48 States, 155 Half Marathons - Complete Half Marathon History

By Age Grade (Top 10 by 2006/2010 Factors)

(1:43:19) 1:58:51 - 3/9/19 - Revel Kulia Half Marathon (Downhill), Waikoloa Beach, HI - 144
(1:51:20) 2:06:58 - 12/16/18 - Santa Hustle Half Marathon, Galveston, TX - 143
(1:51:34) 2:06:09 - 4/29/17 - Revel Mt. Charleston Half Marathon (Downhill), Las Vegas, NV - 130
(1:52:39) 2:10:43 - 2/2/20 - USA Fit Half Marathon, Sugar Land, TX - 149 (1:54:04 - 2015)
(1:55:05) 2:11:14 - 12/2/18 - Inaugural Tyler Half Marathon, Tyler, TX - 142
(1:56:21) 2:12:49 - 10/21/18 - Nutrabolt Oktoberfest Half Marathon, College Station, TX - 140 (1:57:53 - 2015)
(1:56:56) 2:15:41.50 - 2/16/20 - 13th annual Run The Line Half Marathon, Texarkana, TX - 150
(1:57:42) 2:13:05 - 1/29/17 - USA Fit Half Marathon, Sugar Land, TX - 128  (1:59:15 - 2015)
(1:57:59) 2:16:54 - 1/3/21 - 4th annual Canton Half Marathon, Canton, TX - 151 (1:59:29 - 2015)
(1:58:25) 2:15:02 - 11/4/18 - Colt State Park Half Marathon, Bristol, RI - 141
(1:59:53) 2:13:17 - 1/31/15 - Minden Run For St. Jude Half Marathon, Minden, LA - 103
(2:00:03) 2:15:44 - 2/25/17 - Citizens Medical Center Run Against Cancer Half Marathon, Victoria, TX - 129
(2:00:48) 2:15:26 - 5/7/16 - Revel Mt. Charleston Half Marathon (Downhill), Las Vegas, NV - 120
(2:01:19) 2:13:45 - 2/9/14 - Biggest Loser Half Marathon, Mobile, AL - 94
(2:01:34) 2:16:17 - 11/13/16 - Harlingen Half Marathon, Harlingen, TX - 126
(2:01:37) 2:09:45 - 9/11/10 - Elroy Tunnel-Trails Half Marathon, Elroy, WI - 74
(2:01:43) 2:18:48 - 2/3/18 - SAGU Half Marathon, Waxahachie, TX - 135 (Adjusted time as course map was printed as 13.25 miles and time was 2:20:17) (2:03:19 - 2015)
(2:02:44) 2:10:57 - 12/11/10 - Schlotzsky's Jingle Bell Run Half Marathon, Temple, TX - 76
(2:03:43) 2:16:23 - 2/15/14 - Stonebridge Ranch Half Marathon, McKinney, TX - 95
(2:04:13) 2:14:42 - 10/28/12 - Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 86
(2:04:29) 2:18:23 - 11/14/15 - American Family Fitness Half Marathon, Richmond, VA - 114
(2:04:39) 2:14:05 - 10/1/11 - New Hampshire Half Marathon, Bristol, NH - 79 *7
(2:05:29) 2:14:58 - 3/12/11 - Gusher Half Marathon, Beaumont, TX - 77
(2:05:31) 2:13:55 - 5/2/10 - Heels and Hills Half Marathon, Irving, TX - 71
(2:05:45) 2:09:58 - 3/18/06 - Wheatfield Half Marathon, The Dalles, OR - 24
(2:05:57) 2:18:51 - 11/15/14 - Tour de Glen Rose Half Marathon, Glen Rose, TX - 99
(2:06:16) 2:15:49 - 10/9/11 - Gulf Coast Half Marathon, Mandeville, LA - 81
(2:06:45) 2:14:09 - 1/11/09 - First Light Half Marathon, Mobile, AL - 56 (Flat)

By Time
1:58:51 - 3/9/19 - Revel Kulia Half Marathon (Downhill), Waikoloa Beach, HI - 144
2:06:09 - 4/29/17 - Revel Mt. Charleston Half Marathon (Downhill), Las Vegas, NV - 130
2:06:58 - 12/16/18 - Santa Hustle Half Marathon, Galveston, TX - 143
2:09:45 - 9/11/10 - Elroy Tunnel-Trails Half Marathon, Elroy, WI - 74
2:09:58 - 3/18/06 - Wheatfield Half Marathon, The Dalles, OR - 24
2:10:43 - 2/2/20 - USA Fit Half Marathon, Sugar Land, TX - 149
2:10:57 - 12/11/10 - Schlotzsky's Jingle Bell Run Half Marathon, Temple, TX - 76
2:11:14 - 12/2/18 - Inaugural Tyler Half Marathon, Tyler, TX - 142
2:12:06 - 1/29/06 - 12th annual 3M Half Marathon, Austin, TX - 23
2:12:26 - 1/28/07 - 13th annual 3M Half Marathon, Austin, TX - 31
2:12:49 - 10/21/18 - Nutrabolt Oktoberfest Half Marathon, College Station, TX - 140
2:13:05 - 1/29/17 - USA Fit Half Marathon, Sugar Land, TX - 128
2:13:17 - 1/31/15 - Minden Run For St. Jude Half Marathon, Minden, LA - 103 (2:13:21)
2:13:45 - 2/9/14 - Biggest Loser Half Marathon, Mobile, AL - 94
2:13:55 - 5/2/10 - Heels and Hills Half Marathon, Irving, TX - 71 (Mostly flat, 60s)
2:14:05 - 10/1/11 - New Hampshire Half Marathon, Bristol, NH - 79 *7
2:14:09 - 1/11/09 - First Light Half Marathon, Mobile, AL - 56 (Flat)
2:14:42 - 10/28/12 - Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 86
2:14:58 - 3/12/11 - Gusher Half Marathon, Beaumont, TX - 77
2:15:02 - 11/4/18 - Colt State Park Half Marathon, Bristol, RI - 141
2:15:26 - 5/7/16 - Revel Mt. Charleston Half Marathon (Downhill), Las Vegas, NV - 120
2:15:31 - 1/27/08 - 14th annual 3M Half Marathon, Austin, TX - 45
2:15:41.50 - 2/16/20 - 13th annual Run The Line Half Marathon, Texarkana, TX - 150
2:15:44 - 2/25/17 - Citizens Medical Center Run Against Cancer Half Marathon, Victoria, TX - 129
2:15:49 - 10/9/11 - Gulf Coast Half Marathon, Mandeville, LA - 81
2:16:17 - 11/13/16 - Harlingen Half Marathon, Harlingen, TX - 126
2:16:23 - 2/15/14 - Stonebridge Ranch Half Marathon, McKinney, TX - 95
2:16:38 - 4/30/05 - 37th Drake Relay On-The-ROADS Half Marathon, Des Moines, IA - 14 (Cold) *1
2:16:54 - 1/3/21 - 4th annual Canton Half Marathon, Canton, TX - 151
2:16:58 - 4/3/05 - Big D Texas Half Marathon, Dallas, TX - 13
2:18:05 - 3/29/09 - Angie's Half Crazy Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 58 (Flat)
2:18:12 - 5/19/07 - Fargo Half Marathon, Fargo, ND - 34 *2
2:18:20 - 12/12/09 - Chasing Lions Half Marathon, Temple, TX - 69
2:18:23 - 11/14/15 - American Family Fitness Half Marathon, Richmond, VA - 114
2:18:27 - 2/15/15 - 8th annual Run The Line Half Marathon, Texarkana, TX/AR - 106
2:18:38 - 2/17/08 - Run The Line Half Marathon, Texarkana, TX/AR - 46 (Cold, Windy)
2:18:48 - 2/3/18 - SAGU Half Marathon, Waxahachie, TX - 135 (Adjusted time as course map was printed as 13.25 miles and time was 2:20:17)
2:18:51 - 5/1/05 - 28th annual Lincoln National Guard Half Marathon, Lincoln, NE - 15 (Cold) *1
2:18:51 - 11/15/14 - Tour de Glen Rose Half Marathon, Glen Rose, TX - 99
2:18:53* - 3/5/05 - 3rd annual Baylor Student Foundation Bearathon (12.85 miles = 2:16:14.4), Waco, TX - 12
2:19:04 - 6/11/06 - North Olympic Discovery Half Marathon, Port Angeles, WA - 26
2:19:04 - 3/31/19 - First Responder Half Marathon, Waco, TX - 145
2:19:06 - 11/25/16 - The Waddle Half Marathon, Dallas, TX - 127 (Basically flat)
2:19:17 - 7/15/07 - Presque Isle Half Marathon, Erie, PA - 38 (Flat)
2:19:18 - 11/23/08 - 27th annual Ole Man River Half Marathon, New Orleans, LA - 53 (Flat)
2:19:29 - 12/7/08 - Austin Runners Club Decker Half Marathon, Austin, TX - 54 (Hilly)
2:19:48 - 1/1/20 - Texas Half Marathon, Kingwood, TX - 147
2:20:10 - 4/5/08 - Eisenhower Half Marathon, Abilene, KS - 48 (Cold) *4
2:20:13 - 9/7/08 - 11th annual Sioux Falls Half Marathon, Sioux Falls, SD - 52
2:20:21 - 2/14/15 - 5th annual Jail Break Run Half Marathon, Baytown, TX - 105
2:20:38 - 10/15/05 - 27th annual Huntsville Half Marathon, Huntsville, TX - 20
2:20:46 - 4/14/18 - Inaugural Blue Bell Fun Run Half Marathon, Brenham, TX - 136
2:20:51 - 3/30/12 - Chisholm Trail Half Marathon, Crawford, TX - 89
2:21:06 - 12/20/08 - 21st annual American Bank Half Marathon, Corpus Christi, TX - 55
2:21:06 - 9/23/12 - Inaugural Panhandle Half Marathon, Lubbock, TX - 85
2:21:09 - 11/20/05 - 6th annual Motive Bison Stampede, Austin, TX - 21
2:21:12 - 10/2/10 - Maine Half Marathon, Portland, ME - 80 *7
2:21:19 - 12/1/12 - Baton Rouge Beach Half Marathon, Baton Rouge, LA - 87
2:21:29 - 9/26/04 - Buckeye Half Marathon, Akron, OH - 8 (10k in New Jersey the day before)
2:21:41 - 10/2/04 - Texas MedClinic Helotes Half Marathon, Helotes, TX - 9
2:22:08 - 12/17/17 - Santa Hustle Half Marathon, Galveston, TX - 134
2:22:11 - 4/6/13 - Fairview Half Marathon, Fairview, TX - 90
2:22:17 - 1/1/15 - Texas Half Marathon, Kingwood, TX - 100 (with Waverly)
