Are You Volte, a Volte Friend or Volte Alumni?

What flavor of Volte are you?!  :-)

We're not talking about chocolate, vanilla or strawberry.  (Yes, you ice cream fans, together, that's Neapolitan.  And, yes, some are Googling *that* now.)

On our blog and Facebook page, we use the terms:  Volte, Voltes, Volte friend or Volte alumni.

Let us help.

If somebody is referred to as Volte or we talk about multiple individuals as Voltes, these are athletes who are either being trained or coached by a Volte coach or just simply an athlete who identifies with us and wears our gear.

These folks don't even have to be local anymore.

We have Criss Neumann and her husband in Germany, Jen Smith in England and Carrie Hyde in Canada representing us in foreign countries.

We're good either way. 

Just be a good citizen in the endurance sports community - and society as a whole.

Volte alumni.

This is an individual who at one time in the past trained with us or was coached by one of our coaches. 

Situations and circumstances have changed in those individuals' lives where they may have been a "one and done" athlete at a particular distance, they joined another training group or running club or they've gone on to start their own group. 

No matter what, if we see you do well at any event, whether we have a Volte athlete there or not, we're going to celebrate your success.  Why wouldn't we?

In most cases, we like to think you're still part of us!

And finally, who's a Volte friend?

Throughout any given year, and over the last 20-plus years of coaching athletes of all ages, Volte meets many, many incredible people in our endurance sports communities who have been an encouragement to our coaches individually or our group as a whole. 

The majority of the time these individuals join a Volte member on a long run or at an event and they become just like family to our group.

That's the mark of a Volte friend and as we say often, we're glad to have each and every one of them.

So, thank you for reading our blog and following us on Facebook.

And never hesitate to drop in and join us at track on Tuesday or Wednesday nights or for our long run on Saturday morning.  We're here to help!

Volte Endurance Training Results from October 1-15, 2018

GASSY GOAT TRAIL 25K, Comfort, TX (10/6/18)
Mimi Torres - 4:10:27

OKTOBERFEST DUATHLON*, Fulshear, TX (10/7/18)
Paolo Biagi  - 2:46:54
*1-mile run, 25-mile-bike, 10K-run

CHICAGO MARATHON, Chicago, IL (10/7/18)
Brian Schultz - 4:22:28
Volte Friends
Brian Hauerwas - 4:21:19
Tiffany Hauerwas - 4:21:19

THE WOODLANDS RUNNING CLUB SUNDAY NIGHT 5K*, The Woodlands, TX (10/7/18)
Faith Craig - 22:55
Jerritt Park - 17:37
Marta Mixa - 24:13
Randy Smith - 21:44
Tim Russell - 20:17
Volte Friend 
Curtis Barton - 21:58
*2.5 mile course adjusted due to TWRC Juniors

BUFFALO STAMPEDE HALF MARATHON, Bryan, TX (10/13/18)
Drew George - 1:30:12 (3rd Overall; 1st AG)

TEN FOR TEXAS 10-MILE, The Woodlands, TX (10/13/18)
Alfredo Gonzalez - 2:31:56
Andrew Smith - 1:30:29
Aron Harris - 1:56:51
Carlos Rodriguez - 1:19:47
Crystal Foody - 1:37:42
Darcy McLinden - 1:34:53
Denise Powers - 1:34:11
Faith Craig - 1:33:21
Geri Henry - 2:11:33 2nd AG
Jessy Orlando - 1:30:03
Juan Flores - 1:16:00
Keri Amador - 1:17:46
Landa Wright - 2:02:37 (Ansley Angel pusher)
Marta Mixa - 1:40:47
Paolo Biagi - 1:29:01
Rob Myers - 1:32:13
Virgina Arenz - 1:40:35
Waverly Walk - 1:51:33
Wil Cole - 1:29:14
Wil Ott - 1:33:19
Volte Friends
Brad Hay - 1:49:51
Brandi Perkins - 1:19:47
Brian Jackson - 1:05:43
Edson Jones - 1:25:40
Erin Gowton - 1:39:33
Jimmie Gowton - 1:48:00
Justin Bui - 1:19:21
Mary-Ellen Wilderman-Hay - 1:33:39
Maygen Ritchie - 1:48:23
Pam Owens - 1:32:52
Reggie Bruhn - 1:26:46
Rip Reynolds - 1:06:44 2nd AG
Sabina Lorca - 1:25:13
Scott Farrand - 1:26:26
Tina Saims - 1:21:37
Volte Family
Oswaldo Amador - 2:05:43 (Keri's husband)

TEN FOR TEXAS 5K, The Woodlands, TX (10/13/18)
Lauren Hoffart - 29:54
Sandra Tezino - 24:24 1st Grand Master
Volte Friend
Lance Pavlas - 24:22 3rd AG

EVERSOURCE HARTFORD MARATHON (10/13/18) - HARTFORD, CT
Steven Lopez - 5:03:07 (State #19)

TEXAS 10 CYPRESS 10-MILE, Cypress, TX (10/14/18) 
Amanda Jenkins - 1:06:49 2nd Overall 1st AG
Caitlin Addorisio - 1:24:59
Greg Nettleton - 1:24:58 2nd AG
Jerritt Park - 1:15:32 1st AG
Mike Csikos - 1:13:19 1st AG
Volte Friends
Cristina Gray - 1:43:05
Mary Garcia - 1:31:08
Rip Reynolds - 1:10:07 1st AG

TEXAS 10 CYPRESS 5-MILE, Cypress, TX (10/14/18)
Dianna Sarno - 1:03:21
Paolo Biagi - 42:43
Ray Sarno - 1:03:21 1st AG
Rich Cooper - 53:00

TEXAS 10 CYPRESS 5K, Cypress, TX (10/14/18) 
Brayden Park - 22:06 1st Overall
Note: Brayden was also first overall in the 1-mile un-timed event.