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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 14, 2005

Armenteros breaks course record in Run The Woodlands 5K #131

http://www.runningintheusa.com/05/tx0611a.html
Official write-up and results

On the strength of an opening mile split of 4:59 followed by back-to-back 4:53 miles, 32-year-old Houstonian Luis Armenteros made his RTW debut a most memorable one with a 15:18 effort that dropped Gabriel Rodriguez's course record of 15:29 that had stood for over three years and 73 races.

"Whew, about time that record got taken down!" said Webster's Rodriguez, who is currently training for the Twin Cities Marathon. "Great run by Luis on not such a fast course."

The former record holder added via e-mail, "This might get (Rudy) Rocha and (Sean) Wade up there as well to take their best shots at the course. It'd be nice to see the course record say "14:50-something.."

Armenteros narrowly finished second to Wade in HARRA's Spring Runner of the Season competition as well as taking a 2nd-place just two weeks before RTW at the Astros' Race for the Pennant 5K.

posted by WalkSports.com | 6:34 PM

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