Houston Running: Finish Line Sports Hires Bagpiper for Mile 23 Water Stop

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Friday, January 12, 2007

Finish Line Sports Hires Bagpiper for Mile 23 Water Stop

Finish Line Sports owner Andy Stewart announced today that he has hired a bagpiper to play at their mile 23 water station from 10 a.m. to noon.

He is also making a last call for volunteer help on Sunday at the Chevron Houston Marathon. Finish Line Sports' water stop is located at Allen Parkway at Tirrell from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

Andy says that it is a "great place to watch the race" and advises that "if you are running the half, come by afterwards (as it is straight up W. Dallas from downtown.)"

He also reports that first-time marathoner Kevin Kline of FLS spoke at the Greek Marathon dinner and talked about his Snowdrop Foundation and Chelsey.

1 Comments:

Anonymous said...: I believe he was there, last year.

I wonder if he knows any Jimi Hendrix?; 5:59 PM