2023 US parkruns by Average Number of Finishers

164.3 - College Park

129.9 - Jamaica Pond

112.6 - Clermont Waterfront

100.1 - Byxbee

  96.2 - Roosevelt Island DC

  85.5 - Depot Park
  84.1 - Perrigo

  77.5 - Lillie

  75.7 - Livonia

  73.6 - Danehy Park

  72.6 - Rec Plex North

  70.3 - Fletcher's Cove

  70.3 - Exploration Place 

  68.9 - Durham NC

  67.6 - Kensington 

  66.3 - Bear Creek Greenbelt

  64.7 - Des Moines Creek

  63.7 - Terry Hershey

  58.9 - Charleston 

  57.8 - Rock Creek Trail

  55.2 - Delaware and Raritan Canal

  48.8 - South Boulder Creek

  44.4 - Deep Run

  44.4 - Spindle Tree

  44.2 - Himmel

  44.0 - Renton

  43.8 - Baltimore and Annapolis Trail

  43.6 - Creekside

  41.8 - Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation 

  41.5 - Weedon Island Preserve

  40.4 - Sippo Lake

  40.3 - Eagan

  37.2 - Riverside

  37.0 - Umstead Park

  35.9 - Ed Austin Regional

  35.4 - Leakin Park

  34.5 - Joe Creason

  34.3 - Courthouse Lake

  31.9 - Mary S. Young

  31.3 - Little Sugar Creek Greenway

  28.8 - Peace Valley

  26.9 - Fort Ward

  26.9 - Anacostia

  26.5 - Northside Beltline

  26.1 - Mansfield OH

  25.5 - ITC Community Sports

  24.1 - Evergreen

  23.4 - Warren County Armco

  23.2 - Howard Temin Lakeshore Path

  22.7 - Cornerstone Lakes

  22.6 - Canton Lower Rouge Trail

  22.3 - Kingston Park

  19.7 - Heritage Harbor

  19.1 - Eastern Trail

  18.5 - Merrymeeting

  17.8 - Osburn MetroPark

  17.6 - Riverside Park

  16.9 - Canyon Rim Trail

  15.4 - City Park

  14.6 - Hamlet Park

  14.0 - Winthrop Trailhead

  13.7 - Third Creek Greenway

  12.3 - Coler Mountain Bike Preserve

    9.9 - Susquehanna Riverwalk

    6.5 - Aspen

    6.0 - Brecksville Reservation

    3.2 - Lackawanna Rail Trail

2023 US parkruns by Total Number of Events

(These events in 2023 hosted all 52 weeks and special dates of New Year's Day and Thanksgiving)
54 - College Park

54 - Durham NC

54 - Ed Austin Regional

54 - Fletcher's Cove

54 - Heritage Harbor

54 - Kensington

54 - Livonia

54 - Perrigo

(# - New Year's Day, + - Thanksgiving, * - Both)

53 - Baltimore and Annapolis Trail +

53 - Byxbee +

53 - Delaware and Raritan Canal

53 - Depot Park *

53 - Des Moines Creek #

53 - Himmel #

53 - Jamaica Pond *

53 - Peace Valley *

53 - South Boulder Creek #

53 - Terry Hershey +

52 - Clermont Waterfront *

52 - Fort Ward

52 - Leakin Park #

52 - Spindle Tree

51 - Anacostia

51 - Exploration Place #

51 - Lillie *

51 - Little Sugar Creek Greenway

51 - Northside Beltline

51 - Rec Plex North *

51 - Renton

51 - Rock Creek Trail

51 - Roosevelt Island DC

51 - Third Creek Greenway

51 - Weedon Island Preserve

50 - Bear Creek Greenbelt

50 - Courthouse Lake +

50 - Evergreen

50 - Howard Temin Lakeshore Path

50 - Joe Creason *

50 - Osburn MetroPark +

49 - Charleston

49 - City Park

49 - Danehy Park *

49 - Mansfield OH

47 - Merrymeeting

47 - Sippo Lake

47 - Susquehanna Riverwalk

46 - Coler Mountain Bike Preserve

46 - Creekside +

46 - Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation

46 - Riverside Park

45 - Deep Run

45 - Winthrop Trailhead +

43 - Canyon Rim Trail

43 - Warren County Armco

41 - Umstead Park

39 - Eagan +

36 - Cornerstone Lakes

35 - Eastern Trail +

32 - Canton Lower Rouge Trail

29 - Aspen

25 - Hamlet Park #

24 - ITC Community Sports

22 - Kingston Park +

20 - Lackawanna Rail Trail

19 - Riverside

10 - Mary S. Young

01 - Brecksville Reservation

Spindle Tree parkrun #100 5K and Saturday Ramblings; December 16, 2023

Have a little time here on Saturday afternoon to write:  a favorite opportunity of mine to document life and keep my writing skills sharp.

At times, I tell people that I'm grateful that I don't feel my age, but there are other times where my body reminds me what the number is.

Yesterday to today is one of those times.

I thought about going to Hammond last night to see a game at Southeastern Louisiana University and then - on the way back home - to LSU-Eunice today at noon to check off two more college basketball gyms in Louisiana.

However, I wanted to be "rested" to drive to McKinney this morning to see the NCAA Division II national football championship at McKinney ISD Stadium - which would have been a new one for me - between Harding University and Colorado School of Mines.  

