McBrayer, Boak and Yarbrough given HARRA Above and Beyond Awards
Congratulations to the HARRA Board and its outgoing president Steve Shepard, the Summer Celebration Committee and its chairperson, Doug Spence, and Runner's World's Bart Yasso for the excellent job during HARRA's Summer Celebration at the Spaghetti Warehouse Saturday night in downtown Houston.
All of the Runners of the Season for the Fall 2004 and Spring 2005 seasons were recognized as well as the club and the team winners (Houston Striders for the Fall 2004 and the Bayou City Road Runners for the Spring 2005). Speaking of this being the "Houston Running" blogspot, Saturday night featured a "Who's Who" of Houston runners!
Runners were treated to an excellent, fun and informative presentation from Bart Yasso, the creator of the marathon-predicting Yasso 880 workout, who shared with Houston-area runners his experiences at some of the world's most unique races, including the initial Badwater 146 (from Badwater, California, the lowest point in the U.S. to the peak of Mount Whitney) as well as the Antarctica, Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro Marathons.
HARRA also issued its first-ever Above and Beyond Awards to recognize those "who have demonstrated outstanding service and dedication to HARRA programs and events" and the first-ever recipients were Tom McBrayer, Roger Boak and Camille Yarbrough.
Other highlights included (for me, at least):
+ Getting to meet one of Houston's veteran women's runner Ursula Spilger and her husband, Tom. They were at the table of six (6) with myself, longtime HARRA member David Gautier, and fall 2004 PIMsters Clarence Silva and Becky Stevens.
+ Putting a name and a face with some of Houston's better runners including Houston Harriers' Suzanne Day, Terlingua Track Club's Ino Cantu (he doesn't look a day over 60, is in his mid 70's and still kicks ass on the roads) as well as Terlingua's Serai Abraham. There were others that I had never seen before such as incoming HARRA Board member Bill Crich (Bayou City Road Runners) and Terlingua's Ken Yanowski.
+ Visiting with Allen White, who I met for the first time at the Blue Bell Fun Run 10K in Brenham in April, and talking to him about his Flying Pig Marathon experience.
+ Seeing the ever-bubbly Pam Paling and Lisa Ruthven, the Power in Motion divas! (One of the funniest moments occurred when PIM coach Saara DeWalt, who will be leaving the area with husband Kalan Ickes before too long, won a free Power In Motion session as a door prize!)
+ Talking to Charlie Rodriguez, his wife Debbie, and their friend and fellow Strider, Cynthia Moreno, who did an excellent job handling the later door prizes.
+ Catching up with Strider John DiMarco and talking to him about a number of items, including the current HEB Texas 10K Challenge.
All of the Runners of the Season for the Fall 2004 and Spring 2005 seasons were recognized as well as the club and the team winners (Houston Striders for the Fall 2004 and the Bayou City Road Runners for the Spring 2005). Speaking of this being the "Houston Running" blogspot, Saturday night featured a "Who's Who" of Houston runners!
Runners were treated to an excellent, fun and informative presentation from Bart Yasso, the creator of the marathon-predicting Yasso 880 workout, who shared with Houston-area runners his experiences at some of the world's most unique races, including the initial Badwater 146 (from Badwater, California, the lowest point in the U.S. to the peak of Mount Whitney) as well as the Antarctica, Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro Marathons.
HARRA also issued its first-ever Above and Beyond Awards to recognize those "who have demonstrated outstanding service and dedication to HARRA programs and events" and the first-ever recipients were Tom McBrayer, Roger Boak and Camille Yarbrough.
Other highlights included (for me, at least):
+ Getting to meet one of Houston's veteran women's runner Ursula Spilger and her husband, Tom. They were at the table of six (6) with myself, longtime HARRA member David Gautier, and fall 2004 PIMsters Clarence Silva and Becky Stevens.
+ Putting a name and a face with some of Houston's better runners including Houston Harriers' Suzanne Day, Terlingua Track Club's Ino Cantu (he doesn't look a day over 60, is in his mid 70's and still kicks ass on the roads) as well as Terlingua's Serai Abraham. There were others that I had never seen before such as incoming HARRA Board member Bill Crich (Bayou City Road Runners) and Terlingua's Ken Yanowski.
+ Visiting with Allen White, who I met for the first time at the Blue Bell Fun Run 10K in Brenham in April, and talking to him about his Flying Pig Marathon experience.
+ Seeing the ever-bubbly Pam Paling and Lisa Ruthven, the Power in Motion divas! (One of the funniest moments occurred when PIM coach Saara DeWalt, who will be leaving the area with husband Kalan Ickes before too long, won a free Power In Motion session as a door prize!)
+ Talking to Charlie Rodriguez, his wife Debbie, and their friend and fellow Strider, Cynthia Moreno, who did an excellent job handling the later door prizes.
+ Catching up with Strider John DiMarco and talking to him about a number of items, including the current HEB Texas 10K Challenge.
posted by WalkSports.com | 11:14 PM
1 Comments:
Jon,
Great summary. You get to hang with your running pals in a party setting and connect with folks you might not otherwise get a chance to. We had 180 HARRA members at the Summer Celebration, and hope we outgrow the Spaghetti Warehouse next year (capacity is 250).
Cheers, Steve
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