Houston Gets USA Half Marathon Championships!
In my new role as the VP of Communications for HARRA, I had a phone interview with Steve Karpas of the Chevron Houston Marathon this morning regarding a couple of articles that we're working on for the September edition of Footprints in Inside Texas Running.
However, he was particularly excited about an announcement made by USA Track and Field in Indianapolis yesterday.
"We're very proud that we will be hosting both the men's and the women's USA Half Marathon championships in 2007 and 2008," Karpas said.
The last two years, Houston has been the host to the men's USA Half Marathon championship that was won by Dan Browne and Brian Sell, respectively, in 2005 and 2006. Sell, of course, finished 4th at the Boston Marathon this past April - passing El Paso-born Alan Culpepper down the stretch - with a PR of 2:10:55.
Karpas also pointed out that in addition to hosting two (2) national championships that "we think that runners will want to be a part of the marathon's 35th anniversary race."
The complete press release from the USA Track and Field's web site can be found here.
However, he was particularly excited about an announcement made by USA Track and Field in Indianapolis yesterday.
"We're very proud that we will be hosting both the men's and the women's USA Half Marathon championships in 2007 and 2008," Karpas said.
The last two years, Houston has been the host to the men's USA Half Marathon championship that was won by Dan Browne and Brian Sell, respectively, in 2005 and 2006. Sell, of course, finished 4th at the Boston Marathon this past April - passing El Paso-born Alan Culpepper down the stretch - with a PR of 2:10:55.
Karpas also pointed out that in addition to hosting two (2) national championships that "we think that runners will want to be a part of the marathon's 35th anniversary race."
The complete press release from the USA Track and Field's web site can be found here.
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