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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 21, 2006

2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials

It has been widely known, of course, that the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials will be held in the fall of 2007 (for the men) in New York City and in the spring of 2008 (for the women) at the Boston Marathon.

The Chevron Houston Marathon announced this week that 65 hopeful marathon trials qualifiers, including 18 female runners, will be coming to the Bayou City as part of the event's "U.S. Athlete Development Project."

There have been 121 Men's Trials-qualifying performances from 100 runners, including two (2) Texans, Andrew Cook and Lance Parker. The women have seen 109 qualifying performances from 92 individuals. Three (3) Texans have done so -- Wendy Terris from San Antonio, Melisa Christian from Dallas and Cassandra Henkiel from Austin.

The following 26 men qualified for the 2004 Trials and have already qualified for next year's event:

Alan Culpepper (CO)
Ben Rosario (MO)
Brian Sell (MI)
Carl Rundell (MI)
Chris Banks (CA)
Chris Graff (VA)
Chris Lundstrom (MN)
Clint Verran (MI)
Edward Callinan (NJ)
James McGown (NE)
Jason Lehmkuhle (MN)
Jason Ryf (WI)
Jim Jurcevich (OH)
Khalid Khannouchi (NY)
Kyle Baker (MI)
Matthew Byrne (PA)
Meb Keflezighi (CA)
Nick Cordes (OH)
Pete Julian (CO)
Peter Gilmore (CA)
Ryan Shay (MI)
Ryan Meissen (WI)
Scott Larson (CO)
Steve Moreno (CA)
Terrance Shea (MA)
Trent Briney (MI)

Thirty-six (36) women who qualified in 2004, including the legendary Joan Benoit Samuelson, have already qualified to make an attempt in 2008:

Aimee Larkin
Brett Ely (MA)
Carly Graytock (MA)
Christine Lundy (CA)
Christy Nielsen (IA)
Colleen De Reuck
Deeja Youngquist (WA)
Deena Kastor (CA)
Doreen McCoubrie (PA)
Emily Levan (ME)
Heather Hunt (CO)
Heather May (IN)
Jeanne Hennessy (CO)
Jen Rhines (PA)
Jennifer Derego (MI)
Jenny Crain (WI)
Jill Boaz (CA)
Joan Samuelson (ME)
Johanna Olson (OR)
Kim Pawelek (FL)
Magdalena Lewy-Boulet (CA)
Marla Runyan (OR)
Mary Akor (CA)
Megan Daly (CA)
Megan Holden (NY)
Melissa Rittenhouse (OH)
Michelle Lafleur (GA)
Midori Sperandeo (CA)
Molly Taber (MA)
Nicole Hunt (MT)
Nikole Johns (CO)
Paula Morrison (AZ)
Rachel Kinsman (OH)
Robyn Friedman (IA)
Susan Loken (AZ)
Suzy Schumacher
Wendi Ray (WI)
Zika Palmer (NC)

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