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Monday, November 13, 2006

Porter's Robert King wins Mother Road 100

When I talked to Porter's Robert King at the Huntsville Half Marathon, you could see in his eyes that he was targeting Saturday's Mother Road 100 between Arcadia and Sapulpa, Oklahoma.

The Mother Road 100 "was" a one time road running event celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the commissioning of Route 66. The race started at the Round Barn in Arcadia, OK, one of the most recognizable landmarks on Route 66, travelled 100 miles along historic Route 66 utilizing the oldest alignment when ever possible; and finished at Carl's Jr. west of Sapulpa, OK.

Behind at every checkpoint, King, 45, covered the last 50 miles in just over 9 hours and 8 minutes to record a 17 hour, 15 minute and 52 second (17:15:52) win.

Sixteen (16) of the 118 finishers, who completed the course in 30 hours or less, were from Texas. They are as follows:

1 Robert King, 45, Porter, TX, 17:15:52
5 Rene Villalobos, 47, Fort Worth, TX, 19:02:45
6 Doug Ryan, 49, Grapevine, TX, 19:20:19
8 Gerardo Ramirez, 34, Fort Worth, TX, 19:59:36
22 Jim Mayo, 57, Coppell, TX, 22:28:28
27 Axel Reissnecker, 53, Austin, TX, 23:00:33
34 David Kim, 46, Frisco, TX, 23:37:00
36 Douglas Ratliff, 37, San Antonio, TX, 23:49:26
56 Eunsup Kim, 53, Dallas, TX, 26:34:44
67 Vincente Ledesma, 55, El Campo, TX, 27:12:12
71 Kevin McCormick, 47, Dallas, TX, 27:27:22
76 Dmitry Rozinsky, 30, Austin, TX, 27:46:13
77 Martin Pascual, 33, Dallas, TX, 27:47:29

11 Yen Nguyen, 44, Houston, TX, 26:00:56
12 Leslie Hale, 54, Houston, TX, 26:22:07
15 Fran Cox, 45, Fort Worth, TX, 28:26:32

posted by WalkSports.com | 12:40 PM

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