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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.

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Houston's Sean Wade claims another Masters title!

ING Bay to Breakers 12K Results (San Francisco, CA)

Men's Division:
1 Gilbert Okari Kenya 0:34:20
2 Julius Kibet Kenya 0:35:18
3 Lewis Nyariki Kenya 0:35:25
4 Josphat Nyariki Kenya 0:35:36
5 Celedonio Rodriguez Alamosa, CO 0:35:57
6 Bolota Asmerom Oakland, CA 0:36:05
7 Philip Lagat Kenya 0:36:18
8 Simon Wangai Kenya 0:36:22
9 Ridovane Harroufi Morocco, CA 0:36:37
10 Matt Levassiur Alamosa, CO 036:38
11 Lamech Mosoti Kenya 0:37:17
12 Tommy Greenless Walnut Creek, CA 0:38:14
13 James Nielsen Stanford, CA 0:38:22
14 Sean Wade Houston, TX 0:38:58
15 Steven Moreno Oakland, CA 0:39:18

Masters Division -- Top Finishers
Male: Sean Wade, 40, Houston, TX, 38:58
Female: Sylvia Mosqueda, 40, Rosemead, CA, 42:07

S.F. Mayor: Gavin Newsom, 59:04

Number of Registered Runners: 40,000
Estimated Total Number of Runners: 62,000

"The race, a popular annual (95th annual) event in San Francisco, also included a runner dressed as Barry Bonds chasing another runner dressed as Babe Ruth and a runner wearing a Dick Cheney mask dressed in hunting gear." (San Jose Mercury News, 5/21/06) (Where was the pitcher dressed as the Astros' Russ Springer? -- JW)

Despite being saddled with a handicap of 4 minutes, 40 seconds at the start, Kenya’s Gilbert Okari was still able to catch the leading woman, Tetyana Hladyr of Ukraine, just past the 7-mile mark on the Great Highway to win the overall first prize of $25,000. It marked the 16th consecutive year a Kenyan man won the race. (San Francisco Chronicle, 5/21/06)

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good race.

10:08 PM  

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