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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, June 07, 2005

2 RTW regulars excel in impressive Austin News 8K field

The big guns were out in force Saturday, June 4th in Austin at the News 8K as Olympian and San Antonio native Liza Hunter-Galvan and Gilbert Tuhabonye posted impressive wins.

Hunter-Galvan smashed the women's field of 141 as she outpassed second place finisher Margo Braud of Austin by just over three minutes. Hunter-Galvan, who represented New Zealand in the Olympics in Athens this past summer, bested the field in 28:37.2. Braud finished in 31:50.8. Caldwell's Becky Shirley, who ran impressively in the Blue Bell Fun Run 10K in Brenham back in April, won the Masters Division in 33:41.7 by 27 seconds over Austin's Lynn Doelger.

Tuhabonye, 30, outpaced San Antonio's Victor Viesca, 37, and 27-year-old Joshua Meza to win the men's division in 25:47.5. Viesca and Meza both were less than a minute behind with times of 26:09.6 and 26:17.2. Legendary veterans runner Randy Reina of San Antonio won the Master's Division in 27:45.8.

Both Shirley and Reina finished 4th overall in the women's and men's divisions, respectively.

Two (2) Run The Woodlands 5K regulars -- Russell Meyer, 36, and Debbie Tripp, 49 -- ran well finishing 6th (36-40) and 3rd in their respective age groups.

Running in his 2nd race of the season, Meyer, a Houston Harriers member, covered the 4.97-mile course in 33:40.7 while Tripp picked up hardware for the first time since a third place finish in her age group at the Blue Bell Fun Run 5K with a run of 49:57.8, a pace of 10:03/mile.

posted by WalkSports.com | 12:16 PM

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