And then maybe to AT&T to see the last UIL 11-man game.

I was up at 6 a.m., but today was not that day.

But then, I had another decision to make:  do I go and run parkrun.

I was too slow on the trigger last Saturday before going to Beaumont for Waverly's graduation from Lamar University, and I went to the gym for my normal 33-minute elliptical and back home to row for about 20 minutes.

Showered and out the door by 6:55 a.m., I made it just before 7:25 a.m., but I often forget that the eight that I've been to now at Spindle Tree - few have started right on-time at 7:30 a.m.

And, that's OK.  It is put on by volunteers and it doesn't cost a dime.

Some of it was the perfect 50 degrees temperatures, but the rest of my good race this morning was from my exercise and diet work.  I wouldn't call it "hard work", but hard enough to keep making progress.

30:28.42 was my time.  Three loops of 9:46.96 - 10:01.88 - 10:04.47 and then the last bit at 35.11.

I always wonder if it isn't a tad short, but the thing is is that it is a time trial course - like the old Run The Woodlands 5K - in that it never changes so you have performances to benchmark yourself against.

This event lives and breathes due to volunteers.  I need to get out there to return the favor.  I haven't yet.

I've talked the event up as well as many others - especially as I've always been upset that The Township denied the race going back to The Waterway (yet now a for-profit entity is using it to put on a regular race).

Lots of people that are always good to see included:  Ken Johnson, Vincent Attanucci, Randall Ivins, Alan Hedengren, Kevin Baker, Katerina Savelieva and the Park family, Jerritt, Kristi and Riley.

I was surprised I stayed ahead of Vincent, but he runs every single day - and is coming off of the Dallas Marathon, and I was grateful that Jerritt didn't lap me.  

That was a win, even though I know he probably could have if he wanted.

He said it was my Christmas present!  Thanks, Jerritt!

I then moved over to Hughes Landing to hold court will one of my best friends, Bill Dwyer.

He's got a lot of people heading to his group as a result of some turmoil in some parts of the local running community.  

Bill is the antithesis to drama in as much as that he's had some in his group over the years that he hadn't taken action on - with two exceptions.  (I always told him that there were a few others that he could have with.)

Bill's like a pastor that doesn't ever want to take anybody off of the church's membership rolls, even though they haven't sat in a pew for five years.  

That pastor still believes that they need to be shepherded.

That's not narcissism on the clergy's part, it is just part of their mission to serve others and give the glory to God.

Bill's always available to help, if people desire the assistance and direction in their training.  If not, he'll tell everybody "Good job" - usually something more specific, actually - and to keep at it!

Alright, I went to the gym just a few ago - and am getting ready for a basketball doubleheader.

I will be going to Stafford Municipal School District Gymnasium to see Texas College vs. North American University.  It will be the 91st gymnasium in Texas to see a college basketball game.

Then I'll make my way to Houston Christian University - will always be HBU - at 7 p.m. to see the Huskies host Champion Christian College, out of Hot Springs, Arkansas.  The Huskies are 1-7 while Champion Christian enters tonight's game at 6-6.

BCS Marathon Race Series Finishers

BCS Half Marathon
2011 - 902 (581 women / 381 men)
2012 - 2,089 (1,310 women / 779 men)
2013 - 2,052 (1,348 women / 704 men)
2014 - 2,573 (1,728 women / 845 men)
2015 - 1,957 (1,237 women / 720 men)
2016 - 1,895 (1,224 women / 671 men)
2017 - 1,627 (984 women / 641 men / 2 relay)
2018 - 1,544 (978 women / 566 men)
2019 - 1,566 (948 women / 618 men)
2021 - 1,858 (1,125 women / 730 men / 3 non-binary)
2022 - 1,551 (890 women / 659 men / 2 non-binary)
2023 - 1,770 (1,034 women / 735 men / 1 non-binary)

BCS Marathon
2011 - 408 (173 women / 235 men)
2012 - 614 (262 women / 352 men)
2013 - 944 (419 women / 525 men) + 39 relay
2014 - 956 (450 women / 506 men) + 51 relay
2015 - 641 (294 women / 347 men) + unknown relay
2016 - 659 (294 women / 332 men) + 33 relay
2017 - 503 (210 women / 267 men) + 26 relay
2018 - 513 (199 women / 301 men) + 13 relay
2019 - 541 (195 women / 322 men) + 22 relay + 2 wheels
2021 - 617 (245 women / 372 men)
2022 - 547 (190 women / 333 men) + 24 relay
2023 - 565 (167 women / 377 men) + 21 relay

Brazos Running Company Turkey Trot 5K
2013 - 769 (420 women / 349 men)
2014 - 1,086 (632 women / 454 men)
2015 - 869 (460 women / 409 men)
2016 - 1,053 (589 women / 464 men)
2017 - Not timed.

Nutrabolt Half Marathon 
2015 - 346 (214 women, 132 men)
2016 - 641 (392 women, 249 men) - 773 in database (17.07% no-show)
2017 - Cancelled.

