President's Column - May 2024

After four years, I have chosen not to run for President again, thereby makingroom for new leadership. As such, this will be my final column since Allen Blay(VP) and I alternate each month. This is one innovation I decided upon whenI started, with Jennifer Hay (former...

Today (September 26) was the GWTC Salute to Steve Prefontaine Forest Run. We held it at the JR Alford Greenway this year, and I want to give a lot of thanks to CJ, Chris, Travis, Titus, and the entire crew with Leon County Parks & Rec. They were tremendously...

The GWTC Annual Town Hall was a good and fun event! For those of you who were able to attend, those on the Board who were present and I enjoyed the socialization and sharing of club information in person. For those who were unable to come, I’ll share some of the...

I just got home tonight from five days in Blowing Rock, NC chaperoning 28 local runners at a high school XC camp. I’m tired, but rejuvenated – there isn’t anything as entertaining as watching a team build chemistry by hanging around each other in close, smelly...

GWTC Board meetings are typically fairly languid, but interesting, affairs. The last couple of Board meetings have seen an infusion of energy that is atypical but welcome, as differing opinions are generally good for organizations. In April, the 2026 Marathon/Half...

Every runner, if they stay in the sport long enough, comes face-to-face with injury. It is not a question of if, but when. And when it happens, the real challenge is often not physical - it is mental. We have plans, goals, races circled on the calendar. We build...

Robert Skrob recently forwarded me a report from RunSignup (RSU) that chronicles race trends for 2025. I found it pretty interesting and will summarize some of the findings here and contrast what I can with my perceptions of our local experience. RSU estimates that...

On February 8, 2026, I woke up to one of the most beautiful days of the year. The temperature was almost perfect for a nice little run. However, the only running I did that day was running from the parking lot of the new FSU Herbert Wertheim College of Business to the...

I have to say, until recently, I had yet to attend a widely recognized world event, athletic or otherwise, that happens to be held in a different part of the planet each year. The World Cross Country Championships was an event to behold. I was fortunate to attend the...

Runners are a different breed. We do something for fun that often is used as punishment in other sports. However, there are definitely different breeds of runners. There are the ones who try to win the races and the ones who don’t pay any attention to time. There are...