run" 10K / 5K. 8:45am ET. Reed Bingham State Park, 542 Reed Bingham Road, Adel, GA 31620. 229-896-3551.
  • Saint Teresa's School Nun Run 5K & One-Mile Fun Run. 8:30am ET. Saint Teresa's School, 417 Edgewood Lane, Albany, GA 31707. Saint Teresa's School web site. Online registration at active.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). Online registration at active.com. Tallahasseemarathon@gmail.com
13 FEBRUARY 2010
  • Run For The Cookies 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run. 8:30am one mile / 9:00am 5K. Tallahassee Community College Lifetime Sports Center. USATF certified 5K course FL08011EBM. Entry form and flyer. okonj@tcc.fl.edu or 850-894-2019.
  • 2nd annual Trade Love Run 5K & 10K. 8:00am ET. Willis Park, Bainbridge, Georgia. Larissa Carpenter, BainbridgeTradeLoveRun@gmail.com
  • St. Andrew's Mardi Gras 5K. 8:00am CT. Oaks Along The Bay Park, 10th Street and Beck Avenue, Panama City, Florida. Online registration at active.com.
  • Step Fitness Blue Grey 5K. 7:30am ET. Lake DeSoto, Lake City, Florida. Online registration at active.com.
20 FEBRUARY 2010
  • Flash 12 km / 6 km. 8:13am ET. J Lewis Hall, Sr. Park, 7575 Old Woodville Road, Woodville, FL 32310. USATF certified 12K course #FL05007DL. Entry form and flyer. Mark Priddy, MarkPriddy@msn.com or 850-668-4907.
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
13 MARCH 2010
  • Shamrock Scurry 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00am one mile / 8:30am 5K. Killearn United Methodist Church, 2800 Shamrock South, Tallahassee, Florida 32309. Connie Clark, rclarke54@comcast.net or 850-933-2429.
20 MARCH 2010
  • Caring Hands, Caring Heart 5K. 8:00 am CT. Middlebrook Park, Banfill Avenue, Bonifay, FL 32425. Event web page.
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.
3 APRIL 2010
  • Red Hills Triathlon (1/3-mile swim, 16-mile bike, 3.1-mile run). 7:30am ET. Maclay Gardens State Park, 3540 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32309. Event web site. Online registration at active.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.
24 APRIL 2010
  • 33rd 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). Event web site.
  • Education For Life 5K. 8:00am ET. Florida State University's Mike Long Track, Chieftain Way and Spirit Way, Tallahassee, Florida. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
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Monday, December 28, 2009

Centerville Trail, Tallahassee, Florida

The Centerville Trail is a paved, ten-foot wide, 1.72-mile long multi-use trail in the northeast of Leon County. Also called the Centerville Conservation Trail, the Pisgah Church Pedway, and the Centerville Pedway, the trail runs along the north side of Pisgah Church Road and the west side of Centerville Road, hugging the border of the Centerville Conservation Community. The trail's pavement is a coarse, permeable blacktop, covered in many places with leaves or pine needles as it meanders underneath huge live oaks.

Here's an end-to-end description of the Centerville Trail, starting from the west.

The west end of the trail is along Pisgah Church Road, less than a tenth of a mile from the intersection with Bradfordville Road. Residents of the Baker Place subdivision can access the trail using a footpath leading about 100 yards from a greenspace along Grenville Road. The rest of us are out of luck; Baker Place has their path marked by a friendly sign reading "PRIVATE PROPERTY--Baker Place Homeowners Association."

Heading east, Pisgah Church Road is close at hand on the right, while a longleaf pine and wiregrass environment is on the left. This is designated on maps of the Centerville Conservation Community as a gopher tortoise preserve. At 0.30 miles the trail crosses Wiregrass Way and the longleaf pines give way to live oaks and rail fences. This is horse land; occasional signs ask that you "Please avoid contact with the horses." East of Wiregrass Way the trail crosses two small wooden bridges across seasonal streams (drainage ditches to anyone who doesn't write poetry or real estate ad copy). At 0.70 miles there is a small parking area to the right of the trail, only large enough for two or three cars. This is the closest to a trailhead that the Centerville Trail has.

The trail reaches the intersection of Pisgah Church Road and Centerville Road at 0.86 miles, and makes a sharp left turn to follow Centerville Road. On the left there is a view of a holding pond inside the horse fence. The trail starts a respectable climb here; this is not a pancake-flat rail trail. Centerville Road is busier than Pisgah Church Road, so you can usually hear traffic noise. On the other hand, the trail is often far enough away from Centerville Road that the traffic doesn't intrude on your eyes even if it trespasses on your ears.

At 1.12 miles the trail crosses Conservation Drive. A plaque here reads:

Centerville Conservation
TRAIL
____________________

This trail is dedicated to the citizens of Leon County
by Conservation Community Group as scenic byway
for the everlasting enjoyment of our canopy roads.
____________________

July 2007

The Centervillle Conservation Community is a lot more hospitable than Baker Place.

