Over thirty years old and one of the largest races in town, the Palace Saloon 5K has become part of the athletic landscape of Tallahassee. As evidence, I present Clark Evans' running blog, twenty-six point two. In setting out his goals for the 2007 athletic year, he lists the Palace Saloon 5K among his upcoming races, and further says:

Two weeks later [after the Springtime 10K], while not an official goal, I'd like to leverage all of the high mileage and speedwork into a personal best 5k time at the Palace 5k.

From http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~ace1636/run/2006/12/goals-for-2007.html

To restate what is hardly an original observation: with only three turns and not much in the way of hills, the Palace isn't a bad course on which to anticipate a personal best 5K.

By the way, Mr. Evans also mentions my obnoxious advertising efforts in his report on the Gulf Winds Track Club 30K.

Lovely course -- no traffic, not a hard surface, well-shaded through plantation lands, and some random distractions (Palace 5k ads/beer along the course, conversations, etc.) -- just very hilly.

From http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~ace1636/run/2007/01/thirty-k.html