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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.

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Things are a bit slower in Jasper

I do periodic searches on the Chevron Houston Marathon through http://news.google.com/ to find out what is being written about the upcoming event.

This story, "Sanchez to raise funds for ADA in marathon," in the Jasper (Texas) Newsboy reveals two interesting facts:

1.) "Sanchez will be participating in the Tenneco Houston Marathon in an effort to raise funds for the American Diabetes Association." (Yes, you read that right. It's been quite some time since the Marathon was sponsored by Tenneco.)

2.) "He will be participating in the half marathon, 13.5 miles, but the distance in itself is a new challenge for Sanchez." (Yes, those of you who will be running with Sanchez - he is registered for the half - will be finishing on the east side of Highway 59.)

Let's hope that Sanchez does as well as he has prepared for -- without having to run another four tenths of a mile!

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe Mr. Sanchez will start back at Bell Street.


doug

1:57 PM  

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