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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.

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Kenyan To Go?

Dale Robertson reported in today's Houston Chronicle story that Chevron Houston Marathon elite athlete coordinator David Chester is working on replacing Thomas Omwenga in the men's marathon field.

Roberston quoted Chester as saying that he "is working on replacing Omwenga with another Kenyan with a personal best that's faster than the course record of 2:10:04."

He also stated that "Chester expects an answer today, pending a visa hearing in Nairobi, Kenya, for the runner in question, whom he declined to name."

Frankly, I can't say that I've heard of Omwenga. (Omwenga had finished 4th at the 2006 Los Angeles Marathon in 2:11:47.)

If anybody could possibly forecast who the possible Kenyan is, they'd be good to have a couple of tickets in the lottery.

Of the 128 times recorded in the world in 2005 and 2006 that are beneath the Houston Marathon's course record, 82 of them have been run by a Kenyan. (Source: Association of Road Racing Statisticians.)

posted by WalkSports.com | 3:32 PM

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