2:22:27 - 10/30/16 - Air Capital Half Marathon, Wichita, KS - 125
2:22:42 - 11/21/09 - 24th annual Star City Half Marathon, Roanoke, VA - 67 *6
2:22:44 - 3/25/07 - Mercer Island Rotary Run Day Half Marathon, Mercer Island, WA - 32
2:22:44 - 10/24/10 - Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 75
2:23:05 - 2/28/09 - Cowtown Half Marathon, Fort Worth, TX - 57
2:23:18 - 4/29/07 - Oklahoma City Memorial Half Marathon, Oklahoma City, OK - 33
2:23:22 - 1/9/10 - Mississippi Blues Half Marathon, Jackson, MS - 70
2:23:25 - 10/9/04 - 26th annual Huntsville Half Marathon, Huntsville, TX - 10
2:23:28 - 9/14/13 - Methodist Mansfield Medical Center Run With Heart Half Marathon, Mansfield, TX - 93
2:23:39 - 11/7/09 - Clarksville Half Marathon, Clarksville, TN - 66
2:24:04 - 4/10/16 - Union Hospital Run For Home Half Marathon, New Philadelphia, OH - 117
2:24:05 - 8/18/07 - News and Sentinel Half Marathon, Parkersburg, WV - 40
2:24:19 - 7/21/13 - Presque Isle Half Marathon, Erie, PA - 91
2:24:44 - 10/23/11 - Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 82
2:25:05 - 2/24/08 - Armadillo Dash Half Marathon, College Station, TX - 47
2:25:28 - 6/28/15 - Sturgis Falls Half Marathon, Cedar Falls, IA - 109
2:25:30 - 4/9/06 - Prince George Roadrunners Hart Half, Prince George, BC - 25 (500 miles north of Vancouver)
2:25:33 - 2/8/15 - Fort Smith Half Marathon, Fort Smith, AR - 104
2:25:42 - 9/3/16 - Pocatello Half Marathon, Pocatello, ID - 124
2:25:44 - 5/17/09 - Delaware Half Marathon, Wilmington, DE - 59
2:25:45 - 6/17/06 - Carrabba's Classic Half Marathon (Wet), San Antonio, TX - 27
2:26:03 - 10/18/09 - 5th annual Harbor Half Marathon, Corpus Christi, TX - 63
2:26:08 - 2/2/25 - USA Fit Half Marathon, Sugar Land, TX - 155 (with Waverly)
2:26:08.92 - 4/10/21 - Blue Bell Fun Run Half Marathon, Brenham, TX - 152
2:26:10 - 11/1/09 - 2nd annual Augusta Half Marathon, Augusta, GA - 65 *5
2:26:35 - 11/22/15 - Tulsa Route 66 Half Marathon, Tulsa, OK - 115
2:26:47 - 5/20/07 - Apple Blossom Half Marathon, Hastings, MN - 35 *2
2:27:00 - 4/6/08 - Go St. Louis! Half Marathon, St. Louis, MO - 49 *4
2:27:07 - 8/17/13 - News and Sentinel Half Marathon, Parkersburg, WV - 92
2:27:24.50 - 8/4/19 -3rd annual Canton Half Marathon, Canton, TX - 146 (with Waverly)
2:27:31.95 - 12/19/21 - Santa Hustle Half Marathon, Galveston, TX - 154
2:27:47 - 8/9/14 - 13th annual Lynchburg Half Marathon, Lynchburg, VA - 97
2:27:54 - 6/12/10 - Bear Lake Half Marathon, Garden City, UT - 73
2:28:17 - 3/27/11 - 4th annual Angie's Half Crazy! Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 78
2:28:18 - 6/23/18 - 25th annual Westfield Half Marathon, Westfield, MA - 138
2:28:38 - 12/9/17 - Lake Area Runners Swamp Stomp Half Marathon, Lake Charles, LA - 133 (long)
2:28:58 - 10/31/09 - 5th annual Spinx Fest Half Marathon, Greenville, SC - 64 *5
2:29:02 - 6/25/06 - Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon, Vancouver, BC - 28
2:29:17 - 10/13/07 - 29th annual Huntsville Half Marathon, Huntsville, TX - 43
2:29:22 - 11/22/09 - Hendrick Marrow Program Half Marathon, Concord, NC - 68 *6
2:29:25 - 10/21/06 - 28th annual Huntsville Half Marathon, Huntsville, TX - 30
2:29:34 - 8/1/04 - 28th annual Chicago Distance Classic (Warm), Chicago, IL - 7
2:29:41 - 4/3/04 - Capital City Half Marathon, Columbus, OH - 4
2:29:42 - 3/7/04 - Little Rock Half Marathon, Little Rock, AR - 3
2:30:17 - 10/24/15 - Anthony Flying Horse Half Marathon, Anthony, TX/NM - 112
2:30:29 - 6/25/16 - Lake Michigan Half Marathon (Warm), Muskegon, MI - 122
2:30:39 - 11/17/07 - Tyler Half Marathon (Hilly), Tyler, TX - 44
2:31:04 - 1/26/20 - Miracle Match Half Marathon (Hilly), Waco, TX - 148
2:31:05 - 4/24/16 - Columbia Half Marathon (Hilly), Columbia, MD - 119
2:31:13 - 6/19/04 - Carrabba's Classic Half Marathon (Hot), San Antonio, TX - 6
2:31:13 - 12/12/04 - Swamp Stomp Half Marathon (Pacing Duties), Lake Charles, LA - 11
2:31:19 - 11/8/15 - Pensacola Half Marathon, Pensacola, FL - 113
2:31:28 - 10/1/05 - Texas MedClinic Helotes Half Marathon, Helotes, TX - 19
2:32:03 - 6/6/09 - Sunburst Half Marathon, South Bend, IN - 60
2:32:06 - 5/19/18 - Joplin Memorial Run Half Marathon, Joplin, MO - 137
2:32:29 - 8/19/06 - News and Sentinel Half Marathon (Hot and Hilly), Parkersburg, WV - 29
2:32:34 - 1/18/04 - Halliburton International Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 2
2:32:42 - 5/8/04 - Indianapolis Life 500 Festival Mini Marathon (Warm), Indianapolis, IN - 5
2:33:17 - 7/9/17 - Burn Your Half Off Half Marathon (Warm), Chattanooga, TN - 131
2:34:56 - 1/25/15 - Miracle Match Half Marathon (Hilly), Waco, TX - 102
2:35:23 - 5/28/12 - Patriot Half Marathon, Rockwall, TX - 83
2:35:23 - 12/12/15 - Schlotzsky's Jingle Bell Run Half Marathon, Temple, TX - 116
2:35:54 - 8/8/15 - 14th annual Lynchburg Half Marathon, Lynchburg, VA - 110 (with Waverly)
2:36:00 - 3/21/15 - Bring It To The Bay Half Marathon, Bay St. Louis, MS - 108
2:36:01 - 6/6/10 - Lewis and Clark Half Marathon, Bozeman, MT - 72
2:37:16 - 9/23/18 - Hokie Half Marathon, Blacksburg, VA - 139 (ran with Waverly)
2:37:42 - 8/5/07 - Prude Ranch Races Half Marathon (Elevation), Fort Davis, TX - 39
2:38:37 - 10/7/07 - 31st annual Pamby Motors Half Marathon (Hot), Ridgefield, CT - 42 *3
2:38:39 - 10/6/07 - Grete's Great Gallop (Hot and Hilly), New York City, NY - 41 *3
2:39:32 - 5/2/21 - Vintage Park Half Marathon (Humid), Houston, TX - 153 
2:41:53 - 8/20/05 - News and Sentinel Half Marathon (Hot and Hilly), Parkersburg, WV - 18
2:43:07 - 8/24/08 - Hottest Half Marathon (Hot), Dallas, TX - 51
2:43:45 - 6/18/05 - Carrabba's Classic Half Marathon (Hot), San Antonio, TX - 16
2:44:20 - 6/11/16 - Bourbon Derby Half Marathon (Hot, Hilly), Paris, KY - 121
2:45:07 - 6/13/09 - Renaissance at Colony Park Half Marathon (Hot), Ridgeland, MS - 61
2:45:29 - 7/4/07 - 28th annual Lander Half Marathon (Elevation), Lander, WY - 36
2:45:33 - 9/27/09 - Heels and Hills and Him Half Marathon (Warm), Irving, TX - 62
2:46:20 - 8/27/16 - Best Damn Run and Walk Half Marathon (Trail), Whitingham, VT - 123
2:46:44 - 11/19/17 - La Porte By The Bay Half Marathon, La Porte, TX - 132 (with Alison Smith)
2:47:04 - 12/21/12 - End of the World Half Marathon, Humble, TX - 88 (Closer to 14 miles)
2:47:39 - 4/16/16 - Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Half Marathon (Very Hilly), Roanoke, VA - 118
2:49:04 - 6/8/08 - Scott & White Community Wellness Half Marathon (Hot and Humid), Temple, TX - 50
2:50:52 - 11/1/03 - White Rock Half Marathon (Hot), Dallas, TX - 1
2:50:59 - 8/13/05 - 28th annual Big Brothers Big Sisters Half Marathon (Trail at Elevation), Flagstaff, AZ - 17
2:51:25 - 8/15/15 - News and Sentinel Half Marathon, Parkersburg, WV - 111
2:52:48 - 3/8/15 - Zydeco Half Marathon, Lafayette, LA - 107 (with Steve Boone)
2:54:07 - 1/15/06 - Aramco Houston Half Marathon (Pacing Duties), Houston, TX - 22 (with Waverly)
2:57:13 - 1/24/15 - 27th annual Lake Benbrook Half Marathon, Benbrook, TX - 101 (with Ken Johnson)
2:58:17 - 6/20/14 - Summer Solstice 3-Hour Endurance Run, Abilene, TX - 96 (14 miles)
3:20:01 - 7/22/12 - 47th annual Gold Discovery Run, Fox, AK - 84 (16.3 mile-trail run)
3:33:52 - 11/9/14 - Fort Worth Half Marathon, Fort Worth, TX - 98 (with Paula Boone)
5:41:10 - 7/7/07 - 2nd annual Leadville Trail Heavy Half Marathon (Unreal Elevelation, 15.4 miles), Leadville, CO - 37

