Marathon Maniacs Get Fast Pass to Chevron Houston Marathon Registration Line

The Chevron Houston Marathon asked on its Facebook page yesterday, May 30, “Who’s registering with us?”

Registration for the January 2019 race opens at noon on Wednesday, June 6, in conjunction with Global Running Day.

Runners can register for $150 for the marathon and $130 for the half marathon through the month of June before the price increases to $175 and $140, respectively, on July 1.

Five days ahead of Global Running Day, the Austin Marathon kicks off its registration with $100 marathon and $80 half marathon pricing through July 17 and the BMW Dallas Marathon, which opened its registration on May 1 at $119 and $99, respectively, will increase its prices by $20 on the marathon to $139 and $30 on the half marathon to $129.

However, in an announcement made last night, May 30, to Marathon Maniac mailing list subscribers (of which I’m on as a former and early Marathon Maniac), the Chevron Houston Marathon is giving Maniacs and Fanatics members in good standing the opportunity to register for five days – in advance of the race’s public registration opening.

“The race is offering five days of early and exclusive registration prior to opening up registration to the masses,” Marathon Maniacs’ e-mail states.  “The half marathon does sell out, so this is your opportunity to guarantee your spot in the race!”

The Chevron Houston Marathon is offering, according to the e-mail, the following:  a.) special Marathon Maniac bib marking, b.) exclusive Marathon Maniac pre- and post-race area for gathering, c.) a tent in the outdoor Discovery Green post-race run club area and that d.) the “clubs will also have a booth at the Expo for all your gear needs!”

The e-mail blast from the Marathon Maniacs implies an ongoing relationship between the race and the organization.

“The Maniacs and Fanatics are partnering with the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon starting in 2019,” the e-mail stated.  “This will be our 1st race in the new Club Exclusive Events lineup.”

The partnership with the Marathon Maniacs would increase the chances that more out-of-town runners – putting highly coveted heads in downtown hotel beds – before local runners – who didn’t commit early - have an opportunity to grab – and possibly sell-out early – entries at the $150 marathon and $130 half marathon price levels.

This Weekend's Heights Fun Run and Run Houston Clear Lake

A review of the RunSignUp.com registration page for this Saturday's Houston Heights 5K and 10K Fun Run may indicate that the race may experience a slight bump in its numbers, dependent upon registrations throughout the rest of the week.

The Heights Run had 273 for the 10K and 717 for the 5K showing as registered so far.  (This didn't include the 101 who are signed up for the 5K walk, which will be untimed.)

Last year, with the addition of the 10K, the race experienced an overall 26.9% increase in timed finishers (237 for the 10K and 776 for the 5K) over 2016.

This all coming in the face of competition from Sunday's Run Houston Clear Lake, which experienced a 7.3% decrease last year in overall timed finishers (including its Kids 1K that is timed) from 2016 to 2017.

While the Run Houston Series uses the same registration platform, RunSignUp, its participant lookup is limited - for valid reasons - to name combination or e-mail address.

Both races on Monday sent e-mails to their mailing lists offering a discount for registrations by end of day 5/28.  Heights' amount was undisclosed, while Run Houston Clear Lake offered past participants $10 off.  This amounted to 20% off its current $50 registration fee for both the 5K and the 10K.

Heights opened its registration on April 25 by offering its past participants 20% for the first four days.

The courses for both the 5K and the 10K of the Heights Fun Run are certified.  TX17061LAB and TX17062LAB are the certification numbers for the 5K and the 10K, respectively.  A check of certified courses on the USATF web site did not reveal the same for Run Houston Clear Lake.