Nutrabolt 10K
2015 - 271 (178 women, 93 men)
2016 - 558 (384 women, 174 men) - 668 in database (16.46% no-show)
2017 - Cancelled.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun 5K
2013 - 209 women
2014 - 260 women
2015 - 146 women
2016 - 138 women
2017 - 425 women

Scott and White BCS Trail Race 25K (Formerly Millican Ultra Run 25K)
2015 - 127 (67 women, 60 men)
2016 - 103 (55 women, 47 men, 1 unknown)
2017 - 39 (16 women, 23 men)

Scott and White BCS Trail Race 10K (Formerly Millican Ultra Run 10K)
2015 - 145 (90 women, 55 men)
2016 - 164 (90 women, 74 men)
2017 - 124 (71 women, 53 men)

Scott and White BCS Trail Race 5K2017 - 71 (48 women, 23 men)

BCS 10K (Defunct)
2013 - 334 (218 women, 116 men)
2014 - 411 (307 women, 104 men)

BCS 5K (Defunct)
2013 - 193 (128 women, 65 men)
2014 - 119 (70 women, 49 men)

Night Trail Run 15K (Defunct)
2013 - 71 (35 women, 36 men)
2014 - 101 (56 women, 45 men)

Night Trail Run 10K (Defunct)
2013 - 146 (102 women, 44 men)
2014 - 183 (130 women, 53 men)

Night Trail Run 5K (Defunct)
2013 - 185 (133 women, 52 men)

BCS 5 and Dime 10-Miler (Defunct)
2013 - 244 (172 women, 72 men)

BCS 5 and Dime 5-Miler (Defunct)
2013 - 116 (73 women, 43 men)

Millican Ultra Run 50M (Defunct)
2015 - 14 (4 women, 10 men)

Millican Ultra Run 50K (Defunct)
2015 - 35 (13 women, 22 men)
2016 - 26 (5 women, 21 men)

Baylor Scott and White BCS Marathon and Half Marathon Top 25 All-Time Times (2012-2023)

