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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.

Thursday, January 20, 2005

Iron Women of Houston

To those people that joked that I did too many events, I give you two (2) high performers that put most of us to shame -- Yong Collins and Suzy Seeley.

Maybe it is just because I'm a new runner and/or new to the running scene here in Houston, but these two women have simply impressed me this running season. Here are the results that I know about:

Yong Collins
10/16 - Houston 20K Championship - 1:38:17.2 - 3rd in 45-49 age group
10/23 - Rocky Raccoon 50K - 4:09:25 - 6th female overall, 3rd female masters
11/ 6 - Run With The Saints 5K - 23:06 - 4th in 40-49 age group
11/ 7 - San Antonio Marathon - 3:39:04.8 - 1st in 45-49 age group
11/14 - Oshman's 25K - 2:01:47.6 - 2nd in 50-54 age group
11/25 - Sugarland Turkey Trot 5M - 36:00.3 - 1st in 50-54 age group
12/ 5 - Houstonian Lite 30K - 2:27:18.7 - 2nd in 50-54 age group
12/11 - Sunmart 50M - 10:32:00.2 - 3rd in 50-54 age group
1/ 1 - Texas Marathon - 3:44:27 - 4th female overall
1/16 - hp Houston Marathon - 3:45:51 - 4th in 50-54 age group

Suzy Seeley
10/23 - Rocky Raccoon 25K - 2:09:17 - 3rd female overall, 2nd female masters
10/30 - Beat the Heat 5K - 21:40 - 1st female masters
11/ 7 - San Antonio Marathon - 3:22:24.9 - 4th female overall
11/14 - Oshman's 8.4K - 37:22.9 - 1st female overall
11/25 - Uptown Turkey Trot 10K - 43:11 - 1st in 45-49 age group
12/ 5 - Houstonian Lite 30K - 2:20:04.0 - 3rd in 45-49 age group
12/11 - Sunmart 50K - 4:31:28.4 - 1st female masters
1/ 1 - Texas Marathon - 3:35:12 - 2nd female overall
1/ 2 - Rockets Run 5K - time unknown, but believed to be a top finisher
1/16 - hp Houston Marathon - 3:19:36 - 2nd in 45-49 age group

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