Kilgore to Longview 11-Mile Race: Official Finishers Numbers

2017 (February 11):  251 (123 men / 128 women)
2018 (February 10):  149 (87 men / 62 women)

Source:  sportspectrumusa.com

John J. Eikenburg Law Week 8K Champions - 2002-2018

Male Overall
2002 - 25:05, Drew Prisner, 30
2003 - 25:54, Luis Armenteros, 30
2004 - 24:56, Sean Wade, 38
2005 - 25:29, Sean Wade, 39
2006 - 24:47, John Hedengren, 28
2007 - 25:22, John Hedengren, 29
2008 - 25:33, John Hedengren, 30
2009 - 26:43, Gabriel Rodriguez, 31
2010 - 25:52, Nate Harkins, 31
2011 - 26:47, William Blancett, 35
2012 - 27:01, Chris Stelzer, 39
2013 - 26:49, Vaughn Gibbs, 39
2014 - 25:10, Maximo Mendoza, 25
2015 - 27:46, Peter Lawrence, 43
2016 - 27:21, Zachary Cater-Cyker, 31
2017 - 26:18, Calum Neff, 32
2018 - 26:29, Maximo Mendoza, 28

Female Overall
2002 - 29:18, Karen Killeen, 35
2003 - 29:43, Katrina Price, 32
2004 - 32:10, Caroline Burum, 38
2005 - 29:14, Heidi Hullinger, 22
2006 - 30:26, Christie Lammers, 49
2007 - 31:20, Melissa Henderson, 32
2008 - 31:01, Autumn Ray, 28
2009 - 30:25, Vigdis Holst, 39
2010 - 30:20, Marnie Staehly, 32
2011 - 31:40, Amanda Barth, 26
2012 - 30:45, Virginia Jones, 31
2013 - 30:44, Kylee Short, 32
2014 - 31:18, Hope Layman, 30
2015 - 32:43, Heidi Zimmerman, 31
2016 - 30:06, Jourdan Ellis, 24
2017 - 28:19, Lauren Stroud, 26
2018 - 29:03, Jourdan Ellis, 26

Male Masters
2002 - 28:58, Gary Johnson, 47
2003 - 28:37, Alan Mut, 45
2004 - 29:06, Rich Fredrich
2005 - 29:17, Jorge Alvarado, 40
2006 - 27:07, Joe Flores, 46
2007 - 28:05, Gerardo Mora, 40
2008 - 27:44, Joe Flores, 48
2009 - 27:51, Gerardo Mora, 42
2010 - 27:01, Gerardo Mora, 43
2011 - 28:32, John Yoder, 40
2012 - 28:03, Peter Lawrence, 40
2013 - 27:18, Chris Stelzer, 40
2014 - 28:17, Peter Lawrence, 42
2015 - 28:31, Kerry Lee, 40
2016 - 27:47, Chris Stelzer, 43
2017 - 27:42, Peter Lawrence, 45
2018 - 26:59, Luis Armenteros, 45

Female Masters
2002 - 33:55, Vicki Danielson, 41
2003 - 34:12, Suzanne Day, 46
2004 - 32:36, Heide Mairs
2005 - 31:51, Helen Grant, 42
2006 - 30:49, Helen Grant, 43
2007 - 32:00, Lisa Tilton McCarthy, 40
2008 - 33:33, Helen Grant, 45
2009 - 32:11, Sabra Harvey, 60
2010 - 30:29, Vigdis Holst, 40
2011 - 32:46, Laura Bennett, 43
2012 - 31:52, Laura Bennett, 44
2013 - 31:07, Laura Bennett, 45
2014 - 32:31, Laura Bennett, 46
2015 - 33:53, Alexis Llewellyn, 40
2016 - 32:10, Laura Bennett, 48
2017 - 32:50, Pamela Skaufel, 42
2018 - 30:48, Peggy Yetman, 49

Male Veterans
2009 - 29:05, Joe Melanson, 53
2010 - 29:52, Rich Fredrich, 52
2011 - 29:48, Sim Cuevas, 51
2012 - 29:28, Joe Melanson, 56*
2013 - 30:39, Peter Mullin, 62*
2014 - 30:30, Peter Mullin, 63*
2015 - 31:38, Sim Cuevas, 55
2016 - 31:10, Sim Cuevas, 55
2017 - 31:34, Steve Schroeder, 51
2018 - 30:30, Garrett Rychlik, 50

