Chicago Marathon Greater Houston/Texas Notes
Greater Houston Area Notes
- On The Run Racing team member Brett Riley (HS) finishes in 2:37:02 and John Yoder (HS) finishes in 2:39:25. Fellow OTR member Thomas King (HS) covers the course in 2:44:37.
- Run The Woodlands 5K regulars Buck Snyder and Ian MacDougall finish in 2:57:01 and 3:13:01, respectively.
- Former UT and St. Agnes Academy track star Maureen Sweeney (living now in Boulder, CO) finishes in 2:58:01.
- BCRR's Robert Walters, 46, part of the winning Mixed Masters team at the recent HARRA XC relay, finishes in 2:59:17. Fellow BCRRer Caroline Burum, 41, finishes in 2:59:33.
- HARRA VP of Road Races Stephen Mayor (HH), 33, narrowly misses qualifying for Boston with a time of 3:12:55.
- Seven Hills RC member Rose Rhoton finishes her 8th career marathon in 3:18:35.
- Erin Foley (ALRC) will be heading back to Boston with a 3:26:54 finish - and a new marathon PR! (Foley's 10K splits were 48:02, 48:08, 48:10 and 50:51.)
- Melissa Henderson (ALRC) also BQ's with a 3:29:19 finish! (49:51, 49:49, 49:31 and 49:18.)
- Michael Csikos, 37, of The Woodlands Running Club (and Team In Training), finished today in 3:36:49. He was profiled in the October edition of Footprints.
- HARRA treasurer Audrey Christiansen (FLS) finishes in 3:49:02.
- Lisa Foronda (ALRC) finishes her 10th career marathon in 4:02:11, just a two minutes and 43 seconds off of her 3:59:28 2002 Houston Marathon PR. (10K splits were 53:24, 54:57, 58:38 and 1:01:35.)
- Katy's Nancy Brammer (TOR), 52, finishes in 4:08:26. (It appears currently that her husband, Steve Brammer, was a DNS.)
- My good friend, Becky Spaulding (BCRR), finished in 5:23:53. (I believe that this was her very first marathon finish!)
- HRBer Christy Gonzales finished in 5:20:06, which is a one minute and 11 second-PR over her very first marathon, the 2003 hp Houston Marathon. Fellow HRB members Jill Boston and Jan Poscovsky (FBF) finished in 6:13:41 and 6:41:09, respectively.
Texas Notes
- Just 120 of the 836 Texas finishers today posted a negative split.
- Austin's 49-year-old Mac Allen, who often runs his best marathons in Boston, ran 3:35:41 today after finishing 7th in Marathon 2 Marathon last weekend in Alpine, Texas in 3:33:55.
- After turning in a Boston-qualifying time of 3:09:52 in Houston and following it up with a 3:17:45 in Boston in April, 28-year-old Jon Minor (now of Temple and who trained under Bill Dwyer) set a personal best today with a time of 3:08:52!
- On The Run Racing team member Brett Riley (HS) finishes in 2:37:02 and John Yoder (HS) finishes in 2:39:25. Fellow OTR member Thomas King (HS) covers the course in 2:44:37.
- Run The Woodlands 5K regulars Buck Snyder and Ian MacDougall finish in 2:57:01 and 3:13:01, respectively.
- Former UT and St. Agnes Academy track star Maureen Sweeney (living now in Boulder, CO) finishes in 2:58:01.
- BCRR's Robert Walters, 46, part of the winning Mixed Masters team at the recent HARRA XC relay, finishes in 2:59:17. Fellow BCRRer Caroline Burum, 41, finishes in 2:59:33.
- HARRA VP of Road Races Stephen Mayor (HH), 33, narrowly misses qualifying for Boston with a time of 3:12:55.
- Seven Hills RC member Rose Rhoton finishes her 8th career marathon in 3:18:35.
- Erin Foley (ALRC) will be heading back to Boston with a 3:26:54 finish - and a new marathon PR! (Foley's 10K splits were 48:02, 48:08, 48:10 and 50:51.)
- Melissa Henderson (ALRC) also BQ's with a 3:29:19 finish! (49:51, 49:49, 49:31 and 49:18.)
- Michael Csikos, 37, of The Woodlands Running Club (and Team In Training), finished today in 3:36:49. He was profiled in the October edition of Footprints.
- HARRA treasurer Audrey Christiansen (FLS) finishes in 3:49:02.
- Lisa Foronda (ALRC) finishes her 10th career marathon in 4:02:11, just a two minutes and 43 seconds off of her 3:59:28 2002 Houston Marathon PR. (10K splits were 53:24, 54:57, 58:38 and 1:01:35.)
- Katy's Nancy Brammer (TOR), 52, finishes in 4:08:26. (It appears currently that her husband, Steve Brammer, was a DNS.)
- My good friend, Becky Spaulding (BCRR), finished in 5:23:53. (I believe that this was her very first marathon finish!)
- HRBer Christy Gonzales finished in 5:20:06, which is a one minute and 11 second-PR over her very first marathon, the 2003 hp Houston Marathon. Fellow HRB members Jill Boston and Jan Poscovsky (FBF) finished in 6:13:41 and 6:41:09, respectively.
Texas Notes
- Just 120 of the 836 Texas finishers today posted a negative split.
- Austin's 49-year-old Mac Allen, who often runs his best marathons in Boston, ran 3:35:41 today after finishing 7th in Marathon 2 Marathon last weekend in Alpine, Texas in 3:33:55.
- After turning in a Boston-qualifying time of 3:09:52 in Houston and following it up with a 3:17:45 in Boston in April, 28-year-old Jon Minor (now of Temple and who trained under Bill Dwyer) set a personal best today with a time of 3:08:52!
posted by WalkSports.com | 7:02 PM
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Team Woodlands Rebels
Sue Van Natta - 3:39:08
Mark Solomon - 3:08:18
Jon Minor - 3:08:52
Buck Snyder now the man - 2:57:01
Mike Dauth - 3:42:15
Scott Farrand - 4:17:57
Donna McDermott - 4:59:48
Mike Csikos - 3:36:49
Thanks for the great update on our local runners.
These were just ones that were on the fly yesterday. There are others like Mike Tognarelli and Caroline Chamness and others (who are HARRA members) that I will probably list in Footprints for all of those who do Chicago, MCM or NYC.
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