Tuesday, February 15, 2022

From Volte With Love, Running Into Valentine's Day

Despite freezing temperatures in the greater Houston area weekend on Saturday and Sunday, February 12-13, Volte athletes and our friends ran very well as many dial-in for The Woodlands Marathon and Half Marathon coming up in just under three weeks.

Officially joining our group a few weeks ago after training with us off and on the last few year, Angel Martinez Interiano won his age group in 20:02 at one of the largest, yet unknown 5K races in the city, the Steps For Students 5K, which raises monies for Catholic schools in the greater Houston area.

Last weekend, Lillian Evans was winning first place.

Saturday, at the Katy Half Marathon, she was holding her pace -- as the 2:05 pacer!

She said it was her first time to officially pace a race and "got the team across the line on time" with a finishing time of 2:05:29.

Meanwhile, our friends blew out the awards chest.

Volte alumni Kate Looney (Mach5 Racing) was the first overall woman in 1:31:38 while Volte friend Mark Amann was second overall in 1:19:47.  Rip Reynolds (Fleet Feet) was first in his age group in 1:33:48 while C. Stevenson-Lake was second in hers in 1:45:45.

Another Volte alum, Dave Odom, ran the Mesa Half Marathon in 1:54:47 the same morning, February 12, in Mesa, Arizona.

Paolo Biagi and Tammy Grado were there to run the marathon in respective times of 4:09:00 and 4:15:13, respectively.

Volte friend and Waco Miracle Match Marathon race director Nancy Goodnight ran the marathon, where she finished third in her age group in 3:24 -- good for a brand new personal best ... at the age of 55!

Nancy has finished every single Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas and this past year did Ironman on Saturday and Boston on Monday.

Former Volte coach Adrienne Langelier notched a time in Mesa of 3:27:29.

Volte friends Jon Walk and Ken Johnson ran the Spindle Tree parkrun 5K in Magnolia also in 33:39 and 48:04, respectively.

Then came the rescheduled Bridgeland races - the next to last race in the 2021-2022 Texas 10 Series - on Sunday, February 13.

With Erika Sampson and Jen Smith out to support Volte and our friends, a good day was had by all.

Christopher Reed and Stephanie Reed represented us in the 5K with times of 20:12 and 22:57, respectively, that were good for second and first.

The Reeds waiting pensively for the start of the 5K!
(Photo courtesy of Bill Dwyer)

Volte friend Velvia Keithley of the Seven Hills Running Club came in at 1:05:22.

In the five-miler, Volte grabbed a pair of second place age group awards as Jane Campbell record a new personal best in 36:54 while Mike Kuykendall enjoyed a time of 50:57.

Good to see Mike back in blue as he put together a solid 5M performance on Sunday.
(Photo courtesy of Bill Dwyer)

"It was an epic five-mile race," he said.  "(My) fastest pace since knee surgery.  Only decided to run this one the day before and enjoyed hanging with my Volte teammates."

Volte friends Tiffany Langwell and Ken Johnson finished in 1:07:19 and 1:16:51, respectively.  Ken's time was good for third in his age group.

And in the 10-mile race, we had six Voltes and six friends toe the line.

Still leveraging his 2:39 marathon fitness from Houston a few weeks ago, Lu Bouanga won his second Texas 10 race ever with a time of 59:50.  He and women's winner Heather Oliva from San Antonio were misdirected and ran an extra kilometer.

Lu continues to run incredibly well, picking his second win of the 2021-2022 Texas 10 Series.
(Photo courtesy of Bill Dwyer)

Bonus mileage is good - when it doesn't cost you the overall win!

Committing a day before and paying full price, Roger King paced Rob Gay for the second straight Texas 10 race as Roger's time of 1:12:07 earned him third place, while Rob was a second behind in 1:12:08.

Marines > Navy as Roger leads Rob through a 1:12 running of the 10-mile course.
(Photo courtesy of Bill Dwyer)

Earning an age group placement in her 18th consecutive Texas 10 Series race dating back to 2013, Mayra Caamano won her division and got back under 1:16 for the first in six Texas 10 races with a time of 1:15:58.

Auggie Campbell and Kyley Hampton belted out a pair of new personal best times with marks of 1:19:28 and 1:24:23, respectively.

