Weekend Racing Notes
Hats off to HRB and Bay Area Running Club's Joe Carey for another slice off of his half marathon PR earlier today in Boulder, Colorado at the Boulder Backroads Half Marathon. Carey dropped his time from last month's America's Finest City Half Marathon in San Diego by almost three (3) minutes as he checked in today with a time of 1:52:59. (The Woodlands' Lou Wilson, 70, ran the Boulder Backroads Marathon in 6:36:35 - still good enough to win his age group.) My guess is that Joe will easily push the 4:20 envelope in Houston in January -- JW.
Speaking of the Clear Lake area, On The Run Racing Team's Rudy Rocha made his debut appearance at Run The Woodlands 5K #162 Saturday morning a victorious one as he defeated five-time winner Alex Zuniga by 12 seconds to post a 16:36, post-injury win. 12-year-old Shelby Hayes was the women's winner in a time of 22:19. (Lou's wife, Nora, 50, was the third female overall with a time of 22:59.)
Not sure how he does it, but San Antonio's Laurence Macon, 61, ran the Nordic Track Top of Utah Marathon on Saturday in 5:45:53.9 and then the 29th annual Clarence Demar Marathon in New Hampshire the following day in 6:06:08.
Saturday's Tour des Fleurs 20K in Dallas, an inaugural event, had 747 finishers while the 10K had 915. It will most likely be fifth of six (6) 20Ks at the end of the year when ranked by Running USA-RRIC. The Koala Health & Wellness Centers / Luke's Locker 20K here in Houston, which was second in 20K, will fall out of the list as it becomes a half marathon in 2006. Two familiar names were at the top of the women's charts in that race -- Frances McKissick, 44, of Irving won in a time of 1:29:10.5 while Austin's Margo Braud, 47, of Austin, won the Masters division in 1:33:06.2. Flower Mound's Andrew Cook, 25, won the 10K in 32:41.
The Urquhart family of Arlington settled family bragging rights at the Tour des Fleurs 20K as 12-year-old Calvin crossed the finish line first in a gun time of 1:45:58. Mom - aka Sharon, 47 - took second in 1:47:05. Calvin's 14-year-old brother, Andy, was third in 1:49:39 while the boy's father, Roy, 48, took up the rear in 2:04:56.
Former Spring Westfield high school star Nichole Jones continues to make a name for herself right off the bat at Baylor University. Saturday, at the prestigious Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul, Minnesota, Jones finished in 16th place overall in 21:49. Former high school superstar from Plano West, Erin Bedell, a sophomore, was 22nd in 22:03. Jones is the women's all-time course record holder at Run The Woodlands 5K while a 10-Race Club member, Jacob Jones (of Willis HS), who runs for Baylor's men's team, finished 82nd (of 301) in 26:10. Baylor's women finished 3rd overall. Rice's women were 13th overall with The Woodlands John Cooper School's Nicole Mericle running in 52nd in a time of 22:38. Her Owl teammate, Marissa Daniels, a junior, finished two spots ahead of Jones.
More to come including Sean Wade's effort at today's USA Masters 10K Championship and The Woodlands' Kim Hager's surprise appearance at Saturday's Oklahoma City Half Redman Triathlon.
Speaking of the Clear Lake area, On The Run Racing Team's Rudy Rocha made his debut appearance at Run The Woodlands 5K #162 Saturday morning a victorious one as he defeated five-time winner Alex Zuniga by 12 seconds to post a 16:36, post-injury win. 12-year-old Shelby Hayes was the women's winner in a time of 22:19. (Lou's wife, Nora, 50, was the third female overall with a time of 22:59.)
Not sure how he does it, but San Antonio's Laurence Macon, 61, ran the Nordic Track Top of Utah Marathon on Saturday in 5:45:53.9 and then the 29th annual Clarence Demar Marathon in New Hampshire the following day in 6:06:08.
Saturday's Tour des Fleurs 20K in Dallas, an inaugural event, had 747 finishers while the 10K had 915. It will most likely be fifth of six (6) 20Ks at the end of the year when ranked by Running USA-RRIC. The Koala Health & Wellness Centers / Luke's Locker 20K here in Houston, which was second in 20K, will fall out of the list as it becomes a half marathon in 2006. Two familiar names were at the top of the women's charts in that race -- Frances McKissick, 44, of Irving won in a time of 1:29:10.5 while Austin's Margo Braud, 47, of Austin, won the Masters division in 1:33:06.2. Flower Mound's Andrew Cook, 25, won the 10K in 32:41.
The Urquhart family of Arlington settled family bragging rights at the Tour des Fleurs 20K as 12-year-old Calvin crossed the finish line first in a gun time of 1:45:58. Mom - aka Sharon, 47 - took second in 1:47:05. Calvin's 14-year-old brother, Andy, was third in 1:49:39 while the boy's father, Roy, 48, took up the rear in 2:04:56.
Former Spring Westfield high school star Nichole Jones continues to make a name for herself right off the bat at Baylor University. Saturday, at the prestigious Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul, Minnesota, Jones finished in 16th place overall in 21:49. Former high school superstar from Plano West, Erin Bedell, a sophomore, was 22nd in 22:03. Jones is the women's all-time course record holder at Run The Woodlands 5K while a 10-Race Club member, Jacob Jones (of Willis HS), who runs for Baylor's men's team, finished 82nd (of 301) in 26:10. Baylor's women finished 3rd overall. Rice's women were 13th overall with The Woodlands John Cooper School's Nicole Mericle running in 52nd in a time of 22:38. Her Owl teammate, Marissa Daniels, a junior, finished two spots ahead of Jones.
More to come including Sean Wade's effort at today's USA Masters 10K Championship and The Woodlands' Kim Hager's surprise appearance at Saturday's Oklahoma City Half Redman Triathlon.
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