Houston Running: Texas Marathon Trivia

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Name: WalkSports.com

Location: Spring, Texas, United States

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.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Texas Marathon Trivia

No runner -- male or female -- has ever won more than two of Texas' five (5) largest marathons (San Antonio, White Rock, Houston, Austin and Cowtown) in all of their collective histories.

Lots have won two events. (This is only for overall winners, not Masters nor wheelchair races.)

Two (2) men and five (5) women won both of their marathons in the same calendar year while just one of the runners won them a month apart.

Can you name any of them?

3 Comments:

equarles said...: I've searched a little, but nothing yet.; 7:38 AM
equarles said...: i should've known Liza Hunter-Galvan.; 10:52 AM
Anonymous said...: Way to go Mike ! See you Saturday.

Jon,

Since Mike is a blogger and will be running the 5K on Aug 12 can he score for you ? ( Mike, we are going to tell you this weekend that you're running a 5K on Aug 12); 12:44 PM