Volunteers Needed for Beginning Running Group
The 2021 Beginning Running Group will kick off on September 22nd starting at 6pm at the FSU Mike Long Track. Please consider volunteering to help new runners get started! We will have multiple groups and need people to help lead or sweep them. The groups will start...
Grand Prix is Back
We, the Grand Prix committee, are excited to bring you an abbreviated 2021 Grand Prix schedule that will consist entirely of Gulf Winds races. There will be a variety of distances and terrains. In the coming months, we will be accepting applications for both the...
I wish I was there
I would much prefer to be there instead of watching from my couch. The USA Olympic track and field trials and the Olympic track and field games are among my favorite places to be – no matter where they are. COVID – 19 doesn’t care what I think. But we are way ahead of...
Stan Linton Takes Another Step Forward in Portland
One of the hallmarks of the Tallahassee running community and Gulf Winds Track Club it that it is like a big family. After more than a year of few races and very little activity, derisiveness made its way to the front too often. But families pull together. In addition...
COVID 19 closes Eglin AFB to runners for another year…
I feel powerless from the belief that I may never again get to enjoy the Eglin AFB Gate to Gate 4.4 Mile run and post-race party that for years have commemorated Memorial Day, our national holiday of remembrance… The COVID Pandemic has disrupted the annual road race...
A Tribute to Mike Boll
Jerry McDaniel pays tribute to Mike Boll, runner, cyclist and friend.
President’s Column – June/July 2023
I work at REI. Retail is a new thing for me, but it often feels more like an extension of the cheerleader in me than anything else. I spend a lot of time telling people they really are an outdoorsy person or they really are a runner. Why do we think we have to reach...
The purpose of this club shall be to encourage health and fitness, especially through participation in jogging and running, whether for competition, physical fitness, or pleasure; to stimulate the exchange of information about health, fitness and running and to disseminate such information; and to encourage individuals to pursue opportunities to participate and compete in races and other fitness activities and to provide organized events in which interested individuals may participate.