Houston Running: Run Thru The Woods 5M Masters winner Gerardo Mora

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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

Run Thru The Woods 5M Masters winner Gerardo Mora

Recently-turned Masters runner Gerardo Mora, 40, is not easily amused at me trying to convince him to take up my training methods after he won the Masters division at the Run Thru The Woods 5-Miler on Thanksgiving Day in The Woodlands! (Seriously, Gerardo is really a good guy and I consider it a privilege to be able to have such a positive relationship with many of the top runners in the greater Houston area.)

(Photo courtesy of Russell Meyer)

2 Comments:

Anonymous said...: We all know that Gerardo fella is just lucky!; 2:36 PM
WalkSports.com said...: I think Gerardo falls in to the good category, as opposed to just lucky.; 3:07 PM