Female Veterans
2009 - 34:40, Rebecca Marvil, 50
2010 - 33:16, Sabra Harvey, 61
2011 - 33:12, Sabra Harvey, 62
2012 - 36:12, Suzy Seeley, 52*
2013 - 35:13, Jody Berry, 52*
2014 - 33:47, Sabra Harvey, 65*
2015 - 35:40, Melissa Hurta-Crites, 51
2016 - 33:56, Allyson Serrao, 50
2017 - 33:28, Allyson Serrao, 51
2018 - 35:37, Cristy Moreno, 55

* Unofficial

Law Week 8K Finishers Numbers

2018 (February 17) - 394 (216 men / 178 women)

2017 (March 11) - 325 (185 men / 140 women)
2016 (March 12) - 386 (217 men / 169 women)
2015 (March 21) - 216 (129 men / 87 women)
2014 (March 22) - 478 (266 men / 212 women)
2013 (March 23) - 488 (273 men / 215 women)

2012 (March 24) - 560 (294 men / 266 women)
2011 (March 26) - 599 (342 men / 257 women)
2010 (March 27) - 619 (326 men / 293 women)
2009 (March 28) - 424 (266 men / 158 women)
2008 (March 29) - 483 (290 men / 193 women)

2007 (March 24) - 431 (267 men / 164 women)
2006 (March 25) - 555 (333 men / 222 women)
2005 (April 9) - 631 (366 men / 265 women)
2004 (March 27) - 466 (292 men / 172 women)
2003 (March 22) - 669 (385 men / 284 women)
2002 (March 23) - 514 (313 men / 201 women)

Sources:  runhoustontiming.net, eztoregister.com, active.com, athlinks.com, doitsports.com, archive.org

Texas' Fastest Marathon Courses: Updated

Back on December 17, 2015, I inspected the average finishing time of each and every Texas road marathon (but maybe not every trail race that has a marathon distance).

Most races are listed in marathonguide.com and the data is able to be obtained from their site.  Three marathons -- Amarillo, Irving and the Hill Country Marathon -- I obtain the results independently.

And as I stated before, the debate over a "fastest course" would only be settled if the same person ran all of the courses in the exact same conditions (training, race day temperature, field, etc.).

And that, of course, just isn't going to happen.

Since the last time I calculated the totals, six races have gone by the wayside (see the list below) and Beach To Bay Marathon in Corpus Christi added an individual competition in 2016.

Frankenthon Monster Marathon was unable to get "permits and permission worked out" last October and we'll wait for an update if they'll return in 2018.

Harlingen goes from a half to the marathon distance, moving from November to February.

Lubbock is adding a marathon - its second, following the Panhandle Marathon, which was a Mellew Productions race that ran for three years from 2012-2014.

It looks like the Silo District Marathon ($150 registration) in Waco will come into being on Sunday, May 6 - course unseen for the moment - and Dane Rauschenberg is going to produce a 104 times around the track marathon ($110 right now) in Texline, Texas on a Friday (no they don't play football in Texline) - the opening weekend of Texas high school football in 2018 - as part of a series of five marathons in five states in five days.  All on oval tracks.

You'll see in the list below two times for The Woodlands Marathon.

Last year, the course turned out to be short after a lead official missed a turn cutting 0.8 miles off the course.  I took the average time of those grabbed by marathonguide.com and ran it through the pace calculator that I use at coolrunning.com to get a new adjusted time for The Woodlands.

All that said, these are the average times by races within the same groups of numbers of finishers using the data from their last completed race:

1,000 finishers or over
4:27:26 - Chevron Houston Marathon (2018:  6,710 finishers)
4:38:39 - BMW Dallas Marathon (2017:  2,818 finishers)
4:42:08 - Cowtown Marathon - Fort Worth (2017:  1,244 finishers)
4:52:44 - Austin Marathon (2017:  2,670 finishers)
5:18:22 - Humana Rock 'N' Roll San Antonio Marathon (2017:  2,828 finishers)

500-999 finishers
4:22:38 (4:14:26) - The Woodlands Marathon (2017:  935 finishers)

250-499 finishers
4:33:03 - El Paso Marathon (2017:  251 finishers)
4:38:43 - Fort Worth Marathon (2017:  299 finishers)
4:41:06 - Bryan/College Station BCS Marathon - College Station (2017:  476 finishers)
5:42:48 - Metal Sawing Technology Texas Marathon - Kingwood (2018:  254 finishers)

