Melon Run 3 miles, July 4, 2000
Another small local race but this time in Gainesville. It is not a fast course because there are two significant hills and the temperature is always high this time of year in Florida. I did the very same race on the exact same course last year. It was my second 5K race at the time and I finished it in 22:52 - that gave me a second place in my age group.
This year I was sure I could finish in less than 21 minutes because I have trained pretty hard. But this year this was not an 'A' race. I am now training for a marathon in Washington DC held on October, 22nd. So this 3 mile race was only a speed workout. I did not taper for it at all like I did last year.
I warmed up by following the course for 2 miles, then drank a bit and went to the bathroom. Then ran another mile, planning how I would manage my effort. I got to the starting line just 5 minutes before the start, which was perfect because I would still be warm by the time the signal was given.
I said good luck to Nanci who preferred to start in the rear of the pack of about 100 runners. Same to Dan, my swimming coach in Gainesville before I moved to Tallahassee.
The race started just 2-3 minutes late.
The first quarter of a mile was uphill. I held back a little and then accelerated
on top of the hill. It was all downhill to the first mile marker that I
reached in 6:39. I felt pretty good and was impressed by my time. My second
mile lasted 6:47 though. I knew there was a big hill coming up and did
not want to crash. With hindsight maybe I should have pushed the second
mile a bit more though. The third mile was a real survival struggle but
my competitive mind took care of the pain and I did my fastest mile in
6:37!
So, I actually finished in 20:03, which
was way better than I expected. I gave it all I could but wished I could
have broken 20 minutes of course. Next time...
After 2 Gatorades I run back along the course until I met Nanci and finsihed the race with her. She did it in 33 minutes, quite an improvement over last year (her first race) when she did 45 minutes I think.
Lake Jackson is located about one mile from my house. I jog around it from time to time. It is mostly sandy so it gives my legs a nice change. Most of the lake disappeared into a sink hole that formed a few months ago. So the course that we were running was submerged in 6-7 feet of water less than a year ago.
I expected a slow time because running on sand is much slower than running on a hard surface. Fortunately it rained just before the race so the sand was hardened somewhat and you could also run on patches of grass on the side of the path.
My mile splits were 7:08, 7:09 and 7:08. All the time I was thinking that my next mile would be faster but I would end up running the same split! I finished in 22:03 quite exhausted. That gave me an overall position of 44th out of 283 finishers (7th in my age group). After a few drinks, a bagel and a banana I jogged back home to cool down. I was a fun way to do speed work for my marathon training.
My last 5K race was actually a 3 mile course that I run in Gainesville on 7/30/00 in 21:50 (on asphalt). Today I did the same distance in 21:25 on sand with no tapering. So there is some improvement there. I will do another 3 miler soon on asphalt to check how much difference sand makes.
