Houston Running: Closer Inspection of Names at Run The Woodlands

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I'm a mid-to-the back of the pack runner who probably enjoys promoting runners more than I do running myself ... I've completed 21 marathons (with a 4:47:32 PR! in Austin) and 52 half marathons (with a 2:09:58 PR! in Oregon) since November 2003 ... I've done a marathon in 12 states, half marathon in 23 and an event in 30 states and one Canadian province ... I have a 13-year-old daughter, Waverly Nicole, who completed her first half marathon in January 2006, made only two B's each of the last two years, was the only sixth grader to sing a solo (Carrie Underwood's Don't Forget To Remember Me) in their choir program (adding Taylor Swift's Tim McGraw in '08) and scored a 19 on the ACT in December 2007 as a seventh grader ... Waverly and I are members of the following clubs -- the Seven Hills Running Club, HARRA and The Woodlands Running Club ... I'm Marathon Maniac #308 ... I edit HARRA's Footprints in Inside Texas Running and write a column for Runner Triathlete News called, "Talking the Talk" ... I'm also the running columnist for the Courier of Montgomery County ... I'm a three-time winner of TAPPS' Sportswriter of the Year Award as well as TABC's Golden Hoops Award.

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Closer Inspection of Names at Run The Woodlands

After writing my article in Runner Triathlete News a few months ago about "Assumed Names", I am always suspect about a name that looks a little different.

So as I'm poring through the results of yesterday's event in The Woodlands, I noticed the following finishers:

4 - 18:56 - M - 17 - Jacob Turnipseed, Anacoco, Louisiana
61 - 25:08 - M - 10 - Samuel Turnipseed, Anacoco, Louisiana
65 - 25:13 - M - 50 - Ed Turnipseed, Anacoco, Louisiana

I was seriously expecting to see Johnny Appleseed down close to where I was. (Well, given that I ran the Resurrection Run 5K as "Johnny Run", I guess Appleseed wouldn't have been such a surprise.)

After doing a little bit more checking on the Internet, it turns out that Jacob finished in three events at this year's LHSAA Class B state track and field meet. (Louisiana has 7 classes where Texas' UIL has just 5.) His 2006 finishes were as follows:

800 meters - 3rd in 2:05.48
1,600 meters - 4th in 4:48.15
3,200 meters - 3rd in 10:35.62

His 2005 finishes looked like this:

800 meters - 5th in 2:08.96
1,600 meters - 2nd in 4:42.07
3,200 meters - 3rd in 10:19.81

And, of course, in a small town, you play all sports. Jacob also ran cross country (3rd at state meet in 16:55.47), was honorable mention All-State in basketball and played baseball too.

1 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Too funny! I at least come up with an original name each time I run under a pseudonym. That becomes a challenge to remember what I used a year ago, but it's a lot of fun to pick the name(s) I always wished my mom would've named me...; 4:28 PM