Logging Miles: Meet Dalton Pulsipher
At one of the summer Run The Woodlands 5Ks, somebody walked up to me and introduced themselves. We chatted for awhile. He indicated that he worked with another Houston Strider that I was familiar with, David Kennedy. It was enjoyable and pleasant conversation after the race (I'm just glad he didn't remember me flying around him in my truck getting to the race earlier in the morning.)
He said his name was Dalton and since I do the results for the race, I had his full name. Therefore, I put it into a Yahoo! broswer and found his site, http://www.daltonpulsipher.com/. And, needless to say, I was impressed.
A closer look realized that he is currently the youngest Houston Marathon veteran and believes that he is also the youngest 5-year veteran of a 100-mile race, the Rocky Raccoon 100 Miler that is held each February at Huntsville State Park.
He works with Striders Mike and Sophie Rydin and is often seen at races with another co-worker, Ben Tucker (who I've gotten to know fairly well at events.) What is most impressive is that his 5K times have been steadily coming down as he gears up for a stretch of long road and trail races.
With his permission, I thought that I would share with you his 2005-2006 racing season schedule. It is as busy as mine!
07/04/05 - Run Wild 5K 26:40 ; 17th AG
07/16/05 - Lunar Rendezvous 5K 24:30 ; 12th AG
07/23/05 - Run The Woodlands 5K 24:36 ; 5th AG
08/06/05 - Maribelles 5K 22:57 ; 4th AG
08/13/05 - Lazy Hazy Crazy 5K 23:08 ; 8th AG
08/27/05 - Run The Woodlands 5K 22:42 ; 1st AG
09/05/05 - Fired Up 5K 23:07 ; 5th AG
09/10/05 - Huntingtons 5K 22:11 ; 1st AG
09/17/05 - Bellaire Fall Fever 5K 21:52 ; 3rd AG
10/01/05 - Komen Race for the Cure 5K 27:50
10/02/05 - USA 10-Miler 84:11 ; 13th AG
10/08/05 - Run The Woodlands 5K 20:57
10/16/05 - Koala 20K 1:33:09; 15th AG (chip)
10/22/05 - Rocky Raccoon 50K 5:46:50
11/05/05 - Rocky Trails 50M
11/13/05 - Oshmans 25K
12/10/05 - Sunmart 50M
12/11/05 - Houstonian Lite 30K (*This will be a brutal combination!)
01/01/06 - Texas Marathon - Kingwood
01/07/06 - Bandera 100K
01/15/06 - Houston Marathon (*Just as brutal!)
02/04/06 - Rocky Raccoon 100M
02/19/06 - Austin Marathon
02/24/06 - Bear Creek Park 24 hour run
03/04/06 - Lone Star Trail Run 50K - Coldspring
03/19/06 - Lucky Trails Marathon - Seabrook
04/02/06 - Big D Marathon
04/03/06 - Hogs Hunt 50K
Despite this and his success, Dalton is another one of the individuals that is a constant source of encouragement to me and is also a very accomplished runner but you'd never know it if you were talking with him.
He said his name was Dalton and since I do the results for the race, I had his full name. Therefore, I put it into a Yahoo! broswer and found his site, http://www.daltonpulsipher.com/. And, needless to say, I was impressed.
A closer look realized that he is currently the youngest Houston Marathon veteran and believes that he is also the youngest 5-year veteran of a 100-mile race, the Rocky Raccoon 100 Miler that is held each February at Huntsville State Park.
He works with Striders Mike and Sophie Rydin and is often seen at races with another co-worker, Ben Tucker (who I've gotten to know fairly well at events.) What is most impressive is that his 5K times have been steadily coming down as he gears up for a stretch of long road and trail races.
With his permission, I thought that I would share with you his 2005-2006 racing season schedule. It is as busy as mine!
07/04/05 - Run Wild 5K 26:40 ; 17th AG
07/16/05 - Lunar Rendezvous 5K 24:30 ; 12th AG
07/23/05 - Run The Woodlands 5K 24:36 ; 5th AG
08/06/05 - Maribelles 5K 22:57 ; 4th AG
08/13/05 - Lazy Hazy Crazy 5K 23:08 ; 8th AG
08/27/05 - Run The Woodlands 5K 22:42 ; 1st AG
09/05/05 - Fired Up 5K 23:07 ; 5th AG
09/10/05 - Huntingtons 5K 22:11 ; 1st AG
09/17/05 - Bellaire Fall Fever 5K 21:52 ; 3rd AG
10/01/05 - Komen Race for the Cure 5K 27:50
10/02/05 - USA 10-Miler 84:11 ; 13th AG
10/08/05 - Run The Woodlands 5K 20:57
10/16/05 - Koala 20K 1:33:09; 15th AG (chip)
10/22/05 - Rocky Raccoon 50K 5:46:50
11/05/05 - Rocky Trails 50M
11/13/05 - Oshmans 25K
12/10/05 - Sunmart 50M
12/11/05 - Houstonian Lite 30K (*This will be a brutal combination!)
01/01/06 - Texas Marathon - Kingwood
01/07/06 - Bandera 100K
01/15/06 - Houston Marathon (*Just as brutal!)
02/04/06 - Rocky Raccoon 100M
02/19/06 - Austin Marathon
02/24/06 - Bear Creek Park 24 hour run
03/04/06 - Lone Star Trail Run 50K - Coldspring
03/19/06 - Lucky Trails Marathon - Seabrook
04/02/06 - Big D Marathon
04/03/06 - Hogs Hunt 50K
Despite this and his success, Dalton is another one of the individuals that is a constant source of encouragement to me and is also a very accomplished runner but you'd never know it if you were talking with him.
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