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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

Hager takes 4th in Half Marathon Tuneup for IM Wisconsin

35-year-old The Woodlands resident Kim Hager, just two weeks away from Ironman Wisconsin on Sunday, September 10th, finished fourth in a half marathon tuneup at the 11th annual Gopher to Badger Half Marathon in Hudson, Wisconsin two weeks ago.

Hager covered the distance in 1:27:35 - a pace of 6:42 per mile.

The first, second and third place finishers were far from shabby.

Winning the women's division (and finishing third overall) was 33-year-old Sister Bay, Wisconsin native Wendi Ray in a time of 1:18:54. Like Hager, she qualified for the 2004 U.S. Women's Olympic Trials and did so by winning the Myrtle Beach Marathon in 2002.

(Ray was 88th at the Trials in 2:58:13 while Hager was 76th finishing in 2:54:16. Colleen De Reuck, Deena Kastor and Jen Rhines, of course, represented the U.S. in 2004 by going 1-2-3 in the Trials in times of 2:28:25, 2:29:38 and 2:29:57, respectively.)

Team USA Minnesota's Sara Wells, 27, finished second in 1:20:39 (she was 6th overall) while local favorite and former UW-Eau Claire runner Melissa Wright, 24, was third in a time of 1:25:20.

posted by WalkSports.com | 4:45 PM

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