Heights Fun Run Timed Finishers (Since 2009)
2009 - 1,180
2010 - 857
2011 - 1,022
2012 - 921
2013 - 885
2014 - 961
2015 - 817
2016 - 798
2017 - 5K (776), 10K (237)

Run Houston Clear Lake Finishers (Since Inception)
10K
2015 -- 617 (377 women, 240 men)
2016 -- 679
2017 -- 598 (304 women, 294 men)
5K
2015 -- 623 (422 women, 201 men)
2016 -- 905
2017 -- 893 (526 women, 367 men)
1M/1K
2015 -- 81 (47 women, 34 men)
2016 -- 105
2017 -- 75 (33 women, 42 men)
Total Finishers
2015 -- 1,320
2016 -- 1,689 (27.9% increase)
2017 -- 1,566 (7.3% decrease)

Can't Everybody Run A Small-Town Race?

As many are aware, I don’t sit still for too long.

I have people tell me they have a hard time keeping up and my response is always, “I’m just trying to stay busy and encouraging others to do the same.”

One of the things that I wish my fellow runners would do more of is to participate in a small-town race.

Not because they can “podium” or take home “hardware”, but just to slow down a little bit and enjoy a race that – more often than not – is put on by a group of people who are passionate about their community and/or a cause … yet still produce a quality race.

I’m not saying that races in large cities don’t.

There’s just something different.

And until you experience it a few times, you can’t separate the hustle and bustle of a large race and the appeal of a small community race.

I’ve run three races so far this weekend and will run in one more in the morning on Memorial Day.

It will be in my hometown of Tyrone, Pennsylvania.  I think I will run past two places – 802 and 809 Park Avenue – during the race where I lived as a child.

Friday night’s ninth annual Mayfest 5K in Fryburg had 111 timed finishers.  This race was about two hours away from where my grandmother lives in Tipton, just south of State College – the home of Penn State University.

Saturday morning’s 12th annual Dr. John Yellenic Memorial Day 5K in Blairsville had 44 timed runners and walkers.

And this morning’s Gabriel Lee Friedline Memorial 5K Run in Schellsburg, just outside of Bedford, had 56 timed runners and walkers.

When I registered in Fryburg Friday night and was offered a chance for a drawing for a prize, I declined.

I was just being polite in that I didn’t want to possibly win anything that I wouldn’t have been able to use.

I explained to the woman that I was from Texas – and up to visit my grandmother about two hours away – and she just couldn’t get over that somebody from that far outside of their community would participate in their race – and visit.

Again, not that I’ve ever not been appreciated for participating in somebody’s race, but this was different – and I don’t think it was just a Pennsylvania thing.

Although, one of the state’s slogans over the years has been, “You’ve got a friend in Pennsylvania.”

Saturday morning in Blairsville, I thought the race started at 8 a.m.

There weren’t too many people around as I walked toward the middle of the park at about 7:30 a.m.
I made the comment, “Everybody will show at the last minute, huh?”

Then I quickly learned that the race – as it was seen on the flyer – would begin at 9 a.m.

I went back to the hotel and walked a little bit around downtown after I returned, but when I finished I enjoyed a conversation with two or three gentlemen about how the race went.

One was with Blairsville’s Parks and Recreation Department and I told them about my involvement at home and that they seriously checked off all of the boxes for a well-produced race.

A good bit of the race was run on the Blairsville Riverfront Trail that was developed along the north side of the Conemaugh River.

It was really a pretty, peaceful place to be and run a race.

This morning didn’t disappoint either.

Bedford is almost an hour south of where my grandmother lives.  To the west, along Highway 30, is Schellsburg and Shawnee State Park.

I had two sets of plans, given that there was a threat of thunderstorms.

If it was continually raining, my plans were to go to church in either Altoona at Calvary Baptist Church (their services were at 10:30 a.m.) or at Northwood Baptist Chapel, which I guess you could say was the very first church I regularly attended as a child.

The latter was also the church in which my parents were married in.

The rains held off – and pretty much didn’t materialize too much throughout the day today; so, it was run that I did.

The loop around Shawnee Lake was 3.4 miles and more than half of it was on a nice trail and the rest was on park roads.

So we walked .3 mile to where the start line was and took off from there.

