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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.

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

New Year's Day Texas Marathon at 160 Registrants!

Humble's Steve and Paula Boone will be hosting their 8th annual Texas Marathon in Kingwood at 8 a.m. on New Year's Day.

One Christmas wish is for this year's participants -- currently numbering 160 (with more room for Aggies and T-sips who don't have to worry about rushing home to watch their football teams on New Year's Day) -- not to suffer through the heat and humidity that those of us who ran it last year did.

There are many familiar names on this year's registrant's list -- Seven Hills Running Club's Rick Cook and Marvin Dittfurth, The Woodlands Team In Training's Carol Steele, HMSA's Clark Courtright, HARRA Power In Motion coach Donna Crocker and The Woodlands Running Club's Gary Van Kuiken.

There are approximately 40 of the runners who will be making their marathon debut.

The total number of finishers each year is as follows: 2000 (16), 2001 (14), 2002 (39), 2003 (68), 2004 (129), 2005 (114) and 2006 (124).

posted by WalkSports.com | 11:20 AM

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