Big smiles into the finish for Auggie Campbell with a brand new 10-mile personal best.
(Photo courtesy of Bill Dwyer)

C. Stephenson Lake led our Volte friends with a second place age group finish of 1:16:24.  

Northside Running's Christina Gray and Erin Gowton finished close together in 1:32:01 and 1:32:45, respectively.  Erin took first in her age group.

Erin's husband, Jimmie, hustled to a time of 1:44:11 while Norman Langwell and Paul Roche stopped the clock in 1:47:36 and 1:49:02, respectively.

Ramon Rosales' 2nd Place, 100-Mile Finish at Rocky Raccoon Leads Volte into February

The first week of February in Volte, USA was light, but eventful.

Just three weeks after running a stellar 2:36 at the Chevron Houston Marathon, Ramon Rosales, with great support from his wife, two sons and pacers Luis Murillo and Francisco Garza, finished second overall at the Hoka One One Rocky Raccoon 100 Mile Trail race in Huntsville on Saturday, February 5.

Yes!  Ramon Rosales was second overall at 29th running of the Rocky Raccoon 100!
(Photo courtesy of Bill Dwyer)

Ramon finished in 16 hours, five minutes and 11 seconds in his offical debut 100-miler.  (He had previously run 100 miles in a "Backyard Ultra"-like event previously.)

Early the next morning, Sunday, February 6, our runners did a pretty good job of making the "Big Easy" look easy at the New Orleans "Rock N Roll" Half Marathon.

Christopher Branch stopped the clock at 1:38-even, Kim White and Julie Stevenson ran together in 1:51:42 while Judith Albarran posted a time of 1:55:33.

Lillian Evans, in her second Terry Hershey parkrun 5K of the new year, was the first overall female in a time of 24:25 on Saturday, February 5.

Closer to home, and on that same morning, Waverly Walk ran the new Spindle Tree parkrun 5K in Magnolia, which is held on the Spindle Tree Jogging Trail, in a time of 31:47.

Volte friends Vincent Attanucci and Jon Walk completed the course in respective times of 30:55 and 32:51, respectively.

And in a sparsely attended The Woodlands Running Club Sunday Night 5K on Sunday, Febuary 6, Jane Campbell was the first overall finisher in 24:46.  Her husband Auggie finished in 27:28 while Volte friend
Ken Johnson
did so in 45:15.

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Volte Caps Off January With Strong Hot Chocolate, ReRun Trail and College Station 10 Showings

While Nine Volte has a little catching up to do for last month, Volte probably put together its best January in the ten (since 2013) that the group has been formally organized.

The Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Half Marathon were certainly high-performance events for our group, but this past weekend Volte athletes kept the good times – in spirit and on the clock – rolling.

With a familiar voice bringing our runners to the finish line, Volte put its five runners in the top 76 of the 882-finisher Hot Chocolate 15K Houston Saturday, January 28 just outside of Sam Houston Park in downtown Houston.

Four of the five earned both an age group award and a new personal best at the unconventional race distance.

Christopher Reed was 18th overall to take third in his competitive 45-49 age group with a time of 1:06:54.

Seven minutes and 32 seconds in front of his closest competitor in his 60-64 division, Kim White smoked the course with a time of 1:12:01, good for 40th overall.

Even though Stephanie Reed was our only runner who got shut out of the age group award and personal best category, she was our top female finisher, good for 17th overall among all women in a time of 1:15:08.

She had great runners surrounding her in the overall listing – May Shek and Suzy Seeley a couple of spots in front of her and multisport athlete from Conroe, Nicole Mallette, and Mont Belvieu’s Rachel Lowell just following.

Third in her age group was Lillian Evans, who was all smiles coming into the finish with a time of 1:16:59, while Julie Stevenson was more than four and a half minutes better than second place in the ladies’ 55-59 age group as she stopped the clock in 1:18:07 – 24th of 595 females.

Sonia Dhodapkar and Kim Hamilton ran together to lead our Volte friends in 1:23:52 while Woodlands Fit’s Mariela Rodriguez finished nicely in a time of 1:45:11.