Before the race, I met a gentleman named David Addison from Norman, Oklahoma.

He was wearing a “Boomer Sooner” bandana that was positioned on his head like those who participate in Spartan races. 

Before I talked to him directly, I said earlier, “As long as they beat Texas.”

He and his wife, Dawn, were running their fourth race in five days in four different states and they were heading to New Jersey to run a Memorial Day race tomorrow.

He shared with me that he lost a lung and his doctor made a comment that he wouldn’t run again.

He said that running a race in all 50 states was his way of proving his doctor wrong.

Wednesday, they were in Stamford, Connecticut for the Boys and Girls Club Corporate Challenge 5K where he ran 28:52 and his wife finished in 32:55.

Yesterday in Richmond, Virginia, he told me they ran the Virginia War Memorial They Gave All 5K and said that it was a very hilly course where the winning time was just 19:37.

He covered the distance in 33:23 while his wife stopped the clock in 37:43.

Today, they finished in 33:01.51 and 37:08.84, respectively.

Unfortunately, I didn’t catch where they raced on either Thursday or Friday.

He said his goal was to finish the Honolulu Marathon in 2020 in under four hours.  He believes that it would be the fastest time in the marathon for a person with one lung.

The course had a little roll to it, a good portion of it was shaded and some was on the roads, but overall it was an enjoyable race.

I had hoped my times would be a little bit better, but hey, it is all about the experience of getting out and doing something different.

Friday -- 9th annual Fryburg Mayfest Fun Run 5K (Fryburg, PA) - 31:06.18
Saturday -- 12th annual Dr. John Yelenic Memorial Day 5K (Blairsville, PA) - 32:40.23
Sunday -- Gabriel Lee Friedline Memorial 5K Run (Schellsburg, PA) - 32:24.91

One more race in the morning, the Joshua House Memorial Day 5K in Tyrone.

It starts at 8:30 a.m. and then I have to come back here to my grandmother’s house, shower and drive to BWI to fly home tomorrow evening.

Another good trip.  Always good to spend time with and around my 93-year-old grandmother, who has lived by herself for a little more than four years after my grandfather passed away in April 2014.

To me, that’s the most amazing thing of all.

Ennis Polkafest 10K and 5K Finishers Numbers

10K
2018 (May 26) - 99
2017 (May 27) - 116
2016 (May 28) - 172
2015 (May 23) - 167
2014 (May 24) - 143
2013 (May 25) - 123
2012 (May 26) - 95
2011 (May 28) - 108
2010 (May 29) - 93

5K
2018 (May 26) - 271
2017 (May 27) - 299
2016 (May 28) - 319
2015 (May 23) - 378
2014 (May 24) - 381
2013 (May 25) - 313
2012 (May 26) - 297
2011 (May 28) - 273
2010 (May 29) - 252

Sources:  Racing Systems; wetimeraces.com

Canton Balloon Festival Half and 10K Finishers Numbers

2018 (May 19) - 173 half, 123 10K
2017 - Cancelled
2016 (May 14) - 181 half, 112 10K

Sources:  Racing Systems, Dallas; wetimeraces.com

Silo District Marathon Boston Qualifiers

MALE
2:16:20 - Julius Keter, 29, New York, NY
2:16:25 - Rodgers Ondati Gesabwa, 30, Guadalupe, MEX
2:18:41 - Christopher Chipsiya, 43, Zacatecas, MEX
2:22:10 - Jarrett Leblanc, 27, Jennings, LA
2:22:22 - Benjamin Meto, 43, Georgetown, TX
2:33:03 - Travis Noble, 42, Waco, TX
2:53:32 - Pete Estes, 29, Little Elm, TX
2:56:30 - Merlin Elsner, 43, Oakland, MI
2:59:45 - Elias Rutto, 28, Grand Prairie, TX
3:00:22 - Peter Beauvais, 56, Desoto, TX
3:04:08 - Jay Matlack, 32, Kansas City, MO
3:09:06 - Donald Quintana, 34, Mandeville, LA
3:09:13 - Jason Ernst, 44, Camrose, AB
3:10:16 - Jim Cleary, 54, Austin, TX
3:14:42 - Shawn Griffin, 44, Nolanville, TX
3:20:09 - Steve Maliszewski, 46, Houston, TX
3:23:41 - Sean Lewis, 50, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX
3:29:53 - Bill Dobbie, 58, St. Augustine, FL
3:35:47 - Chris Venicx, 58, New Braunfels, TX

