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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, October 18, 2008

Before The Race Pictures from Marathon 2 Marathon

Hans and I, of course, under the M2M steel frame. We didn't start under it, but we did finish underneath it in Marathon. Yes, the start of the race was just along side the road.

This was right by the race start! Again, Hans and I did Marine Corps Marathon in '04 close to the Arlington National Cemetery. Interesting irony.

Austin's Mikail Davenport finished the race in 2:17:46.

People milling around just before the start. The girl with the headband finished in 5:53:14. She and two women that finished 40 seconds behind her caught me at the mile 18 water stop. I think the first girl - 22-year-old Jenny Garnett of College Station - was running her first marathon. One of the other two women - 28-year-old Cary Dupuy of Austin - was also doing her first one. The two new runners finished 1-2 in 20-29 and Dupuy's pacer finished 3rd in 30-39.

No. 46 was immediately in front of me until mile 12-15 and she ended up catching and passing Hans.

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