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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, September 20, 2005

Huntsville Half Marathon & 5K Run/Walk Entries on Track

Race director and Seven Hills Running Club president Ken Johnson reports that entries for the 27th Annual Huntsville Half Marathon & 5K Run/Walk are on the normal track, even though the race is competing with the 20K Houston Marathon warm-up race in Houston the same weekend.

Johnson states that if entries continue to be received at the current rate, over 400 race entries are expected by race time. Proceeds from the race will benefit the Good Shepherd Mission and the SAAFE House in Huntsville, both of which are supporting those displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Nearly 100 volunteers are needed to make this race a success. If you want to volunteer or know someone who wants to, contact club vice president Lindsey Tlustos at (936) 435-1950 or lat00@yahoo.com. Those “00”s are zeros.

Committee heads are as follows: Chris Wilson – Course, Jason Hanley – Aid Stations, Kathy Cook – Start/Finish, Valerie Johnson/Lindsey Tlustos – Refreshments, Lindsey Tlustos – Volunteer Coordinator.

3 Comments:

Jessica, a Austin Runner AND triathlete said...: it's a shame they are on the same weekend...maybe they will be different weekends and next year i can make it out to H-vegas either to race or volunteer!
-jessica; 8:43 AM
WalkSports.com said...: Actually, it was set for the 8th of October. However, SHSU's Homecoming is that weekend forcing the club to move it back one weekend to be on the same one as the 20K.

I'm running in the Half up there (last set of hills before NYC) and then volunteering the following AM in Houston.; 8:56 AM
WalkSports.com said...: Lance, I am.

I just hope that it isn't anywhere near as humid that morning as it was last year or two weeks ago out at Klein.; 3:47 PM