Below are the results:
Place First Last Time Age Sex 1 Gary Droze 16:40 39 M 2 Pat Marshall 17:10 23 M 3 Ryan Deak 17:38 14 M 4 Tim Unger 17:53 40 M 5 Anna Pichrtova 18:43 27 F 6 Jay Silvanima 18:45 40 M 7 Dan Dombrowski 18:48 8 Bill Hillison 18:56 55 M 9 Sarah Docter-Williams 19:17 36 F 10 Bruce Moore 19:29 42 M 11 Rich Bray 19:31 34 M 12 Kiff Mendoza 19:50 40 M 13 Chris Caleen 20:04 20 M 14 Joe Donoghoe 20:14 53 M 15 Mike Carney 20:13 37 M 16 Thomas Carney 20:15 41 M 17 Mike Jaynes 20:17 32 M 18 Gary Cato 20:19 19 Larry Menglekoch 20:29 47 M 20 Dusty Mertz 20:33 18 M 21 Gary Kenney 20:33 49 M 22 Eric Jaudzimas 20:37 20 M 23 Chuck Davis 20:40 39 M 24 Richard Stephens 20:41 33 M 25 Joe Edgecombe 20:45 51 M 26 Jeff Doherty 20:49 42 M 27 Chris Teaf 20:51 47 M 28 Rob Mactavish 20:53 34 M 29 Myron Herring 20:57 41 M 30 Mike Sims 20:58 48 M 31 Jay Jisha 21:05 M 32 Jim Heberle 21:07 42 M 33 Tony Guillem 21:12 31 M 34 Craig Willis 21:15 48 M 35 Kingsley Broughton 21:30 21 M 36 Jeff Bryan 21:31 32 M 37 Bud Fennema 21:32 44 M 38 Andrew Wiese 21:43 M 39 Bill Hudgins 21:47 47 M 40 Keith Collins 21:52 47 M 41 Rolando Ramirez 21:56 39 M 42 Benjamin Strachen 21:59 23 M 43 Gene Opheim 22:00 53 M 44 Herve Deschamps 22:03 31 M 45 Matt Vargas 22:04 23 M 46 Brant Foster 22:05 39 M 47 George Palmer 23:23 56 M 48 Janice Hochstein 22:34 49 F 49 Danny Sass 22:39 13 M 50 Joe Dexter 22:42 54 M 51 Vicky Galano 23:05 25 F 52 Howard Kessler 23:07 56 M 53 Jack Brennan 23:10 31 M 54 Bill Perry 23:17 51 M 55 Alan Johansen 23:28 48 M 56 Terry Tenold 23:30 57 M 57 Clint Watkins 23:30 57 M 58 Fran McLean 23:32 42 F 59 Felton Wright 23:38 43 M 60 Rick Ashton 23:40 53 M 61 Marty Kirkland 23:43 47 M 62 Bob Asztalos 23:44 42 M 63 Thomas Williams 23:45 41 M 64 Michael Williams 23:48 43 M 65 Dave Roberts 23:58 46 M 66 Rick Meeker 23:59 38 M 67 Patrick Flynn 24:01 39 M 68 Paul Hiers 24:07 41 M 69 Jack McDermott 24:08 31 M 70 Steve Baczewski 24:11 43 M 71 Calvin Johnson 24:12 44 M 72 Bruce Lynn 24:02 53 M 73 Nelson Martin 24:19 52 M 74 Mary Jane Tappen 24:27 42 F 75 Keith Rowe 24;34 38 F 76 Rob Sass 24:50 41 M 77 Bob Reiser 24:53 52 M 78 Andy Durham 25:05 26 M 79 Julie Clark 25:10 38 F 80 Lou Vargas 25:10 51 M 81 Connie Clarke 25:16 38 F 82 Melessa Wynn 25:16 25 F 83 Kathy Pike 25:18 50 F 84 David Lewis 25:25 44 M 85 Bob Keller 25:32 66 M 86 Jason Ray 28:30 14 M 87 Cindy Sedberry 25:35 31 F 88 Roger Bell 25:45 54 M 89 Matt Draper 25:46 34 M 90 Loranne Ausley 25:59 36 F 91 LL Jensen 26:00 44 F 92 Patrick Roy 26:06 15 M 93 Sharon Smith 26:15 35 F 94 Michael McCormick 26:16 24 M 95 Laura Brooks 26:24 41 F 96 Chris Chase 