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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.

Sunday, August 27, 2006

Graybeal takes 3rd in Annie Oakley Division at Cinco Ranch Tri

Congratulations to HARRA webmaster and Houston Running Bloggers' Sarah Graybeal for taking third place in the Annie Oakley Division of Sunday's Cinco Ranch Triathlon in Katy.

She narrowly defeated Jennifer Collins and Catherine Van Gorkom to earn bronze in 1:31:46.4. Sarah was 4th in the division in the 500-meter swim (9:43.6), 2nd in the bike (at 18.2 mph) and 7th in the 5K run (11:59/mile).

Here are some other folks that are friends, people I know or are recognizable to me:

1:04:29.5 - Jim Harrington, 42, Run The Woodlands 5K regular (3rd in 40-44 AG)
1:07:42.6 - Anne Ekern, 38, Houston Harriers (1st in 35-39 AG)
1:08:12.5 - Alexandra Gajewski, 31, Tornados Running Club (3rd in 30-34 AG)
1:13:40.4 - Nora Wilson, 50, The Woodlands Running Club (1st in 50-54 AG by almost 5 mins)
1:15:55.7 - Lee Greb, 52, Houston Striders (and recently earned his RRCA coaching certification)

I saw both Jim and Nora at Run The Woodlands 5K on Saturday morning and then talked to Lee at length at HARRA's Party In The Park.

posted by WalkSports.com | 3:33 PM

3 Comments:

Blogger Sarah said...

I definitely was not 2nd in the run! For some reason, the ranking numbers are messed up there. I was something like 8th or 9th (of 17 in my category) in the run.

6:04 PM  
Blogger Sarah said...

But thanks for the shout-out. :)

6:05 PM  
Blogger WalkSports.com said...

I got it corrected! And again, congratulations!

1:49 AM  

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