FEMALE
2:38:15 - Shewarge Amare, 31, New York, NY
2:40:02 - Susan Tanui, 33, Grand Prairie, TX
2:41:52 - Ladia Albertson-Junkans, 32, Snoqualmie, WA
2:46:23 - Mary Akor, 41, Hawthorne, CA
3:01:00 - Megan Skeels, 44, Aledo, TX
3:04:08 - Ellie Pell, 26, Interlaken, NY
3:04:27 - Magaly Soto, 41, Arlington, TX
3:04:55 - Kristin Garcia, 37, Fort Worth, TX
3:05:41 - Shana Welch, 33, Strong, AR
3:15:00 - Cathie Delgado, 43, Grand Prairie, TX
3:16:13 - Aimee Henley, 30, Jonesborough, TN
3:18:08 - Lisa Holding Eagle, 35, Dickinson, ND
3:20:44 - Monica Kirkpatrick, 40, Tuscaloosa, AL
3:24:02 - Amy Johnson, 33, Hewitt, TX
3:26:23 - Becky Stanford, 33, Austin, TX
3:29:08 - Tiffany Dudley, 35, Starkville, MS
3:32:00 - Sierra Binek, 34, Beaverton, OR
3:32:05 - Amanda Price, 17, Lake Jackson, TX
3:43:46 - Maria Martinez, 41, Crowley, TX
3:48:51 - Julie Williams, 44, Pearland, TX

Sources: Racing Systems, wetimeraces.com, Silo District Marathon

Silo District Marathon Observations

Grab a cup of coffee.  This could be a long post.

Probably should bring some background information to the table before talking about what transpired today in Waco at the inaugural Silo District Marathon.

If you follow me on Facebook, you know that when the race was announced I seemed pretty critical.

First, the race announced entry fees of $150 for the marathon and $135 for the half marathon.  They are the second highest in Texas behind Houston - for a brand-new race.  (However, I now have a theory why this is/was.)

That raised my eyebrows a bit.

Yes, I understood/understand what the cause was/is all about.

However, the race made its announcement two days before a marathon in Waco - the seventh oldest in the Lone Star state - put on by a good friend and an incredible contributor to Texas' running and triathlon scene for more than 10 years, without an approved course, was not timely releasing posts on its Facebook event page and hadn't engaged a race production company at that time.

I did an Open Records request with the City of Waco to see what was on the Special Events application permit.  There wasn't a lot on it, and it was such that they originally wanted to do the race on Mother's Day Saturday.

Even though they went out and got Logan Burgess to measure and certify their course (one of the best!) and hired Racing Systems out of Dallas as its race production company, I was generally concerned about the number of first-timers at the longer distances who were running or racing with three months of preparation -- for what could be some old-fashioned Texas heat.

So attending the race today has always been on the calendar.

I was already pretty beat from being up early and announcing yesterday's 14th annual Impact A Hero 5K at Constellation Field in Sugar Land and getting a bit of afternoon rest.

After dinner and reading a little, I went to sleep at about 9:30 a.m. with a 1:45 a.m. wake-up call to begin driving to Waco by 2 a.m., which would put feet on the ground by 5 a.m.

After studying the maps, I parked at a place that I could leave whenever I chose to.

I made my way to what turned out to be the 5K start.  It was a pretty understated setup.

