Chattanooga 100 Miler and 10,000 feet of Climbing D Yon 04-2020
Compared to the marathon, relatively few individuals start and finish a race of 100 miles or more. Obviously, the distance is far greater than the marathon (26.219 miles) but that is only part of it. Most often, it means running through the night without sleep. Little...
A Long Race Running from the Virus D Yon 04-2020
March 7, 2020, was the last weekend of racing in Tallahassee. I ran the Shamrock Scurry 5K that weekend. Two weeks later, Rachel and Zack Scharlepp, directors of the Springtime Tallahassee races, were told there would be no race on March 28. Only a few days after that...
Running Streak Interrupted DY Democrat 04-01-20
It is as simple as this – a runner must run, and so too a coach must coach. We just never anticipated something like COVID-19 lurking in the shadows ready to poison anyone who gets too close. For the runner who wants to get faster, there are weekly intervals at...
O’Kelley and Allen Win at the Flash H. Wills Feb 2020
Just in case you were wracking your brain, trying to remember whathappened at the Flash: "Chris O'Kelley and Jamila Allen dazzle the competition at the Flash 12K"https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2020/02/flash-2020.html And here are some photos of the 12K as well as...
Trevor Sununu and Erika Huerta Win Shamrock Scurry H Wills 2020
Up in Killearn Estates, the Shamrock Scurry has been around since1981. That's long enough for some fast runners to have recorded somefast times over the years--Jeff Wentworth's 14:35 in 1985, and SineadEvans 16:44 in 2004. The latest chapter in the Scurry's saga,...
Buck Lake Trail Run Herb Wills 02-2020
Currently there are two annual 5K races at the JR Alford Greenway, theBobcat 5K and the Bluebird 5K. Both cross-country events are contestedon the same course, but being six months apart, they are nearly asdifferent as cats and birds. The Bobcat 5K, run in late...
President’s Column – May 2023
The 10-year anniversary of the bombings at the Boston marathon brought back quite a few memories for me last month. We were there with several friends from Tallahassee and stayed at the host hotel quite close to the finish line. Unusual for me, I do not recall...
Palace Saloon 5K
April 12, 2025
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