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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.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

111th Boston Marathon Registration Numbers

While it is only mid-December, United States and Canadian residents have combined for 9,843 entries in the stated 22,500 field for the 111th running of the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 16, 2007.

U.S. residents have turned in 8,624 registrations while Canada has 1,219.

Eight (8) U.S. states have more registrants than Texas, which has 320 thus far, but that is almost certain to change after this past weekend's White Rock Marathon in Dallas and January's Chevron Houston Marathon.

Leading the way is California with 725 registrants, closely followed by New York (690), Illinois (636) and Massachusetts (598). Also ahead of Texas is Ohio (411), Pennsylvania (380), Michigan (365) and Virginia (328). Every U.S. state has more ten (10) or more runners registered at this point.

Ontario leads all Canadian provinces with 663 followed by British Columbia (183), Alberta (117) and Quebec (111).

posted by WalkSports.com | 11:32 AM

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