Since I had never really been to the Silos, I could see them off in the distance with all of the lights.

I saw where the finish line was.  They had a similar setup that The Woodlands Marathon uses at its finish on The Woodlands Waterway.

When there, Your Sporting Image's Karen Thibodeaux pulled up.  I helped her get one thing out of her mini-SUV and we chatted for about 5-10 minutes as she got situated.

Announcements began at about 6 a.m.  I didn't initially recognize the voice as it was a bit of a rough opening - something I experience often (like to get the first one out of the way to get into a rhythm), but soon learned it was Austin's Adam Reiser.

Former Rice Owl, an excellent masters runner (just barely though - 41, I think) and a really good announcer.  He does the bulk of the heavy lifting for all of the Run Houston Race Series, Bayou City Half Marathon Series and the Bayou City Tri Series races.

Our styles are different, but definitely respect each other as fellow professionals.

As I saw some of the foreign athletes milling around – and a couple running around scattered trying to get their bib, I also saw former McNeese State athlete Jarrett Le Blanc and his girlfriend.

We had a great conversation and I just kept moving around to get a layout of the start line corral, which was setup in front of the First Baptist Church of Waco.

I had tweeted that the start line setup for both races (marathon/half marathon and the 5K) were pretty minimalist.  However, later thinking about writing this, it made perfect sense because the fencing could be taken down quickly after the half marathoners started to re-open the street so First Baptist could start their church services on time this morning.

I visited with Adam a little bit.  I shared with him who I knew was running and that I had just kept pinging the confirmation question on the getmeregistered.com site to see if I could figure out who was running.

In Sunday morning’s article in the Waco Tribune Herald written by John Werner (and which appeared online early Saturday evening), the Magnolia spokeperson said that he couldn’t speak to individual races.

I call “baloney” on that.  At that point in time, if you’ve shut down registration and you’re not giving any comps (as I was told by a couple of guys who paid the $150 entry fee), then you pretty well know who’s in the field – unless you’re squeezing in a foreign runner at the last minute.

I saw Steve Maliszewski and Tim and Vicki Nolan.  Tim and Vicki were pacing the 3:40 marathon group for Beast Pacing.  Steve?  Just out for another hot race – to counterbalance Boston, of course.

He’s a two-time Badwater 135 finisher.

I snapped a picture of the two and shortly thereafter, Chip Gaines made his appearance.  This was at about 6:40 – 20 minutes before the start of the race.

Again, I’m aware of how everybody is a big fan of the couple, their location, their show and now their restaurant.  So I was interested to hear him speak to everybody before the race.

I was impressed.  He handled it all very, very well.  And you have to know that anybody that’s in front of the camera is generally going to be pretty comfortable speaking easily in public.

I snapped a picture or two and I turned around and there had to have been at least 200-300 people with their phones out hanging on every word he said.

After he got done – and with an inadvertent mic drop, Adam announced that the marathon would start at 7:10 a.m.  I learned shortly thereafter that the reason was because not all of the roads had been barricaded off, according to some individuals who were out riding the course.

So once the gun went off, and the 12-15 elites came running down the street before the rest of the marathoners and then Chip with a TV crew in a cart in front of him.

So my plan was to run to Herring and MLK, which was about two and a half miles away, and tweet some updates from just before mile seven.

I figured I would take about 25 minutes or so and the elite athletes would get there shortly thereafter.  They did, at 35:04.

There was a pack of five African athletes, followed by Jarrett Le Blanc and Ryan Miller, who both spent time in our The Woodlands running community.

The women’s leader came through about four minutes later.

I also stayed at that location until Dallas Baptist University assistant cross country coach Kelsey Bruce came through.  I was tweeting back and forth were her former coach and now employer Jacob Phillips.

I had volunteered to Kelsey that she was running fourth and how far back she was of the leader.

I then ran back across the bridge over the Brazos River and down to street level to see the half marathon leaders pass the mile nine split mat.