Marathon - Men

2:22:11 - Benjamin Metto, 2014

2:24:20 - Mario Macias, 2015

2:25:42 - David Chepkwony, 2015

2:26:17 - Elliott Farris, 2018
2:29:07 - Joshua Segura, 2023

2:31:41 - Edward Kiptum, 2014

2:38:51 - Justin Lange, 2019

2:38:55 - Craig Ottman, 2013

2:38:59 - Abraham Rutto, 2013

2:39:20 - Jacob Rotich, 2012

2:40:31 - Robert Newton, 2018
2:41:44 - Mark Amann, 2023

2:41:47 - Robert Newton, 2019

2:42:01 - Collin Bohne, 2019

2:42:26 - Gustavo Roman, Jr., 2023

2:43:50 - Cameron Brown, 2021

2:44:07 - Alex Moore, 2014

2:44:09 - Benny Rodriguez, 2013

2:45:08 - Daniel Ray, 2017

2:45:35 - Dominic Ricci, 2021

2:45:48 - Chris McClung, 2013
2:45:54 - Justin Lange, 2022

2:46:05 - Craig Ottman, 2014

2:46:20 - Abraham Rutto, 2015

2:47:00 - Matthew McCurdy, 2012

Marathon - Women

2:45:48 - Laura Huning, 2022, Durham, NC
2:47:49 - Hellen Rotich, 2012

2:54:34 - Nora Colligan, 2013

2:57:15 - Jane Rotich, 2015

2:58:24 - Leslie Canter, 2013

2:58:56 - Meggan Franks, 2015

2:59:06 - Laura Huning, 2019

2:59:36 - Randi Burnett, 2015

2:59:41 - Baili Rhodes, 2019

3:00:58 - Leah Jabbour, 2013

3:01:14 - Hannah Steffen, 2014

3:02:18 - Sarah Waraniak, 2019

3:03:49 - Melissa Hopper, 2016

3:04:23 - Melissa Hopper, 2014

3:05:10 - Melissa Hopper, 2015

3:05:31 - Brooke Renee Bible, 2013

3:05:50 - Kayla Campasino, 2013

3:06:00 - Cassie Towne, 2022, Frisco, TX

3:07:16 - Heather Hamilton, 2016

3:07:23 - Baili Rhodes, 2021
3:07:32 - Glenda Escobar, 2023

3:08:46 - Anna Gitter, 2021

3:08:50 - Jena Kincaid, 2014

3:08:55 - Chaiss Matthews, 2016
3:10:00 - Baili Rhodes, 2022

Half Marathon - Men

1:06:48 - Henry Lelei, 2015

1:07:11 - Eliud Ngetich, 2015
1:07:31 - Kyle Johnson, 2022

1:07:39 - Will Nation, 2015

1:07:45 - Abraham Rutto, 2014

1:07:52 - Kyle Johnson, 2021

1:08:08 - Peter Chebii, 2015

1:08:17 - Henry Lelei, 2013

1:08:19 - Erik Stanley, 2014
1:08:48 - Cooper Cawthra, 2022

1:09:13 - Evans Tuitoek, 2016

1:09:34 - John Baker, 2021

1:09:38 - Jacob Perry, 2018

1:09:40 - Ryan Miller, 2017

1:09:50 - Adam Wldrum, 2017

1:10:06 - Jacob Perry, 2017

1:10:34 - Henry Lelei, 2014

1:10:42 - Al Escalera, 2015

1:11:31 - Jeremy Daum, 2013

1:12:44 - J.P. Machemehl, 2021

1:12:56 - Nathanael Pineda, 2015
1:13:14 - Joseph Benn, 2022

1:13:28 - Scott Kimbrell, 2013

1:14:12 - Colin McCatharn, 2015

1:15:17 - Colin McCatharn, 2013

Half Marathon - Women

1:12:56 - Hillary Montgomery, 2015

1:17:30 - Hillary Montgomery, 2014

1:17:31 - Allison Macsas, 2015

1:17:59 - Ariana Hilborn, 2014

1:18:17 - Megan Saloom, 2015

1:20:33 - Robin Galloso, 2016

1:20:51 - Florence Ngetich, 2015

1:21:42 - Jess (Jessica) Draskau Petersson, 2015

1:21:49 - Rachel Brewer, 2015

1:22:15 - Natosha Rogers, 2013

1:22:33 - Hannah Steffan, 2013

1:22:38 - Kelsey Persyn, 2017

1:23:13 - Florence Ngetich, 2013

1:24:09 - Kaitlin Tanner, 2018

1:24:19 - Laura Huning, 2018

1:24:21 - Allison Macsas, 2012

1:24:55 - Jessica Walker, 2019
1:25:01 - Rachel Sanchez, 2022

1:25:23 - Jennifer Harney, 2014

1:25:29 - Carissa Fleskes, 2013

1:25:37 - Robin Galloso, 2021
1:25:44 - Abbey Santoro, 2023
1:25:44 - Julie Abell, 2023

1:25:58 - Cheryl Bridgens, 2013

1:26:27 - Christi Berenz, 2021

1:26:46 - Tiffanie Marley, 2017

Sources:  All Sports Timing and BCS Marathon

Baylor Scott and White BCS Marathon and Half Marathon All-Time Winners (2012-2023)

Marathon - Men

2012 - 2:39:20, Jacob Rotich

2013 - 2:38:55, Craig Ottman

2014 - 2:22:11, Benjamin Metto

2015 - 2:24:20, Mario Macias

2016 - 2:47:28, Connor Roche

2017 - 2:45:08, Daniel Ray

2018 - 2:26:17, Elliott Farris

2019 - 2:38:51, Justin Lange

2021 - 2:43:50, Cameron Brown
2022 - 2:45:54, Justin Lange, College Station
2023 - 2:29:17, Joshua Segura, College Station

Marathon - Women

2012 - 2:47:49, Hellen Rotich

2013 - 2:54:34, Nora Colligan

2014 - 3:01:14, Hannah Steffan

2015 - 2:57:15, Jane Rotich

2016 - 3:03:49, Melissa Hopper

2017 - 3:13:29, Pam Hess

2018 - 3:10:29, Katlyn Phillips

2019 - 2:59:06, Laura Huning

2021 - 3:07:23, Baili Rhodes
2022 - 2:45:48, Laura Huning, Durham, NC
2023 - 3:07:32, Glenda Escobar, Houston, TX

Marathon - Wheelchair - Men

2019 - 1:54:54, Kyle Grant

Marathon - Wheelchair - Women

2019 - 2:16:04, Adessa Ellis

Marathon Relay

2013 - 3:24:35, Wonder BRA

2014 - 3:07:41, Team Teammac

2015 - Unknown

2016 - 3:03:51, Grease Lightening

2017 - 3:27:03, Team B4B 2.0

2018 - 2:58:29, Team Bloody Cross Warmup

2019 - 3:26:41, Team BRC Super Foods
2022 - 3:00:28, Team Anderson Run 4 Fun
2023 - 3:01:38, Team Runners Who Try (3:06:17 Gun Time)

Half Marathon - Men

2012 - 1:16:08, Jonathan Lejeune

2013 - 1:08:17, Henry Lelei

2014 - 1:07:45, Abraham Rutto

2015 - 1:06:48, Henry Lelei

2016 - 1:09:13, Evans Tuitoek

2017 - 1:09:40, Ryan Miller

2018 - 1:09:38, Jacob Perry

2019 - 1:18:02, Dillon Morse

2021 - 1:07:52, Kyle Johnson
2022 - 1:07:31, Kyle Johnson, Corinth
2023 - 1:15:56, Noah Benn, College Station

Half Marathon - Women

2012 - 1:24:41, Allison Macsas

2013 - 1:22:15, Natosha Rogers

2014 - 1:17:30, Hillary Montgomery

2015 - 1:12:56, Hillary Montgomery

2016 - 1:20:33, Robin Galloso

2017 - 1:22:38, Kelsey Persyn

2018 - 1:24:09, Kaitlin Tanner

2019 - 1:24:55, Jessica Walker

2021 - 1:25:37, Robin Galloso
2022 - 1:25:01, Rachel Sanchez, McKinney
2023 - 1:25:44, Abbey Santoro, College Station

Sources:  All Sports Timing and BCS Marathon

Regular Brisk Walk along The Waterway; December 7, 2023

Love to write, but just never seem to have the time as I stay busy in so many different areas.

So over the last six months, I've been working to not only maintain my activity level but count calories.

I think it has paid off, but I still have more that I'd like to accomplish.  Just overall fitness, not necessarily race times.

