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Monday, October 30, 2006

Chevron Houston Marathon's Karpas runs 3:11:55 at MCM

Six hundred (600) Texans completed the 31st running of the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. and running sixth among all of them was the head of the Chevron Houston Marathon, 40-year-old Steven Karpas.

Karpas went through the front half in 1:31:50 before finishing with a time of 3:11:55. According to marathonguide.com, it was Karpas' fourth marathon since 2002. His finishes are as follows:

3:04:32 - 2002 Chicago Marathon
4:14:31 - 2004 New York City Marathon (ran with his wife, Carolyn)
3:04:30 - 2005 Austin Marathon
3:11:55 - 2006 Marine Corps Marathon

Karpas ran a 2:59:38 at the 1998 Chicago Marathon.

28 Texans qualified for the Boston Marathon based on their current age and performance on Sunday. They were as follows:

3:00:11 - Adam Jackson, 42, Cypress (HF/TOR; ran Boston in '05 after qualifying in Houston)
3:01:11 - Ricky Mitchell, 35, Houston
3:07:30 - Brandon Langlinais, 33, Houston (4th BQ since '03 with
3:07:45 - Timothy Seipel, 30, Houston (doctor who ran 3rd BQ in 2 years; ran Boston '05,'06)
3:09:16 - Nathan Stone, 26, Dallas
3:11:55 - Steven Karpas, 40, Houston
3:15:10 - Steven Cohen, 42, Coppell
3:28:06 - Ken Washburn, 46, Boerne
3:30:57 - Robert Miracky, 51, Austin
3:44:07 - Jim Mayo, 57, Coppell
3:55:34 - Jim Sampson, 67, Richardson
4:11:47 - Daniel Shuff, 71, San Antonio

3:22:20 - Monique Ecker, 37, Dallas
3:25:50 - Meda Bourland, 44, Arlington
3:33:36 - Donna Sterns, 53, Sugarland (HH) - first marathon since '04 Houston (3:27:33)
3:33:53 - Karen Nyberg, 37, Seabrook - astronaut's time was just 12 seconds off '06 Houston
3:33:58 - Tanda Langford, 31, Fort Worth
3:34:29 - Courtney Taylor, 23, Houston
3:37:57 - Gianna Cerullo, 40, Dallas
3:40:33 - Ann Cruce-Roberts, 31, Lubbock
3:40:55 - Sherry Bankhead, 34, Houston - by four seconds!
3:45:39 - Ingrid Nystrom, 40, El Paso
3:49:08 - Kathy Senese, 43, Dallas
3:50:47 - Caryn Honig, 41, Bellaire (ALRC)
3:53:03 - Catherine Miller, 50, Austin
3:57:19 - Kim Martin, 47, Fort Worth
4:00:15 - Kathy Redfern, 59, Dallas
4:03:41 - Marti Holland, 51, Plano

Potentially more later!

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