Friday, March 27, 2015

St. Paddy's Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Half Marathon - 4- and 5-Time Finishers


5-Time Finishers
Amberlyn Keller, 35, Houston
Florie Bici, 50, Houston
Gerry Kavanagh, 54, Houston
Gina Buti, 54, Richmond
Guy Lowe, 54, Sugar Land
Joe Lance, 55, Weston Lakes
Kay Duplichan, 78, Rockport
Kelva Kelly, 52, Sugar Land
Kevin Smith, 49, Houston
Krish Ravishankar, 58, Sugar Land
Kristin Thomas, 33, Sugar Land
Mary Sorgenfrei, 55, Sugar Land
Theresa Bueno, 47, Missouri City

4-Time Finishers
Allison Botard, 45, Sugar Land
Amy Villasenor, 50 (2014)
Becky Nesbitt, 44, Hempstead
Bill Sheets, 55, Houston
Brett Cole, 48, Sugar Land
Brian Kleczkowski, 39, Houston
Catherine Svoboda, 41 (2014)
Diana Ibarra (2014)
Dwayne Gassmann, 48, Missouri City
Eric Chi, 28 (2014)
Francisco Arriola Jr, 58, Houston
Fu-Sheng Lee, 53, Sugar Land
Graham Khan, 46, Sugar Land
Jacobo Behar, 46, Sugar Land
Janet Beaver, 54
Jennifer Pao, 43, Sugar Land
Jetola Anderson-Blair, 53, Houston
Joe Downing, 59, Houston
John Mannion, 43, Sugar Land
Jonathan Blankenheim, 38, Sugar Land
Julio Salazar, 48 (2014)
Justin Johns, 32, Houston
Karen Robbins, 55, Sugar Land
Kelly Heintz, 41, Pearland
Kingsley Nzeadibe, 58, Houston
Kumaran Pandourangan, 41, Cypress
Larry Lindeen, 74, Houston
Lisa Royce, 55, Sugar Land
Maria Ibarra, 49 (2014)
Michelle Howard, 50, Sugar Land
Paula Hernandez, 33, Cypress
Peter Lombardi, 44 (2014)
Quynh Wong, 41, Houston
Rachel Sabol, 41 (2014)
Robert Sawchuk, 50, Sugar Land
Rosicela Lara, 33, Houston
Ryan Smith, 29, Houston
Shannon Hutchinson, 44, Stafford
Stacie Ringleb-Krutilek, 41, El Campo
Steve Hurysz, 47, Houston
Steve Wong, 42, Houston
William Botard, 13 (2014)


Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Doubles at the Gusher and Zydeco!


This past weekend, March 7-8, 2015, the 6th annual Exygon and Baptist Hospitals Gusher Marathon and the 2nd annual Zydeco Marathon were held on consecutive days in Beaumont, Texas and Lafayette, Louisiana, respectively.

Twenty-seven (27) runners completed a half marathon or marathon at both events.

Gusher Marathon / Zydeco Marathon (15)

08:34:06 - Rene Kim, 50, Lafayette, CA (4:13:20/4;20:46)
08:34:08 - Miriam Schuman, 50, New York, NY (4:13:20/4:20:48)
08:45:52 - Susan Craig, 46, Soldotna, AK (3:54:58/4:52:24)
09:25:36 - Natalie Dale, 37, Portage, MI (4:28:56/4:56:40)
09:28:58 - Ken Fattman, 59, Walnut Shade, MO (4:44:10/4:44:48)
09:42:17 - Tim Mullican, 54, Mitchell, SD (4:55:17/4:47:00)
09:56:23 - Karen Austin, 36, St. Louis, MO (4:32:56/5:23:27)
09:56:23 - Martin Cronin, 42, St. Louis, MO (4:32:56/5:23:27)
10:07:17 - Steven Holehan, 49, Schenectady, NY (4:44:18/5:22:59)
10:39:58 - Calix Fattman, 12, Walnut Shade, MO (5:13:08/5:26:50)
10:44:37 - Julia O'Carroll, 37, Sulphur, LA (5:06:39/5:37:58)
10:46:59 - Christelle Douillet, 46, Chapel Hill, NC (5:04:04/5:42:55)
11:28:25 - Vern Patterson, 56, Solon, OH (5:42:15/5:46:10)
11:43:34 - Yen Nguyen, 52, Houston, TX (5:42:33/6:01:01)
11:47:48 - Peter Bennett, 40, Houston, TX (5:46:47/6:01:01)

Gusher Marathon / Zydeco Half Marathon (3)

