A Joe Breda moment, but better!
In the ongoing world of timing chip management, this year we heard about the stories of thousands of runners not getting a start offset time at the Freescale Austin Marathon and the wet weather affecting the electrical parts of the timing system a week later at the Cowtown Marathon.
If you'll remember, our fellow "I Hate Running" blogger Joe Breda was a minute away from starting the Houstonian Lite 30K in Sugar Land last December when he was spotted by yours truly, Jen Kim and Holden Choi without his timing chip on his shoe. (Luckily, Joe hustled back to the chip area, got it on his shoe and finished the 30k on his way the following month to a marathon finish.)
From our friend with Luke's Locker's Beat training programs, Bill Dwyer, he reported that during last month's Big Sur International Marathon in California veteran Sugar Land Team In Training (TNT) coach John Mendez ran the entire marathon and didn't receive a chip time because he forgot his timing chip.
Bill pointed out that "this probably happened because he was too busy keeping track of an engagment ring".
His time? 5:17:00. Which was the same as Joann Van Buren's.
Coincidence? Probably not. John proposed out on the course and Joann said "Yes!"
The big question "Houston Running" has is which TNT event the two will get married at ... if they choose to play out veteran marathoner and ultramarathoner Ken Ashby's marriage to Dallas area veteran speedster Linda Kelly on the course of Dallas' White Rock Marathon last December.
If you'll remember, our fellow "I Hate Running" blogger Joe Breda was a minute away from starting the Houstonian Lite 30K in Sugar Land last December when he was spotted by yours truly, Jen Kim and Holden Choi without his timing chip on his shoe. (Luckily, Joe hustled back to the chip area, got it on his shoe and finished the 30k on his way the following month to a marathon finish.)
From our friend with Luke's Locker's Beat training programs, Bill Dwyer, he reported that during last month's Big Sur International Marathon in California veteran Sugar Land Team In Training (TNT) coach John Mendez ran the entire marathon and didn't receive a chip time because he forgot his timing chip.
Bill pointed out that "this probably happened because he was too busy keeping track of an engagment ring".
His time? 5:17:00. Which was the same as Joann Van Buren's.
Coincidence? Probably not. John proposed out on the course and Joann said "Yes!"
The big question "Houston Running" has is which TNT event the two will get married at ... if they choose to play out veteran marathoner and ultramarathoner Ken Ashby's marriage to Dallas area veteran speedster Linda Kelly on the course of Dallas' White Rock Marathon last December.
posted by WalkSports.com | 3:37 PM
2 Comments:
Maybe that is a good excuse to buy your own chip. But then you might forget the thing at home.
awwwwwwwww what a great way to propose!!
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