Under 250 finishers
4:23:45 - Gusher Marathon (2017:  65 finishers)
4:34:11 - Galveston Marathon (2017:  129 finishers)
4:38:23 - Marathon 2 Marathon (2017:  91 finishers)
4:40:05 - Miracle Match Marathon - Waco (2018:  84 finishers)
4:45:21 - New Year's Eve Marathon - Allen (2017:  88 finishers)
4:46:36 - Irving Marathon (2017:  208 finishers)
4:49:43 - New Year's Day Marathon - Allen (2018:  43 finishers)
4:50:36 - Amarillo Marathon (2017:  35 finishers)
4:53:48 - Frankenthon Monster Marathon - Cedar Park (2016:  74 finishers)
4:58:17 - McAllen Marathon (2018:  130 finishers)
4:58:56 - Davy Crockett Bear Chase - Groveton (2017:  71 finishers)
5:01:28 - USA Fit Marathon - Sugar Land (2018:  149 finishers)
5:04:52 - Seabrook Lucky Trail Marathon (2017:  161 finishers)
5:09:22 - Hill Country Marathon - Marble Falls (2017:  16 finishers)
5:17:55 - Surfside Beach Marathon (2017:  79 finishers)
5:19:15 - Beach To Bay Marathon - Corpus Christi (2017:  35 finishers)
5:25:18 - Grasslands Trail Run Marathon - Decatur (102 finishers)
5:35:17 - Love.Run.Marathon - Huntsville (2017:  32 finishers)
5:45:33 - South Padre Island Marathon (2017:  150 finishers)
6:07:05 - Cross Timbers Trail Runs Marathon - Lake Texoma (2017:  69 finishers)
6:07:14 - Dust Bowl Series Marathon - Dalhart (2017:  30 finishers)
6:45:42 - Brazos Bend Marathon - Needville (2017:  148 finishers)

Gone since 12/17/15
Big-D Texas Marathon
The Army Marathon
HITS Running Festival - Austin
Tyler Rose Marathon
Chosen Marathon for Adoption - New Braunfels (now a half)
South Padre Island Marathon

New for 2018
Harlingen Marathon (February 25, 2018)
Lubbock Mayor's Marathon (April 22, 2018)
Silo District Marathon - Waco (May 6, 2018)
Texline Marathon (August 31, 2018)

And then if you merged them altogether, this is what it would look like:

4:22:38 (4:14:26) - The Woodlands Marathon (2017:  935 finishers)
4:23:45 - Gusher Marathon (2017:  65 finishers)
4:27:26 - Chevron Houston Marathon (2018:  6,710 finishers)
4:33:03 - El Paso Marathon (2017:  251 finishers)
4:34:11 - Galveston Marathon (2017:  129 finishers)
4:38:23 - Marathon 2 Marathon (2017:  91 finishers)
4:38:39 - BMW Dallas Marathon (2017:  2,818 finishers)
4:38:43 - Fort Worth Marathon (2017:  299 finishers)
4:40:05 - Miracle Match Marathon - Waco (2018:  84 finishers)
4:41:06 - Bryan/College Station BCS Marathon - College Station (2017:  476 finishers)
4:42:08 - Cowtown Marathon - Fort Worth (2017:  1,244 finishers)
4:45:21 - New Year's Eve Marathon - Allen (2017:  88 finishers)
4:46:36 - Irving Marathon (2017:  208 finishers)
4:49:43 - New Year's Day Marathon - Allen (2018:  43 finishers)
4:50:36 - Amarillo Marathon (2017:  35 finishers)
4:52:44 - Austin Marathon (2017:  2,670 finishers)
4:53:48 - Frankenthon Monster Marathon - Cedar Park (2016:  74 finishers)
4:58:17 - McAllen Marathon (2018:  130 finishers)
4:58:56 - Davy Crockett Bear Chase - Groveton (2017:  71 finishers)
5:01:28 - USA Fit Marathon - Sugar Land (2018:  149 finishers)
5:04:52 - Seabrook Lucky Trail Marathon (2017:  161 finishers)
5:09:22 - Hill Country Marathon - Marble Falls (2017:  16 finishers)
5:17:55 - Surfside Beach Marathon (2017:  79 finishers)
5:18:22 - Humana Rock 'N' Roll San Antonio Marathon (2017:  2,828 finishers)
5:19:15 - Beach To Bay Marathon - Corpus Christi (2017:  35 finishers)
5:25:18 - Grasslands Trail Run Marathon - Decatur (102 finishers)
5:35:17 - Love.Run.Marathon - Huntsville (2017:  32 finishers)
5:42:48 - Metal Sawing Technology Texas Marathon - Kingwood (2018:  254 finishers)
5:45:33 - South Padre Island Marathon (2017:  150 finishers)
6:07:05 - Cross Timbers Trail Runs Marathon - Lake Texoma (2017:  69 finishers)
6:07:14 - Dust Bowl Series Marathon - Dalhart (2017:  30 finishers)
6:45:42 - Brazos Bend Marathon - Needville (2017:  148 finishers)