26:25 23 M 97 Jennifer Sobon 26:26 26 F 98 AJ Smith 26:31 40 M 99 Dan Sowell 26:45 38 M 100 Carol Winger 26:49 52 F 101 Heather Keegan 26:51 26 F 102 Paul Posey 26:53 44 M 103 Lisa Dapko 26:55 32 F 104 Kathleen Atkinson 26:55 41 F 105 Lindsay Worsham 26:56 20 F 106 Tom Thomas 27:00 46 M 107 Whitney Murray 27:01 21 M 108 Trey Thrasher 27:09 33 M 109 Dan Walsh 27:10 36 M 110 Wally Randell 27:10 47 M 111 Ray Hanlon 27:11 57 M 112 Jennifer Johnson 27:14 29 F 113 Philip Munoz 27:14 49 M 114 Mike Dueitt 27:15 31 M 115 Angie Dombrowski 27:17 31 F 116 Beth Alexander 27:18 36 F 117 Kathleen Shirley 27:20 33 F 118 Ann Guillen 27:17 31 F 119 Bonnie Wright 27:20 44 F 120 Jim Zimmerman 27:26 M 121 Anne Priddy 27:27 51 F 122 Karen Koch 27:28 53 F 123 Richard Stevens 27:31 49 M 124 Toma Wilkerson 27:34 30 F 125 Frank Mertz 27:37 46 M 126 Chris Krier 27:35 M 127 Hal Davis 27:40 44 M 128 Sue Kelly 27:30 48 F 129 Lynn Powey 27:30 35 F 130 Mary Stutzman 27:52 51 F 131 Stan Derzypolsk 28:00 53 M 132 Shaun Donahoe 28:00 56 M 133 D Juarez 28:10 M 134 Amy Crews 28:13 F 135 Bobby Brooks 28:14 48 M 136 Bill Davis 28:14 49 M 137 Harry Raysin 28:14 44 M 138 Bonnie Thrasher 28:15 33 F 139 Lee Stone 28:17 55 M 140 Gene Gozbach 28:18 M 141 Lucile Palmer 28:25 47 F 142 Gloria Crittenden 28:34 51 F 143 Andrea Gainey 28:35 42 F 144 Pam Breza 28:36 40 F 145 Pheona Kaiser 28:39 57 F 146 Katherine White 28:40 20 F 147 Riva Duncan 28:46 36 F 148 Matt Keyes 28:47 29 M 149 Lauren Bryant 28:57 12 F 150 Susan Ledford 29:02 27 F 151 Jimmy Ledford 29:03 44 M 152 Ron Fisher 29:04 53 M 153 Kay Posey 29:04 46 F 154 Suzanne Lammle 29:05 36 F 155 Inguna Callahan 29:14 32 F 156 Mick Callahan 29:15 M 157 Karen Ehrlich 29:26 40 F 158 Darlene Terry 29:43 43 F 159 Jeryl Payne 29:44 43 M 160 Ginger Robinson 29:45 36 F 161 Sylvia McLeod 29:38 46 F 162 Jim Beebe 29:56 32 M 163 Dianne Langston 29:59 39 F 164 Robert Campbell 30:08 55 M 165 Amanda Hammond 30:11 22 F 166 Corey Vitali 30:12 38 F 167 Peg Griffin 30:13 44 F 168 Melanie Malone 30:16 35 F 169 Greg Stewart 30:17 49 M 170 Kristin Bryant 30:17 30 F 171 Scott Maier 30:18 29 M 172 Dennis Schnittker 30:18 29 M 173 Cindy Chapman 30:27 40 F 174 David Baczewski 30:30 11 M 175 Justine Rose 30:32 23 F 176 Mark Klawinski 30:33 37 M 177 Lee Moreno 30:42 35 M 178 Jackie Lloyd 30:55 45 F 179 Doug Alderson 31:00 43 M 180 Jane Klan 31:01 34 F 181 Danielle Fischler 31:02 12 F 182 Nadine Dexter 31:11 41 F 183 Anne Garee 31:12 42 F 184 David Heath 31:19 54 M 185 Dan Neustadter 31:20 41 M 186 Marvin Collins 31:31 58 M 187 David Alderson 31:32 45 M 188 Anne Draper 31:33 58 F 189 Judy Waters 