2017 Features Archives Index
Good day for St. Marks 5K
Joe Dexter Good weather, great course, gold railroad spikes and a striking lime green t-shirt, what more could you ask for? OK, maybe a PR. Thanks to the following people who helped make the Rails to Trails 5K race possible March 18: Judy Alexander, Joe...
Gate River Run results
( Email any omissions.) PlaceNameTime42Brian Fleischmann49:5455Aaron Scheer51:5285Tim Unger54:22101Paul Hoover55:25139Kim Winn57:52142Gruth Grumme57:57152Reid Vannoy58:24157Walt Spangler58:40212Brian Corbin1:00:58222Jerry Ongley1:00:58297Mike...
Winn tops women at Cookie Run
David Yon Three hundred and forty two runners found the meaning of true happiness on Saturday, Feb. 26, at Tallahassee Community College - Running for Girl Scout cookies! Some of them even got to chase Grand Prix points, as this was the third GWTC Grand...
Deckert celebrates birthday in a Flash
Margarete Deckert celebrated her 67th birthday by driving through the fog to win her age group at the Flash 12K Feb. 19 with a time of 72:28. All right, so she did not have any age group competition, but that is still a very good time. Sarah...
Woman wins GP race AGAIN!
John Kalin Once again, the year 2000 continues with the overall winner in a GWTC Grand Prix Race being FEMALE. The winner in question, Ann Von Schuppen, hails from The Netherlands, training out of Gainesville, won the GWTC 30K in 1:53:04 Feb. 5, 2000.She...
Rattlesnake Roundup Run/Walk benefits scouts
The first annual Rattlesnake Roundup 5k Run and Scout Stroll got off to a cold start Feb. 1 with freezing temperatures but no rain as had been forecast. Fifty participants arrived to take part in this benefit for Boy Scout Troop 383. Twenty paid entrants,...
Members go hog wild in Dothan
Lisa Dapko and Tim Unger Many GWTC members turned out for the Hog Wild Five Miler in Dothan Jan. 29 to represent our club by taking home overall and age group awards.Janice Hochstein won an overall award for being the second female to cross the line by...
Tallahassee Marathon Trio: An event to remember
Fred Deckert It was an event to remember!The Tallahassee Marathon/Half Marathon and 2M treated us to a trio of brand new courses in Northeast Tallahassee. Comments heard on the course and after: "I knew the race honored a deceased member, Craig Hasty, did...
Relax and Be Patient: WDW 26.2
David Thompson, It's marathon #9 for me, "the first marathon of the new millennium" as the saying would go I suppose. Training has been solo this year, in near perfect weather of temperatures in the 50's and 60's. I've not run in heat for three months! The...
Breeda beats ’em all in Bridge Run
The 2000 Grand Prix got off to fast start Jan. 2 as Breeda Dennehey-Willis debunked the myths about women being the slower gender by beating the rest of the field, including all of the men, by over a minute. Breeda’s first place time of 34:31 bested men’s...
This, Bud, is for you!
The Wild Mountain Scramble, off Aenon Church Road, has been a low key end of the year get together that is a very unique race among friends. It is a five mile race that has lots of different rules, the most important one being that as long as no one...