HEB Texas 10K Challenge Results

It hasn't been publicized yet; however, officials with the HEB Texas 10K Challenge will announce that there were seven (7) of somewhere near 50 registrants that were able to complete the six-race series in 2004.

Participants had to pay their own race entry fees, of course, but participation in the Challenge was free. [Although getting to McAllen for the last race on November 21 might have necessitated talking three of your best friends to split the cost of the gas for the $10 race. Actually, I joked that the finishers should have gotten $100 gas cards from HEB!]

Six of the participants are from the greater Houston, while the seventh was the son of one of the six (and lives in Pflugerville). Three (3) of the six from Houston are HARRA members, including Serai Abraham and Gail Sabanosh, who run for the Terlingua Track Club, and Richard Kerr, who isn't affiliated with a HARRA club. Marie Whitmer, Alan Pekarik (both of Cypress) and Howard Miller are the other Houston area finishers.

What about me? I finished the first four, but had a conflict when the 5th race in Gilmer was held on Saturday, October 30th -- a day before the 29th running of the Marine Corps Marathon.

Although I would have liked to have run in the Valley (as I've never seen the Rio Grande River except in El Paso), it just didn't make fiscal sense to do so. Below are the results of all of the finishers:

Gail Sabanosh
48:48 - Bayou City Classic 10K (8th in 45-49 F)
49:43 - Austin American-Statesman Capitol 10K (9th in 45-49 F)
48:02.6 - Tyler Azalea 10K (1st in 45-49 F)
49:11 - San Antonio Combat Medic 10K Run (3rd in 45-49 F)
50:38.50 - Rhonesboro Possum Festival 3rd annual Possum Trot (1st Overall F)
49:55 - McAllen International Friendship Run (5th in 45-49 F)

Alan Pekarik
49:32.3 - Bayou City Classic 10K (48th in 40-44 M)
48:36.4 - Austin American-Statesman Capitol 10K (89th in 40-44 M)
48:47.3 - Tyler Azalea 10K (13th in 40-44 M)
52:40 - San Antonio Combat Medic 10K Run (16th in 40-44 M)
52:27.07 - Rhonesboro Possum Festival 3rd annual Possum Trot (4th Overall M)
51:18 - McAllen International Friendship Run (12th in 40-44 M)

Serai Abraham
46:47.3 - Bayou City Classic 10K (3rd in 50-54 F)
48:28.3 - Austin American-Statesman Capital 10K (2nd in 50-54 F)
49:23.8 - Tyler Azalea 10K (1st in 50-54 F)
51:47 - San Antonio Combat Medic 10K Run (4th in 50-54 F)
59:30.25 - Rhonesboro Possum Festival 3rd annual Possum Trot (1st in 50-59 F)
53:18 - McAllen International Friendship Run (1st in 50-54 F)

Marie Whitmer
52:42.1 - Bayou City Classic 10K (3rd in 40+ F Athena)
51:26.9 - Austin American-Statesman Capitol 10K (32nd in 40-44 F)
51:09.9 - Tyler Azalea 10K (3rd in 40-44 F)
54:37 - San Antonio Combat Medic 10K Run (5th in 40-44 F)
55:08.66 - Rhonesboro Possum Festival 3rd annual Possum Trot (3rd Overall F)
54:55 - McAllen International Friendship Run (4th in 40-44 F)

Robert Kerr
51:54.2 - Austin American-Statesman Capital 10K (145th in 40-44 M)
51:34.2 - Tyler Azalea 10K (22nd in 40-44 M)
58:08 - San Antonio Combat Medic 10K Run (21st in 40-44 M)
53:12.57 - Rhonesboro Possum Festival 3rd annual Possum Trot (5th Overall M)
55:52 - McAllen International Friendship Run (18th in 40-44 M)

Howard Miller
1:12:30.6 - Bayou City Classic 10K (44th in 55-59 M)
1:15:39.6 - Austin American-Statesman Capital 10K (130th in 55-59 M)
1:08:37.3 - Tyler Azalea 10K (17th in 55-59 M)
1:11:41 - San Antonio Combat Medic 10K Run (16th in 55-59 M)
1:21:03.07 - Rhonesboro Possum Festival 3rd annual Possum Trot (2nd in 50-59 M)
1:17:37 - McAllen International Friendship Run (17th in 55-59 M)

Richard Kerr
1:27:13.0 - Bayou City Classic 10K (15th in 65-69 M)
1:28:34.5 - Austin American-Statesman Capital 10K (37th in 65-69 M)
1:24:45.9 - Tyler Azalea 10K (3rd in 65-69 M)
1:30:36 - San Antonio Combat Medic 10K Run (7th in 65-69 M)
1:30:21.08 - Rhonesboro Possum Festival 3rd annual Possum Trot (Only 60-69 M)
1:34:27 - McAllen International Friendship Run (7th in 65-69 M)