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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.

Sunday, May 08, 2005

May 7-8 Race Results Review

Houston Strider Jackie Connally held off BCRR's Bonnie Jo Barron to capture the female division of Saturday's Best Buddies 5K. Connally edged Barron, 20:00.8 to 20:18.4. 28-year-old Fred Miller outclassed the men's field to win the men's division by more than two minutes over Rosenberg's David Martinez, 17. Miller covered the 5K in 16:33.3 while Martinez (18:54.4) held off Houston's Brian Reichard, 36 (19:00.2) and 19-year-old Jarrod Smith (19:17.2).

HARRA finishers included:

6 - Robert Brown (BCRR) - 19:25.4 - 1st 45-49
7 - Victor Aguirre (TOR) - 19:38.5 - 1st 50-54
9 - Kevin Campbell (HS) - 19:58.1 - 2nd 50-54
11 - Marshall Penwright (NONE) - 20:06.9 - 2nd 45-59
18 - John Duncan (HF) - 22:02.4 - 3rd 50-54
34 - Mike Mangan (BCRR) - 24:49.8 - 2nd 60-64
35 - James Taylor (NONE) - 24:58.2 - 3rd 60-64
47 - Travis Green - 26:02.4
51 - Kim Kimmey (BCRR) - 26:20.4 - 3rd 45-49
54 - Jay Stabler (FLS) - 26:38.5
86 - Theresa Bueno (RH) - 31:14.4
104 - Jason Moore - 35:40.8
105 - Jennifer Kim (HS) - 36:12.6
124 - Martha Crowder (HF) - 41:00.0

Emily Deppe, who once held the 20-29 age group record in the Run The Woodlands 5K series before eventually being lowered by Perla Rios and just recently by Katie Gwyn, captured the women's division of Saturday's CB&I Tri The Woodlands in a time of 1:08:11.5 (logging the best times in all three categories, 500-meter swim, 15.6-mile bike ridge and 3.2-mile run).

6th in USA Triathlon's national championship last September in Shreveport, Deppe's first-ever triathlon was the 2001 Lake Waconia Triathlon in Minnesota, an event which she won last June and will return to defend on June 26th, 2005. The win in 2004 won her -- a former University of Minnesota swimmer -- the Minnesota Multisport Performance of the Year.

One of the most impressive performances came from 62-year-old Ann Erickson (BCRR), who finished 13th overall among all women in 1:21:58.3 and was the fourth masters finisher.

HARRA finishers (and others) included:

23 - Michelle LeBlanc (NONE) - 1:12:07.6
32 - Matthew Nicola (BCRR) - 1:13.10.1
75 - Christopher Arend (TOR) - 1:17:42.5
78 - Jim Harrington (Run The Woodlands regular) - 1:18:05.2
88 - Al Denbleyker (HMSA) - 1:18:51.6
96 - Michael Manuel (BCRR) - 1:19:10.8
100 - Michael Tognarelli (HS) - 1:19:19.4
109 - J.P. Reed (GHTC) - 1:19:48.1
118 - Karen Nelson (FLS) - 1:20:21.9
171 - Rebecca Watkins (BCRR) - 1:23:42.8
190 - Kelly Vowles (ran 3:31:40 at Houston) - 1:24:44.5
197 - Michael Richardson - 1:24:56.8
208 - Patricia Totten (HMSA) - 1:25:51.0
218 - Tom Hippe (Run The Woodlands regular) - 1:26:18.9*
(* ran Vancouver International Marathon last week)
226 - Jan Vanhaezebrouck - 1:26:34.4
264 - George Killinger (HS) - 1:28:01.0
339 - Jill Devay (BCRR) - 1:32:27.0
401 - Heidi Riggs (PF) - 1:37:38.6

Cy-Falls HS grad and Tulsa University sophomore Jason Schweitzer won Tulsa's Cinco de Mayo 5K Run on Friday in a time of 16:26. Five (5) Tulsa teammates, including four (4) freshman, though, during the regular outdoor season leading up to this weekend's WAC championships in Tulsa have posted times better than Schweitzer's.

The Woodlands' Norberto Valdes skipped over the CB&I The Woodlands triathlon Saturday to travel to San Marcos' The Rookie Triathlon and captured first place in the men's 45-49 age group (54:02).

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