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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, February 21, 2009

The Waiting Game

After sending an e-mail to Andy Carr with the Atlanta Track Club, who is the record verifier for USA Track and Field, I'm waiting to confirm whether Sabra Harvey is really 59 or 60.

Today's results had her listed as 60.

My HARRA membership database information, pulled by our president for me awhile back, says she doesn't turn 60 until March 2.

It is a big difference.

If 59, she set a U.S. single age mark at the 5-mile distance.

If 60, she not only set a U.S. single age mark, but also a new 60-64 age group record and the world's second fastest time - by a second - ever for a woman in that age group.

I never thought it would be an issue. I had sent an e-mail to Anna a few months back to see if Sabra was going to run the Bayou City Classic 10K as her first race as a 60-year-old. I thought about using reward miles to see about flying Kathryn Martin from New York - the top 55-59 age grouper in the county - to race her.

posted by WalkSports.com | 7:31 PM

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