On the other hand, Centerville Conservation Community maintains about seven miles of trails for the sole use of its residents. You can see one of these blue-blazed trails intersecting the Centerville Trail on the left at 1.38 miles and another at 1.42 miles. These flank a swamp that has been set aside for snakes and birds. At 1.63 miles the trail crosses Lick Skillet Drive, a short dead-end road that is home to four vacant lots. Shortly after crossing Lick Skillet is the east end of the Centerville Trail, 1.72 miles from the west end. Beyond the trail's end is City of Tallahassee / Leon County Fire Station Number 11. If you have a moment, stop and admire their memorial garden.

The Centerville Trail passes some rich wildlife habitats. You'd have to be totally oblivious not to spot a dozen species of birds along the way. Quail and red-headed woodpeckers seem especially abundant. Fox squirrels roam the live oak woods. There are only three road crossings, all Centerville Conservation Community roads, which will never see much traffic even when the development fills up.


Other than the few parking spots along Pisgah Church Road a couple of tenths of a mile from Centerville Road, there isn't any place for visitors to access the Centerville Trail. But at only 1.72 miles long, the trail may be too short to attract many visitors. It's a good trail for local users, though, and you can spot more than a few people walking it. I've never seen horses on the trail, but frequent patches of manure testify to their passage. And the Centerville Road Trail is not far away. Each of the two trails is less than two miles long, but if they could be connected then northeast Tallahassee would have a respectable multi-use trail--albeit a respectable multi-use trail in need of a trailhead.

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Saturday, December 26, 2009

The Ben Johnson Detective Agency

If you're an old enough track fan, you'll remember Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson. Back in the 1980s, Johnson had established himself as the fastest ever in the 100m dash. He won Olympic gold in the event at the 1988 (Seoul) Olympic Games, beating Carl Lewis. But when the report on Johnson's post-race urine sample came back from the lab, it showed that Johnson had tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol. Johnson was stripped of his medal. The disqualified sprinter howled that the positive test must have been the result of a spiked drink he was handed after the race, but his protests went unheeded.

Now, over twenty years later, Johnson claims to have proof that he was indeed the victim of a stanozolol-laced drink. You'll have to wait to see this "proof," though. It's set to appear in Johnson's upcoming autobiography, coming to A Bookseller Near You in February. Hopefully his book will sell many, many copies, so that Johnson can turn his Sherlockian talents to other longstanding mysteries. I expect that in the next few years Ben Johnson will discover:
  • The identity of the true killer of Nicole Brown Simpson.
  • How NASA faked the moon landings.
  • The origin and location of the alien corpses found near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.
  • Adolph Hitler's hideout in Argentina.
  • Proof that Dr. Frederick Cook was the first to reach the North Pole.
Not to mention the embarrassment that Johnson could have saved the Bush administration if only he had been turned loose in Iraq to search for the Weapons of Mass Destruction. The greatest mystery to me is why this super-sleuth was ever wasting his time in athletics.

Seriously, Johnson's story about a spiked drink leading to his disqualification seemed pathetic at the time, and it's just sad that he's still clinging to it over twenty years later. Mike Hurst has reported the story in the Sydney (Australia) Daily Telegraph, and it's clear from what Hurst has written that Johnson's version of events is no more believable in the 21st century than it was in the 20th. No matter how many "confessions" Johnson produces from "conspirators," it is still metabolically impossible that for a spiked drink to have produced the specific positive test that led to disqualification. Johnson himself no longer claims to be clean, or to have never used stanozolol, he just says that he wasn't using it that day.

I'm a big fan of athletics books, especially biography, but I'll probably give this one a pass.

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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Big Bend Runners make All-Florida Team

FLRunners.com named it's All-Florida high school cross-country teams Wednesday, and, not surprisingly, the Tallahassee area was well represented.

On the boys' squad, Leon High School's Matt Mizereck made first team and was named Runner of the Year. Maclay School's Patrick Swain made second team All-Florida. At the state championships in November, Mizereck won his third straight FHSAA-3A title, and Swain won the FHSAA-1A title for the second year in a row.

For the girls, Jana Stolting of Maclay was named to the All-Florida first team. Maclay freshman Stefanie Kurgatt, Chiles High School sophomore Carly Thomas, and Chiles sophomore Lily Williams earned second team All-Florida honors. Thomas was the 2009 FHSAA-3A champion, finishing half a second ahead of her teammate Williams.

The rosters of the FLRunners.com 2009 All-Florida high school cross-country teams are posted at:


Tuesday the Florida Dairy Farmers named Thomas and Williams's coach, Scott Gowan, as the 2009 girls' high school cross-country coach of the year. Gowan led the Chiles girls to their second straight FHSAA-3A team championship this year.