Strike Force Racing’s co-founder Gena Alvarez earned her first podium spot with a 28:02, third-place age group time in the Hot Chocolate 5K, while her husband, Greg, was right alongside step for step.

1,983 runners finished the 5K race.

Two of our mileage fiends – that same morning – decided that 15K wasn’t enough for them.

Therefore, they headed to Navasota for the ReRun 5x5 Trail Run.

Runners do a 5K at the top of each hour.

For five hours.

Jerritt Park, who has run virtually the last two years across Tennessee, New York and who knows for sure where else, took third overall in a combined time of 2:10:21.

His 5K times were 26:01, 25:10, 25:55, 28:11 and 26:57.

Meanwhile, Rob Gay took a more linear approach to his times.

They were 28:20, 28:16, 28:47, 29:15 and 29:14.

Knowing these two, there’s no doubt that there were good laughs to go with good running.

The following day, Sunday, January 30, we moved to the fifth race of the 2021-2022 Texas 10 Series in College Station.

Jane Campbell continues to run well, earning first place in her age group at the Aggieland 5K.
(Photo courtesy of Bill Dwyer)

Our only runner in the 5K made it count as Jane Campbell won her age group in 23:56.

Our Volte friends from Huntsville were the only five-milers.

Dianna and Ray Sarno continued their couples run of the Texas 10 Series with identical times of 57:48.

Ray won his age group, while Ken Johnson grabbed second in his.

Ken covered the 5-miler in 1:13:46.

We were outnumbered by our friends in the 10-mile race, but our Volte athletes went four for four in age group placements.

Lu continues to leverage his great training from January's preparation for Houston.
(Photo courtesy of Bill Dwyer)

Lu Bouanga followed up on his impressive 2:39 debut marathon at Houston with a first-place age group time – and PR – of 53:52.

He was third overall, just seven seconds out of second place.

No truth to the rumor that Roger King is going to start his own “Pace with the King” business as he spurred Rob Gay on to a 1:15:49 finish.

The faces of Rob Gay and Roger King tell the story of Texas 10 College Station.
(Photo courtesy of Bill Dwyer)

Roger’s time was a second faster, good for second in the 40-44 division, while Rob was third in the 45-49 age group.

Not quite sure if Kyley Hampton shops at Wal-Mart, but her times in the 10-mile distance are falling faster than one of the world’s largest chain of retailers.

Kyley did beat Victor Maldonado to the line by a tenth of a second in her PR performance.
(Photo courtesy of Bill Dwyer)

Hampton was second in her 30-34 age group with a personal best time of 1:24:28.

Our Volte friends did well too, including four age group awards.

Representing Fleet Feet, Rip Reynolds led the way with a first-place age group time of 1:10:08.

Nicole Green and Cristina Gray, who both run for Northside Running, each won third in their respective divisions with times of 1:22:41 and 1:35:26, respectively.

Seven Hills Running Club’s David Keithley posted a mark of 1:29:15.

James Griffis - a great athlete and a gentleman.
(Photo courtesy of Bill Dwyer)

James Griffis was second in his 65-69 age group in 1:32:46.

Erin and Jimmie Gowton, with their positive countenances, ran the two-loop course in 1:35:42 and 1:48:22.

And its great to continue to see Norman Langwell get back to running races consistently as he lodged a time of 1:48:30.

Saturday, January 15, 2022

The Road To Houston -- A Look Back: Volte Founder Bill Dwyer's 36-Year History of CHM Support

In 1987, a then record 2,849 runners crossed the finish line of the Houston Marathon.

The official recorded low temperature was 38 degrees and it never got warmer that day than 54 degrees.

While it was only the 15th Houston Marathon, it was - to that point - the fourth coldest on record.

Susan Rouse, who we profiled earlier today, was at the start ready to improve upon her debut time of 3:48:58 from the year before.

And whose marathon was it their first?

Our founder, coach and friend Bill Dwyer.

"It was 35 degrees and very windy," he said, much like it is going to be for Sunday's 50th running.  "I was bit by a dog on my calf the day before."

Bill Dwyer running the 1987 Houston Marathon
(Photo courtesy of Bill Dwyer)

It was his third marathon as his first two marathons were the original rendition of The Woodlands Marathon.