Just got back from walking right at 4.2 miles along The Woodlands Waterway.

I start down at Barry Blanton's former run aid station for Ironman Texas and go all the way to Northshore Park and come back, staying on the north side of the Waterway.

Clipped it off today in 1:03:32 - right at 15:10 per mile - while listening to a couple of podcasts.

One fun note from today is that I wore this thermal top that I've had for some time.

One of my nine Chevron Houston Marathon finishes I had trained the right way - one of few, for sure - and had done a Yasso 800 session that I was in the 4:30-range.

I wore the same shirt, covered by the New York Marathon race jacket that I had bought a few years before, expecting a cold front to blow threw mid-race.

The thing is:  the front didn't come through (which meant that it stayed humid the entire race) and I wasn't comfortable enough running in just the shirt because it hugged my body in an unforgiving way.

Today?  Fits pretty good and wasn't bothered to wear it only.

So a lot of progress.

I don't know if I'll make it there, but one is to be able to run a race without a shirt one time.

Hope to get in my regular elliptical work at 24-Hour Fitness (33-minute, weight loss routine) and I've recently tried to up my rowing to 20-25 minutes regularly.

Next race?  Depending on the weather, Spindle Tree parkrun 5K on Saturday morning.

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)
51:16 - 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

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

Space City 10-Miler All-Time Winners (2003-2018)

Men's Overall Winner
2003 - Luis Armenteros, 52:20.9
2004 - Sean Wade, 52:07.3
2005 - Jacob Rotich, 51:02.8
2006 - Richard Kimeli, 50:16.8
2007 - Richard Kimeli, 49:47.5
2008 - Richard Kimeli, 51:36.0
2009 - Shadrack Songok, 50:13.2
2010 - Samuel Kosgei, 48:26.7 * (Event record)
2011 - Samuel Kosgei, 50:44.1
2012 - Benjami Zywicki, 52:16.4
2013 - Enoch Nadler, 50:25.1
2014 - Kiya Dandena, 51:11.5
2015 - Jarrett Le Blanc, 51:21.3
2016 (Feb.) - Biya Simbassa, 50:13.4
2016 (Oct.) - Abinet Adravo, 52:13.6
2017 - Alfred Kiplagat, 52:34.7
2018 - Jarrett Le Blanc, 50:33.6

2019 - Calum Neff, 53:10

2021 - Aaron Albert, 50:14

2022 - Jordan West, 51:04

2023 - Calum Neff, 51:07.7

Women's Overall Winner
2003 - Jessica Armenteros, 1:02:12.9
2004 - Jody Hawkins, 57:15.0
2005 - Liza Hunter Galvan, 57:26.2
2006 - Jody Hawkins, 1:01:05.4
2007 - Lilian Chelimo, 56:43.0
2008 - Diana Hirst, 1:04:16.7
2009 - Mary Davies, 58:07.7
2010 - Emily Loeffler, 1:01:22.6
2011 - Emily Daum, 1:00:48.9
2012 - Emily Daum, 1:02:23.3
2013 - Mary Davies, 59:35.5
2014 - Megan Saloom, 59:48.3
2015 - Hillary Montgomery, 55:11.8 * (Event record)
2016 (Feb.) - Mary Davies, 56:45.7
2016 (Oct.) - Lauren Stroud, 59:41.7
2017 - Hillary Montgomery, 56:45.8
2018 - Cali Roper, 1:02:46.4

2019 - Lauren Stroud, 59:46

2021 - Lauren Stroud, 58:30

2022 - Flora Lai, 1:02:38

2023 - Lauren Stroud, 59:32.9

Men's Masters Winner
2003 - Steven King, 57:58.8
2004 - Joe Flores, 55:29.3
2005 - William Moore, 55:54.6
2006 - Terry Garrett, 57:33.9
2007 - Francisco Perez, 56:38.7
2008 - Sean Wade, 52:27.9
2009 - Sean Wade, 50:39.7 * (Event record)
2010 - Gerardo Mora, 56:50.4
2011 - Sean Wade, 53:47.8
2012 - Wilmer Bustillos, 57:19.7
2013 - Sammy Kiplagat Cheptoo, 51:49.8
2014 - Sammy Kiplagat Cheptoo, 54:09.3
2015 - Luis Armenteros, 56:26.5
2016 (Feb.) - Luis Armenteros, 56:34.5
2016 (Oct.) - Luis Armenteros, 56:29.3
2017 - Luis Armenteros, 56:18.1
2018 - Roberto Moratilla, 58:11.7

2019 - Sean Wade, 55:05

2021 - Peter Lawrence, 58:13

2022 - David Alber, 57:17

2023 - Nathan Bishop, 57:02.9

Women's Masters Winner
2003 - Christie Lammers, 1:05:10.0
2004 - Christie Lammers, 1:04:53.5
2005 - Suzanne Day, 1:09:54.6
2006 - Susan Walters, 1:06:38.3
2007 - Susan Walters, 1:04:46.2
2008 - Heidy Lozano, 1:05:32.1
2009 - Heidy Lozano, 1:03:21.9
2010 - Heidy Lozano, 1:02:36.3 * (Event record)
2011 - Laura Bennett, 1:08:31.6
2012 - Jody Berry, 1:12:46.1
2013 - Kimberly Mac Namee, 1:03:45.4
2014 - Alexandra Paddon-Jones, 1:07:26
2015 - Laura Bennett, 1:07:35.3
2016 (Feb.) - Laura Bennett, 1:06:21.8
2016 (Oct.) - Stacy Holden, 1:07:18.9
2017 - Stacy Holden, 1:08:17.3
2018 - Catherine Kruppa, 1:07:47.3

