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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.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

The Information Is In ...

I traded e-mails with Sabra Harvey that she is indeed 59. She was born on March 2, 1949.

However, the separation between the start and the finish is more than 30% of the distance of the race, which may remove it from record consideration.

This is the same reason that the Boston and New York City Marathon courses are not considered record eligible.

There were some other issues that Tom McBrayer e-mailed me about that may play some factors in the record being able to be certified; however, I need to e-mail Andy Carr to see if the "more than 30%" issue will immediately disqualify it from record consideration.

A shame indeed, if so.

posted by WalkSports.com | 10:20 AM

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