Again, passed along the same information, but in that short period of time, the gap between third place – which was taken by the young lady from Austin who won the Cap 10K last month – and Kelsey grew.

I cheered her on, then went back up the hill and started running west on Herring and then south on 18th Street to put myself in the vicinity of mile 20.

The police officer at that intersection said that there was law enforcement there today from a lot of central Texas towns, which showed the breadth of the setup for the race.

I saw the men’s leaders come through, but most importantly Jarrett LeBlanc was seventh at that point and looking pretty solid.

I didn’t end up seeing Ryan Miller and I would learn later on that he has dropped at mile 18.

LeBlanc ended up finishing fourth in 2:22:12 in his first marathon since the United State Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles in February 2016.  That marathon was his first.

The first female marathoner passed just before mile 20 in 2:10 and change – and there was just three seconds that passed between the two of them.

In third two minutes down was former All-American runner at Minnesota, Ladia Albertson-Junkans.

She has been vacillating between roads and the ultras.  (Think Camille Herron.)

At that point, I ran east down 18th Street to Austin where runners were coming from the north to the turnaround on 17th Street.

Afterwards, I ran north on Austin to find my good friend, Nancy Goodnight, and her triathlon group from there in Waco.

Many of them also help Nancy produce her Miracle Match Marathon in late January.

So we stood there for more than two and a half hours cheering both half marathoners and marathoners on waiting for Chip Gaines to come through.

My only criticism is that he had an entourage around him that was completely unheard of.

There were two pairs of motorcycle police officers leading the group and they cleared everybody off the street.

C’mon, nobody is going to jeopardize their well-being to run in to do something to Chip.

He was in genuinely good spirits as he passed us, less than a mile and a half to his goal.

A great job by him – seriously.

To run a marathon, with that tool belt on him and maybe sweatpants of some kind in that heat by that time with cameras in front of him the entire time, he did something that most would not have withstood the pressure of doing.

All in all, a good job was done to produce this race.

I was nowhere near the finish line; therefore, I can’t comment on things in event production that can trip up good race management companies.

I was disappointed that the race didn’t vet its “elite” athletes appropriately and allowed two runners – one male and one female – that had served doping suspensions to run.

The male, Alene Reta, who won the men’s half marathon, was about 16-17 years ago by Ethiopia’s athletic body and the female, Mary Akor, five years ago by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.

Reta:  http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/zz/20100821/NEWS/100828062

Akor:  https://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/prolific-marathoner-mary-akor-gets-2-year-doping-ban

My theory on the price, as I mentioned earlier?

Other than the charity aspect and knowing that people would pay to participate in an event WITH Chip Gaines, given he and his wife’s popularity, it was also a price that many close to home may shy away from – and that people would be able to justify finally making a trip to visit the Silos.

I think it is the same strategy that Houston is using with raising its price even more for 2019, making it the most expensive marathon in Texas.

They seem to be aiming to satisfy real or perceived targets from Houston’s Convention & Visitors Bureau for the numbers of heads in beds.

Price out the local folks and make it more of a destination race, like New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles – two of the three who are Marathon Majors.

Do I think there will be a second race?  Based on something I was told, yes.

When will it be?  I wouldn’t be surprised if it moved back to April, but I don’t have any read on that at all.

Only time will tell I suppose.

2018 Texas Half Marathons By Finishers

11,088 - Aramco Houston Half Marathon, 1/14, Houston
7,716 - Austin Half Marathon, 2/18, Austin (RF)
6,607 - Humana Rock 'N Roll Half Marathon, 3/25, Dallas
6,341 - Cowtown Marathon, 2/25, Fort Worth (RF)
5,630 - 3M Half Marathon, 1/21, Austin (RF)