By Date

2:50:52 - 11/1/03 - White Rock Half Marathon (Hot), Dallas, TX - 1
2:32:34 - 1/18/04 - Halliburton International Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 2
2:29:42 - 3/7/04 - Little Rock Half Marathon, Little Rock, AR - 3
2:29:41 - 4/3/04 - Capital City Half Marathon, Columbus, OH - 4
2:32:42 - 5/8/04 - Indianapolis Life 500 Festival Mini Marathon (Warm), Indianapolis, IN - 5
2:31:13 - 6/19/04 - Carrabba's Classic Half Marathon (Hot), San Antonio, TX - 6
2:29:34 - 8/1/04 - 28th annual Chicago Distance Classic (Warm), Chicago, IL - 7
2:21:29 - 9/26/04 - Buckeye Half Marathon, Akron, OH - 8 (10k in New Jersey the day before)
2:21:41 - 10/2/04 - Texas MedClinic Helotes Half Marathon, Helotes, TX - 9
2:23:25 - 10/9/04 - 26th annual Huntsville Half Marathon, Huntsville, TX - 10
2:31:13 - 12/12/04 - Swamp Stomp Half Marathon (Pacing Duties), Lake Charles, LA - 11
2:18:53* - 3/5/05 - 3rd annual Baylor Student Foundation Bearathon (12.85 miles = 2:16:14.4), Waco, TX - 12
2:16:58 - 4/3/05 - Big D Texas Half Marathon, Dallas, TX - 13
2:16:38 - 4/30/05 - 37th Drake Relay On-The-ROADS Half Marathon, Des Moines, IA - 14 (Cold) *1
2:18:51 - 5/1/05 - 28th annual Lincoln National Guard Half Marathon, Lincoln, NE - 15 (Cold) *1
2:43:45 - 6/18/05 - Carrabba's Classic Half Marathon (Hot), San Antonio, TX - 16
2:50:59 - 8/13/05 - 28th annual Big Brothers Big Sisters Half Marathon (Trail at Elevation), Flagstaff, AZ - 17
2:41:53 - 8/20/05 - News and Sentinel Half Marathon (Hot and Hilly), Parkersburg, WV - 18
2:31:28 - 10/1/05 - Texas MedClinic Helotes Half Marathon, Helotes, TX - 19
2:20:38 - 10/15/05 - 27th annual Huntsville Half Marathon, Huntsville, TX - 20
2:21:09 - 11/20/05 - 6th annual Motive Bison Stampede, Austin, TX - 21
2:54:07 - 1/15/06 - Aramco Houston Half Marathon (Pacing Duties), Houston, TX - 22
2:12:06 - 1/29/06 - 12th annual 3M Half Marathon, Austin, TX - 23
2:09:58 - 3/18/06 - Wheatfield Half Marathon, The Dalles, OR - 24
2:25:30 - 4/9/06 - Prince George Roadrunners Hart Half, Prince George, BC - 25 (500 miles north of Vancouver)
2:19:04 - 6/11/06 - North Olympic Discovery Half Marathon, Port Angeles, WA - 26
2:25:45 - 6/17/06 - Carrabba's Classic Half Marathon (Wet), San Antonio, TX - 27
2:29:02 - 6/25/06 - Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon, Vancouver, BC - 28
2:32:29 - 8/19/06 - News and Sentinel Half Marathon (Hot and Hilly), Parkersburg, WV - 29
2:29:25 - 10/21/06 - 28th annual Huntsville Half Marathon, Huntsville, TX - 30
2:12:26 - 1/28/07 - 13th annual 3M Half Marathon, Austin, TX - 31
2:22:44 - 3/25/07 - Mercer Island Rotary Run Day Half Marathon, Mercer Island, WA - 32
2:23:18 - 4/29/07 - Oklahoma City Memorial Half Marathon, Oklahoma City, OK - 33
2:18:12 - 5/19/07 - Fargo Half Marathon, Fargo, ND - 34 *2
2:26:47 - 5/20/07 - Apple Blossom Half Marathon, Hastings, MN - 35 *2
2:45:29 - 7/4/07 - 28th annual Lander Half Marathon (Elevation), Lander, WY - 36
5:41:10 - 7/7/07 - 2nd annual Leadville Trail Heavy Half Marathon (Unreal Elevelation, 15.4 miles), Leadville, CO - 37
2:19:17 - 7/15/07 - Presque Isle Half Marathon, Erie, PA - 38 (Flat)
2:37:42 - 8/5/07 - Prude Ranch Races Half Marathon (Elevation), Fort Davis, TX - 39
2:24:05 - 8/18/07 - News and Sentinel Half Marathon, Parkersburg, WV - 40
2:38:39 - 10/6/07 - Grete's Great Gallop (Hot and Hilly), New York City, NY - 41 *3
2:38:37 - 10/7/07 - 31st annual Pamby Motors Half Marathon (Hot), Ridgefield, CT - 42 *3
2:29:17 - 10/13/07 - 29th annual Huntsville Half Marathon, Huntsville, TX - 43
2:30:39 - 11/17/07 - Tyler Half Marathon (Hilly), Tyler, TX - 44
2:15:31 - 1/27/08 - 14th annual 3M Half Marathon, Austin, TX - 45
2:18:38 - 2/17/08 - Run The Line Half Marathon, Texarkana, TX/AR - 46 (Cold, Windy)
2:25:05 - 2/24/08 - Armadillo Dash Half Marathon, College Station, TX - 47
2:20:10 - 4/5/08 - Eisenhower Half Marathon, Abilene, KS - 48 (Cold) *4
2:27:00 - 4/6/08 - Go St. Louis! Half Marathon, St. Louis, MO - 49 *4
2:49:04 - 6/8/08 - Scott & White Community Wellness Half Marathon (Hot and Humid), Temple, TX - 50
2:43:07 - 8/24/08 - Hottest Half Marathon (Hot), Dallas, TX - 51
2:20:13 - 9/7/08 - 11th annual Sioux Falls Half Marathon, Sioux Falls, SD - 52
2:19:18 - 11/23/08 - 27th annual Ole Man River Half Marathon, New Orleans, LA - 53 (Flat)
2:19:29 - 12/7/08 - Austin Runners Club Decker Half Marathon, Austin, TX - 54 (Hilly)
2:21:06 - 12/20/08 - 21st annual American Bank Half Marathon, Corpus Christi, TX - 55
2:14:09 - 1/11/09 - First Light Half Marathon, Mobile, AL - 56 (Flat)
2:23:05 - 2/28/09 - Cowtown Half Marathon, Fort Worth, TX - 57
2:18:05 - 3/29/09 - Angie's Half Crazy Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 58 (Flat)
2:25:44 - 5/17/09 - Delaware Half Marathon, Wilmington, DE - 59
2:32:03 - 6/6/09 - Sunburst Half Marathon, South Bend, IN - 60
2:45:07 - 6/13/09 - Renaissance at Colony Park Half Marathon (Hot), Ridgeland, MS - 61
2:45:33 - 9/27/09 - Heels and Hills and Him Half Marathon (Warm), Irving, TX - 62
2:26:03 - 10/18/09 - 5th annual Harbor Half Marathon, Corpus Christi, TX - 63
2:28:58 - 10/31/09 - 5th annual Spinx Fest Half Marathon, Greenville, SC - 64 *5
2:26:10 - 11/1/09 - 2nd annual Augusta Half Marathon, Augusta, GA - 65 *5
2:23:39 - 11/7/09 - Clarksville Half Marathon, Clarksville, TN - 66
2:22:42 - 11/21/09 - 24th annual Star City Half Marathon, Roanoke, VA - 67 *6
2:29:22 - 11/22/09 - Hendrick Marrow Program Half Marathon, Concord, NC - 68 *6
2:18:20 - 12/12/09 - Chasing Lions Half Marathon, Temple, TX - 69
2:23:22 - 1/9/10 - Mississippi Blues Half Marathon, Jackson, MS - 70
2:13:55 - 5/2/10 - Heels and Hills Half Marathon, Irving, TX - 71 (Mostly flat, 60s)
2:36:01 - 6/6/10 - Lewis and Clark Half Marathon, Bozeman, MT - 72
2:27:54 - 6/12/10 - Bear Lake Marathon, Garden City, UT - 73
2:09:45 - 9/11/10 - Elroy Tunnel-Trails Half Marathon, Elroy, WI - 74
2:22:44 - 10/24/10 - Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 75
2:10:57 - 12/11/10 - Schlotzsky's Jingle Bell Run Half Marathon, Temple, TX - 76
2:14:58 - 3/12/11 - Gusher Half Marathon, Beaumont, TX - 77
2:28:17 - 3/27/11 - 4th annual Angie's Half Crazy! Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 78
2:14:05 - 10/1/11 - New Hampshire Half Marathon, Bristol, NH - 79 *7
2:21:12 - 10/2/11 - Maine Half Marathon, Portland, ME - 80 *7
2:15:49 - 10/9/11 - Gulf Coast Half Marathon, Mandeville, LA - 81
2:24:44 - 10/23/11 - Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 82
2:35:23 - 5/28/12 - Patriot Half Marathon, Rockwall, TX - 83
3:20:01 - 7/22/12 - 47th annual Gold Discovery Run, Fox, AK - 84 (16.3 mile-trail run)
2:21:06 - 9/23/12 - Inaugural Panhandle Half Marathon, Lubbock, TX - 85
2:14:42 - 10/28/12 - Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 86
2:21:19 - 12/1/12 - Baton Rouge Beach Half Marathon, Baton Rouge, LA - 87
2:47:04 - 12/21/12 - End of the Word Half Marathon, Humble, TX - 88 (Closer to 14 miles)
2:20:51 - 3/30/12 - Chisholm Trail Half Marathon, Crawford, TX - 89
2:22:11 - 4/6/13 - Fairview Half Marathon, Fairview, TX - 90
2:24:19 - 7/21/13 - Presque Isle Half Marathon, Erie, PA - 91
2:27:07 - 8/17/13 - News and Sentinel Half Marathon, Parkersburg, WV - 92
2:23:28 - 9/14/13 - Methodist Mansfield Medical Center Run With Heart Half Marathon, Mansfield, TX - 93
2:13:45 - 2/9/14 - Biggest Loser Half Marathon, Mobile, AL - 94
2:16:23 - 2/15/14 - Stonebridge Ranch Half Marathon, McKinney, TX - 95
2:58:17 - 6/20/14 - Summer Solstice 3-Hour Endurance Run, Abilene, TX - 96 (14 miles)
2:27:47 - 8/9/14 - 13th annual Lynchburg Half Marathon, Lynchburg, VA - 97
3:33:52 - 11/9/14 - Fort Worth Half Marathon, Fort Worth, TX - 98 (with Paula Boone)
2:18:51 - 11/15/14 - Tour de Glen Rose Half Marathon, Glen Rose, TX - 99
2:22:17 - 1/1/15 - Texas Half Marathon, Kingwood, TX - 100 (with Waverly)
2:57:13 - 1/24/15 - 27th annual Lake Benbrook Half Marathon, Benbrook, TX - 101 (with Ken Johnson)
2:34:56 - 1/25/15 - Miracle Match Half Marathon (Hilly), Waco, TX - 102
2:13:17 - 1/31/15 - Minden Run For St. Jude Half Marathon, Minden, LA - 103
2:25:33 - 2/8/15 - Fort Smith Half Marathon (Hilly), Fort Smith, AR - 104
2:20:21 - 2/14/15 - 5th annual Jail Break Run Half Marathon, Baytown, TX - 105 (Bridge)
2:18:27 - 2/15/15 - 8th annual Run The Line Half Marathon, Texarkana, TX/AR - 106
2:52:48 - 3/8/15 - Zydeco Half Marathon, Lafayette, LA - 107 (with Steve Boone)
2:36:00 - 3/21/15 - Bring It To The Bay Half Marathon, Bay St. Louis, MS - 108 (Bridge)
2:25:28 - 6/28/15 - Sturgis Falls Half Marathon, Cedar Falls, IA - 109
2:35:54 - 8/8/15 - 14th annual Lynchburg Half Marathon, Lynchburg, VA - 110 (with Waverly)
2:51:25 - 8/15/15 - News and Sentinel Half Marathon, Parkersburg, WV - 111
2:30:17 - 10/24/15 - Anthony Flying Horse Half Marathon, Anthony, TX/NM - 112
2:31:19 - 11/8/15 - Pensacola Half Marathon, Pensacola, FL - 113
2:18:23 - 11/14/15 - American Family Fitness Half Marathon, Richmond, VA - 114
2:26:35 - 11/22/15 - Tulsa Route 66 Half Marathon, Tulsa, OK - 115
2:35:23 - 12/12/15 - Schlotzsky's Jingle Bell Run Half Marathon, Temple, TX - 116
2:24:04 - 4/10/16 - Union Hospital Run For Home Half Marathon, New Philadelphia, OH - 117
2:47:39 - 4/16/16 - Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Half Marathon (Very Hilly), Roanoke, VA - 118
2:31:05 - 4/24/16 - Columbia Half Marathon (Hilly), Columbia, MD - 119
2:15:26 - 5/7/16 - Revel Mt. Charleston Half Marathon (Downhill), Las Vegas, NV - 120
2:44:20 - 6/11/16 - Bourbon Derby Half Marathon (Hot, Hilly), Paris, KY - 121 2:30:29 - 6/25/16 - Lake Michigan Half Marathon (Warm), Muskegon, MI - 122
2:46:20 - 8/27/16 - Best Damn Run and Walk Half Marathon (Trail), Whitingham, VT - 123
2:25:42 - 9/3/16 - Pocatello Half Marathon, Pocatello, ID - 124
2:22:27 - 10/30/16 - Air Capital Half Marathon, Wichita, KS - 125
2:16:17 - 11/13/16 - Harlingen Half Marathon, Harlingen, TX - 126
2:19:06 - 11/25/16 - The Waddle Half Marathon, Dallas, TX - 127 (Basically flat)
2:13:05 - 1/29/17 - USA Fit Half Marathon, Sugar Land, TX - 128
2:15:44 - 2/25/17 - Citizens Medical Center Run Against Cancer Half Marathon, Victoria, TX - 129
2:06:09 - 4/29/17 - Revel Mt. Charleston Half Marathon (Downhill), Las Vegas, NV - 130
2:33:17 - 7/9/17 - Burn Your Half Off Half Marathon (Warm), Chattanooga, TN - 131
2:46:44 - 11/19/17 - La Porte By The Bay Half Marathon, La Porte, TX - 132 (with Alison Smith)
2:28:38 - 12/9/17 - Lake Area Runners Swamp Stomp Half Marathon, Lake Charles, LA - 133 (long)
2:22:08 - 12/17/17 - Santa Hustle Half Marathon, Galveston, TX - 134
2:18:48 - 2/3/18 - SAGU Half Marathon, Waxahachie, TX - 135 (Adjusted time as course map was printed as 13.25 miles and time was 2:20:17)
2:20:46 - 4/14/18 - Inaugural Blue Bell Fun Run Half Marathon, Brenham, TX - 136
2:32:06 - 5/19/18 - Joplin Memorial Run Half Marathon, Joplin, MO - 137
2:28:18 - 6/23/18 - 25th annual Westfield Half Marathon, Westfield, MA - 138
2:37:16 - 9/23/18 - Hokie Half Marathon, Blacksburg, VA - 139 (ran with Waverly)
2:12:49 - 10/21/18 - Nutrabolt Oktoberfest Half Marathon, College Station, TX - 140
2:15:02 - 11/4/18 - Colt State Park Half Marathon, Bristol, RI - 141
2:11:14 - 12/2/18 - Inaugural Tyler Half Marathon, Tyler, TX - 142
2:06:58 - 12/16/18 - Santa Hustle Half Marathon, Galveston, TX - 143
1:58:51 - 3/9/19 - Revel Kulia Half Marathon (Downhill), Waikoloa Beach, HI - 144
2:19:04 - 3/31/19 - First Responder Half Marathon, Waco, TX - 145
2:27:24.50 - 8/4/19 -3rd annual Canton Half Marathon, Canton, TX - 146 (with Waverly)
2:19:48 - 1/1/20 - Texas Half Marathon, Kingwood, TX - 147
2:31:14 - 1/26/20 - Miracle Match Half Marathon (Hilly), Waco, TX - 148
2:10:43.13 - 2/2/20 - USA Fit Half Marathon, Sugar Land, TX - 149
2:15:41.50 - 2/16/20 - 13th annual Run The Line Half Marathon, Texarkana, TX - 150
2:16:54 - 1/3/21 - 4th annual Canton Half Marathon, Canton, TX - 151
2:26:08.92 - 4/10/21 - Blue Bell Fun Run Half Marathon, Brenham, TX - 152
2:39:32 - 5/2/21 - Vintage Park Half Marathon (Humid), Houston, TX - 153 

2:27:31.95 - 12/19/21 - Santa Hustle Half Marathon, Galveston, TX - 154
2:26:08 - 2/2/25 - USA Fit Half Marathon, Sugar Land, TX - 155 (with Waverly)

Waverly Walk - Complete Half Marathon History

By Time
2:06:47 - 3/6/21 - 10th annual The Woodlands Marathon, The Woodlands, TX - 14
2:11:35 - 10/9/16 - 4th annual Hokie Half Marathon, Blacksburg, VA - 6
2:11:47 - 2/8/20 - 6th annual Katy Half Marathon, Katy, TX - 12
2:12:47 - 2/3/18 - SAGU Half Marathon, Waxahachie, TX - 8 (Adjusted time as course map was printed as 13.25 miles and time was 2:14:12)
2:13:57 - 1/3/21 - 4th annual Canton Half Marathon, Canton, TX - 13
2:16:36 - 10/28/17 - 39th annual Huntsville Half Marathon, Huntsville, TX - 7
2:18:41 - 1/14/24 - Aramco Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 26
2:19:29 - 10/13/24 - BCS Oktoberfest Half Marathon, College Station, TX - 28
2:19:37 - 1/1/20 - Texas Half Marathon, Kingwood, TX - 11
2:20:21 - 3/25/23 - Bearathon Half Marathon, Waco, TX - 22
2:20:31 - 1/1/15 - Texas Half Marathon, Kingwood, TX - 2

2:21:10 - 4/16/23 - Vintage Park 13.1 Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 23
2:21:15 - 10/31/21 - 15th annual Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 17
2:22:52 - 10/16/21 - 42nd annual Huntsville Half Marathon, Huntsville, TX - 16
2:23:08 - 12/10/23 - Baylor Scott & White Health BCS Half Marathon, College Station, TX - 25
2:24:45 - 3/2/24 - 13th annual The Woodlands Half Marathon, The Woodlands, TX - 27
2:26:07 - 4/10/21 - Blue Bell Fun Run Half Marathon, Brenham, TX - 15 (Ran with Dad)
2:26:08 - 2/2/25 - USA Fit Half Marathon, Sugar Land, TX - 29 (Ran with Dad)