"I ran 3:11:35, which was a 13-minute PR," Bill stated.  "Ultimately this would stand as my third fastest marathon with Dallas in 1988 and Houston in 1989 would be a little faster."

In the picture above, he said he's wearing the FM1960 Roadrunner's singlet, a Ten For Texas long sleeve cotton shirt and noted that it was his first time wearing tights for a race.

Nine Volte here.

As I started to write what you read above, and thinking about Susan's rich history with the race, I asked Bill a short while ago to document his history with the Houston Marathon.

He was gracious enough to do so.

This will be Bill's 36th year either running the race, volunteering or supporting runners - an incredible legacy of commitment to our community and what has turned out to become one of the top mid-major marathons in the world.

Here's his year-by-year history:

1987 - 3:11:35 First Houston
1988 - 3:21:35
1989 - 3:09:07 (3:08:54 on my watch...pre chip)
1990 - 3:30:47
1991 - 3:31:41
1992 - 4:03:13 
1993 - 3:49:37
1994 - 3:59:08
1995 - 4:13:12
1996 - 3:29:31 (good year)
1997 - 4:45:52 (ran with friend)
1998 - Support runners (my small group in Spring)
1999 - Support runners (my small group in Spring)
2000 - Support runners (my small group in Spring)
2001 - Support runners (my small group in Spring)
2002 - 4:37:55 Team In Training Official Marathon - but supporting along the way as the 4:30 TNT pacer
2003 - 5:32:49 Team In Training Official Marathon - but supporting along the way as the 5:30 TNT pacer
2004 - 6:09:00 Official Time Limit Pacer.  Stopped to help someone and ended up with marathon 14, but not recorded as official.
2005 - Support Team In Training
2006 - Support Team In Training
2007 - Support my small group (pre-Volte + Woodlands Fit + The Woodlands Running Club)
2008 - Support my small group (pre-Volte + Woodlands Fit + The Woodlands Running Club)
2009 - Support my small group (pre-Volte + Woodlands Fit + The Woodlands Running Club)
2010 - Support Strive Performance Coaching (Team Strive) + The Woodlands Running Club
2011 - Support Strive Performance Coaching (Team Strive) + The Woodlands Running Club
2012 - Volunteered at mile 13 Water Stop, where Dana-Sue Crews was the captain in support of Team In Training and the Bill Crews Remission Run 5K
2013 - Support Volte runners
2014 - Support Volte runners
2015 - Support Volte runners
2016 - Support Volte runners
2017 - Support Volte runners
2018 - Support Volte runners
2019 - Support Volte runners
2020 - Support Volte runners
2021 - Support Volte runners
2022 - Support Volte runners

Thanks Bill for all that you do for all of us! 

And if you're reading this and running tomorrow, run strong and run with endurance and do well!

The Road to Houston -- A Look Back: Volte's Susan Rouse Gets Ready for CHM #37 on Sunday!

Quality over quantity.

That's a saying we're sure you've heard a lot, but really it's true.

There's a lot to crow about when you're talking numbers, but nothing counts more than experience.

Volte's been blessed - taking nothing away from anybody else - to have coaches with the depth of years of experience like Bill Dwyer and Rich Cooper.

They're both "veterans" as defined by the Chevron Houston Marathon for their lengthy years of finishing the events, covering parts of five decades from 1987 to Rich's half marathon finish in 2020.

But what happens when the woman with the second most number of marathon finishes by a female at the Chevron Houston Marathon - count 'em, 36 - reaches out for a little help.  (Hint:  You help her!)

If you haven't met Susan Rouse yet, you need to.

Inspiration is a word that gets tossed around all too frequently, but what Susan has done - without a lot of fanfare and with a huge dose of humility - should be an encouragement to you.

Four Ironman finishes.

Comrades in 2010.

A marathon finish in all 50 states.

Her count of marathons and ultramarathons are well over 100.  (And those aren't "just" finishes.)

And the 2022 Houston Marathon will be her 37th Chevron Houston Marathon, with her first one coming in 1986.

That, folks, is a Houston Marathon finish in five different decades!  She's been running longer than some in our group have been on the Earth!

