Houston Running: Coast to the Capitol 26.2 Double

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Monday, February 14, 2005

Coast to the Capitol 26.2 Double

Four (4) brave individuals ran marathons on back-to-back days this past weekend when they did the inaugural Surfside Beach Marathon as well as the 14th running of the Freescale Austin Marathon.

Tom Detore, 57, of Unadilla, Nebraska led the four individuals in a composite time of 8:52:26 (4:00:58 in the Surfside Beach Marathon and 4:51:28 in the Freescale Austin Marathon).

Steve Boone, 55, of Humble was next with a composite time of 10:20:38 (4:46:18, 5:34:20) followed by Gene Bruckert, 69, of Arlington Heights, Illinois at 11:41:08 (5:43:13; 5:57:55) and Lou Wilson, 68, of The Woodlands at 12:33:54 (6:13:49; 6:20:05).

Both Boone and Wilson ran both the Texas Marathon on January 1st and the hp Houston Marathon on Januray 16th. Boone's times were 5:31:12 and 4:30:13, a drop of 1:01:29, while Wilson's were 5:28:08 and 5:17:33, respectively.

Wilson has done six (6) of the eight (8) Texas marathons so far this season while Boone has done five (5). Wilson completed the San Antonio marathon in November while he and Boone both tackled White Rock in December.

Wilson and Rosenberg native John Frederickson are the only two individuals 60 years and older who have completed San Antonio, White Rock, hp Houston and Freescale Austin this season.

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