So when you're running the Lake Overstreet Trail, and some young kids flash by you so fast you feel like you're standing still, don't feel bad. You're being dusted by some of the best prep runners in the state of Florida.
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

23 December 2009 Tallahassee 100-Mile Race Calendar16 December 2009 Tallahassee 100-Mile Race Calendar

This is the Tallahassee vicinity road-race schedule for 23 December 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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26 DECEMBER 2009
  • Last Gasp 5K Trail Run. 9:00 am CT. Westgate Park, 801 Recreation Road, Dothan, AL 36303. Event web page. Larry Dykes 334-792-6021
1 JANUARY 2010
  • Valdosta New Year's Day 5K. 8:00am ET. Patterson Street in front of Get Active, 3200-C North Ashley St, Valdosta, GA 31602. Contact Get Active, 229-219-0010.
2 JANUARY 2010
  • Sixth annual Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K / 5K / 1-mile fun run. 9:00am ET. Earle May Boat Basin, 100 Boat Basin Circle, Bainbridge, Georgia. USATF certified 10K course #GA05001WC. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. oakcityus@gmail.com or Lance Wilson at lance.wilson096@cottonstates.com or (229) 400-5854.
9 JANUARY 2010
  • Bowlegs 5K Run for Scholarship. 9:00am ET. FAMU / FSU College of Engineering, 2525 Pottsdamer Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-6046. USATF certified course #FL95008DL. Larry Giunipero, lgiunip@cob.fsu.edu or 850-878-5569, or Bill Hillison, bhillis@garnet.acns.fsu.edu or 850-893-4557.
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)
  • Relay Resolution 5K. 9:00am ET. Integration Statue, Florida State University, Woodward Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. fsurelayforlife.specialevents@gmail.com
23 JANUARY 2010
  • 5th Annual Special Olympics Leon County 5K. 9:00 am ET. Florida State University's Mike Long Track, Chieftain Way and Spirit Way, Tallahassee, Florida. USATF certified course #FL06015DL. Event web site. Online registration at active.com.
  • Moving in Memory of Marline 10K, 5K, and 1 Mile Fun Run. Marina Civic Center, 8 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, Florida 32401. Online registration at active.com.
30 JANUARY 2010
  • FSU First Responders 5K. 9:00am ET. Integration Statue, Florida State University, Woodward Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida. Entry form and flyer. DBulecza@admin.fsu.edu
  • Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Half-Marathon and 5K. 8:00am ET Half-Marathon / 8:20am ET 5K. Covella Pond/Boyett Park Marine Corps Logistics Base, 814 Radford Blvd. Albany, Georgia. Event web site. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com. danielsd@usmc-mccs.org or 229-639-5246.
  • 28th annual Hog Wild 15K and 5K. 2:00pm CT. The Depot Off Main, 120 Museum Avenue, Dothan, Alabama. Event web page. Larry Dykes, drcprez@yahoo.com or 334-792-6021.
6 FEBRUARY 2010
  • Buzzard Day "Road Kill Run" 10K / 5K. 8:45am ET. Reed Bingham State Park, 542 Reed Bingham Road, Adel, GA 31620. 229-896-3551.
  • Saint Teresa's School Nun Run 5K & One-Mile Fun Run. 8:30am ET. Saint Teresa's School, 417 Edgewood Lane, Albany, GA 31707. Saint Teresa's School web site. Online registration at active.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). Online registration at active.com. Tallahasseemarathon@gmail.com
13 FEBRUARY 2010
  • Run For The Cookies 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run. 8:30am one mile / 9:00am 5K. Tallahassee Community College Lifetime Sports Center. USATF certified 5K course FL08011EBM. Entry form and flyer. okonj@tcc.fl.edu or 850-894-2019.
  • 2nd annual Trade Love Run 5K & 10K. 8:00am ET. Willis Park, Bainbridge, Georgia. Larissa Carpenter, BainbridgeTradeLoveRun@gmail.com
  • St. Andrew's Mardi Gras 5K. 8:00am CT. Oaks Along The Bay Park, 10th Street and Beck Avenue, Panama City, Florida. Online registration at active.com.
  • Step Fitness Blue Grey 5K. 7:30am ET. Lake DeSoto, Lake City, Florida. Online registration at active.com.
20 FEBRUARY 2010
  • Flash 12 km / 6 km. 8:13am ET. J Lewis Hall, Sr. Park, 7575 Old Woodville Road, Woodville, FL 32310. USATF certified 12K course #FL05007DL. Entry form and flyer. Mark Priddy, MarkPriddy@msn.com or 850-668-4907.
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
13 MARCH 2010
  • Shamrock Scurry 5K and one-mile fun run. 8:00am one mile / 8:30am 5K. Killearn United Methodist Church, 2800 Shamrock South, Tallahassee, Florida 32309. Connie Clark, rclarke54@comcast.net or 850-933-2429.
20 MARCH 2010
  • Caring Hands, Caring Heart 5K. 8:00 am CT. Middlebrook Park, Banfill Avenue, Bonifay, FL 32425. Event web page.
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.
3 APRIL 2010
  • Red Hills Triathlon (1/3-mile swim, 16-mile bike, 3.1-mile run). 7:30am ET. Maclay Gardens State Park, 3540 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32309. Event web site. Online registration at active.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.
24 APRIL 2010
  • 33rd 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). Event web site.
  • Education For Life 5K. 8:00am ET. Florida State University's Mike Long Track, Chieftain Way and Spirit Way, Tallahassee, Florida. Entry form and flyer. Online registration at active.com.
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