2:26:31 - 10/30/22 - 16th annual Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 21
2:27:24.50 - 8/4/19 - 3rd annual Canton Half Marathon, Canton, TX - 10
2:31:44 - 3/14/15 - Seabrook Lucky Trail Half Marathon, Seabrook, TX - 3
2:33:31 - 4/16/16 - Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Half Marathon, Roanoke, VA - 5
2:35:57 - 8/8/15 - 14th annual Lynchburg Half Marathon, Lynchburg, VA - 4
2:36:52 - 3/5/22 - 11th annual The Woodlands Marathon, The Woodlands, TX - 19
2:37:16 - 9/23/18 - 6th annual Hokie Half Marathon, Blacksburg, VA - 9
2:37:32 - 1/1/22 - Texas Half Marathon, Kingwood, TX - 18
2:37:53 - 10/29/23 - 17th annual Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 24
2:47:28 - 10/15/22 - 43rd annual Huntsville Half Marathon, Huntsville, TX - 20
2:54:06 - 1/15/06 - Aramco Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 1

By Date
2:54:06 - 1/15/06 - Aramco Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 1 (Ran with Dad)
2:20:31 - 1/1/15 - Texas Half Marathon, Kingwood, TX - 2 (Two minute stop at halfway; Ran with Dad)

2:31:44 - 3/14/15 - Seabrook Lucky Trail Half Marathon, Seabrook, TX - 3
2:35:57 - 8/8/15 - 14th annual Lynchburg Half Marathon, Lynchburg, VA - 4 (Ran with Dad)
2:33:31 - 4/16/16 - Foot Levelers Blue Ridge Half Marathon, Roanoke, VA - 5 (Ran with Dad)
2:11:35 - 10/9/16 - 4th annual Hokie Half Marathon, Blacksburg, VA - 6
2:16:36 - 10/28/17 - 39th annual Huntsville Half Marathon, Huntsville, TX - 7
2:12:47 - 2/3/18 - SAGU Half Marathon, Waxahachie, TX - 8 (Adjusted time as course map was printed as 13.25 miles and time was 2:14:12) (Ran with Dad)
2:37:16 - 9/23/18 - 6th annual Hokie Half Marathon, Blacksburg, VA - 9 (Ran with Dad)
2:27:24.50 - 8/4/19 -3rd annual Canton Half Marathon, Canton, TX - 10 (Ran with Dad)
2:19:37 - 1/1/20 - Texas Half Marathon, Kingwood, TX - 11
2:11:47 - 2/8/20 - 6th annual Katy Half Marathon, Katy, TX - 12
2:13:57 - 1/3/21 - 4th annual Canton Half Marathon, Canton, TX - 13 (Ran with Dad)
2:06:47 - 3/6/21 - 10th annual The Woodlands Half Marathon, The Woodlands, TX - 14
2:26:07 - 4/10/21 - Blue Bell Fun Run Half Marathon, Brenham, TX - 15 (Ran with Dad)
2:22:52 - 10/16/21 - 42nd annual Huntsville Half Marathon, Huntsville, TX - 16
2:21:15 - 10/31/21 - 15th annual Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 17

2:37:32 - 1/1/22 - Texas Half Marathon, Kingwood, TX - 18

2:36:52 - 3/5/22 - 11th annual The Woodlands Half Marathon, The Woodlands, TX - 19
2:47:28 - 10/15/22 - 43rd annual Huntsville Half Marathon, Huntsville, TX - 20
2:26:31 - 10/30/22 - 16th annual Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 21
2:20:21 - 3/25/23 - Bearathon Half Marathon, Waco, TX - 22

2:21:10 - 4/16/23 - Vintage Park 13.1 Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 23
2:37:53 - 10/29/23 - 17th annual Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 24
2:23:08 - 12/10/23 - Baylor Scott & White Health BCS Half Marathon, College Station, TX - 25

2:18:41 - 1/14/24 - Aramco Houston Half Marathon, Houston, TX - 26
2:24:45 - 3/2/24 - 13th annual The Woodlands Half Marathon, The Woodlands, TX - 27
2:19:29 - 10/13/24 - BCS Oktoberfest Half Marathon, College Station, TX - 28
2:26:08 - 2/2/25 - USA Fit Half Marathon, Sugar Land, TX - 29 (Ran with Dad)

Race in 208 Texas Cities or Towns and 103 Texas Counties ... And Counting!

2003
1.  Houston - 24-Hour Fitness 4-Miler (1.  Harris County)
2.  Round Rock - Round Rock Express 5K (2.  Williamson)
3.  The Woodlands - Run The Woodlands 5K #89 (3.  Montgomery)
4.  Dallas - Comcast State Fair of Texas 5K (4.  Dallas)
5.  Austin - IBM Uptown Classic 10K (5.  Travis)
6.  Beaumont - Christus Health 2nd annual Great Pumpkin Race 5K (6.  Jefferson)

2004
7.  Angleton - Angleton Noon Lions Spectacle Spectacular 10K (7.  Brazoria)
8.  Kingwood - Lake Houston YMCA Bridgefest 5K
9.  Galveston - 5th annual Mardi Gras Beach Run 10K (8,  Galveston)
10.  Tyler - Azalea Run 10K (9.  Smith)
11.  Sugar Land - Sugar Creek Blvd. Mile (10.  Fort Bend)
12.  San Antonio - Carrabba's Classic Half Marathon (11. Bexar)
13.  Fort Worth - Fort Worth Runners Club Three Amigos 4 Mile Run (12.  Tarrant)
14.  La Marque - Webster Bicycle Duathlon #3
15.  Arlington - August Gusto 5K
16.  Keller - Run In The Dark 5K
17.  Brenham - Brenham Hillacious Cross Country Open (13. Washington)
18.  San Marcos - 1st annual San Marcos Running Club Country Roads 10K (14.  Hays)
19.  Helotes - Texas MedClinic Helotes Half Marathon
20.  Clear Lake - 2nd annual United Space Alliance Space City 10 Miler
21.  Huntsville - 26th annual Huntsville Half Marathon (15.  Walker)
22.  La Grange - 1st annual Best Little 10K in Texas (16.  Fayette)
23.  Flower Mound - Flower Mound Metric Half-Marathon

2005
24.  Waco - Bearathon Half Marathon (17. McLennan)
25.  Bellaire - Bellaire Trolley Run 5K
26.  College Station - GLOW (Giving to Light Others' Way) 5K (18.  Brazos)
27.  Wharton - StraightWay Family Fun Run 5K (19.  Wharton)
28.  Centerville - Stu's Country Mile 5K (20.  Leon)
29.  Seabrook - Maribelle's On The Bay 5K
30.  Cypress - League Play Grill Semi-Annual 5K
31.  Deer Park - Goblin Gallop 5K
32.  Pearland - Jingle Jog 10-Miler

2006
33.  Surfside - Surfside Beach Marathon
34.  Pasadena - Run For Life 5K
35.  Alvin - Beneezy Purple Monkey 10K
36.  Willis - Wildkat 5K

2007
37.  New Braunfels - River Road Run 12-Miler (21.  Comal)
38.  Webster - Yuri's Night 5K
39.  Conroe - YMCA Trail Run 5K
40.  Bremond - Polish Pickle Run 5K (22.  Robertson)
41.  Fort Davis - Prude Ranch Races Half Marathon (23.  Jeff Davis)
42.  Oak Ridge North - Oak Ridge 5-Miler
43.  West - West Fest Kolache 5000
44.  Caldwell - Kolache Krunch 5K (24.  Burleson)

2008
45.  Texarkana - Run The Line Half Marathon  (25.  Bowie)
46.  Aledo - AdvoCats Run Walk or Crawl 5K (26.  Parker)
47.  Pilot Point - Four-Alarm Chase 5K (27.  Denton)
48.  Temple - Scott & White Community Wellness Half Marathon (28.  Bell)
49.  Lampasas - Toughest 10K in Texas (29.  Lampasas)
50.  Milano - Nowhere 2 Run 10K (30.  Milam)
51.  Marathon - Marathon 2 Marathon (31.  Brewster)
52.  Lufkin - Stay On Track Fun Run 5K (32.  Angelina)
53.  Livingston - Jingle Bell Run 5K (33.  Polk)

2009
54.  Roman Forest - East Montgomery County 4th of July Race 5K
55.  Irving - Heels and Hills and Him Half Marathon
56.  McKinney - Firefighter 10K (34.  Collin)
57.  Dime Box - Mini Marathon 10K (35.  Lee)
58.  Corpus Christi - Harbor Half Marathon (36.  Nueces)
59.  Tomball - Woodforest National Bank 5K
60.  Missouri City - Scanlan Elementary 5K
61.  Richmond - Resolution Run 5K

2010
62.  Kemah - Galloway Gallop 10K
63.  Orchard - Pamela's Race 10K
64.  Bryan - Downtown Derby 5K
65.  League City - Summer Kick-Off Fun Run 5K
66.  Humble - Woodcreek Middle School 5K

2011
67.  La Porte - Sylvan Beach Duathlon

2012 
68.  New Caney - El Chupacabra de Houston 10K
69.  Rockwall - Patriot Half Marathon (37.  Rockwall)
70.  Texas City - Funfest By The Bay 10K
71.  Crosby - Firecracker 5K
72.  Port Neches - Sea Rim Striders Summer Series Run #5
73.  Sealy - 5 Alarm 5K (38.  Austin)
74.  Navasota - Blues Capital of Texas 5K (39.  Grimes)
75.  Lubbock - Panhandle Half Marathon (40.  Lubbock)
76.  Port Arthur - Sabine Causeway Bridge 5K

2013
77.  Diboll - New Year's Resolution 5K
78.  Point Blank - Run For The Governor's 5K (41.  San Jacinto)
79.  Crawford - Chisholm Trail Half Marathon
80.  Fairview - Fairview Half Marathon
81.  Kosse - Kosse Greyhound 5K (42.  Limestone)
82.  Harker Heights - Race to Read 5K
83.  Nacogdoches - Freedom 5K (43.  Nacogdoches)
84.  Georgetown - Vern's No-Frills 5K
85.  Salado - Midnight Madness Down Main 5K
86.  Lakeway - Be Healthy Lake Travis Day 5K
87.  Hamilton - Dove Festival 10K (44.  Hamilton)
88.  Mansfield - Methodist Mansfield Medical Center Run With Heart Half Marathon
89.  Cedar Park - Run Free Texas 80's 8K Community Race
90.  Boerne - Fabra Elementary Howl at the Moon 5K (45.  Kendall)
91.  Seguin - Seguin Police Moonlight Run 5K (46.  Guadalupe)
92.  Kyle - Kyle-O-Meter 5K

2014
93.  Bandera - Cowboy Capital Stampede 10K (47.  Bandera)
94.  Cleburne - 4th annual Camp Fire Chicken Run 5K (48.  Johnson)
95.  Corinth - Corinth PD Foot Patrol 5K
96.  Highland Village - Running Moms Rock 5K
97.  Carrollton - Carrollton Runners Club 5K
98.  Muenster - Germanfest 15K (49.  Cooke)
99.  Abilene - Summer Solstice 3-Hour Endurance Run (50.  Taylor)
100.  Moulton - Moulton Jamboree 5K (51.  Lavaca)
101.  Bay City - Respect 5K Honoring Heroes (52.  Matagorda)
102.  Bastrop - Burning Pine 10K (53.  Bastrop)
103.  Glen Rose - Tour de Glen Rose Half Marathon (54.  Somervell)

2015
104.  Benbrook - 27th annual Lake Benbrook Half Marathon
105.  Baytown - 5th annual Jail Break Run Half Marathon
106.  Woodville - Dogwood Dash 5K (55.  Tyler)
107.  Santa Fe - 8th annual Chelsey's 5K Run For Kids
108.  Crystal Beach - Texas Crab Festival 5K
109.  Spring - LinksRun 10K - Cypresswood Golf Club
110.  Millsap - Ticket Lady Trot 10K
111.  Franklin - 1st annual Franklin FFA Glow Run 5K
112.  North Richland Hills - 1st annual NRH Road Runner 5K
113.  Anthony - Anthony Flying Horse Half Marathon (56.  El Paso)

2016
114.  Rockport - 28th annual Whooping Crane Strut 10K (57.  Aransas)
115.  Silsbee - 3rd annual Autism 5K (58.  Hardin)
116.  Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg Wildflower Run 10K (59.  Gillespie)
117.  Graham - Run For The Children 10K (60.  Young)
118.  Falfurrias - 4th of July Stars and Stripes 5K (61.  Brooks)
119.  Longview - Up And Away 5K (62.  Gregg)
120.  Clute - Mosquito Chase 5K
121.  Lantana - Run Lantana 10K
122.  Alice - Jim Wells County - VFW Post 8621 10-Miler (63.  Jim Wells)
123.  Harlingen - 3rd annual Harlingen Half Marathon (64.  Cameron)
124.  Lake Jackson - 4th annual Lake Jackson Turkey Trot 10K
125.  Needville - Brazos Bend Marathon
126.  Mission - Resolution Run 5K (65.  Hidalgo)

2017
127.  Grapevine - Bold In The Cold 15K
128.  San Angelo - Shannon Trail Race Series #3 15K (66.  Tom Green)
129.  Kingsville - Ties and Tennis Shoes 10K (67.  Kleberg)
130.  Victoria - Citizens Medical Center Run Against Cancer Half Marathon (68.  Victoria)
131.  Ennis - 19th annual Ennis Polka Fest 10K (69.  Ellis)
132.  Burnet - Rogue Trail Series - The Ranch 10K (70.  Burnet)
133.  Sulphur Springs - Milk Run 5K (71.  Hopkins)
134.  Jacksonville - Tomato 5 - Tomato Fest 5K (72.  Cherokee)
135.  Lumberton - Sea Rim Striders Summer Series Run #3
136.  Zapata - 5th Annual PFC Ira "Ben" Laningham IV 5K (73.  Zapata)
137.  Hico - Old Settler's Run To Remember 5K

