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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.

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

USA goes 3-4-5 in the Men's 110th Boston Marathon

After watching Kenya's Robert Cheriuyot, the winner of the 2003 Boston marathon, set a new course record in 2:07:14 by passing fellow native Benjamin Maiyo before the last 10K, the United States of America (USA) gets the a 3-4-5 finish from Meb Keflezighi, Brian Sell and Alan Culpepper.

Sell and Culpepper have Texas ties as Sell was the winner of the USA Men's Half Marathon championship (second overall) in 1:02:38 at the Aramco Houston Half Marathon this past January while Culpepper attended high school in El Paso.

Keflezighi's finish was the highest by an American since Gary Tuttle was second in 1985. Three Americans had not finished in the top five since 1982. Five Americans had not finished in the top 10 since 1985.

posted by WalkSports.com | 12:14 AM

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