Houston Running

One of the leading sources for the discussion of Houston-area (and Texas as well) road racing. Focus and attention will be given to Houston-area runners, specifically HARRA members, that compete in outside-of-the-area events as well as those who do interesting things that aren't captured in the various media outlets, such as Inside Texas Running, Runner Triathlete News and Roberta MacInnis' Running Notebook in the Houston Chronicle (all fine publications and columns but with limitations too).

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Location: Spring, Texas, United States

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.

Friday, April 01, 2005

798 Texans, 76 HARRA Members Headed for Boston

As of Friday, April 1st, there are 798 registrants, 76 which are members of HARRA, for the 109th Boston Marathon to be held at noon on Monday, April 18, 2005. Some other miscellaneous pre-race statistics include:

By Sex: Male (479), Female (319)

By Age Group: 15-19 (1), 20-24 (31), 25-29 (61), 30-34 (87), 35-39 (135), 40-44 (159), 45-49 (170), 50-54 (81), 55-59 (40), 60-64 (23), 65-69 (6), 70-74 (4)

Youngest Male: 18, Eric Sauerwein, Nederland
Youngest Female: 21, Laura Smith, Austin; Amie Chambers, College Station; Rebecca Fitzgerald, Ovila
Oldest Male: 73, Lorant Garban, Dickinson
Oldest Female: 63, Nilda Burgos, Kingwood

Number of Texas Cities Represented: 137

Top 10 Cities: Houston (149), Austin (116), Dallas (88), San Antonio (40), Fort Worth (25), Plano (23), The Woodlands (21), College Station (12), Sugar Land (12), Arlington (11), Irving (10)

Foreign Citizenship (46): Canada (5), CHN (1), Denmark (1), Ecuador (1), ESP (1), Great Britain (18), Ireland (3), Japan (2), Mexico (6), NED (1), PHI (1), ROM (1), RSA (2), SER (1), SVK (1), Sweden (1)

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