"I was asked earlier this year to coach a good friend, Susan Rouse, for the 2022 Chevron Houston Marathon." said Volte founder Bill Dwyer.  "So after the shock of someone who - in my opinion - knows the sport as well as anyone, I said, "Yes."  Training has gone well and Sunday is setting up nicely for a quality finish.

When someone all of us admire, like Dwyer, admires somebody, it's really a big deal.

"I have run many of the same events as Susan back in the 80's & 90's," he said.  "The Sunmart Trail Run sticks out in my memory as Susan seemed to always collect one of what we called "ponies" -- the Sunmart age group award, a statue of a running horse.

"It's an honor for me to be involved with such a class athlete."

Susan is all smiles coming into the the finish of the 2015 Houston Marathon!
(Photo courtesy of Bill Dwyer)

Even though she ran sub-3:30 - 3:28:02 - at the age of 51 in 2010, Susan says her best marathons in Houston were in 1994 and 1995 when she ran them two seconds apart -- 3:23:51 and 3:23:53.  How's that for consistency?!

We asked her what her most memorable Houston's were.

"The year of the freeze (1997), twice as pace group leader, 3:30 & 3:40 and my 20th - 2003 - when I started splurging on staying downtown in a hotel," she said.

Therefore, she's been overstimulating the Houston economy for nearly 20 years now.

With the exception of 2004, she ran sub-4 all the way through and including the 2015 race, where things have gotten a bit more challenging, she says.

"The later ones with health and aging issues and -- hanging in when it's gotten tough!" Susan said.

As a five-decade runner at the Houston Marathon, she can testify that while there's been a lot of change it has grown and developed into one of running's jewels.

"The numbers started growing after the half was added (in 2000) and when Ryan Hall set the half record (2006), and generally because it’s a wonderful world class event," she said.  "My goodness I’ve been privileged to run so many amazing marathons, triathlons, and ultras but I’ve always thought Houston was the best!! That’s not changed! The crowds (hoopla), the GRB, seeing friends I know, great course, Expo & post race party."

While we're pulling for all 40 or our runners in either the marathon or half marathon, this is the first one that we'll be able to cheer Susan on - and her husband Dan Jordan - as a teammate.

Susan's History at Houston
36-year Legacy Runner

1986 - 3:48:58
1987 - 3:30:04
1988 - 3:47:24
1989 - 3:25:05
1990 - 3:31:34
1991 - 3:30:00
1992 - 3:27:47
1993 - 3:37:37
1994 - 3:23:36
1995 - 3:23:51
1996 - 3:23:53
1997 - 3:40:04
1998 - 3:31:02
1999 - 3:30:46
2000 - 3:31:32
2001 - 3:30:56
2002 - 3:34:43
2003 - 3:36:48
2004 - 4:15:20
2005 - 3:35:38
2006 - 3:24:48
2007 - 3:39:59
2008 - 3:43:28
2009 - 3:27:18
2010 - 3:28:02
2011 - 3:42:01
2012 - 3:35:05
2013 - 3:53:13
2014 - 3:44:13
2015 - 3:49:41
2016 - 4:02:10
2017 - 4:27:14
2018 - 4:25:31
2019 - 4:28:51
2020 - 4:43:44
2021 - 5:15:11  Covid Virtual Year

Friday, January 14, 2022

The Road To Houston -- A Look Back: Rich Cooper and the 1998 Houston Marathon

By Rich Cooper

It’s hard to believe this year will be the 22nd time I have participated in Houston Marathon weekend, where some of the most memorable marathons in the early part of my adult running career were completed at.  
 
Following the epic adventure of the 1997 Ice Marathon, I was fully immersed back into running. I couldn’t stop talking about it. 

My training also went up a notch as I now wanted to reach some ambitious goals.  
 
I was running and racing a lot. 

The impact of finishing Houston in the previous year also boosted my confidence in everything I did.  
 
As I mentioned earlier, running changed my life. 

In the summer of 1997, I met my future wife Ginger.  How she put up with me at the time I’ll never know because all I did was talk about running and working out.  
 
The 1998 Houston Marathon is my second most memorable race. 

I put everything into training. 

I decided to train again with Houston Fit only this time I would start my career in coaching as I signed on to be an assistant coach to the Yellow Group.  
 
This marathon would turn out to be a totally different story then the year before. 

