Friends of Houston Running (and others) Results from 7/29-31
A pair of Houston Striders, John and Ryan DiMarco, of Sugarland, completed the marathon in 5:00:38 and 5:00:39, respectively. It was the 15-year-old's first-ever marathon. Dad completed the Houston Marathon earlier in the year in a time of 4:40:57.
Love The Half Challenge creator Paula Robertson of Coppell finished the half marathon in 2:27:02. A pair of the event's inagural finishers, Robert and Juanita Espinosa of Seguin, also finished the half marathon in 2:56:51 and 2:56:56, respectively.
A member of the 50 States Marathon Club, 71-year-old Glendale, CA resident Don Lang successfully finished his 400th marathon in 6:38:02. He entered the race in the club's top 10 of marathon finishes.
Three Texans were age group winners: 52-year-old Tim Skeene of Little Elm in 2:37:16, 55-year-old Jim Mayo of Coppell in 3:22:03 and 67-year-old Sally Shipman from Houston in 6:06:00 (2nd in age group). Austin's Frank Livaudais, the creator and race director of the Sunstroke Summer Stampede, was 8th among Texan male runners in a time of 3:22:49.
At Saturday's Mosquite Chase 5K in Clute, Run The Woodlands 5K #134 women's winner Anne Ekern (5th female, 22nd overall) took first place in her 30-39 age group in a time of 20:17.
Houston Running reader and blogger Edwin Quarles of Angelton narrowly missed an age group award but finished 30th overall (among 114 finishers) in 21:12. Three spots and 24 seconds behind (in 33rd) was RTW regular Thomas McDonough of The Woodlands who finished in 21:36.
RTW regulars Ann Leoni and Debbie Tripp, both of The Woodlands, also made the trip south. Leoni was 2nd in her 40-49 age group at 23:14 while Tripp posted a 30:22 effort a week after a 5K and duathlon on back-to-back days. Additionally, Danny Gilbreath, who is two races shy of cracking the RTW 20-race club, finished in 24:09.
HARRA finishers included: Jeff Eisele (TOR, 18:43, 8th); Victor Aguirre (TOR, 19:45); Susie Walters (TOR, 19:54); Paul Cooley (HMSA, 20:33); April Murphy (BCRR, 21:03); A.C. Moldenhauer (TOR, 21:04); Eva Luckey (HMSA, 21:45); Larry Lindeen (BCRR, 23:04); Serai Nahra (TTC, 23:21); Audrey Christiansen (FLS, 23:34); Orville Kremmer (ALRC, 24:18) and Allen White (PTI, 24:49).
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