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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.

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

HARRA Lays Rubber at Texas Motor Speedway

Two (2) local HARRA members, Al Denbleyker and Patricia Totten, who both run events for the Houston Masters Sports Association (HMSA), recorded top times in the Texas Motor Speedway's F-1 Duathlon on Saturday, March 13, 2005.

Totten, 54, was easily the women's top Grand Master finisher with a time of 2:20:36.7 in the 2-mile run, 10-mile bike, 2-mile run, 10-mile bike, 2-mile run format. Lis Heckmann, 65, of Georgetown, was her closest competitor, who was less than seven minutes behind in 2:27:03.2. Denbleyker, also 54, narrowly edged out Tyler's Timothy Myers and Houston's Michael Waldau to capture the 50-54 age group title in a time of 1:54:17.5.

Saturday's wins for Totten and Denbleyker came after early-season age group wins at the Frost Yer Fanny Duathlon in Shreveport, Louisiana on January 30th. Both won their age groups at that event. Totten did so more easily than Denbleyker. She led her closest competition by just under 10 minutes, while Denbleyker eeked out a 12-second win over James Griffis with a time of 1:35:22.

posted by WalkSports.com | 7:02 AM

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