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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.

Saturday, November 25, 2006

39 finish The Woodlands 2-fer Turkey Day

Forty-one (41) times since 2000, runners have finished the Run Thru The Woods 5-Miler on Thanksgiving Day and Run The Woodlands 5K two days later.

It's been dubbed as "The Woodlands 2-fer Turkey Day" but may get changed to "The Woodlands Double" (to coincide with the "Montgomery County Triple.")

This morning at Run The Woodlands 5K #166 won by Gabriel Rodriguez (15:56) and Rachel Guenther (20:28), 39 runners -- out of today's 59 finishers -- had completed both races in the previous 48 hours.


The fastest combined time from the two (2) events belonged to 19-year-old Conroe resident Andrew Perry, who covered the 8.1 miles in 49 minutes, 16 seconds.

The complete list can be found here -- http://www.walksports.com/rtw2ferturkeyday.htm

Those individuals who have done the two races in the same year multiple times are listed below:
3 -- Tom Pinney, Stephen Smith, Debbie Tripp, Tim Vibrock, Jeff Westergren
2 -- Vincent Attanucci, Jim Braden, Rick Cook, Tom Hippe, Robert MacLeod, Mike Mendeck, Andrew Perry, Ed Springer
(Photo courtesy of Debbie Tripp)

posted by WalkSports.com | 6:24 PM

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