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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.

Wednesday, February 02, 2005

"Love The Half" Challenge Update

Congratulations to the 39 "Love The Half (Marathon)" Challenge participants that participated in either the 3M Half Marathon in Austin or the Lake Benbrook Half Marathon in Benbrook this past weekend. (Results still have not been posted online from Steamboat Half Mountain in Abilene or the San Antonio Road Runners Endurathon in Bulverde.)

Special recognition is due to Stephen P. Brown from Lewisville who participated in both in Benbrook and then Austin! Stephen posted a season-best half marathon time of 2:08:16 on Saturday in Benbrook then turned around and ran a sterling 1:54:25 at the 3M Half.

3M Half Marathon Participants

Beth Gerth, Kingwood, 2:27:31
Cheryl Millett, Dallas, 1:58:36
Dan Lucy, Flower Mound, 1:59:46
David Aungst, Grapevine, 1:55:59
Ginger Gonzalez, McKinney, 3:00:59
Gregory Bethke, Sugar Land, 1:20:12
Jaime Noyola, Austin, 1:46:09
Juanita Espinosa, Seguin, 2:46:45
Jon Levy, Austin, 1:47:37
Lettie Estrada, Irving, 2:42:15
Linda Kay Peterson, Breckenridge, CO, 2:27:13
Linda Lyles, Dallas, 2:37:48
Lisa Drummond, Austin, 2:21:19
Mark Wigginton, Austin, 2:26:18
Michelle Hastings, Austin, 2:08:25
Pam Thompson, Highland Village, 2:03:17
Ralph Lira, Denton, 2:14:50
Robert Espinosa, Seguin, 2:46:41
Rod Collins, Dallas, 2:03:59
Sheryl Cox, Austin, 2:02:09
Stephanie O'Brien, Dallas, 2:37:47
Stephen Brown, Lewisville, 1:54:25
Susan Lira, Denton, 1:42:56
Vickie Anders, Allen, 2:14:49

Lake Benbrook Half Marathon Participants

Angela Earle, 2:21:11
Carrie Fenton, Flower Mound, 2:42:54
Dani Tassell, Irving, 2:22:13
Elizabeth Mendiola, Crowley, 2:10:07
Helene Cano, Fort Worth, 2:03:34
Janet Fuller, Grapevine, 1:52:26
Nancy Henley, Burleson, 2:07:53
Norie (Leonora) Alvarez, Watauga, 2:39:50
Patti Petersen, Dallas, 2:02:47
Rene Cheek, Mesquite, 2:24:18
Stan Shanks, Flower Mound, 1:39:40
Stephen Brown, Lewisville, 2:08:16
Susan Williams, Fort Worth, 2:24:55
Teresa Chilian, 2:01:57
Theresa Snyder, Grand Prairie, 2:02:46
Vonda Spinks, Dallas, 2:38:46

You are now at the halfway point of the inaugural Challenge and we still need for you to report all of your results!

Gregory Bethke of Sugar Land was the second person to reach the 5-event goal on Sunday in Austin at the 3M Half with his fastest half marathon of the Challenge, 1:20:12. Bethke completed the Huntsville Half (in October), the San Antonio Half (in November), the Houstonian Lite 30K (in December) and the Aramco Houston Half (in January). All four half marathons were in 1:23 or under.

There are 183 participants in the inaugural Challenge. Unofficially, the breakdown of the number of completed events is as follows:

6 events - 1
5 events - 1
4 events - 19
3 events - 38
2 events - 76
1 event - 37
0 events - 11

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