Houston Running: 19 Complete Sunmart / White Rock Marathon Double

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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

19 Complete Sunmart / White Rock Marathon Double

Whereas three (3) runners did both the Sunmart 50-Mile or 50K Endurance Runs and the Houstonian Lite 30K this past weekend, 18 stalwarts of the sport did the White Rock Marathon in Dallas - and 7.6 more miles - as opposed to the 30K!

Sunmart 50-Miler / White Rock Marathon
Ryan Loehding, 33, Carrollton -- 7:11:02 / 3:32:35 -- 11th overall in 50-Miler
Stephen Hudgens, 50, Fort Worth -- 8:46:49 / 3:42:51
Rene Villalobos, 46, Fort Worth -- 8:56:23 / 6:04:25
Ken Ashby, 53, Dallas -- 9:59:37 / 5:07:36
Jeff Dalton, 30, Fort Worth -- 10:44:02 / 5:14:16
Vicki Chazan, 32, Sunset Valley -- 10:35:59 / 5:41:18
Fran Cox, 44, Fort Worth -- 11:35:45 / 6:12:34

Sunmart 50K / White Rock Marathon
Bret Sholar, 39, Oklahoma City, OK -- 5:00:58 / 3:49:58
Michael Pentland, 43, Houston -- 5:17:19 / 4:28:03
Christopher Horsak, 28, Crosby -- 5:36:01 / 4:22:14
Mike Smith, 48, Fishers, IN -- 5:09:57 / 4:56:55
John Bozung, 52, Orem, UT -- 5:57:55 / 4:17:37
Kent Fish, 52, San Angelo -- 5:47:49 / 4:46:04
Thomas Okazaki, 48, Plano -- 5:23:56 / 5:16:11
Andy McCartney, 42, Aledo -- 6:24:50 / 4:28:22
Kimberlie Budzik, 45, Friendswood -- 6:17:21 / 5:13:20
Frank Bartucci, 58, Rochester, MN -- 6:48:52 / 5:46:18
Charlie Alewine, 60, Diamond Bar, CA -- 7:06:21 / 5:43:17
Lisa Hogan, 38, Irving -- 8:03:54 / 6:23:02

5 Comments:

Anonymous said...: I met Ryan Loedding after the race. He told me he was running Dallas but I didn't believe him. He asked me "why would I lie to a total stranger" being a New Yorker, I figured he was putting me on. He's a real ultra dude and has done a 2:51 marathon and a 100miler. I know one of the 50k/30k and I'll try find out why she ran both. Personally, I'm very beat up from the 50miler.; 10:06 PM
Tiggs said...: that's crazy! I have no idea how their bodies can hold up like that.; 8:32 AM
Anonymous said...: Hey Jon, did you see you made the Chronicle today?

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/run/3526071.html; 4:35 PM
Anonymous said...: Most training plans for the Rocky Raccoon Century in February call for a big weekend last weekend, notionally 50 on Saturday and 20 on Sunday. SunMart is perfect training for Rocky, of course, and after a 50 miler you're looking for a supported run for sure on Sunday, so doing a second race is a natural. These folks weren't racing, they were training. See http://www.houstonstriders.com/2004_03.pdf for more information and background.

Steeeve; 5:54 AM
Anonymous said...: And...the risk is not injury. The risk is driving safely between Houston and Dallas under severe fatigue. Thorbjorn Pedersen of the Striders did the SunMart/White Rock double a few years back and that was the big lesson he learned.

Steeeve; 5:56 AM