2,988 - The Woodlands Half Marathon, 3/3, The Woodlands (RF)
1,725 - Run The Alamo 13.1, 3/4, San Antonio (RRP)
1,356 - El Paso Half Marathon, 2/18, El Paso (DM)
1,250 - Katy Half Marathon, 2/3, Katy
1,222 - The Bearathon, 3/24, Waco (RF)
1,099 - HEB Alamo Run Fest Half Marathon, 4/15, San Antonio

940 - Vintage Park Half Marathon, 4/8, Houston
874 - Texas Big Star Half Marathon, 4/14, Frisco (CTM)
825 - Diva's Half Marathon, 4/22, Galveston
639 - Irving Marathon, 4/7, Irving (RF)
597 - USA Fit Half Marathon, 1/28, Sugar Land (RHT)
580 - Harlingen Half Marathon, 2/25, Harlingen (AG)

578 - St. Paddy's Half Marathon, 3/18, Sugar Land (RW)
551 - McAllen Half Marathon, 1/21, McAllen (AG)
482 - Jail Break Run, 2/24, Baytown (RHT)
463 - Galveston Half Marathon, 2/18, Galveston (RW)
462 - Skyline Half Marathon, 4/28, Dallas (RS)

434 - Joint Base San Antonio Half Marathon, 4/29, San Antonio (CS)
426 - Cocoa Women's Half Marathon, 2/11, San Antonio (RRP)
410 - Blue Bell Fun Run Half Marathon, 4/14, Brenham (RF)
358 - Messina Hof Wine and Roses Half Marathon, 4/22, Bryan (RRP)
356 - Seabrook Lucky Trail Half Marathon, 3/17, Seabrook (CTS)

332 - Outlaw Half Marathon, 4/7, Fredericksburg (SSP)
315 - Fairview Half Marathon, 4/14, Fairview (AST)
296 - Seabrook Lucky Trail Half Marathon, 3/18, Seabrook (CTS)
283 - Miracle Match Half Marathon, 1/28, Waco (RRP)
282 - Arlington Half Marathon, 4/8, Arlington (CRS)

280 - Too Cold To Hold Half Marathon, 1/28, Dallas (RS)
271 - Mayor's Half Marathon, 4/22, Lubbock (RF)
263 - The Energy City Half Marathon, 3/24, Midland (IAAP)
263 - Texas Bluebonnet Half Marathon, 4/21, McKinney (GR)
239 - Republic of Texas Run Half Marahton, 2/25, College Station (RRP)

214 - San Marcos Half Marathon, 3/11, San Marcos (IAAP)
203 - Texas Marathon Half, 1/1, Kingwood (RHT)
196 - New Year's Day Half Marathon, 1/1, Allen (AST)
196 - Resolution Run Half Marathon, 1/13, McKinney (GR)
191 - ExxpressMart Half Marathon, 3/3, Beaumont (IAAP)

187 - River Road Run Half Marathon, 1/6, New Braunfels (IAAP)
185 - First Responder Half Marathon, 4/22, Waco (PF)
184 - Wanderlust Run 13.1, 4/7, Fredericksburg (IAAP)
173 - Surfside Beach Half Marathon, 2/24, Surfside Beach (FTR)
172 - San Felipe Shootout Half Marathon, 3/24, San Felipe (TROT)

161 - Half de Paris, 3/3, Paris (AST)
158 - Run Against Cancer Half Marathon, 2/24, Victoria (IAAP)
155 - Willie McCool Half Marathon, 4/7, Lubbock (DM)
154 - 8th annual Show The Trail Who's Boss Half Marathon, 3/24, Brownsville (AG)
144 - Panther City Half Marathon, 3/11, Fort Worth (CRS)

142 - Natural Bridge Caverns Run Half Marathon, 2/4, San Antonio (RRP)
133 - 30th annual Lake Benbrook Half Marathon, 1/27, Benbrook (RTR)
129 - Mansfield Run With Heart Half Marathon, 1/27, Mansfield (CRS)
123 - Cross Timbers Trail Run Half Marathon, 2/17, Gordonville (AST)
113 - Rise of the Winter Dragons Half Marathon, 1/27, San Antonio (AG)

