Houston-Area Road Races Next Two Weekends
Statewide, the Freescale Austin Marathon and the Cowtown Marathon dominate the running landscape this weekend and next.
Locally, this weekend (Saturday, February 18th) there are two excellent events, the Mardi Gras Beach Run 10K/5K in Galveston and the Galloway School 4th annual Mardi Gras Gallop 10K/5K in Kemah.
The following weekend (Saturday, February 25th), the palate for runners is just as tasty. If you have somebody get your electronic timing chip for you at the ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run 10K (timed)/5K, you could pull off a "double" that Lou and Nora Wilson did a year or two ago.
Run The Woodlands 5K #148 starts at 8:00 a.m. The Rodeo Run starts at 9:40 a.m.
In College Station that same morning (for all you Aggie fans and alums), there is the Ramp Romp XV which begins at 10 a.m. The 5K race "begins at Kyle Field, winds its way
through the Texas A&M campus and culminates with a run up and down the Kyle Field ramps (not the stairs)."
(Is it just me or is it that only an Aggie would have to have it explained on the entry form that a ramp is a ramp and not stairs?)
If you aren't into racing, but looking for an equally good cause to support, I've just learned of a benefit "Walk/Run" also on Saturday morning, February 25th from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at Oak Ridge High School.
Jana Jordan, a runner from The Woodlands, explains: "My neighbor Michelle Killpack had breast cancer 5 years ago, and it has returned. She is having multiple complications as a result and is not doing well. She and her husband have 6 children with 5 still at home. They have insurance, but the medical bills are excessive. Friends have started raising money to help.
"One of the fundraisers is a Walk/Run on Saturday, February 25th. It's very basic. They have reserved the track at Oak Ridge High School from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. You pay $20.00, get a t-shirt, and can run as much as you want.
"Luke's Locker in The Woodlands has a copy of the flier if you would like to register. I don't have much information, but someone at Oak Ridge Elementary is organizing the walk/run and the phone number there is 832-592-5900.
"I'm going to use the run as my long run for the weekend, and was hoping some of you might be able to do the same."
Last, and certainly not least, is the Seven Hills Running Club club run, the "Sweetheart 5K and 1-Mile Run Walk," on Sunday, February 26th at 2:00 p.m. Just like Run The Woodlands, bring your $1 to the Bowers Stadium parking lot in Huntsville for a little bit of a challenging 5K.
Locally, this weekend (Saturday, February 18th) there are two excellent events, the Mardi Gras Beach Run 10K/5K in Galveston and the Galloway School 4th annual Mardi Gras Gallop 10K/5K in Kemah.
The following weekend (Saturday, February 25th), the palate for runners is just as tasty. If you have somebody get your electronic timing chip for you at the ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run 10K (timed)/5K, you could pull off a "double" that Lou and Nora Wilson did a year or two ago.
Run The Woodlands 5K #148 starts at 8:00 a.m. The Rodeo Run starts at 9:40 a.m.
In College Station that same morning (for all you Aggie fans and alums), there is the Ramp Romp XV which begins at 10 a.m. The 5K race "begins at Kyle Field, winds its way
through the Texas A&M campus and culminates with a run up and down the Kyle Field ramps (not the stairs)."
(Is it just me or is it that only an Aggie would have to have it explained on the entry form that a ramp is a ramp and not stairs?)
If you aren't into racing, but looking for an equally good cause to support, I've just learned of a benefit "Walk/Run" also on Saturday morning, February 25th from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at Oak Ridge High School.
Jana Jordan, a runner from The Woodlands, explains: "My neighbor Michelle Killpack had breast cancer 5 years ago, and it has returned. She is having multiple complications as a result and is not doing well. She and her husband have 6 children with 5 still at home. They have insurance, but the medical bills are excessive. Friends have started raising money to help.
"One of the fundraisers is a Walk/Run on Saturday, February 25th. It's very basic. They have reserved the track at Oak Ridge High School from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. You pay $20.00, get a t-shirt, and can run as much as you want.
"Luke's Locker in The Woodlands has a copy of the flier if you would like to register. I don't have much information, but someone at Oak Ridge Elementary is organizing the walk/run and the phone number there is 832-592-5900.
"I'm going to use the run as my long run for the weekend, and was hoping some of you might be able to do the same."
Last, and certainly not least, is the Seven Hills Running Club club run, the "Sweetheart 5K and 1-Mile Run Walk," on Sunday, February 26th at 2:00 p.m. Just like Run The Woodlands, bring your $1 to the Bowers Stadium parking lot in Huntsville for a little bit of a challenging 5K.
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