Sunmart Registration - Steve Jones, Pre-Race Speaker
Just one week -- through Sunday, December 3rd -- remains to register online for the 2006 Sunmart Texas Trail Endurance Runs 50K/50-Mile, to be held on Saturday, December 9th at Huntsville State Park.
The last day to register is December 8th onsite at packet pickup, which is from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Sheraton North, 15700 JFK Blvd., Houston, Texas (281-442-5100) near Bush Intercontinental Airport. (Race organizers indicate that your packet can be picked up by someone else, but they must sign for it!) The banquet dinner (time to be announced) is free for all participants (additional dinner tickets can be bought at packet pickup for $10) and a race briefing and guest speaker will follow.
Thanks to information shared by Sunmart race publicist John Welch, the guest speaker at this year's pre-race banquet will be Welshman Steve Jones, a former world marathon record holder.
Jones, who began his career as an aircraft technician in the British Royal Air Force, began training for the marathon in 1983 after a noteworthy career at 10,000 meters. In 1984, he ran his first competitive marathon at Chicago, finishing in a victorious 2 hours, 8 minutes, 5 seconds. Jones’ time broke the World Record previously set by Australian Rob de Castella.
Jones also won the London Marathon a year later in 1985 in a personal best time of 2:07:13, which missed the World Record by 1 second. In 1986, he won a Commonwealth Games bronze medal at 10,000 meters. Jones was the first Welsh athlete to appear on the cover of the prestigious running magazine, "Running Times." He currently lives and trains in Boulder, Colo.
The last day to register is December 8th onsite at packet pickup, which is from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Sheraton North, 15700 JFK Blvd., Houston, Texas (281-442-5100) near Bush Intercontinental Airport. (Race organizers indicate that your packet can be picked up by someone else, but they must sign for it!) The banquet dinner (time to be announced) is free for all participants (additional dinner tickets can be bought at packet pickup for $10) and a race briefing and guest speaker will follow.
Thanks to information shared by Sunmart race publicist John Welch, the guest speaker at this year's pre-race banquet will be Welshman Steve Jones, a former world marathon record holder.
Jones, who began his career as an aircraft technician in the British Royal Air Force, began training for the marathon in 1983 after a noteworthy career at 10,000 meters. In 1984, he ran his first competitive marathon at Chicago, finishing in a victorious 2 hours, 8 minutes, 5 seconds. Jones’ time broke the World Record previously set by Australian Rob de Castella.
Jones also won the London Marathon a year later in 1985 in a personal best time of 2:07:13, which missed the World Record by 1 second. In 1986, he won a Commonwealth Games bronze medal at 10,000 meters. Jones was the first Welsh athlete to appear on the cover of the prestigious running magazine, "Running Times." He currently lives and trains in Boulder, Colo.
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