Wednesday, January 22, 2025

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

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

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)  

Monday, January 20, 2025

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