2018
138.  Waxahachie - SAGU Half Marathon
139.  Buda - Run For The Love It 5K
140.  Smithville - Stampede In The Park 5K
141.  Killeen - 32nd annual Silver Classic 5K
142.  Shenandoah - David's Dream Run 5K
143.  Stephenville - Autism Awareness Puzzle Run 5K (74.  Erath)
144.  Eastland - Eastland Glow Run 5K (75.  Eastland)
145.  Dublin - 18th annual Dublin Irish Stampede 10K
146.  Frisco - Hotter 'n Firecrackers 5K
147.  Saint Jo - Old Jo's Firecracker 5K (76.  Montague)
148.  Port O'Connor - 6th annual Firemans 4 Race (77.  Calhoun)
149.  Eagle Pass - Stars and Stripes 5K (78.  Maverick)
150.  Center - What-A-Melon Crawl 5K (79.  Shelby)
151.  De Leon - Watermelon Crawl 5K (80.  Comanche)
152.  Bonham - Sweatin' For The Vets 5K (81.  Fannin)
153.  Palestine - Paint Palestine Pink 10.5M (82.  Anderson)
154.  Plano - Holiday Hustle 8K

2019
155.  Lockhart - 13th annual Lockhart Kiwanis 5K Stampede (83.  Caldwell)
156.  Taylor - 2nd annual Taylor Veterans 5K Beer Run
157.  Rollingwood - RW5K Life Is Good In The Wood
158.  Katy - Cow Patty Classic 5K
159.  Bellville - Faith Academy Bellville Knights Run 5K
160.  Queen City - Project Graduation Diploma Dash 5K (2.2M) (84.  Cass)
161.  Gatesville - Cen-Tex Crime Stoppers Donut Dash 5K (85.  Coryell)
162.  Leander - Old Towne 5K
163.  Pflugerville - Deutschen Pfest 5K
164.  Gustine - Larry Don's 7 & 7K
165.  Alpine - Alpine Cowboys Home Run 10K
166.  Clifton - 6th annual Clifton Legacy Park 5K Glow Run (86.  Bosque)
167.  Brownfield - 50th anniversary WTRC Firecracker Run 10K (87.  Terry)
168.  DeCordova - DeCordova Dash 5K (88.  Hood)
169.  Quitman - Miss Ima 5K (89.  Wood)
170.  Canton - 3rd annual Canton Half Marathon (90.  Van Zandt)
171.  Woodway - TUFF ENUFF 5K Trail Run
172.  Midland - Face the Race 5K (91.  Midland)
173.  Athens - Athens Turkey Trot Family Fun Run 5K (92.  Henderson)
174.  Grand Prairie - Chocoholic Frolic 10K

2020
175.  Copperas Cove - 5K Run to the Polar Bear Plunge
176.  Mexia - Firecracker 5K
177.  Mingus - C.A.R.E.'s "Run 4 The Rescue" 5K (93.  Palo Pinto) 

178.  Golden - Golden Sweet Potato Festival 5K

179.  Midlothian - Run For Your Bones 5K

180.  Lott - Falls County 4-H Livestock Judging Stampede 5K (94. Falls)

181.  Chilton - Great Pumpkin Chase 5K

2021
182.  Louise - Steps For Steven 5K
183.  Valley Mills - Mission 5K Fun Run
184.  Port Bolivar - Texas Crab Festival 5K
185.  Schertz - Cibolo Crossing Stampede 5K

186.  Grandview - Zebra Dash 5K

187.  Windthorst - 41st annual Windthorst Dairy Derby 5K (95.  Archer)
188.  Stockdale - Watermelon Crawl 5K (96.  Wilson)

2022

189.  Trophy Club - Patriot 5K
190.  Balch Springs - Spring The Springs 5K

2023
191.  Mineola - Spring Fling 5K

192.  Ellinger - Tomato Trot 5K

193.  Burleson - 2nd Annual Rise Up for Fitness Family 5K

194.  Manor - Manor Community 5K (but was really a 3K!)

195.  Maxwell - Coco Brothers' Memorial 5K
196.  Denton - Pioneer Power 5K
197.  Comanche - Salt, Lime and Finish Lines 5K
198.  Canyon - 13th annual Canyon Cross Country Club Scholarship Run 5K (97.  Randall)

199.  El Paso - Homerun for the Homeless 5K
200.  Bullard - American Warrior 5K
201.  Orange - Dean Granger Memorial 5K
202.  Cuero - Turkey Trot 5K (98.  DeWitt)
203.  Poteet - 4th Annual Día De Las Fresas Run/Walk 5K (99.  Atascosa)

2024
204.  Omaha - 12th Annual Doug Sibley Memorial Scholarship Fun Run 5K (100.  Morris)
205.  Mont Belvieu - 2nd Annual Spring Sprint 5K Fun Run (101.  Chambers)
206.  Holland - Holland Corn Festival 5K
207.  Mathis - City of Mathis Freedom Fest 5K (102.  San Patricio)

208.  Madisonville - Shiitake 5K (103.  Madison)

2024 Races - 18

January
1/  1 - Spindle Tree parkrun 5K #103 (Magnolia, TX) - 30:34.21 // 9:48.36 - 10:03.84 - 10:07.76 - 34.25 - [1st AG]
1/  6 - Spindle Tree parkrun 5K #104 (Magnolia, TX) - 29:56.41 // 9:54.40 - 9:47.68 - 9:41.21 - 33.12 - [1st AG]
1/  7 - Bridgeland 10 Five-Miler, Cypress, TX -- 49:46.20 - 21.52 offset = 49:24.28 - 9:30.86 - 9:49.28 - 9:49.14 - 10:03.90 - 10:11.50 - [3rd AG]
1/21 - Houston Friendship 5K, Houston, TX -- 29:22.06 - 9.97 offset = 29:12.09 // 14:25.62 - 14:46.47 [2nd AG]

March
3/16 - 12th Annual Doug Sibley Memorial Scholarship Fun Run 5K, Omaha, TX -- 29:37.86 = 9:04.14 / 9:39.52 / 10:54.20 (last 1.1) - [8th OA; 1st AG]

3/23 - 2nd Annual Mont Belvieu Spring Sprint 5K Fun Run, Mont Belvieu, TX -- 29:35.18 - 8.73 = 29:26.45 / 8:59.40 (to turnaround) - 9:01.33 (back to "finish line extended" - 11:25.72 (last 1.1) - [1st AG]

April

4/  6 - Bellaire Trolley Run 5K, Bellaire, TX (29:42.36 = 9:15.87 - 9:40.00 - 9:51.65 - 54.84)

4/13 - Spindle Tree parkrun 5K #118 (Magnolia, TX) - 30:11.94 // 9:56.89 - 9:52.44 - 9:48.213 - 34.48

4/21 - The5K (Houston, TX) - 28:07.06 - 2.84 miles (Waverly) - 6:48.25 - 7:04.35 - 7:09.91 - 7:04.55 // 9:54/pace - 30:46 5K equivalent - 64 turns

May
5/27 - Seven Hills Running Club Memorial Day 5K (Huntsville, TX) - 8:48.38 - 9:43.91 - 11:09.40 = 29:41.69

June
6/15 - Holland Corn Festival 5K (Holland, TX) - 5.20 (offset) - 9:17.63 (mile 1) - 5:13.69 (to 1.55) - 5:27.48 (to 2.1) - 10:16.01 (last mile) = 30:19.71 (gun) - 30:14.51 (chip) - [1st AG]
6/29 - City of Mathis Freedom Fest 5K (7.22 offset - 9:18.08 - 5:21.04 (14:39.12 out) - 4:27.27 (9:48.31 mile 2) - 10:57.91 (last 1.1) - 30:11.52 (gun) - 30:04.30 (chip) - [3rd AG]

July

7/  4 - Stu's Country Mile 5K (Centerville, TX) - 30:49.69 - 3.15 miles - 9:47 per - 30:25 equivalent

September
9/21 - 14th annual Woodforest Charity Run 10K (Conroe, TX) - 9:52.62 - 9:30.01 - 10:10.70 - 10:29.30 - 9:56.04 - 13:28.17 = 1:03:26.84

October

10/  5 - 23rd annual Husky Hustle 5K (Houston, TX) - 5.16 (offset) - 9:33.27 - 9:37.30 - 9:40.60 - 35.19 = 29:31.52 minus 5.16 = 29:26.36

10/  6 - TWRC Sunday Night 5K with Waverly (The Woodlands, TX) - 10:19.67 - 10:31.92 - 10:29.14 - 57.09 = 32:17.82

10/19 - Shiitake 5K (Madisonville, TX) - 29:06.50 - 5.14 = 29:01.36 - 3.19 miles - 9:06 pace - 28:16

November
11/29 - Friends of the Running Community 5K (The Woodlands, TX) - 3.49 miles

Aramco Houston Half Marathon - Historically Top Performing Female Masters and Veterans Runners

 

Please note that this isn't an exhaustive list.

Terri Cassell, Tulsa, Oklahoma

2016 - 1:29:08, Age 54 - Single-Age Best

2017 - 1:32:51, Age 55 - Single-Age Best

2018 - 1:28:38, Age 56 - 3rd best behind Susan Loken (2020) and Fiona Bayly (2024; held the record for two years)

2020 - 1:29:34, Age 58 - 2nd best behind Maria Regina Henriette Yamin Morales (2023: held the record for three years)

2022 - 1:28:51, Age 60 - Single-Age Best

2023 - 1:30:51, Age 61 - Single-Age Best

2025 - 1:32:14, Age 63 - Single-Age Best

Colleen De Reuck, Boulder, Colorado

2004 - 1:10:54, Age 39 - Single-Age Best

2005 - 1:14:05, Age 40 - 2nd best behind Lyndsay Tessler (2019)

2008 - 1:14:55, Age 43 - 3rd best

2009 - 1:12:14, Age 44 - 2nd best behind Edna Kiplagat (2024)

2010 - 1:16:28, Age 45 - Single-Age Best

2011 - 1:16:19, Age 46 - 2nd best behind Perry Shoemaker (2018)

Lynn Malloy, Katy, Texas

2018 - 1:38:09, Age 57 - 5th best

2019 - 1:35:55, Age 58 - 4th best

2020 - 1:38:02, Age 59 - 3rd best

2022 - 1:38:10, Age 61 - 4th best

2023 - 1:41:29, Age 62 - Single-Age Best

2024 - 1:39:43, Age 63 - 2nd best behind Terri Cassell (2025)

2025 - 1:42:55, Age 64 - 3rd best

Allyson Serrao, Houston, Texas

2017 - 1:31:06, Age 51 - 4th best

2019 - 1:29:48, Age 53 - Single-Age Best

2020 - 1:30:44, Age 54 - 2nd best behind Terri Cassell (2016)

2022 - 1:33:25, Age 56 - 5th best

2023 - 1:30:41, Age 57 - Single-Age Best

2024 - 1:32:29, Age 58 - 3rd best

2025 - 1:40:10, Age 59 - 6th best

Kathy Manning, Victoria, Texas

2014 - 1:37:33, Age 54 - 6th best

2015 - 1:37:33, Age 55 - 6th best

2017 - 1:38:43, Age 57 - 6th best 

2018 - 1:39:21, Age 58 - 6th best

2019 - 1:39:40, Age 59 - 4th best

2020 - 1:40:13, Age 60 - 3rd best

2023 - 1:44:14, Age 63 - 4th best

2024 - 1:42:40, Age 64 - 2nd best behind Nancy Prejean (2010)

2025 - 1:44:38, Age 65 - Single-Age Best

Nancy Prejean, The Woodlands, Texas

2004 - 1:39:20, Age 58 - 5th best

2007 - 1:43:33, Age 61 - 7th best

2009 - 1:44:04, Age 63 - 3rd best

2010 - 1:41:40, Age 64 - Single-Age Best

2011 - 1:45:20, Age 65 - 2nd best behind Kathy Manning (2025)

Dusty Burke, Spicewood, Texas

2010 - 2:02:43, Age 65

2011 - 2:03:08, Age 66 - 6th best

2012 - 2:03:37, Age 67 - 9th best

2013 - 2:02:40, Age 68 - 2nd best behind Susan Zarate (2025)

2014 - 1:57:37, Age 69 - Single-Age Best

2015 - 1:58:07, Age 70 - 2nd best behind Rhonda Fosser (2022)

