2017 Features Archives Index

By Bill McGuire Tropical Storm Alberto may have dumped some rain on the June 12th Torch Lighting Ceremony for the 2006 National Champion Seminole Track and Field Men’s Team, but it could do nothing to dampen the spirits of the crowd assembled at FSU’s...

Summer Mornings Include Running Fitness (SMIRF) Running fitness for cross-country, track, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, and tennis. Conditioning includes runs at various paces and distances, strength training, form drills, and games. For all ages, but...

By David Yon   Each year GWTC elects a new board to oversee the club. I suspect to many GWTC members the process is a bit of a mystery. Like most organizations it usually takes a bit of work to find a slate of candidates that is willing to run. And...

The GWTC Board approved an update to the Grand Prix guidelines at its January Board meeting. These changes conform the policies to current practices recognizing that the GP committee often presents awards more than three deep, setting the number of races...

By David Yon Those who rush forward with such haste that they leave no time to recognize past good deeds and friends do so at peril of losing touch with their own soul.The pace of today's world keeps us all so focused on the next project that it is often...

By David YonI go for a run here,In hopes that my feet will find,The place where mind and soulCan sit, chat and share a cup of coffeeWhere sometimes friends drop inTo share in the sweat and toil.Some places are that special.Old Centerville RoadThe photo...

A Conversation with the Coach of the Year: Bob Braman, FSU Track and Field and Cross Country Coach By David Yon Well, he has been the ACC Men's Outdoor Coach of the Year, Men's ACC Indoor Coach of the Year, Indoor South Region Men's Cross Country Coach of...

By Bill Tharpe About ten years ago I casually remarked to a former track coach that it would be really great if there were track meets for older competitors. He agreed, but little did either of us know at that time that there were, indeed, such...

Directions to the 2006 Owl Run At the present time, there is a tremendous amount of construction on and around the Everhart campus. Mission Rd. is completely torn up in front of the school. Due to on-campus construction, there is Absolutely NO room to park...

Gary Griffin Running, it has been said, is like putting money in the bank. If you don't put in the training miles, there's not going to be anything to withdraw on race day. I banked a lot of miles this summer - perhaps too many, I was thinking, but I also...

Directions from downtown Tallahassee to Pine Run and Southland Forest/International Paper: Take the US-90 west to QuincyTurn right in middle of Quincy at N Adams St.You should be on SR-267Continue on SR-267 to state lineAt the state line the road becomes...

Gulf Winds needs your nominations for the slate of 2007 officers. Please send any nominations in to Bill McGuire, bmcguire31@comcast.net, who heads the nomination committee. Please spread the news to all members you know.

By David Yon Ok, so hurricanes brought the demise of Posey’s, but the Run to Posey’s lives on. I am happy to report that Riverside Café will be open Christmas Eve morning and, hopefully, ready for a large group of sweaty runners. So for anyone who wants to...

The Turkey Trot can use lots of volunteers! Email david@radeylaw.com if you want to be part of the 2006 Turkey Trot, but don’t want to run.

By David Yon "What we have here, is organized chaos," spoke Ray Hanlon. And then - there was this year's madness. I don't know if Ray called it "organized" or not. Four different races with runners heading in four different directions would be enough to...

By David Yon It could almost be said that the 10 Mile Challenge has gone home. Well, not quite. But this race did begin as a 20K that started at Silver Lake. After several years "in the forest" it moved to Killearn Estates and then in 1984 to Killearn...

The Meals on Wheels 5K is a Grand Prix event that is being moved from the last weekend in April to May 6th at 8:00. The move is to avoid a conflict with the Rose City 10K which is scheduled for April 29 and also starts at 8:00 a.m.

The GWTC Relay for Life team, which is raising funds for the American Cancer Society, has rescheduled the rained-out car wash for Saturday, April 29, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Bring your vehicle to 856 N. Forest Drive for a wash/dry. 100% of the proceeds will...

By Herb Wills Lee Willis, A Florida State University doctoral candidate in history, will defend his title at the 32nd annual Palace Saloon 5K on April 15. Willis won the 2005 race in 16:06, the fastest 5K road time in Tallahassee last year.In the women's...

By David Yon The lines snaked all the way back to edge of the Dupree Street and then twisted around to the north in a manner that would have made Disney proud. It reminded me of a couple Thanksgiving Day Races I have been a part of. An explosion occurs and...