Rocky Raccoon 50K Notes from Saturday
The results have just been posted for the 50K from last Saturday's Rocky Raccoon at Huntsville State Park at Hill Country Trailrunners' web site.
No repeat winners from 2004 as 45-year-old Mark Henderson won it in a time of 3:51:30 beating Robert B. King, 44, by a minute and 38 seconds (3:53:08). Teresa Bartnicki was the first female to cross the line in 4:40:00 while Jacqueline O'Brien-Nolen, who turned 40 since last year's race, beat Houston's Yong Collins by 2:50 to win the Masters title. O'Brien-Nolen posted a 4:55:35 to improve on her 5:06:58 effort from 2004. (In fact, none of last year's winners competed in the 50K this year.)
Two runners, Bob Williams and Morgan Lusby, completed the 50K for at least the fourth straight year (2002-2005). During that time, Lusby has dropped his time from 6:24:33 in 2002 to 5:44:19. Three additional runners, Michael Pentland, Michelle Wolpert and Pat Shannon, joined Collins and O'Brien-Nolan in a group of five (5) who have done it the last three years.
20 runners competed in both the 2004 and 2005 Rocky Raccoon 50K trail runs. 12 of the 20 (60%) improved their time. Gainers were Les Ellsworth (+10:07), O'Brien-Nolan (11:23), Collins (+11:00), Lee Topham (+15:48), Wolpert (+13:45), Terrie Gorney (+40:46; appeared to have been pacing both years), Williams (+18:44), Christopher Rampacek (+3:37), Susan Bell (+23:31), Lusby (+1:39), Leo Lavender (+19:02) and Jon Tremont (+9:25).
Other "Faces in the Crowd" included: Tornados' Eddie Espinosa (5:13:58), who was one of the HEB Texas 10K Challenge finishers in 2005, Tom Pash from Humble (5:25:57), who was one of two runners to do both the Huntsville Half Marathon and Koala's/Luke's Locker 20K two weekends ago, and 28-year-old Dalton Pulsipher, one of just five (5) finishers under 30.
No repeat winners from 2004 as 45-year-old Mark Henderson won it in a time of 3:51:30 beating Robert B. King, 44, by a minute and 38 seconds (3:53:08). Teresa Bartnicki was the first female to cross the line in 4:40:00 while Jacqueline O'Brien-Nolen, who turned 40 since last year's race, beat Houston's Yong Collins by 2:50 to win the Masters title. O'Brien-Nolen posted a 4:55:35 to improve on her 5:06:58 effort from 2004. (In fact, none of last year's winners competed in the 50K this year.)
Two runners, Bob Williams and Morgan Lusby, completed the 50K for at least the fourth straight year (2002-2005). During that time, Lusby has dropped his time from 6:24:33 in 2002 to 5:44:19. Three additional runners, Michael Pentland, Michelle Wolpert and Pat Shannon, joined Collins and O'Brien-Nolan in a group of five (5) who have done it the last three years.
20 runners competed in both the 2004 and 2005 Rocky Raccoon 50K trail runs. 12 of the 20 (60%) improved their time. Gainers were Les Ellsworth (+10:07), O'Brien-Nolan (11:23), Collins (+11:00), Lee Topham (+15:48), Wolpert (+13:45), Terrie Gorney (+40:46; appeared to have been pacing both years), Williams (+18:44), Christopher Rampacek (+3:37), Susan Bell (+23:31), Lusby (+1:39), Leo Lavender (+19:02) and Jon Tremont (+9:25).
Other "Faces in the Crowd" included: Tornados' Eddie Espinosa (5:13:58), who was one of the HEB Texas 10K Challenge finishers in 2005, Tom Pash from Humble (5:25:57), who was one of two runners to do both the Huntsville Half Marathon and Koala's/Luke's Locker 20K two weekends ago, and 28-year-old Dalton Pulsipher, one of just five (5) finishers under 30.
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