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One of the leading sources for the discussion of Houston-area (and Texas as well) road racing. Focus and attention will be given to Houston-area runners, specifically HARRA members, that compete in outside-of-the-area events as well as those who do interesting things that aren't captured in the various media outlets, such as Inside Texas Running, Runner Triathlete News and Roberta MacInnis' Running Notebook in the Houston Chronicle (all fine publications and columns but with limitations too).

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Location: Spring, Texas, United States

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.

Monday, August 01, 2005

Friends of Houston Running (and others) Results from 7/29-31

At this past weekend's Runner's World San Francisco Marathon, Duncan Larkin of Bethel, CT, a member of the Houston Running blogroll, finished 4th overall in 2:37:26. Read his race report here.

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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