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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.

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Texas Marathon Trivia Answered

Two (2) men and five (5) women won both of their marathons (from San Antonio, White Rock, Houston, Austin or Cowtown) in the same calendar year while just one of the runners won them a month apart. Can you name any of them?

A new blogger to the running scene, Mike Jackson of Spring, was able to indicate that Liza Hunter-Galvan of San Antonio is the only one of the seven (7) above to win two of those five marathons in the same calendar year.

The year before last, Liza won the San Antonio Marathon (at that time for the second straight year and fourth overall) in November 2004 in a time of 2:44:22.6 and then went to Dallas 35 days later to win the White Rock Marathon in 2:38:24. The win in Dallas was emotional for Hunter-Galvan as it came just days after Arthur Lydiard - who was a mentor to her - had passed away in Houston after speaking to runners the evening before the start of the Sunmart Trail Endurance Runs in Huntsville.

The other six (6) are as follows:

1976 - Jeff Wells, Houston (2:17:46) and White Rock (2:15:11)
1977 - Clent Mericle, Houston (2:27:46) and San Antonio (2:29:37)
1983 - Sue Moen, Cowtown (2:51:19) and White Rock (2:49:54)
1994 - Marjory Stewart, Cowtown (3:01:04) and San Antonio (3:03:17)
1999 - Lori Stitch, Cowtown (2:56:39) and White Rock (2:52:44)
2000 - Riva Rahl, Cotwon (2:59:48) and White Rock (2:54:20)
2004 - Liza Hunter-Galvan, San Antonio (2:44:22.6) and White Rock (2:38:24)

posted by WalkSports.com | 12:48 PM

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