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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.

Friday, June 30, 2006

Austin's Carmen Ayala-Troncoso sets two American Masters records

Thanks to a heads-up note from Ken Stone with Masterstrack.com, Austin native Carmen Ayala-Troncoso, who won the women's Masters at the Carlsbad 5000 in California, with Houstonian Sean Wade back in April, set two American records for F45 women last weekend at the 25th annual Haywarc Classic in Eugene, Oregon.

Ayala-Troncoso, 47, set records in the 1,500 meters (4:46:00) and 3,000 meters (10:06.44).

Checking out Ken's blog, which is linked above (and is excellent reading), I found out a number of interesting items that he has reported:

+ Former Chicago Bears WR Willie Gault last weekend in Indianapolis ran a world record M45 best in the 100 meters in 10.72 seconds. It shattered the former American and world record of 10.96 seconds. Age-graded, it would be equivalent to an open performance of 9.884 seconds.

+ Former Kenyan distance great Henry Rono is training in the U.S. hoping to break the masters mile record for M55 as he makes the age group jump next spring.

+ Olympic legend Carl Lewis and 1968 Olympic 400 meters champ and former world record holder Lee Evans may be planning on making Masters comebacks. Lewis turns 45 tomorrow and Evans turns 60 next year.

Great stuff, Ken!

posted by WalkSports.com | 8:56 PM

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