2016 - 2:01:07, Age 71 - Single-Age Best

Peggy Yetman, Spring, Texas

2018 - 1:22:21, Age 49 - Single-Age Best

2019 - 1:26:26, Age 50 - 3rd best

Sabra Harvey, Houston, Texas

2023 - 1:44:24, Age 73 - Single-Age Best

Ann Erickson, The Woodlands, Texas

2016 - 1:58:51, Age 73 - 2nd best

Heidy Lozano, Boulder, Colorado

2020 - 1:32:58, Age 56 - 4th best

Susan Walters

2014 - 1:31:34, Age 49 - 5th best

2017 - 1:43:27, Age 52

2019 - 1:36:47, Age 54 - 4th best

2020 - 1:36:51, Age 55 - 5th best

Ann Wacker, Seabrook, Texas

2002 - 1:36:01, Age 43

2004 - 1:34:53, Age 45

2005 - 1:36:22, Age 46

2006 - 1:36:32, Age 47

2007 - 1:37:59, Age 48

2008 - 1:39:31, Age 49

2009 - 1:36:56, Age 50

2010 - 1:38:11, Age 51 - 10th best

2011 - 1:44:47, Age 52

2012 - 1:41:52, Age 53

2014 - 1:40:41, Age 55

2015 - 1:43:25, Age 56

2016 - 1:41:31, Age 57 - 9th best

2017 - 1:45:57, Age 58

2018 - 1:44:26, Age 59

2019 - 1:44:56, Age 60 - 9th best

2020 - 1:48:13, Age 61 - 9th best

2021 - 1:55:32, Age 62 - COVID year; doesn't count

2022 - 1:46:22, Age 63 - 7th best

2023 - 1:50:41, Age 64 - 7th best

2024 - 1:48:52, Age 65 - 3rd best

2025 - 1:50:33, Age 66 - Single-Age Best

Sali Todd, Katy/Floresville, Texas

2019 - 2:11:02, Age 71 - 6th best

2020 - 2:10:20, Age 72 - 4th best

2021 - 2:23:36, Age 73 - COVID year; doesn't count

2022 - 2:10:30, Age 74 - Single-Age Best

2023 - 2:12:32, Age 75 - Single-Age Best

2024 - 2:15:04, Age 76 - Single-Age Best

2025 - 2:23:07, Age 77 - 3rd best

2025 Aramco Houston Half Marathon - Female Single Age Best Times

Below are the best single age women's times in the Aramco Houston Half Marathon and how those marks are measured against the race's all-time results according to its results website, houstonresults.com:

8 - 2:45:01, Saachi Jain, Sugar Land, TX (3rd best time ever)

10 - 1:50:44, Nela Waymel, Houston, TX (2nd best time ever)

11 - 2:13:18, Riya Chandalia, Houston, TX   

12 - 1:58:48, Maite Holguin, Houston, TX   

13 - 1:48:02, Taylor Schick, Houston, TX (8th best time ever)

14 - 1:36:06, Kylee Pekar, Spring, TX (4th best time ever)

15 - 1:45:08, Emily Rodriguez, Houston, TX   

16 - 1:35:01, Huntley Buckingham, Houston, TX   

17 - 1:37:29, Kiersten Hua, Spring, TX   

18 - 1:25:43, Adison Richard, Beaumont, TX (6th best time ever)

19 - 1:06:05, Senayet Getachew, Addis Ababa, ETH (bettered Emma Lopez's time of 1:22:24 in 2024)

20 - 1:24:11, Sofia Ramos, Guadalupe, MEX (6th best time ever)

21 - 1:34:20, Mahek Majithia, Sugar Land, TX   

22 - 1:09:24, Diana Chepkorir, Voorthuizen, KEN (3rd best time ever)

23 - 1:15:19, Skylar Boogerd, Atoka, TN   

24 - 1:08:48, Taylor Roe, Raleigh, NC (6th best time ever)

25 - 1:07:35, Amanda Vestri, Blowing Rock, NC (3rd best time ever)

26 - 1:08:43, Lauren Ryan, AUS (6th best time ever)

27 - 1:08:57, Mercy Chelangat, KEN (8th best time ever)

28 - 1:06:09, Weini Kelati, Flagstaff, AZ (2nd best time ever)  

29 - 1:19:05, Rachel Peterson, Portland, OR   

30 - 1:06:48, Buze Diriba Kejela, Albuquerque, NM (ETH) (bettered Caroline Kilel's time of 1:08:28 in 2012)

31 - 1:10:54, Anne-Marie Blaney, Rochester Hills, MI (9th best time ever)

32 - 1:14:57, Allie Schaich, Portland, OR   

33 - 1:08:35, Natosha Rogers, New Braunfels, TX (2nd best time ever) 

34 - 1:08:59, Susanna Sullivan, Reston, VA (2nd best ever)

35 - 1:18:09, Ashley Carreon, Moore, OK   

36 - 1:17:16, Alyssa Barrette, Portland, OR   

37 - 1:19:17, Anna Widdowson, Ann Arbor, MI   

38 - 1:22:16, Julie Hartenbach, Springfield, VA   

39 - 1:20:55, Amy Anderson, Nairn, GBR  

40 - 1:26:45, Tania Estrada, Mexico City, MEX  

41 - 1:18:22, Polly Cunes, Calgary, AB, CAN (7th best time ever)

42 - 1:27:21, Lindsey Amerson, Dunwoody, GA   

43 - 1:12:47, Natasha Wodak, CAN (bettered Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova's time of 1:13:26 in 2005)

44 - 1:25:33, Jess Hruska, Dubuque, IA (4th best time ever)

45 - 1:28:44, Lauren Crawford, Austin, TX   

46 - 1:28:26, Cassidy Menard, Carmel, IN (6th best time ever)

47 - 1:28:46, Marina Smit, Spring, TX (RSA) (6th best time ever)

48 - 1:34:42, Ellen Binder, N. Kingstown, RI (9th best time ever) 

49 - 1:26:25, Sara Girotto, Wynnewood, PA (3rd best time ever) 

50 - 1:30:58, Claudia Andrea Cardona Gonzalez, Merida,  ESP (5th best time ever)

51 - 1:41:17, Sandra Deeds, Houston, TX   

52 - 1:29:29, Bettina Poulos, Calgary, AB, CAN (2nd best ever) 

53 - 1:44:50, Leyla Osterhus, Houston, TX (GBR)

54 - 1:40:54, Yan Liu, Katy, TX   

55 - 1:43:38, Kellie Fowler, Beaumont, TX   

56 - 1:45:37, Michelle L'Heureux, Dunnellon, FL   

57 - 1:49:21, Indiana Fisher, Cypress, TX   

58 - 1:42:48, Evelyne Verrier, Montreal, QC, CAN  

59 - 1:26:47, Sally Grand, Austin, TX (bettered Maria Whitworth's time of 1:34:40 in 2024)

60 - 1:40:29, Maria Whitworth, Houston, TX (4th best time ever)

61 - 1:44:40, Marsha Dorough, San Antonio, TX (8th best time ever)

62 - 1:47:21, Esperanza Littwitz, San Antonio, TX (6th best time ever)

63 - 1:32:14, Terri Cassel, Tulsa, OK (bettered Lynn Malloy's time of 1:39:54 in 2024) 

64 - 1:42:55, Lynn Malloy, Katy, TX (3rd best time ever)

65 - 1:44:38, Kathy Manning, Victoria, TX (bettered Nancy Prejean's time of 1:45:20 in 2011)

66 - 1:50:33, Ann Wacker, Seabrook, TX (bettered Geri Wood's time of 1:55:43 in 2015)

67 - 1:58:45, Laurie Gibson, Houston, TX (5th best time ever)

68 - 2:02:32, Susan Zarate, Houston, TX (bettered Dusty Burke's time of 2:02:40 in 2013)

69 - 2:18:20, Pam Sanders, Missouri City, TX   

70 - 2:18:31, Linda Squire, Houston, TX   

71 - 2:18:04, Janeen Frank, Novelty, OH   

72 - 2:09:30, Theresa Pearsall, Houston, TX (4th best time ever) 

73 - 2:37:18, Maggie Tolles, Henderson, NV   

74 - 3:10:27, Betty Colbert, Crowley, TX   

75 - 2:22:48, Linda Studley, Shreveport, LA (4th best time ever) 

76 - 3:07:49, Sally King, Bastrop, TX (10th best time ever)

77 - 2:23:07, Sali Todd, Katy, TX (2nd best time ever, missed by four seconds)

78 - 2:42:23, Marty Stone, Katy, TX (bettered Pamela Willmon's time of 2:46:36 in 2018)

  

80 - 2:54:15, Barbara Glenn, Houston, TX (bettered Ute Eisele's time of 2:59:13 in 2024)

81 - 3:05:48, Ute Eisele, Houston, TX (bettered Shirley Gilliland's time of 3:10:49 in 2012)

82 - 3:46:10, Phyllis Thompson, Houston, TX (4th best time ever)  

Houston Marathon Event History - Jon Walk

2003 - 24-Hour Fitness 4-Miler
2004 - Halliburton Half Marathon
2005 - HP Houston Marathon
2006 - Aramco Houston Half Marathon (paced Waverly)
2007 - Chevron Houston Marathon
2008 - Chevron Houston Marathon
2009 - Chevron Houston Marathon
2010 - Chevron Houston Marathon
2011 - Chevron Houston Marathon
2012 - Chevron Houston Marathon
2013 - Chevron Houston Marathon
2014 - DNS (Holly passed away 2 days before the Marathon)
2015 - Chevron Houston Marathon (Ran 5K on Saturday)
2016 - Covered race for Texas Runner and Triathlete (Ran 5K on Saturday)
2017 - Covered race for Texas Runner and Triathlete (Ran 5K on Saturday)
2018 - Paced Waverly 11.2 miles of the Chevron Houston Marathon (Official; Had a bib in the same race.)
2019 - Cheered runners on from Mile 20 of the Chevron Houston Marathon
2020 - Cheered runners on from Mile 20 of the Chevron Houston Marathon (Ran 5K on Saturday)
2021 - No event (COVID-19)
2022 - Cheered runners on from Mile 20 of the Chevron Houston Marathon
2023 - Cheered runners on from Mile 20 of the Chevron Houston Marathon
2024 - Cheered runners on from Mile 20 of the Chevron Houston Marathon
2025 - Cheered runners on from Mile 20 of the Chevron Houston Marathon

Waverly Walk - Complete 5-Mile Race History

48:07 - Run Thru The Woods 5M, 11/23/17 (Age 22)
48:58.0 - Run Thru The Woods 5M, 11/27/14 (Age 19)
50:06 - Run Thru The Woods 5M, 11/28/19 (Age 24)
50:27.3 - Run Thru The Woods 5M, 11/22/18 (Age 23)
50:40 - HCA 8K, Richmond, VA, 11/14/15 (Age 20)

50:45.4 - Baytown Bud Heat Wave 5M, 7/4/17 (Age 22)
51:02 - Run Thru The Woods 5M, 11/28/24 (Age 29) - Four days after running the Tulsa Marathon
51:16 - Run Thru The Woods 5M, 11/23/23 (Age 28) - 53:07 for 5.18 miles / 10:15 page
52:33 - Run Thru The Woods 5M, 11/25/21 (Age 26)
52:44 - Run Thru The Woods 5M, 11/28/13 (Age 18)

53:07.9 - Texas Bud Heat Wave 5M, 7/4/19 (Age 24)
53:11 - Independence Day 8K, 6/30/18 (Age 23)
54:00 - Ohio Michigan 8K, 7/9/15 (Age 20)
54:12 - Run Thru The Woods 5M, 11/24/22 (Age 27)
54:43 - Chevron Jingle Bell Run 5M, 12/14/14 (Age 19)

 54:57.2 - Baytown Bud Heat Wave 5M, 7/4/16 (Age 21)
55:25.0 - Baytown Bud Heat Wave 5M, 7/4/15 (Age 20)
57:17 - Chevron Jingle Bell Run 5M, 12/15/13 (Age 18)
1:00:34 - Chevron Jingle Bell Run 5M, 12/10/06 (Age 11)
1:02:44 - Chevron Jingle Bell Run 5M, 12/12/05 (Age 10)

Thanksgiving Day Racing

2024 - Finish line and awards announcing at Run Thru The Woods 5M.
2023 - Finish line and awards announcing at Run Thru The Woods 5M.
2022 - Finish line and awards announcing at Run Thru The Woods 5M.
2021 - Finish line and awards announcing at Run Thru The Woods 5M.
2020 - No Thanksgiving Day racing due to COVID-19.

2019 - Athens Turkey Trot Family Fun Run 5K (Athens, TX) - 30:31.52
2018 - Finish line and awards announcing at Run Thru The Woods 5M.
2017 - Finish line and awards announcing at Run Thru The Woods 5M.
2016 - Ran Lake Jackson Turkey Trot 10K (Lake Jackson, TX) - 59:50.59
2015 - Ran Run Thru The Woods 5M (The Woodlands, TX) - 51:18

2014 - Ran Run Thru The Woods 5M (The Woodlands, TX) - 49:16.23
2013 - Ran Run Thru The Woods 5M (The Woodlands, TX) - 52:44 (52:50 with Waverly)
2012 - Finish line announcing at Run Thru The Woods 5M.
2011 - Covered Run Thru The Woods 5M for the Conroe Courier.
2010 - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (New York City, NY)

2009 - Promoted the Bill Crews Remission Run 5K at Run Thru The Woods 5M.
2008 - Finish line announcing at Run Thru The Woods 5M. (Confirmed from blog.)
2007 - Ran Run Thru The Woods 5M (The Woodlands, TX) - 49:03
2006 - Ran Run Thru The Woods 5M (The Woodlands, TX) - 51:36.25
2005 - Ran Run Thru The Woods 5M (The Woodlands, TX) - 48:21.3

2004 - Ran Run Thru The Woods 5M (The Woodlands, TX) - 49:45.1
2003 - Ran Run Thru The Woods 5M (The Woodlands, TX) - 1:00:08.8

Waverly Walk - Complete Marathon History

4:45:26 - 12th annual Legacy Capital The Woodlands Marathon - 3/4/23 (The Cheesecake Factory)
4:51:23 - Chevron Houston Marathon, 1/14/18 (Pappasito's)
5:02:26 - Tulsa Route 66 Marathon, 11/24/24 (The Cheesecake Factory)
5:17:21 - Marine Corps Marathon, 10/27/19 (The Cheesecake Factory)

The Woodlands Marathon Race Day Temperatures (2012-2022)

2012 (March 3) -- 57 degrees (7:02 a.m.) / 63 degrees (12:53 p.m.)

