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One of the leading sources for the discussion of Houston-area (and Texas as well) road racing. Focus and attention will be given to Houston-area runners, specifically HARRA members, that compete in outside-of-the-area events as well as those who do interesting things that aren't captured in the various media outlets, such as Inside Texas Running, Runner Triathlete News and Roberta MacInnis' Running Notebook in the Houston Chronicle (all fine publications and columns but with limitations too).

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Location: Spring, Texas, United States

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 28, 2006

Jack Lippincotts of the Half Marathon

It is well known that Houston's Jack Lippincott is the all-time leader in the number of Houston Marathons completed with 32.

From 2002-2005, there were 109 individuals who were official finishers of the now-titled Aramco Houston Half Marathon each year. After last year's event, the number dropped to 50.

What I'm not able to capture, of course, is if an individual, particularly a woman, changes their last name due to a marriage or divorce.

The complete list of runners - alphabetically and by cumulative time - are now housed at the following link --

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ok, Jon, forgive me, but: "particularly a woman" changes their name due to marriage or divorce?

How many men change their name due to marriage OR divorce?

Some might gnaw off their left arm, but change their name? I think not.

9:02 AM  
Blogger WalkSports.com said...

I'm up to the elbow on mine. :)

There is a golfer on the PGA Tour - Ian Baker-Finch - what about him?

Alright, maybe that day I had too much of the Kool Aid.

5:38 PM  

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