2017 Features Archives Index

By David Yon The rain gods did not answer the runners' or race directors' prayers and Saturday evening was a beautiful, warm summer night for the 2004 Pot Luck Bash. The result was a record turnout for the Bash (136 finishers), which has slowly grown over...

By David Yon   Andrew Wills certainly has the blood lines and the history to be among the top runners in the area. Saturday, May 22, 2004, he stepped into the winner's circle for the first time in a long time at the Miles for Meals 5K at Maclay...

at Annual Awards ceremony Deckerts named to Hall of Fame   By Martha Haynes   For the first time in the history of GWTC, a couple was named to the Hall of Fame -- Fred and Margarete Deckert. The award, announced by former president Charlie Yates...

Rave RunMcGuire, Clark take top honors at Navarre By Lisa UngerNavarre Beach, FL Even though it was freezing cold and the wind felt like it was nearly gale force, GWTC was well represented with many members racing among the 1300 folks entered in the...

By David Yon   First, a little explanation about Junior Championship Competition is probably in order. Today's Junior Champions are tomorrow's Olympians and World Cross Country Championship participants. To compete in this year's Junior Championships...

Team registration for the Azalea Trail 10k has closed. GWTC will be sending a Men's team to compete in Mobile this year, but there were not enough women entered to complete a team.The next GWTC Team Racing event for 2004 will be the Fiesta 10k in Pensacola...

By Myrna Hoover   Today's student athlete faces many challenges on and off the field. Maintaining an appropriate balance between academics and athletics, reaching his or her athletic potential, meeting academic requirements, maintaining a well-rounded...

By David Yon It is hard to imagine a more perfect morning for the 880 Springtime finishers, 694 for the 10K and 186 for the one mile. The total was more than 100 runners above last year's turnout and the clear cool morning under classic deep blue skies...

By Julie Clark  There were 78 total participants in the Springtime Training Group. There were 65 actual participants and 13 Group leaders. 53 members of the group ran and completed the Springtime 10K. A relatively new runner, Simon-Serge Sablin captured...

By Connie Clarke   Although three weeks have passed since the Tallahassee Marathon and the soreness has subsided, I felt there was more to tell. First, I want to thank the Griffins again on a great job with this inaugural course and a race well done....

Mercury Morris Today my legs had wings. Not when the alarm went off at 5:30 a.m. and filled my foggy head with screeching sounds announcing the day had begun.Today my legs had wings. Not when my body slipped from the entrapping warmth and comfort of three...

By Lisa Unger  The Grand Prix committee will soon begin to develop the 2005 Grand Prix Schedule. Gulf Winds Track Club takes great pride in its Grand Prix series and therefore will require all races on the schedule to be of the highest quality possible. In...

By David Yon I have always been a fan of the Olympics (at least track and field) and somewhere along the way Track and Field News became my favorite magazine, which of course means I developed a love for the sport of track & field that went far beyond...

By Jack McDermott The children of Boston, do often hearOf the midnight ride, of the great Paul RevereYet twenty-six miles, was easy of courseAs that loyal son, was riding a horse!But do you all know, a poor guy named Jack?Who ran the marathon; and never...

Andy Roberts is the winner of the September Fleet Foot Legs/Faces contest, according to FF editor Fred Deckert.The correct answers were as follows:1 Andrew Wills2 Chris Williams3 Judy Alexander4 Stephanie Liles5 Tom Perkins6 Dana Stetson7 Sarah Williams8...

To Mr. Perkins and every member of the Gulf Winds Track Club: As most of you know, in a few days I will be leaving Tallahassee behind to begin my college education at Dartmouth College. My mom recently inquired what I would miss most about this town that I...

By Mary Jean Yon It might be one of the saddest runs I've ever done. It was a post Hurricane Ivan run...one of many since the storm hit Pensacola that served as my own personal way of conducting damage assessments in the area where I work and live during...

By David Yon All the hurricane threats of 2004 triggered a hazy memory of some good writing from 1985. On November 22, 1985 Hurricane Kate made landfall on the gulf coast as a category two hurricane causing $300 million in damages. (Source:...

The Grand Prix Committee is seeking nominations for 2004 Annual Awards recipients. Please send your nominations for any of the categories to a Committee member for consideration. The Committee members are: Lisa Unger, David Yon, Jeanne O'Kon, Paul Ahnberg,...

Gulf Winds needs your nominations for the slate of 2005 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.