7:32:01 - Cherry Woodsmall, 43, Beaumont, TX (4:50:08/2:41:53)
7:51:59 - Damon McCarty, 34, Clayton, WI (4:57:13/2:54:26)
8:00:33 - Dawn Burris, 51, Beaumont, TX (5:28:40/2:41:53)

Gusher Half Marathon / Zydeco Marathon (2)

7:04:04 - Woody Barton, 47, Silsbee, TX (2:53:27/4:10:37)
8:23:05 - Donna Dullys, 39, New York, NY (2:28:22/5:54:43)

Gusher Half Marathon / Zydeco Half Marathon (7)

3:54:37 - David Pultz, 49, Baton Rouge, LA (1:58:14/1:56:23)
3:59:38 - William Ostheimer, 37, Carencro, LA (2:04:32/1:55:06)
5:00:41 - Sylvia Gilmore, 61, Beaumont, TX (2:18:47/2:41:54)
5:21:32 - John Danigole, 42, Sulphur, LA (2:35:07/2:46:25)
5:57:15 - Vicki Villarreal, 52, Webster, TX (2:52:09/3:05:06)
7:10:33 - Karen Gilman, 53, Beaumont, TX (3:14:17/3:56:16)
7:10:33 - Lauren Rogers, 34, Beaumont, TX (3:14:17/3:56:16)

Additionally, the voice of the Gusher Marathon, Jon Walk, 48, of Spring, Texas, announced the festivities outside of the Montagne Center on the campus of Lamar University before running the half marathon on Sunday - and with the driving force behind the 50 States Marathon Club, Steve Boone, on his first of two loops in his 600th-plus marathon.

2015 Race Announcing Schedule


Jan. 1 (Thu.) - Texas Marathon, Kingwood, TX

Feb. 1 (Sun.) - Galveston Marathon, Galveston, TX
Feb. 7 (Sat.) - Run For A Nurse 5K, Nassau Bay, TX

Mar. 4 (Wed.) - The Woodlands High School Freshman Boys/JV Track Meet, The Woodlands, TX
Mar. 7 (Sat.) - Exygon and Baptist Hospitals Gusher Marathon, Beaumont, TX
Mar. 12 (Thu.) - The Woodlands High School Varsity Wacky Races, The Woodlands, TX
Mar. 14 (Sat.) - Seabrook Lucky Trails Half Marathon, Seabrook, TX
Mar. 15 (Sun.) - Seabrook Lucky Trails Marathon, Seabrook, TX
Mar. 22 (Sun.) - Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Marathon, Sugar Land, TX
Mar. 29 (Sun.) - Texas10 Boerne, Boerne, TX

Apr. 4 (Sat.) - Muddy Trails Bash 10K/5K, The Woodlands, TX
Apr. 18 (Sat.) - Yuri's Night 5K, Nassau Bay, TX
Apr. 19 (Sun.) - Texas10 Plano, Plano, TX

May 2 (Sat.) - CB&I Triathlon, The Woodlands, TX
May 3 (Sun.) - Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Triathlon, Sugar Land, TX
May 30 (Sat.) - El Chupacabra de Houston 10K/5K, New Caney, TX

Jun. 13 (Sat.) - Sylvan Beach Kids Triathlon, La Porte, TX
Jun. 14 (Sun.) - Sylvan Beach Triathlon and Duathlon, La Porte, TX
Jun. 20 (Sat.) - No Label Brewing 1st Street 5K, Katy, TX

Jul. 4 (Sat.) - Baytown Bud Heat Wave 5M, Baytown, TX

Sep. 5 (Sat.) - Galveston Sand Crab 10K/5K, Galveston, TX (Date tentative)
Sep. 19 (Sat.) - Toughest 10K Kemah, Kemah, TX

Oct. 3 (Sat.) - Nike South Cross Country Invitational, The Woodlands, TX (Date tentative)
Oct. 11 (Sun.) - Texas10 Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
Oct. 17 (Sat.) - Toughest 10K Galveston, Galveston, TX

Nov. 1 (Sun.) - Texas10 Katy, Katy, TX
Nov. 7 (Sat.) - Pleasure Island Bridge Half Marathon, Port Arthur, TX
Nov. 15 (Sun.) - La Porte By The Bay Half Marathon, La Porte, TX
Nov. 21 (Sat.) - Nike Cross South Regionals, The Woodlands, TX

Dec. 6 (Sun.) - Texas10 Conroe, Conroe, TX or Florida10 Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
Dec. 13 (Sun.) - Finish Line Sports Sugar Land 30K, Sugar Land, TX

Unavailable dates/weekends:  Sat.-Sun., September 26-27 (trip to Liberty) and Thanksgiving Day (Run Thru The Woods with my daughter).