2013 (March 2) -- 40 degrees (6:53 a.m.) / 54 degrees (12:53 p.m.)

2014 (March 1) -- 66 degrees (6:53 a.m.) / 82 degrees (12:53 p.m.)

2015 (February 28) -- 39 degrees (6:53 a.m.) / 56 degrees (12:53 p.m.)

2016 (March 5) -- 50 degrees (6:53 a.m.) / 74 degrees (12:53 p.m.)

2017 (March 4) -- 56 degrees (6:53 a.m.) / 64 degrees (12:53 p.m.)

2018 (March 3) -- 51 degrees (6:53 a.m.) / 73 degrees (12:53 p.m.)

2019 (March 2) -- 55 degrees (6:53 a.m.) / 69 degrees (12:53 p.m.)

2020 (March 7) -- 44 degrees (6:53 a.m.) / 61 degrees (12:53 p.m.)

2021 (March 6) -- 51 degrees (6:53 a.m.) / 68 degrees (12:53 p.m.)

2022 (March 5) -- 68 degrees (6:53 a.m.) / 81 degrees (12:53 p.m.)
2023 (March 4) -- 47 degrees (6:53 a.m.) / 70 degrees (12:53 p.m.)
2024 (March 2) -- 56 degrees (6:53 a.m.) / 69 degrees (12:53 p.m.)

Source:  wunderground.com

My Fourth of July Races (2003-2023)

2003 - Run Wild 5K (Houston, TX)
2004 - Run Wild 5K (Houston, TX)
2005 - Stu's Country Mile 5K (Centerville, TX)
2006 - Didn't race.
2007 - Lander Half Marathon (Lander, WY)
2008 - Stu's Country Mile 5K (Centerville, TX)
2009 - East Montgomery County YMCA Fourth of July 5K (Roman Forest, TX)
2010 - TWRC Sunday Night 5K (The Woodlands, TX)*
2011 - Baytown Bud Heat Wave 5M (Baytown, TX)+
2012 - Baytown Bud Heat Wave 5M (Baytown, TX)+
2013 - Baytown Bud Heat Wave 5M (Baytown, TX)+
2014 - Baytown Bud Heat Wave 5M (Baytown, TX)+
2015 - Baytown Bud Heat Wave 5M (Baytown, TX)+
2016 - Baytown Bud Heat Wave 5M (Baytown, TX)+
2017 - Baytown Bud Heat Wave 5M (Baytown, TX)+
2018 - Old Jo's Firecracker 5K (Saint Jo, TX)
2019 - 50th anniversary West Texas Running Club Firecracker 10K (Brownfield, TX)
2020 - Firecracker 5K (Mexia, TX)
2021 - The SHARK Run 5K (Orange Beach, AL)
2022 - Patriot 5K (Trophy Club, TX)
2023 - Coolest 5K in Texas (Fort Davis, TX)
2024 - Stu's Country Mile 5K (Centerville, TX)

*Volunteer +Race Announcer

Neches Labor Day 5K Recap

The alarm went off at 3 a.m. Monday morning.

However, the gas receipt up at the 7-Eleven at the corner of Holzwarth and Spring Steubner was stamped 3:23 a.m - and this included loading all of my announcing equipment into the car.

It would be less than three and a half hours until the start of the Kids K for the 2nd annual Neches Labor Day 5K, produced by a newer race production, the 3 Bros Running Company - some 101 miles away.

Like I shared in an earlier Facebook post, co-owner Jeremy Fermo had reached out recently to see if I was still race announcing and we talked about their event at length.

Not that I'm adverse to work, but as I've gotten older - and hopefully wiser from experience, I've learned where to attempt to minimize stress at.

My biggest question was:  "Is there power in the park?"

Jeremy was certain that there was.  

I just simply like to not have to deal with a generator unless I absolutely have to anymore.  I'm not naturally mechanically inclined and it is a variable that I like to eliminate, where possible.

He had also indicated that they would have their speakers out so it was such that I really didn't have to even bring my equipment, which was nice.  I could just bring mine along.

But the biggest factor of all?  It is nice to be in a position these days that I don't have to do any of this.

I can choose to, and I did.

Why?  Sometimes I'm not even sure.

I've known Jeremy and Willie (William) Fermo since their days running the races in the Golden Triangle put on by the Jameses, but there wasn't any special incentive to do this.

I had asked Waverly if she was interested in running it, and she decided that she wanted to have a day where she could sleep in.  You can't blame a busy, active 29-year-old young lady for that - at all.

I think it is the challenge of doing - in this case, working - a new race.

I've done many.

Some people don't thrive in situations when the playbook doesn't cover all of the possibilities that may occur, but that's where my experience - or at least I like to think so - kicks in.

I like to think that I've seen it all - or most of it.

And I've always believed that I prepare better than anybody else out there, but even once I parked my car in the park at 5:15 a.m. or so I needed to walk the grounds a bit - since I had never been to the Park - to see how everything was going to flow.

A lot of the feedback that I receive from people when I announce is, "You have a great voice."  

God has certainly blessed me with a little bit of talent, that I'm grateful for, but it is the ability to execute the race plan - and adapt in the middle of it, if necessary.

That's really the biggest talent that I bring to a race's table, so to speak.  

But it doesn't hurt when all of that is also tempered with an understanding of how to do things through the lens of good, effective public relations.

If something goes awry, which nothing did this morning, can you communicate around it so that nobody is or very few people are aware of what might be going on behind the scenes.

Like I said, experience pays off here.

Fortunately, this morning, it was clear where the start/finish line was - and a good friend, Jerry Fuqua, with Run Houston Timing, was in the process of setting everything up there.  

Jerry - and his wife, Theresa, the head cross country and track and field coach at Houston Christian University, are legends in our Houston sports community.

A majority of the activities centered around a pavilion there in Port Neches Riverfront Park and Jeremy and Willie had speakers there for the post-race award ceremonies - and what turned out to be pre-race activites too.

In our original discussion, Jeremy was going to take one of those two and carry it to the start, to announce from.

After cofirming that power - in the pavilion - was just a long extension cord plus away, using my equipment was about removing a variable in the equation.

Setup went quick and I was talking no later than 6:10 a.m. with the first pre-race activity happening at 6:40 a.m. in some words from their affiliated charity.

It was the largest race in their company's short three-year history, and the pavilion provided a captive location for the president of the charity to speak from.  

Before I arrived, I thought it was something that we might do at the start/finish line, but it really worked out well in the pavilion.

I had spoken with the individuals with the organization - ASK (Adaptive Sports for Kids'), which is based in Nederland - and they said they might need about five minutes to communicate their mission so we didn't have to go on the hard 6:40 a.m. mark, but backed off a little bit - enough to allow us to be able to move right into the pre-race warmup by one of their sponsors, HotWORX.

We then had enough time to get all of the kids - and the parents running with them - to the start line, and begin their race on-time - complete with Jeremy firing a starter's pistol used in high school and college cross country races - provided by Jerry.

In between the end of the Kids K and the start of the 5K, here comes one of the owners of the Legacy Capital The Woodlands Marathon, Danny Golden, who was there with his girlfriend.  

He was the last person I expected to see there, but certainly a very welcome sight.  

(Like I've heard many times, he said when he made it to the grounds that he had heard the voice before!)

One of the things that I do constantly is announce the time whenever I speak and what the times of the next events are in the race timeline.

The benefit to that?  A lack of chaos getting people - in today's case - to the start line.  

We had a flag presentation and the National Anthem scheduled at 7:25 a.m. - for a 7:30 a.m. start - and while I was talking, wrapping up the kids race and making more pre-race announcements, I saw the individuals involved in those activities and went to visit with them.

Kendra Queen sang the National Anthem and wow!, what a powerful and beautiful voice.  

She did an amazing job, but so too did the daughters of the Hensley family, who are key leaders in the Sea Rim Striders running club, based in Beaumont.

I just had one of the two daughters' names in my pre-race information from Jeremy, but I got both of their names and their Boy Scouts Troop number too - and was able to remember them.  (I am getting older!)

But the older of the two girls had such poise.  

She fully understood about presenting and retiring the colors, which I like to properly do at races, because I don't believe enough Americans fully understand and respect those protocols, and they did an admirable and fantastic job, including the older daughter guiding the younger one to dip her Texas flag to the U.S. flag.

The rest of the day - the race and the awards ceremony - went well.

My final preparation was a bit late on Sunday mid-afternoon to find out who was timing and to try and get a bib list, and in my busyness, I failed to ask it earlier.

But before I had Waverly print and laminate my race information and bring it to the late afternoon worship service we both attended, I went through the Track Participants function of the Run Signup page to get a good number of names and bib numbers which allowed for me to announce about half of the runners' names as they came to the finish line.

All in all, it was a good day, but with the early wake-up call, and after getting some Whataburger in Beaumont before driving back, I was wiped after I got home at about 12:15 p.m.

The most important thing is that, I've learned, I like doing the things that I do when I don't have to, but isn't that how it is with a lot in our life?

Could I execute if I had to?  

Sure, but when it is something I elect to do, that makes it all the more enjoyable.

And on some of these things that I do, when you decide to some of those opportunities up, there are others who want to scoop them up from you - and you'll never get them back if you change your mind.

2023 Texas Fourth of July Races / 2024 Preview

Fourth of July, of course, is fast approaching and many choices out there where to choose to race at - and there are many quality, proven races close to home.

Of course, the biggest race in the state each year since the Texas Heat Wave moved to Mont Belvieu in 2018 has been Gary Mulvihill's Run Wild 5K in Houston.

After race director Robby Sabban brought back the original Baytown Bud Heat Wave 5M in 2011, the two races battled it out each year for the majority of the years between then and 2017.

Last year, Run Wild 5K was the King of the Mountain.  Texas Bud Heat Wave was second with its two events and Liberty by The Lake in The Colony was third.

My first Fourth of July race as a new runner in '03 was Run Wild and twice in those early years, I also ran Stu's Country Mile (it's a 5K) up I-45 to Centerville.

I announced, of course, for many years the Baytown Bud Heat Wave, but since 2018, I've now had the chance to race in Frisco, Saint Jo (near the TX/OK border), Brownfield, Mexia (COVID year), Trophy Club and Fort Davis.

Frisco had a 4th of July Eve night race that competed for the "King of Texas" title (around 900 finishers in 2022), but it looked as if it stopped last year and a new event is in place for this year.

GREATER HOUSTON

863 - Run Wild 5K, Houston, 7/4

424 - Michelob Ultra 5K, Mont Belvieu, 7/4 (1 - 695 combined)

385 - Firecracker 5K, College Station, 7/4

271 - Texas Heat Wave 5M, Mont Belvieu, 7/4 (1)

260 - Independence Day 8K, Houston, 6/24 (2 - 424)

178 - 50th Annual BASF Firecracker 4M, Lake Jackson, 7/4 (7 - 216)

164 - Independence Day 5K, Houston, 6/24 (2)

74 - Stu's Country Mile 5K, Centerville, 7/1 (9 - 85)

38 - 50th Annual BASF Firecracker 2M Walk, Lake Jackson, 7/4

11 - Stu's Country Mile 1M, Centerville, 7/1

TEXAS

433 - Up and Running 4th of July 5K, El Paso, 7/4

406 - Independence 4K, McAllen, 7/4

397 - Liberty By The Lake 5K, The Colony, 7/1 (6 - 523)

397 - SARR Freedom Day 4-Miler, San Antonio, 7/4

310 - Let Freedom Run 5K!, Schertz, 7/4

308 - The Patriot Run 5K, The Trophy Club, 7/4

288 - Flag Run 5K, Boerne, 7/4

272 - CCRR (Corpus Christi Road Runners) 4M for the 4th, 7/4

260 - Freedom Fighter 5K, Tyler, 7/4

255 - Keller Firecracker 10K, Keller, 7/3 (7 - 334)

248 - We Run Texas 5K, Mansfield, 7/4

242 - Rowlett Freedom 5K, Rowlett, 7/4

205 - Liberty Run 5K Run, Denton, 7/1

195 - Cox Running Club 4th 5K, Fort Worth, 7/4

180 - Fireman's 2 Mile Walk, Port O'Connor, 7/1 (3 - 270)

162 - City of Edinburg Firecracker 5K Run, Edinburg, 7/1

155 - Arlington Independence Day Parade Firecracker 5K, 7/4

150 - Bastrop Stampede 5K, Bastrop, 7/1

150 - Popsicle Run 4 Miler, Kyle, 7/4 (4 - 202)

145 - Coolest 5K in Texas, Fort Davis, 7/4

139 - Trinity 5000 Summer Series Week 6, Fort Worth, 7/7

136 - Corinth PD Foot Pursuit 5K, Corinth, 7/7

136 - Old Jo's Firecracker 5K, Saint Jo, 7/4

126 - Liberty By The Lake 10K, The Colony, 7/1 (6)

116 - Edragon SA 5K Summer Series Race #4, San Antonio, 7/2

116 - Lake Granbury Kiwanis Firecracker 5K, Granbury, 7/1

107 - El Chupacabra de San Antonio 5K, San Antonio, 7/7 (5 - 188)

113 - WTRC - Firecracker Run 5K, Brownfield, 7/4 (11 - 240)

111 - Leon Valley Historical Society Pioneer Firecracker 5K, Leon Valley, 7/4

104 - WTRC - Firecracker Run 10K, Brownfield, 7/4 (11)

98 - Freedom 10K, Bulverde, 7/4 (9 - 121)

90 - Fireman's 4 Miler, Port O'Connor, 7/1 (3)

81 - El Chupacabra de San Antonio 10K, San Antonio, 7/7 (5)

79 - Keller Firecracker 10K, Keller, 7/3

76 - VARRA Firecracker, 5K, Victoria, 7/4

52 - Popsicle Run 3K, Kyle, 7/4 (4)

48 - Firecracker 4M - Fort Worth, Haltom City, 7/4 (10 - 77)

43 - Firecracker Family 5K Run, Laredo, 7/3

36 - Firecracker 5K, Odessa, 7/1

36 - Firecracker 5K Evening Run, San Marcos, 6/29

29 - Firecracker 8M - Fort Worth, Haltom City, 7/4 (10)

23 - Freedom 10K, Bulverde, 7/4 (9)

13 - WTRC - Firecracker Run 1M, Brownfield, 7/4 (11)

11 - Fun Fit Family 5K, Floresville, 7/1

Safe travels and great running wherever you choose to run/race at!

