Wade aims towards 40 with 14:53 5K at HBU Husky Hustle
At a minimum, by name, he's probably Houston's most recognizable runner.
He won nine (9) consecutive races this past spring, that aided him in winning HARRA's Runner of the Season Award, after going against an elite half marathon field that was racing for the USATF national championship at the Aramco Half Marathon. One of those wins - at Bellaire's Trolley Run - included dropping the best 5K time in the city in 2005 with a 14:58.
Quietly, he underwent hernia repair surgery this summer and didn't run for two months. And since then, Sean Wade has been and is steadily working himself towards February when he turns 40 years old aiming to be one of the best Masters runners in the country.
His first race back, the Komen Race for the Cure 5K held on October 1st, he finished third in 15:40 behind Gabriel Rodriguez (15:01) and Colin Wolfe (15:30).
The next day, Wade avenged his loss to Rodriguez by finishing one spot ahead of the Webster native in third overall (53:37.7 behind Jacob Rotich and Kevin Castille) at the United Space Alliance 10-Miler and kept Rodriguez out of the prize money.
Two days shy of Halloween and just under four weeks later, Wade and Rodriguez squared off again in the Great Pumpkin Run 5K in downtown Houston and Rodriguez edged the New Zealand native by 3.2 seconds (15:06.6 to 15:09.8) with a furious kick after both runners returned to Allen Parkway from Wade veering off course.
This past Saturday, though, Wade showed what caused Rodriguez to comment that "Wade has improved his fitness tremendously over the last month." Yes, and then some!
At the HBU Husky Hustle 5K, which had originally been scheduled the weekend that Hurricane Rita blew through the Gulf Coast, Wade lowered his 2005 city best 5K by dropping the On The Run Racing team trio of Rudy Rocha and brothers Alan and John Hedengren by more than a minute. Wade powered away to a 14:53.7 win besting Rocha, who finished in 15:55.0. (Rocha was 6th a month ago in the 10-Miler two minutes behind Wade.)
Wade says, though, that his best is yet to come as he takes aim on February.
"My goal now is to run very fast when I hit 40," he said.
What's very fast? Wade says, "Sub 14:30 in the 5K and sub 30 minutes in the 10K."
But if you haven't had the pleasure to watch the experienced racer run, you should catch him when you can.
Wade, who also serves as the boys cross country coach at Houston's Kinkaid School that finished 4th of 19 teams in the recent SPC state championships, explained, "Once I become a Masters runner, there is a whole circuit of racers around the country that I'll be travelling to."
Yet another way that Wade - and the city of Houston - will become even more recognizable.
He won nine (9) consecutive races this past spring, that aided him in winning HARRA's Runner of the Season Award, after going against an elite half marathon field that was racing for the USATF national championship at the Aramco Half Marathon. One of those wins - at Bellaire's Trolley Run - included dropping the best 5K time in the city in 2005 with a 14:58.
Quietly, he underwent hernia repair surgery this summer and didn't run for two months. And since then, Sean Wade has been and is steadily working himself towards February when he turns 40 years old aiming to be one of the best Masters runners in the country.
His first race back, the Komen Race for the Cure 5K held on October 1st, he finished third in 15:40 behind Gabriel Rodriguez (15:01) and Colin Wolfe (15:30).
The next day, Wade avenged his loss to Rodriguez by finishing one spot ahead of the Webster native in third overall (53:37.7 behind Jacob Rotich and Kevin Castille) at the United Space Alliance 10-Miler and kept Rodriguez out of the prize money.
Two days shy of Halloween and just under four weeks later, Wade and Rodriguez squared off again in the Great Pumpkin Run 5K in downtown Houston and Rodriguez edged the New Zealand native by 3.2 seconds (15:06.6 to 15:09.8) with a furious kick after both runners returned to Allen Parkway from Wade veering off course.
This past Saturday, though, Wade showed what caused Rodriguez to comment that "Wade has improved his fitness tremendously over the last month." Yes, and then some!
At the HBU Husky Hustle 5K, which had originally been scheduled the weekend that Hurricane Rita blew through the Gulf Coast, Wade lowered his 2005 city best 5K by dropping the On The Run Racing team trio of Rudy Rocha and brothers Alan and John Hedengren by more than a minute. Wade powered away to a 14:53.7 win besting Rocha, who finished in 15:55.0. (Rocha was 6th a month ago in the 10-Miler two minutes behind Wade.)
Wade says, though, that his best is yet to come as he takes aim on February.
"My goal now is to run very fast when I hit 40," he said.
What's very fast? Wade says, "Sub 14:30 in the 5K and sub 30 minutes in the 10K."
But if you haven't had the pleasure to watch the experienced racer run, you should catch him when you can.
Wade, who also serves as the boys cross country coach at Houston's Kinkaid School that finished 4th of 19 teams in the recent SPC state championships, explained, "Once I become a Masters runner, there is a whole circuit of racers around the country that I'll be travelling to."
Yet another way that Wade - and the city of Houston - will become even more recognizable.
posted by WalkSports.com | 4:21 PM
3 Comments:
Dang, I'm aiming to get under 20 minutes by the time I turn 40.
in a 5k that is.
If I *ever* got below 20 minutes in a 5K I think I'd die immediately afterward.
Sean is fast. I have a great picture of him in a bucket of ice after the 10-miler...
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