The weather was decent. I had a goal of running a sub four-hour marathon. 

Little did I know something terrible would change my running forever.  
 
It was a really nice day. I had done everything right in the week leading up to the race.

When the gun went off, I stuck to my planned pace and I was feeling really good. 
 
All of us at different stages in our career have experienced the feeling of being in “THE ZONE” and on this day I was living in it! 

Today was going to be the day!  
 
The crowds were amazing. The one area on the course which stood out the most was in Rice Village. The crowds were at least two deep, there was music and the people were going nuts! 

My girlfriend Ginger lived in Rice Village so she was waiting for me. 

I gave her some excess clothing and took off on my quest.  
 
I was having a really good race. 

At the halfway point everything was progressing perfectly.  
 
Then it happened.  

Rich Cooper at one of the early City of Conroe Turkey Trot 5K's
(Photo courtesy of Jon Walk)

I had just turned onto Wesleyan when, while running in the center of the road, my right foot struck an uneven part of the road and “POP!” 

My foot violently turned out. I stopped and started walking, cursing my bad luck. 

The pain was terrible.  
 
An aid station worker ran up to me and asked me if I was okay, I promptly told her in a not so nice way to get away from me.  
 
I was devastated, but I decided I would keep going, hoping the pain would eventually go away. It did not.  
 
I kept going running and walking. 

When Ginger saw me at mile 18, she knew immediately something was wrong. (I was at least 20 minutes late). 

I told her I had sprained my ankle, but I was going to keep going.  
 
The rest of the way was all a blur, but I was determined to finish, and I finally crossed the finish line in 4:22:44. I did it. And I had improved my time from the previous year. 

I could barely walk, and I was escorted to the medical section for evaluation.  
 
When the doctor removed my shoe, he looked at me and asked me where I had hurt my foot?   

I replied, “At mile 14.”  
 
He said, “You ran on this for 12 miles?”

I replied, “Yes.”  
 
He just shook his head and said, “You runners are a crazy bunch.  You may have fractured your ankle.” 

I was stunned.  
 
The next day I went to the doctor and was told I had a severe high ankle sprain. 

He told me it would take at least four months to be able to start running again.  
 
When I think back to that moment on Wesleyan, I should have stopped right there but, runners can be a stubborn bunch. 

After that day, my running gait was never the same.  
 
The lesson I learned from that day is there is no shame in dropping out of race when you're hurt. 

A long time ago, a coach told me the hardest thing for a runner to do is not to finish a marathon, but to not finish one. 

I should have DNF’d that day.  
 
Still, the fact I ran 12 miles on a bad ankle is something I’ll never forget. 

To this day it fuels me as a coach to advise my runners to think before they do something that may change their running going forward.  
 
It was a great day, painful but great. I’ll never forget it. 

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Volte, Friends and Others at the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon

With the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon about upon us, we visited the marathon's Results site to see how many times our runners, friends and community members have run the races.

Obviously, we're not able to get all of the affiliated event results nor we were necessarily able to capture races run under a maiden name (even though that site may have linked them if they had been notified).

Since the marathon included submitted 2021 virtual results - and some of our runners did both the marathon and half marathon, we only counted those virtual as one.  And if it was both, we put the tally in the marathon column.  (There weren't many.)