111 - Love. Run. Half Marathon, 2/16, Huntsville State Park, (RHT)
103 - Crazy Desert Trail Race Half Marathon, 3/10, San Angelo (TROT)
 91 - Carnival of Venice Half Marathon, 4/27, San Antonio (IAAP)
 89 - Tinajas Ultra Half Marathon, 3/3, Bend (EDS)
 88 - River City Half Marathon, 4/8, San Antonio (RRP)

 83 - SAGU Half Marathon, 2/3, Waxahachie (CTM)
 80 - Amarillo Half Marathon, 4/7, Amarillo (LSRC)
 67 - Lone Star Runners Club Spring Trail Run Half Marathon, 4/22, Palo Duro Canton (LSRC)
 66 - 3rd annual Cross Creek Ranch Dusk to Dawn Half Marathon, 1/27, Fulshear (DM)
 42 - Surf-n-Turf Run Half Marathon, 1/27, Corpus Christi (RRP)

 39 - Davy Crockett Bear Chase Half, 4/14, Groveton
 37 - CRC New Year's Eve Make Up Run Half Marathon, 1/14, Fort Worth (CRS)
 27 - Run 4 Bibles Half Marathon, 3/3, Dallas (DVT)
 22 - Dust Bowl Series Half Marathon, 3/28, Dalhart (MM)
 13 - CASA of the Pines Superhero Half, 3/24, Ratcliff (RHT)

  8 - Women Rock Susan Hicks Memorial Half Marathon, 4/14, Bonham (CTC)

Revel Marathon and Half Marathon Finishers

Revel Mount Charleston (Nevada)
2016 (May 7) -- 1,768 (610 marathon / 1,158 half marathon)
2017 (April 29) -- 2,987 (1,284 marathon / 1,703 half marathon)
2018 (April 28) -- 3,255 (1,304 marathon / 1,951 half marathon)

Revel Rockies (Colorado)
2014 (August 17) -- 1,140 (323 marathon / 817 half marathon)
2015 (July 19) -- 1,114 (783 marathon / 331 half marathon)
2016 (June 12) -- 1,691 (662 marathon / 1,029 half marathon)
2017 (June 11) -- 1,842 (656 marathon / 1,186 half marathon)

Revel Big Cottonwood (Utah)
2012 (September 22) -- 918 (272 marathon / 646 half marathon)
2013 (September 14) -- 3,420 (1,308 marathon / 2,112 half marathon)
2014 (September 13) -- 4,082 (1,527 marathon / 2,555 half marathon)
2015 (September 12) -- 3,767 (1,265 marathon / 2,502 half marathon)
2016 (September 10) -- 3,929 (1,328 marathon / 2,601 half marathon)
2017 (September 9) -- 4,014 (1,371 marathon / 2,643 half marathon)

Revel Canyon City (California)
2014 (November 15) -- 1,512 (624 marathon / 888 half marathon)
2015 (November 7) -- 2,521 (1,197 marathon / 1,324 half marathon)
2016 (November 12) -- 2,265 (1,068 marathon / 1,197 half marathon)
2017 (November 4) -- 1,758 (783 marathon / 975 half marathon)

Revel Mount Lemmon (Arizona)
2017 (November 12) -- 705 (276 marathon / 429 half marathon)

Source:  runrevel.com

Diva Half Marathon and 5K - Galveston Finishers Numbers

2014 - 3,161 total (1,202 finishers in the 5K and 1,959 in the HM)

2015 - 3,894 total (1,749 finishers in the 5K and 2,145 in the HM)

2016 - 3,637 total (1,886 finishers in the 5K and 1,751 in the HM)

2017 - 2,968 total (1,678 finishers in the 5K and 1,290 in the HM)
2018 - 2,000 total (1,175 finishers in the 5K and 825 in the HM)

Source:  runlikeadiva.com