Cairo, Georgia: Missionette 5K 2010

Jacob ran in the 4th Annual Missionette 5K in Cairo, Georgia today. He finished 17th out of 56. The winner was Kyle Harris and Brian Corbin was second. Check out these pictures of the race:

Bainbridge, Georgia: Law Day Essay Winners

Check out this article on the Law Day Essay Contest sponsored by the Bainbridge-Decatur County Georgia Bar Association. The article appears on the Bainbridgega.com website. The fat guy on the left in the top picture is me and the guy shaking hands with the students in the bottom picture is my law partner, Ryan Cleveland. A little shout out for Cleveland & Robbins, P.C.

Waxing Nostalgic

After the Shriners race at Maclay Gardens we decided to take a little ride through our old stomping grounds in Killearn. We took the following pictures, then stopped at a pizza restaurant to eat. Before heading back to Cairo we drove by Bruce Weller's old house. I pointed it out to the kids and told them about him and about the day our family had to do his funeral. I miss him and Grandad. What kind of a man camps out for a year while building a house for his grandkids? Answer: A man with the last name of Robbins.

Does anyone recognize the numbers on that mailbox.
I don't remember whether this was the mailbox and post we had at the time we left Florida.

The new owners have painted the house Garnet and Gold.
A perfect choice of colors.

I think I recognize that creek.
In fact, the water looked just like that twenty years ago.

Does anyone see crawdads in this picture?

And this is still hanging right above where the pictures of the creek were taken.
I can remember several near paralizations taking place after jumping off the bank with that rope in my hands. Good thing it finally snapped.

That rope swing reminded me of the time someone was swinging on the front yard vine. During a particularly high swing I remember the vine snapping and someone landing flat on their back gasping for air. But I can't remember if that someone was me or someone else. I just remember thinking it was funny after the person started breathing again. I also remember a few shingle wars and being brained by the leg of trampoline we were rolling on its side. That had to have caused serious drain bamage. Also, catching on fire after the Model A engine backfired while I was dumping gasoline into the carburetor. Lots of fun!

This was my girlfriend's house when I was a senior.
Any guesses what her name was? Hint: She was FINE!

Tallahassee, Florida: Shriner's Mother's Day 5K

Stephen and Jacob ran in the Marzuq Shriner's Mother's Day 5k this morning. The race was held at Maclay Gardens in Tallahassee, Florida. What a beautiful day to watch a race. Stephen finished 1st in his age group (10-14) and 4th overall. Jacob finished 4th in his age group (10-14) and 43rd overall. You can see all the race results here. Stephen is listed as Stephen P. Probably because of his lack of handwriting skills. It was fun to visit Maclay Gardens again. Check out the pictures.

Shriners are fun to watch. Sixty five and still riding a Go Kart.
Juvenile? I think not.

Pre-race sign ups. We almost missed it.

Here comes Papa to watch the boys run.

The race is about to begin.

This is how Stephen and Jacob warm up. They need to work on it.
Way to stretch out guys.

If you look closely you can see Stephen starting the timer on his watch.

The shirtless guy on the far right (Mickey Moore) won the whole thing.
He beat Stephen by just under a minute.

This is the end of the race. The two runners are second (Pierce McCain)
and third (Michael Kinnett).

Stephen finished fourth overall and first in his age group.

You can see Stephen's time on the clock to the right.
It was a very hilly course.

Fifth (Keith Gates) and sixth (Cole Tessier).

This guy (Ted Nation) did well.
I don't know if we can count his daughter as a top finisher though.

This guy (John Rakestraw) did very well.
Look closely in the background and you can see Jacob.
He is the little blur of white shirt coming down the hill ahead of that pack.

Here comes Jacob around the last bend following Carols Zapata.

Jacob is staring at his time as he crosses the finish line.

Instead of medals the Shriners gave out baked goods for awards.
Stephen picked a wonderful chocolate cake for his first place finish.

A little post race celebration.
Behind them is the entrance to the Garden of Eden.

The following pictures were taken by Herb Wills and the originals can be found on his Facebook page. Mr. Wills and another fellow named Fred come to many of the local races and take pictures and put them on a very informative running website for the Gulf Winds Track Club. I don't think I have met either of them, but they do a great job of taking pictures and getting information about upcoming and past races on the website. The Gulf Winds Track Club is one of the most thorough and complete running websites I have seen.