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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.

Friday, November 11, 2005

London Marathon To Feature NYC Marathon Rematch

(Courtesy of marathonguide.com)

After New York's Tergat/Ramaala photo finish, London Marathon organizers have announced that the April 23, 2006 London Marathon will feature both Paul Tergat and Hendrick Ramaala as well as Haile Gebrselassie and others to be announced.

Tergat's New York performance demonstrates that he is back in top form and ready to rumble at London.

Tergat has run London in 2001 (2nd-2:08:15), 2002 (2nd - 2:05:48), 2003 (4th - 2:07:59) and 2005 (8th - 2:11:38); Ramaala has run London in 2003 (8th - 2:08:58) and 2005 (3rd - 2:08:32); Gebrsellasie ran his debut marathon in London 2002 (3rd - 2:06:35) and set the fastest marathon time of 2005 by running 2:06:20 in Amsterdam in October.

Gebrsellasie signed a three-year deal to run London beginning in 2005, but was unable to run the April 2005 race due to Achilles tendon problems.

posted by WalkSports.com | 8:31 AM

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