2019 - Flora Lai, 1:02:51

2021 - Flora Lai, 1:03:48

2022 - Anngela Caron, 1:04:24

2023 - Catherine Kruppa, 1:02:48.4

Space City 10-Miler All-Time Finishers Totals

2003 -- 621
2004 -- 793
2005 -- 746
2006 -- 824
2007 -- 738
2008 -- 735
2009 -- 864 (837 plus 27 relays)
2010 -- 829
2011 -- 622
2012 -- 750 (736 plus 14 relays)
2013 -- 644 (628 plus 16 relays)
2014 -- 585 (570 plus 15 relays)
2015 -- 558 (533 plus 25 relays)
2016 (F) -- 402 (380 plus 22 relays)
2016 (O) -- 419 (408 plus 11 relays)
2017 -- 384 (194 men / 190 women)
2018 -- 434 (422 plus 12 relays)

2019 -- 395

2021 -- 241 (233 plus 8 relays)

2022 -- 278 (267 plus 11 relays)

2023 -- 361 (335 plus 26 relays)

4 Miles Running on Spring Creek Greenway Trail - 10/6/23

So my Internet is out this afternoon, what better time then to go for a run, right?

Most afternoons I set my Microsoft Teams status to the fact that I'll be out of the office for about 45 minutes and then I'll head to 24 Hour Fitness in Springwoods Village for a 33-minute elliptical workout.

Today, I headed to Dennis Johnston Park and ran on the Spring Creek Greenway Trail. 

I normally walk out here, but the four miles takes me about 23-24 more minutes to walk and besides, I need to run more.  Right, Chuck Engle?

I ran this past Sunday 10:11.7 per mile for a 31:40 5K at Texas 10 Cypress - a season best out of 26 races and the best since a 31:38.47 at the Terry Hershey parkrun 5K on December 11, 2011.

However, running four miles might have been the longest since April of last year, even though I've been close at 5K.  (Even the 6K at Baylor was pretty close.)

For the longest time, I thought there might have been some residual effects of a very mild case of COVID I had in July 2021, but the bottom line was:  it was weight.

Once I started to count calories, and maintain and/or increase some my fitness level, things improved.

I ran from the park towards Interstate 45 and then back.  The miles looked like this:

2:32.62 - 2:41.31 - 2:41.48 - 2:45.82 = 10:41.23

2:43.87 - 2:39.68 - 2:49.40 - 2:39.62 = 10:52.57

2:37.90 - 2:44.47 - 2:45.03 - 2:49.76 = 10:57.16

2:38.64 - 2:48.65 - 2:48.74 - 2:31.67 = 10:47.70

I just need to get out and run more than walk.  Now that I know that I can pretty much without having to stop and walk, which I achieved during Sunday's 5K, my confidence level towards running will continue to improve.

I didn't run the whole way today.  Incredibly, 82 degrees felt more like 92 degrees.

I was pleased.  I'll take it.  Looks like I'm going to run Terry Hershey parkrun 5K in the morning so I can get on down the road to Seguin to see a football game at Texas Lutheran, which will be a new football field for me.

Run Wild 5K Finishers Numbers (since 2010)

5K

2023 - 858 overall 

2022 - 777 overall

2021 - 663 overall

2019 - 1,116 overall

2018 - 1,350 overall

2017 - 1,188 overall

2016 - 911 overall

2015 - 787 overall

2014 - 942 overall

2013 - 1,175 overall 

2012 - 1,306 overall

2011 - 1,073 overall

2010 - 811 overall

Texas Heat Wave All-Time Finishers Numbers

5M

2023 - 267 overall (167 men / 100 women) - 696 total

2022 - 245 overall (135 men / 110 women) - 601 total

2021 - 299 overall (158 men / 141 women) - 600 total

2019 - 380 overall (199 men / 181 women) - 843 total

2018 - 426 overall (207 men / 219 women) - 727 total

2017 - 902 overall (436 men / 476 women)

2016 - 826 overall (379 men / 447 women)

2015 - 789 overall (376 men / 413 women)

2014 - 619 overall (308 men / 311 women)

2013 - 669 overall

2012 - 525 overall (279 men / 246 women)

2011 - 352 overall (197 men / 155 women)

5K

2023 - 429 overall (195 men / 234 women)

2022 - 356 overall (151 men / 205 women)

2021 - 311 overall (145 men / 176 women)

2019 - 463 overall (169 men / 294 women)

2018 - 301 overall (108 men / 193 women)

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)

*Volunteer +Race Announcer

Race in 188 Cities or Towns Outside of Texas ... And Counting!