VOLTES
36 - Susan Rouse (36M)
21 - Rich Cooper (11M, 10H)
17 - Dan Jordan (13M, 4H)
14 - Michelle McGill (14M)
13 - Bill Dwyer (13M)
13 - Tammy Grado (6M, 7H)
12 - Michael Csikos (11M, 1H)
11 - Ruth Perez (5M, 6H)
11 - Todd Hunter (11M)
10 - Julie Stevenson (6M, 4H)
10 - Paul Vita (5M, 5H)
9 - Alfredo Gonzalez (1M, 8H)
9 - David Odom (6M, 3H)
9 - Laura Godfrey (8M, 1H)
8 - Geri Henry (4M, 4H)
8 - Jen Smith (5M, 3H)
8 - Juan Murillo (7M, 1H)
8 - Juliee Sparks (4M, 4H)
8 - Mary Lee Miller (6M, 2H)
7 - Faith Craig (5M, 2H)
7 - Luis Murillo (5M, 2H)
7 - Mike Kuykendall (7H)
7 - Randy Harris (7M)
7 - Sandra Tezino (1M, 6H)
7 - Tammy Hinke (1M, 6H)
6 - Judith Albarran (5M, 1H)
6 - Kimberly Simmons (3M, 3H)
6 - Naika Vargas (1M, 5H)
6 - Trudy Regnier (4M, 2H)
5 - Devyn Cook (5M)
5 - Gustavo Murillo (3M, 2H)
5 - Kim White (2M, 3H)
5 - Tom Hinke (2M, 3H)
4 - George Roffe (4M)
4 - Neven Krstulovic-Opara (4M)
4 - Stephanie Reed (4M)
3 - Brian Hanyzewski (3M)
3 - Carrie Hyde (2M, 1H)
3 - Curtis Hooper (3M)
3 - Erika Sampson (3H)
3 - Jerritt Park (2M, 1H)
3 - Jose Murillo (3H)
3 - Laura Hanyzewski (3M)
3 - Leticia Gonzalez (3H)
3 - Paolo Biagi (1M, 2H)
3 - Robert Dempsey (2M, 1H)
3 - Sally Buckelew (1M, 2H)
3 - Yaya Herrera (2M, 1H)
2 - Amanda Jenkins (1M, 1H)
2 - Auggie Campbell (2H)
2 - Bonnie Scholz (2H)
2 - Brittany Haddad (1M, 1H)
2 - Chriss Neumann (2M)
2 - Christopher Branch (2M)
2 - Darren Hadden (2M)
2 - Gabby Westbrook (1M, 1H)
2 - Gourav Kumar (2M)
2 - Jane Campbell (1M, 1H)
2 - Lisa Csikos (2H)
2 - Llana Bingham (2H)
2 - Mayra Caamano (2M)
2 - Ramon Rosales (2M)
2 - Rob Gay (2M)
2 - Robert Cardnell (1M, 1H)
2 - Sharon Mitchell (2M)
2 - Sue Griffis (2H)
2 - Tim Russell (2M)
2 - Waverly Walk (1M, 1H)
1 - Desna McDonald (1M)
1 - Holly Benson (1M)
1 - Jeffry Lehner (1M)
1 - Layton Gill (1M)
1 - Lillian Evans (1H)
1 - Mimi Torrez (1M)
1 - Rapha Machado (1M)

FRIENDS OF VOLTE
16 - Ken Johnson (15M, 1H)
15 - Vincent Attanucci (15M)
13 - John Laskowski, Team Strive/Outrival/Mach 5 (12M, 1H)
13 - Josh Rivas (11M, 2H)
13 - Randy Bradley (11M, 2H)
13 - Reggie Bruhn (13M)
11 - Jon Walk (9M, 2H)
9 - Shannon Truman (7M, 2H)
7 - Erika Park (1M, 6H)
5 - James Griffis (4M, 1H)
4 - Gena Alvarez, Strike Force Racing (4H)
3 - Landa Wright (1M, 2H)
3 - Scott Mayer, Team Strive (3M, last 2010)
2 - Brandi Perkins (2M)
2 - Greg Alvarez, Strike Force Racing (2H)
2 - Ronnie Delzer, Vantage Point Endurance (1M, 1H)
1 - Rick Ames, Team In Training (1M)

VOLTE ALUMNI
7 - Jill Tresaugue (4M, 3H)
5 - Amanda Cruise (4M, 1H)
4 - Kate Looney (3M, 1H)
3 - Krista Blevins (3H)

COMMUNITY MEMBERS
24 - Jim Braden (19M, 5H)
19 - Dan Green (15M, 4H - Eight sub-3 marathons, 1972 winner)
15 - Sandra Sutherland (5M, 10H)
13 - Fran Blanton (13H)
13 - Nancy Prejean (8M, 5H)
11 - Barry Blanton, Red X Running (1M, 10H)
8 - Dana Lyons, Finish Strong Racing (8H)
6 - (Pastor) Jeff Wells (5M, 1H - Four marathons sub-2:30, 1976 winner)
3 - Juris Green (3H)
1 - Michelle LeBlanc, Mach 5 Racing (1H, 2009)