Houston Running

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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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, February 17, 2006

Boston Marathon Now 90% Full!

A search of the Boston Marathon entrant database at its website, http://www.baa.org/, revealed that 18,108 runners as of February 17th have entered for the 110th running of the world's oldest annual marathon.

The event's website states that "Entries from athletes meeting the qualifying times will be accepted until the maximum field of 20,000 athletes is reached."

Runners with the last name that begins with the letter "M" top the list with 1,762 entrants followed by those whose last name start with the letter "S" with 1,760. Only one runner, 26-year-old Valon Xharra from New York City, is registered with a last name starting with "X".

The number of Texans registered has increased to 580. California has 1,463 registered while Alaska, surprisingly, has 39. Canada will bring 1,704 runners (to date) to Beantown.

posted by WalkSports.com | 5:31 PM

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