2003
1.  Williamsport, PA - Race For Your Heart 5K
2.  Shreveport, LA - Sportspectrum Autumn Breeze 10K (1.  Caddo)
3.  Lafayette, LA - Cingular Wireless Cajun Cup 10K  (2.  Lafayette)

2004
4.  Little Rock, AR - Little Rock Half Marathon
5.  Columbus, OH - Capital City Half Marathon
6.  Lakewood, OH - 3rd annual Lakewood Hospital Foundation Ambulance Chase 5K
7.  Sharon, PA - 2nd annual 5K Sunset Shuffle
8.  Indianapolis, IN - Indianapolis Life 500 Festival Mini-Marathon
9.  Kennett, PA - Kennett Square Run
10.  Oklahoma City, OK - Panera Bread Super Summer Eight
11.  Joliet, IL - Joliet Park District Sundowner 5K
12.  Hammond, IN - 24th annual Friendship Race 5K
13.  Chicago, IL - 28th annual Chicago Distance Classic
14.  Manchester, NH - 12th annual Cigna Healthcare Corporate 5K Road Race
15.  Hopewell, NJ - 25th annual Hopewell Challenge 10K
16.  Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Buckeye Half Marathon
17.  Washington, DC - Marine Corps Marathon
18.  Lake Charles, LA - Swamp Stomp Half Marathon (3.  Calcasieu)

2005
19.  Des Moines, IA - Drake Relays On The Roads Half Marathon
20.  Lincoln, NE - Lincoln Half Marathon
21.  Parkersburg, WV - News and Sentinel Half Marathon
22.  Albuquerque, NM - Sandia Peak Keith Howard Challenge 7. 2 Miles
23.  Flagstaff, AZ - Big Brothers Big Sisters Half Marathon
24.  New York City, NY - ING New York City Marathon

2006
25.  New Orleans, LA - Mardi Gras Marathon (4.  Orleans)
26.  The Dalles, OR - Wheatfield Half Marathon
27.  Vancouver, BC - Spring Forward 5K (Stanley Park)
28.  Prince George, BC - Prince George Roadrunners Hart Half Marathon
29.  White Rock, BC - Sandcastle City Classic 10K
30.  Tacoma, WA - Sound to Narrows 12K
31.  Port Angeles, WA - North Olympic Discovery Half Marathon
32.  Bellingham, WA - Berry Dairy Days 10K
33.  Battle Ground, WA - Harvest Days Milk Run 10 Miler
34.  Anacortes, WA - Tesoro March Point 10K
35.  Squamish, BC - Squamish Days 10K
36.  Fairhaven, WA - Fairhaven Runners Waterfront 15K
37.  Seattle, WA - Elephant Stampede 5K
38.  Boise, ID - City of Trees Marathon
39.  Mount Vernon, WA - FootwoRX Fowl Fun Run 10K
40.  Surrey, BC - Bear Creek Classic 10K
41.  Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Marathon

2007
42.  Alpharetta, GA - Alpharetta Marathon
43.  Mercer Island, WA - Mercer Island Rotary Run Day Half Marathon
44.  Wenatchee, WA - Apple Blossom 10K
45.  Spokane, WA - Bloomsday 12K
46.  Fargo, ND - Fargo Half Marathon
47.  Hastings, MN - Apple Blossom Half Marathon
48.  Lander, WY - Lander Half Marathon
49.  Leadville, CO - Leadville Heavy Half Marathon
50.  Roaring Springs, PA - Liberty Days 5K
51.  Erie, PA - Presque Isle Half Marathon
52.  Ridgefield, CT - Ridgefield Half Marathon
53.  Tucson (Oracle), AZ - Tucson Marathon

2008
54.  Abilene, KS - Eisenhower Half Marathon
55.  St. Louis, MO - Go! St.   Louis Half Marathon
56.  Rochester, MN - Med-City Marathon
57.  Sioux Falls, SD - Sioux Falls Half Marathon

2009
58.  Mobile, AL - First Light Half Marathon
59.  Wilmington, DE - Delaware Half Marathon
60.  South Bend, IN - Sunburst Races Half Marathon
61.  Ridgeland, MS - Renaissance at Colony Park Half Marathon
62.  Smithsburg, MD - Bill Beckwith 5K
63.  Arkadelphia, AR - Running to be Cancer FrEEE Breast Cancer 5K
64.  Greenville, SC - Spinx Fest Half Marathon
65.  Augusta, GA - 2nd annual Augusta Half Marathon
66.  Clarksville, TN - Clarksville Half Marathon
67.  Roanoke, VA - Star City Half Marathon
68.  Concord, NC - Hendrick Marrow Program Half Marathon

2010
69.  Jackson, MS - Mississippi Blues Half Marathon
70.  Ipswich, MA - Chase The Gorilla Down Argilla 5K
71.  Scituate, MA - Shawn Patterson Memorial Road Race 10K
72.  Bozeman, MT - Lewis and Clark Half Marathon
73.  Garden City, UT - Bear Lake Half Marathon
74.  Altoona, PA - Altoona Summer Biathlon
75.  Louisville, KY - Walk Away From Colon Cancer 5K
76.  Elroy, WI - Elroy Tunnel-Trails Half Marathon
77.  Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia Marathon

