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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.

Saturday, October 29, 2005

On The Run Cleans Up at the Pumpkin Run

On the strength of 27-year-old Webster native Gabriel Rodriguez beating Sean Wade, 39, for the second time in a month, the On The Run Racing Team took three of the top four awards Saturday at the Pumpkin Run in downtown Houston.

Rodriguez edged Wade by a narrow 3.2 seconds (15:07.2 to 15:10.4) while 37-year-old Laura Bennett, who won the 20K two weeks ago, and 43-year-old Liz Schwandt captured the women's Open and Masters divisions, respectively in times of 18:37.4 and 19:47.7.

Luis Armenteros finished third overall while Terry Garrett, Joe Flores and Orange's Joe Melanson were the top three Masters finishers (and 4th, 5th and 6th overall as well). Melanson, who won the Fired Up 5K in Sugar Land on Labor Day, and his wife, Billie-Kay, who was first in the 50-54 age group, were racing for one of the first times since Hurricane Rita blew through the Beaumont area. It was reported before the USA Space City 10-Miler that they had lost their home.

(To be continued...)

posted by WalkSports.com | 7:30 PM

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