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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.

Friday, December 22, 2006

EliteRunning.com: Wisconsin's Reneau to run Houston

In an online interview, EliteRunning.com reports that 28-year-old Houlton, Wisconsin native Michael Reneau, who met the "B" U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying standard at this summer's Grandma's Marathon in June with a 4-minute personal best of 2:20:28, will be on the starting line at next month's Chevron Houston Marathon.

The website reports that Reneau ran marathons of 2:36 and 2:26 in the Mad City and Twin Cities Marathon, respectively, in 2004 before lowering his time to 2:24:12 (where he was 11th overall) in Twin Cities last fall.

In 2005, Reneau, then 27, was second by a heartbreaking four (4) seconds to Ryan Meissen at the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon in a time of 1:06:42. The half marathon is part of the Grandma's Marathon field of events. (Meissen qualified for the Trials in Austin this past February with a 2:18:03.)

posted by WalkSports.com | 9:52 PM

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