Photos 7262-8672 from the wildly popular (among smaller university and Florida HS teams) FSU XC Invitational College/HS/Open, 22 Sep at Miccosukee Greenway Park. HS 5Km runners might note the course is measured properly (tangents) per NCAA specs. On this venue, tangents produce a course ~70m longer than NFHS's antiquated but specified center-of-course method.
Race (and photo) order:
College Men's 8Km
College Women's 5Km
HS Boys' 5Km
HS Girls' 5Km
Open Male 5Km
Open Female 5Km

I didn't preview these photos. I do hope a few are in focus. (I'm culling a few after the fact. That will still leave over 1300 photos.) I was real lazy and used a 50mm fixed lens (75mm equivalent digital crop), mostly f/2.0 to f/2.8. Not much margin for error. I may have to stop that lens down a bit next time if I can't be more careful. History would indicate I can't be more careful.
Wanna see some much nicer FSU Invite photos? Check out Laura Newton's:
http://tinyurl.com/3xwo3x
I really need to get my big lens http://kenrockwell.com/nikon/70200vr.htm repaired so I can do snaps like that again.
Till then, it's time for me to set aside the camera. Lead bike duty (guiding the runners, radioing splits back to the start/finish) and course design/setup is waaaay more fun anyway! Speaking of lead bike, do runners really prefer breathing fumes from this disgustingly annoying fat man's chariot:
http://www.deere.com/en_US/ProductCatalog/GC/series/GC_gator_hp_series.html

With over 1300 shots, you may find it easier to navigate if you change the gallery "style" (top right) from "smugmug" to "all thumbs." Or "slideshow" or "filmstrip" or . . . you get the idea, it's configurable by you. I usually like "journal."
Miccosukee Greenway "every 50m" photo course tour, here:
http://tallahasseetrails.smugmug.com/gallery/1970316
Race wrap-up, here:
http://seminoles.cstv.com/sports/c-xc/recaps/092207aaa.html
Tallahassee Democrat article:
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070923/SPORTS01/709230338
Results:
http://www.fansonly.com/photos/schools/fsu/sports/c-xc/auto_pdf/cumulative-stats.pdf
Or check Scott Peters' site for this and other results:
http://www.halfmiletiming.com/

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