31:48 51 F 190 Cathy McCarty 32:01 44 F 191 Valerie Lines 32:15 27 F 192 Sue Wages 32:38 49 M 193 Michelle Ledbetter 32:30 33 F 194 Tracy Sumner 32:32 37 F 195 Nancy Wright 32:32 41 F 196 Josef Allen 32:33 34 M 197 Michelle Juarez 32:40 37 F 198 Jim Burke 32:46 53 M 199 Ron Cox 32:55 49 M 200 Cathy Crook 33:08 18 F 201 Pia Neustadter 33:10 27 F 202 Dave Watson 33:11 50 M 203 Jane Hayes 33:23 46 F 204 Cindy Fischler 33:41 42 F 205 Warren McDougle 33:45 48 M 206 Janet Tashner 33:55 28 F 207 Joe Gabovitz 33:56 28 M 208 Howard Denmark 33:57 43 M 209 Nancy Logan 34:00 37 F 210 Donna Boley 34:08 33 F 211 Jim Boylan 34:09 51 M 212 Deborah Glotzbach 34:20 38 F 213 Cindy Stivers 34:29 15 F 214 Sandy Stivers 34:30 53 F 215 Susie Mathis 34:31 30 F 216 Sharikay Sloboda 34:32 27 F 217 Gina Weaver 34:33 30 F 218 Priscilla Parham 34:34 37 F 219 Meagan Smeaton 34:35 50 F 220 Linda Johnson 34:48 36 F 221 Clea Rose 35:00 21 F 222 John Kalin 35:01 48 M 223 Alexandra Weiss 35:02 46 F 224 John Alderson 35:07 73 M 225 Nicci Cerino 35:08 29 F 226 Connie Beach 35:21 45 F 227 Steve Boley 35:31 34 M 228 Jody Bond 35:35 44 F 229 Seth Dunaway 35:07 14 M 230 Julia Heath 35:20 13 F 231 Dawn Schlagheck 36:00 25 F 232 Christy Ingram 36:10 31 F 233 Patrick 36:32 10 M 234 Donna Cannella 36:33 28 F 235 Robert 36:34 11 M 236 Kelly Gorman 36:36 33 F 237 Jody Williams 36:38 39 F 238 Barb Kitt-Woods 37:00 42 F 239 Lisa Fernback 37:05 32 F 240 Whitney Weimar 37:30 13 F 241 Hallie Suber 37:34 29 F 242 Gene Sellers 37:59 65 M 243 Vicki Tauxe 38:10 47 F 244 Val Fox 38:10 39 F 245 Michelle Factor 38:20 34 F 246 Shawn Doolittle 38:20 42 F 247 Brenda McGalliand 38:30 34 F 248 Emory Davis 39:22 36 M 249 Robin O'Neill-Wann 39:42 35 F 250 Jennifer Harms 39:52 42 F 251 John Ericson 40:00 47 M 252 Jim Casper 41:58 55 M 253 Tony Countryman 42:00 31 M 254 Erin Carney 9 F 255 Debi Carruth 30 F 256 Sally McRorie 42 F 257 Anne Brattain 53 F 258 Earl Lines 53 M 259 Denise Drenkhahn F 260 Lealand McCharen 48 F 261 Mary Stewart 47 F 262 Vicki Hunt 48:01 44 F 263 Kathy Flippo 48:24 47 F 264 Beth Butterworth 29 F 265 Margaret Cochran 53 F 266 Susan Davis 49:40 36 F 267 Cathy Giordano 41 F 268 Leigh Moore 35 F 269 Linda Matthew 49:50 47 F 270 LoriAnn Pollgreen 32 F 271 Janet Heath 47 F 272 Linda Jacdzimar 49 F 273 Sally Jarrett 57 F 274 Billie Harvey 52:03 58 F 275 Sue Howde 58 F 276 Sarina Lane 20 F 277 Leslie Stevens 54:05 44 F 278 Paula Adams 56:24 46 F 279 Elizabeth Loggins 56:24 30 F 280 Jerilyn Collins 58:30 57 F 281 Perry Chang 37 M 282 Stephanie Gregory 26 F 283 Jan Pietrzyk 53
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