Wade wins again; Chronicle misses opportunity
Congratulations to Houston's Sean Wade for winning the Masters division of the 30th annual Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K on Sunday in Spokane, Washington. The 40-year-old covered the 7.46-mile course in 37:45 which featured an impressive array of international talent.
Kenya's Gilbert Okari won again (in the sense that he won the Crescent City Classic and the Vancouver Sun Run 10K earlier) in a time of 34:14. Freescale Austin Marathon winner Mindi Pukstas of Lithuania was 11th overall in 36:07 while John Itati, one of the lead runners that Wade paced in the first half of the Chevron Houston Marathon, was 22nd in 37:29.
While coming in 25th overall, Wade easily outdistanced the remainder of the Masters field. Alan Newton (Boise, ID; 38:12), Sam Ngatia (Colorado Springs; 38:41), Dennis Simonaitis (Draper, UT; 38:50) and Danny Gonzalez (Lake Oswego, OR; 39:25) rounded out the top five in the men's Masters division.
Wade said on his blog Sunday evening (link above) that he was "in control throughout the race" and that he "could have run faster if needed."
To see Sean's finishing picture, click here.
Meanwhile, our hometown newspaper's attempt at covering running failed once again.
The three-paragraph blurb about the high school cross country coach that won the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati on Sunday in record time was once again nice (better than there being nothing there at all); however, those individuals that put together the "On Two" section can do better than sitting on wire copy that comes through.
We have one of the best Masters runners in the world and unless you know that 1.) Sean has a blog or 2.) you come here, you'd never know it.
That's a shame. We should be promoting and publicizing our own -- especially when they are successful.
Notes: There were apparently at least 25 Texans that completed the event, including HARRA members David Chester (Houston Harriers) and Martin Stupel (Houston Striders) who finished in 57:28 and 1:06:31, respectively.
Kenya's Gilbert Okari won again (in the sense that he won the Crescent City Classic and the Vancouver Sun Run 10K earlier) in a time of 34:14. Freescale Austin Marathon winner Mindi Pukstas of Lithuania was 11th overall in 36:07 while John Itati, one of the lead runners that Wade paced in the first half of the Chevron Houston Marathon, was 22nd in 37:29.
While coming in 25th overall, Wade easily outdistanced the remainder of the Masters field. Alan Newton (Boise, ID; 38:12), Sam Ngatia (Colorado Springs; 38:41), Dennis Simonaitis (Draper, UT; 38:50) and Danny Gonzalez (Lake Oswego, OR; 39:25) rounded out the top five in the men's Masters division.
Wade said on his blog Sunday evening (link above) that he was "in control throughout the race" and that he "could have run faster if needed."
To see Sean's finishing picture, click here.
Meanwhile, our hometown newspaper's attempt at covering running failed once again.
The three-paragraph blurb about the high school cross country coach that won the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati on Sunday in record time was once again nice (better than there being nothing there at all); however, those individuals that put together the "On Two" section can do better than sitting on wire copy that comes through.
We have one of the best Masters runners in the world and unless you know that 1.) Sean has a blog or 2.) you come here, you'd never know it.
That's a shame. We should be promoting and publicizing our own -- especially when they are successful.
Notes: There were apparently at least 25 Texans that completed the event, including HARRA members David Chester (Houston Harriers) and Martin Stupel (Houston Striders) who finished in 57:28 and 1:06:31, respectively.
posted by WalkSports.com | 11:07 AM
2 Comments:
When I read this I thought you meant the high school cross country coach was from here. But, nope.
congrats, Sean!!!!!!!
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