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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.

Monday, May 16, 2005

Karen Bowler's Times in Portugal

Houston Striders veteran runner Karen Bowler competed last weekend for her native Great Britain (GBR) at the 9th European Veterans Athletic Non-Stadia Championships in Lisbon, Portugal.

Bowler, 55, whose 3:27:24 at the hp Houston Marathon in January is the top marathon time of all 50-and-over females in Texas in 2005, finished 7th and 4th in the 55-59 age group in the 10K and Half Marathon, respectively. The events were run on consecutive days.

On Friday, May 13th, Karen ran a 43:34 10K, just 1:28 out of third place.

The following day, Saturday, May 14th, she posted a 1:36:09 half marathon and nearly four (4) minutes behind the third place age group finisher.

She was 42nd (of 126 finishers) and 26th (of 85 finishers) overall in the 10K and Half Marathon, respectively.

43 runners competed in both events. Karen's composite time of 2:19:43 was 15th overall and 3rd in the 55-59 age group behind Italy's Lucia Soranzo and Switzerland's Stefica Gajic.

posted by WalkSports.com | 5:50 PM

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