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Saturday, March 11, 2006

Future City of Houston Races

Have you ever wondered if there are events that are scheduled in the future but they haven't appeared yet on a race calendar?

In the city of Houston, there is a spreadsheet, which was last updated on 3/3/06 and can be found at downtownstreets.com that is maintained on line by the Department of Public Works & Engingeering. Here are some of the events, after Saturday's Bayou City Classic 10K, that can be found on this list:

Saturday, March 18th - 21st annual Houston Eye Associates Lookin' Good 5K/10K
Sunday, March 19th - 25th annual Houston Humane Society K-9 Fun Run*
Saturday, March 25th - John J. Eikenburg 8K Law Week Fun Run*
Saturday, March 26th - 1st annual S.C.O.P.E. Colon Cancer Awareness 5K Fun Run

Saturday, April 1st - 1st annual Steps for Students 5K
Saturday, April 1st - 28th annual Eeyore's 5K Fun Run
Sunday, April 2nd - Run for the Rose
Saturday, April 8th - Head Start Center 5K Run
Saturday, April 29th - Running for the Arts 5K
Saturday, April 29th - Rise and Shine 5K Run
Sunday, April 30th - Stepping Stones 5K/10K

Saturday, May 6th - 9th annual Sprint for Life 5K Run/Walk
Thursday, May 11th - Houston Young Lawyers 5K Fun Run*
Saturday, May 20th - Westside High School Athletic Booster Club 5K
Saturday, May 20th - National Alliance on Mental Illness Fun Run*
Saturday, May 27th - Houston Astros 4th annual Race for the Pennant 5K

Saturday, June 3rd - Heights 5K Fun Run
Saturday, June 10th - Houston Pride 5K Fun Run*

Saturday, September 30th - 2006 Komen Houston Race for the Cure*

Sunday, October 29th - Houston 20K Championship Race*

Saturday, November 11th - Feliz! Now 5K Run for Shriners Hospital
Sunday, November 19th - Houston Masters Sports Association 25K

Sunday, December 10th - Downtown YMCA Jingle Bell Run

The above list was also supplemented by this PDF file - last updated on 3/9/06 - which was found on the Public Works' City of Houston web page. These files list the planned route and/or location of the run, which gives you an idea of what the course will be like (without a map).

Items marked with an asterisk where located on the Mayor's Office Special Events Calendar which can be found here and was last printed on 2/15/06.

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