All-Time Memorial Day Races

I started running in 2003 and have been involved in the sport in one capacity or another ever since.  

This is a "best to my knowledge" list of all of the Memorial Day races that I've participated in over the years:

2003 - Unknown

2004 - 2nd annual Race For the Pennant 5K, Houston, TX with Waverly (Her first 5K in 43:11.9)

2005-2009 - Unknown

2010 - Part of race crew for Capital of Texas (CapTex) Triathlon, Austin, TX

2011 - Unknown

2012 - Patriot Half Marathon, Rockwall, TX (2:35:23)

2013 - Seven Hills Running Club Memorial Day 5K, Huntsville, TX (31:09)

2014 - Seven Hills Running Club Memorial Day 5K, Huntsville, TX (34:48.77 with Waverly)

2015 - Seven Hills Running Club Memorial Day 5K, Huntsville, TX (33:36 with Waverly)

2016 - 36th annual Boalsburg Memorial Day 3.8M, Boalsburg, PA (41:36.83)

2017 - Seven Hills Running Club Memorial Day 5K, Huntsville, TX (31:00.57; Waverly - 30:10)

2018 - Joshua House Memorial Day 5K, Tyrone, PA (30:07.39)

2019 - Announced inaugural Memorial Day 10K/5K, Houston, TX

2020 - Seven Hills Running Club Memorial Day 5K, Huntsville, TX (30:34.63)

2021 - Seven Hills Running Club Memorial Day 5K, Huntsville, TX (30:44.25)
2022 - Seven Hills Running Club Memorial Day 5K, Huntsville, TX (33:54.21)

2023 - Spectated Seven Hills Running Club Memorial Day 5K, Huntsville, TX
2024 - Seven Hills Running Club Memorial Day 5K, Huntsville, TX (29:41.69)

Ironman Texas 2024: Event Report

Saturday was the 13th year that the race has been held in The Woodlands and I've been fortunate to be at each one.

The first four years or so, I carried a press credential and then through last year, I worked at Barry Blanton's "Some Like It Hot!" run aid station No. 8 announcing the names of athletes coming in and out of the station.

Once Barry passed the aid station into capable hands, it presented me with the opportunity to get out all over the run course - basically the majority of two loops, walking in reverse and at runners as they moved forward.

It allowed me to be able make eye contact, if they so choosed, clap my hands, cheer them on and wish them well as they competed.

Athletes - as mostly the case - took a beating on the bike course, which today, once again, was very, very windy, and then it was pretty humid on the run until getting into the 7 p.m. hour.

I went to the gym to work out at 6:15 a.m. so I didn't get tied up in the traffic near 99 and Holzwarth going back to my house, which is about a mile south of Springwoods Village.

After going home, I positioned myself near that 99 and Holzwarth intersection like I did last year for when the cyclists turned right on to the feeder road for the Grand Parkway.

I not only cheered runners on for three hours, but also told runners to stay in the left-hand lane once they made the turn as law enforcement moved vehicles heading west onto 99 to the right-hand lane.

While I stayed a little longer than I wished, by communicating with athletes, I was able to allow the two officers who were working the insection on the north side of the bridge to more focus on moving traffic instead of trying to tell the cyclists where to go, as there was also only one volunteer there.

Good work complete, I went home, showered and then made my way to the Ironman run course.

I started the same place I have in the past and I had an immediate compliment on the work that I've been doing to drop some weight and inches from Denise Powers.  Thank you.

As at that time there were really only the professional athletes on the course, I was able to easily navigate my way to the first stop:  Hippie Hollow!

I immediately was welcomed by Peter Bardenhagen, had a chance to visit for a little bit with Marck and Lisa Henthron, saw Will Featherston briefly and had a chance to chat for a few with the mayor of Hippee Hollow, T.J. Fry.

Off I went, past a bunch of team tents near the Riva Row boathouse and I saw and chatted with Mark Whittemore and his wife for a few minutes.  

He said that Russell Meyer with The Woodlands Running Club was running the next run aid station, right before you went into East Shore.

Visited with Russell for a few and kept moving all the way through East Shore, up along side The Woodlands Parkway (on the pathway) until I got to Panther Creek drive where The Woodlands Christian Academy cross country and track and field coach Tom Earle had a group of eighty - that's right, 80! - youngsters that included a mix of athletes and a member of the school's Interact Club.

Tom is one of the top-notch cross country coaches among private and parochial schools in the state as well as in our local area.

While I was out there - and making a Facebook Live post of the activity, Kate Looney ran by the aid station.  She was the first of many athletes that I was looking for.

At some point, maybe out along Lake Woodlands, on the way to North Shore Park, I saw Derek Cooper, who is one of a handful that have completed every single Ironman Texas.

Eventually, I was getting closer to a full, complete loop when Michelle Truesdale caught my attention as she waiting for one of her athletes, Kate Looney, and she was telling me how she and another athlete were battling it out for third place (spoiler alert:  Kate finished second in her F40-44 division.)

Great, fun conversation with Michelle until - right on cue - Kate came rolling in.

There's a point coming out of transition that athletes, as they start their run, have to do an out-and-back along The Waterway heading towards Lake Woodlands and then climb up a grass incline, and this is where for the first time I saw Todd Cooper.

Last year, Todd had an issue with his eyes, where he was forced to not be able to make a go of it, and he fell out of the survivor game for finishing every Ironman Texas, but he was in for No. 12 on this Saturday.

So probably about 3 p.m. or so, I had made a complete loop of the run course - minus the little bit that goes out onto Timberloch and loops back to along The Waterway - and the crowds were starting to build all along the course.

I made it back to Hippie Hollow, part 2 and Bret Strong said "Hello!" and commented about how he had been following along in my posts as far as my recent weight loss.

Stayed for just a few and didn't make it far as I saw HTX Runs race director Ron Stitt and Valhalla's Lars Finanger near the Valhalla and Valykrie Racing tents near the Riva Row Boathouse.

More great weight loss conversation as Lars was asking me questions and sharing with Ron and me about his father's recent 80-pound weight loss and how Lars had sold him on the benefits of walking, given that his Dad's knees had been giving him problems.

As I was making my way through East Shore, round 2, Dawn English hollered at me, as she was waiting on one of her athletes, and while we were chatting, up came Peggy Yetman, who wasn't competing, having done the 70.3 in Galveston three weeks earlier.

I know at some point in time I saw Michael Wardian, who had finished second at the first year of The Woodlands Marathon in 2012, and maybe one of The Woodlands Marathon race directors Danny Golden, but what I remember most about making the turn on to the course at Panther Creek in the middle of my second loop was having Chuck Engle's wife, Sommer, stop me and asked me if I had seen Chuck.

I told her that I hadn't and I said that after looking at the Tracker before that I thought that maybe he had a rough time and decided to hold back and run with her, but it wasn't to be.

I had made it all the way to North Shore Park and as I was following through the course in the Park, I saw and chatted for a few minutes with John Zepeda of Johnny Z's Powerhouse Racing.  Such a great guy and we talked about his business which was expanding and I learned a lot about HIROX, a kind of new fitness competition like CrossFit and DECA.

On my way out of the park and as I was starting to cross the bridge is when I saw Scott and Tarrah Mayer, who were heading towards the run aid station just on the west side of the park along Lake Woodlands.

I knew that they were going to be working the late shift, but we really had a good conversation. 

I'm always glad to see Scott and Tarrah.  They're sweet people, even for Scott being a Michigan fan!  :-)

When I do stuff like this, I never really pay attention to taking care of myself.  I could feel myself starting to get dehydrated. 

I drank some water from the water fountain in the Park and in between there and HEB a little later, I wondered if that had been a bad decision on my stomach.

I've been saying that my diet hasn't necessarily gotten as clean as it could, but that I was doing a good job of getting my calories to a place that would foster some weight loss with the fitness work, but I grabbed a Mountain Dew - one of my few vices - and a bag of Funyuns (just 300 calories), but it hit the spot and gave me enough energy for the next four hours or so.

I went all the way to close to run aid station eight.  

No, actually, I went all the way there because I saw Marta Mixa there and wanted to make sure I said "Hello!"  She's been a consistent friend to Waverly and me for many, many years.  Sweet lady!

In the loop that I had finished I saw Kate two more times before she went in to finish and by the time I got there (to just short of run aid station eight), I saw Derek as he was getting ready to go in and make it No. 13 for his career at Ironman Texas.

Oh, how could I forget, while I was looking for Chuck earlier, I had seen Nancy Goodnight, the only female to do all Ironman Texas races, and local triahlete Michael S. Dwyer, a dentist from The Woodlands.

Speaking of Chuck, I had learned from Sommer that she had found him in the Med tent.  Always tough to hear your friends had a rough day out on the course.

(I did see late Saturday night or early Sunday morning that local good guy (and Penn State grad) Joe Chevalier got run off the bike course on the Hardy Toll Road by a large pack of age groupers riding together.)

In this time frame, I also saw Reggie Bruhn, who was going in for yet another finish.  I had seen him a number of times on the course.  Our most fun story over all of this time is when I showed up at Ironman Waco to support a few folks and him seeing me there.  

So after seeing Danny Golden heading into run aid station 8, and Michael Wardian coming out of it to make his way to the finish line, I had six athletes left to stay with and follow:

+ Danny Golden

+ Nancy Goodnight

+ Todd Cooper

+ Lauren Hoffart, who had run with Volte - Bill Dwyer's group - for a few years

+ Michael Dwyer

+ Chuck Engle's wife, Sommer 

And I stayed down near the old Anadarko building that entire time until all of them had come through to head to the finish.

(Learned at breakfast this Sunday morning at Whataburger with Bill before the Vintage Park Half Marathon that Michael - no relation - was the only finisher in M75-79 and is on his way to Kona for the men's world championship in October.  Good for him!)

In that time of supporting all of these folks, I had a chance to visit for a little with local photographer Scott Flathouse and triathlete Ben Proko, who sat this Ironman Texas out for the first time after doing the first 12. 

Great insightful conversation with Ben about he came to the decision to stop and not just do the race another year "just to finish".  He had gotten a lot of joy of knowing that one of his coached athletes nailed their plan on the bike - his strength - to finish in 11:11 on Saturday.

Shortly after, a group of Volte athletes were finishing up having dinner at Landry's.  All of them had run the Boston Marathon - the Monday before.  Rob Gay caught my attention and I went over and talked with him, Jane Cardnell, Roger King and Robert King.  Great people.  Talented athletes.

When Sommer made it there the last time, I asked if she was going to run or walk to the aid station where the turnaround was and she was going to powerwalk it in, I decided to go with her as I would be able to make my exit from there.

My sole purpose of doing what I did was to just cheer people on, meeting them face-to-face where they were.  It is the least that I could do.

Not every person engaged and I get that as I often just give people a thumbs up when I'm running a race and they cheer.

But out of it, I realized how greatful I am of all of the relationships and friendships that I had and have developed over the years, and how many people appreciated me for who I am and what I've contributed in our communities.

Not everybody - as there were a trio out there on Saturday (oddly, but not oddly, enough all congregated in the same place) - though sees it the same way, and that's OK.

Plus there were three additional folks registered - two that I know - that were no-shows, and I was grateful that they had made a decision not to compete.

That's my report about my small contribution.

I almost had decided to do a 5K and go to a baseball game and not even go out, but Ironman Texas - for us locally - kind of sucks you back in for all of the reasons above.

I was fortunate enough in 2010 to write the story in the Conroe Courier that broke the news ahead of the announcement - and giving many triathletes big hotel discounts before hotels raised their rates - and in the end, I'm glad that I'm now able to say I've been out there for all 13.