2011 
78.  Brewton, AL - Blueberry Chase 5K
79.  Kailua-Kona, HI - UCC Coffee Kona Marathon
80.  San Francisco, CA - San Francisco Marathon
81.  Park City, UT - Park City Marathon
82.  West Bend, IL - Eisenbahn Marathon
83.  Moline, IL - Quad Cities Marathon
84.  Bristol, NH - New Hampshire Half Marathon
85.  Portland, ME - Maine Half Marathon
86.  Mandeville, LA - Gulf Coast Half Marathon (5.  St. Tammany)
87.  Huntsville, AL - Rocket City Marathon
88.  Springfield, MO - Run For The Ranch Marathon

2012
89.  Olathe, KS - Garmin Marathon in the Land of Oz
90.  Reno, NV - Reno 5000
91.  Anchorage, AK - Alaska's Men's Run 5-Miler
92.  Fairbanks (Fox), AK - 47th annual Gold Discovery Run
93.  Cordova, AK - King Salmon Marathon
94.  Rachel, NV - Extraterrestrial Full Moon Midnight Marathon
95.  Baton Rouge, LA - Reindeer Run 5K (6.  East Baton Rouge)
96.  Franklinton, LA - Q50 Seven-Mile Trail Run (7.  Washington)

2013
97.  Cape May, NJ - Ocean Drive Marathon
98.  Holidaysburg, PA - Bud Shuster Run For Your Life 5K
99.  State College, PA - 4th annual Beaver Stadium Run 5K
100.  Champaign, IL - Presence Covenant Medical Center Illinois 5K
101.  Cleveland, OH - Inside The Park Home Run Races 4M
102.  Forest, VA - Poplar Forest 5K
103.  Salem, MA - Devil's Chase 6.66-Miler
104.  Falmouth, MA - Cape Cod Marathon
105.  Raleigh, NC - City of Oaks Marathon

2014
106.  Irvington, AL - Bryant High School Hurricane 5K
107.  Tyrone, PA - Faith Day 10K
108.  Clearfield, PA - Royal 5K
109.  Pembroke, NC - Lumbee Homecoming 5K
110.  Gastonia, NC - Hot Top Trail Race 10K
111.  Lynchburg, VA - Lynchburg Half Marathon
112.  Burnham, PA - Grace Race 5K
113.  Tipton, PA - 6th annual Labor Day 5K
114.  Broomfield, CO - Aspen Creek PTA K-8 Howl at the Moon 5K
115.  Denver, CO - Blue Shoe Run For Prostate Cancer 5K
116.  Peetz, CO - Peetz Glow For It Run 5K

2015
117.  Minden, LA - Minden Run For St. Jude Half Marathon (8.  Webster)
118.  Fort Smith, AR - Fort Smith Half Marathon
119.  Bay St. Louis, MS - Bring It To The Bay Half Marathon

120.  Grand Caverns Signature 5K, Grottoes, VA
121.  Montalto Challenge 5K, Charlottesville, VA
122.  Camp Creek 5K, Waverly, NE
123.  Sturgis Falls Half Marathon, Cedar Falls, IA
124.  Stony Lake Sparkler 5K, Shelby, MI
125.  Ohio Michigan 8K, Sylvania, OH
126.  Trample The Trails - Pheasant Branch, Middleton, WI
127.  Findlay Township Semi-Great Race 5K, Clinton, PA
128.  Forest Hills HS Alumni Association 5K, Sidman, PA
129.  Quarterback Club of York 10K, York, PA
130.  Flying Horse Half Marathon, Anthony, NM
131.. Pensacola Half Marathon, Pensacola, FL
132.  American Family Fitness Half Marathon, Richmond, VA
133.  Tulsa Route 66 Half Marathon, Tulsa, OK
134.  Dash Away 5K, McCalla, AL

2016
135.  Pepperdine University Coastal Run/Walk For Foster Youth 5K, Playa Del Rey, CA
136.  Run To Remember Los Angeles 10K, Los Angeles, CA
137.  Louisiana Paradise Bridge Run 13.1K, Slidell, LA
138.  Union Hospital Run For Home Half Marathon, New Philadelphia, OH
139.  Columbia Half Marathon, Columbia, MD
140.  Revel Mt. Charleston Half Marathon, Las Vegas, NV
141.  Mayfest 5K, Fryburg, PA
142.  35th annual Black Moshannon 10K, Philipsburg, PA
143.  36th annual Boalsburg Memorial Day Run 3.8 M, Boalsburg, PA
144.  Bourbon Derby Half Marathon, Paris, KY
145.  Lake Michigan Half Marathon, Muskegon, IL
146.  Downers Grove 5-Miler, Downers Grove, IL
147.  37th annual Willow River Run 5K, New Richmond, WI
148.  32nd annual Moonlight Chase 4M, Eldridge, IA
149.  Storm The Bastille 5K, Milwaukee, WI
150.  Funfest Freaky Friday 5K, Gibbon, MN
151.  Belle Plaine Bull Run 5K, Belle Plaine, MN
152.  42nd annual Health Focus Salem Distance Run 10K, Salem, VA
153.  Best Dam Run in Vermont Half Marathon, Whttingham, VT
154.  Pocatello Half Marathon, Pocatello, ID
155.  Purple For A Purpose 5K, Springdale, AR
156.  Jay 5K, Jay, OK
157.  Air Capital Half Marathon, Wichita, KS
158.  Junior Auxiliary of Eunice Jingle Bell Rock and Run 5K, Eunice, LA (9.  St. Landry)
159.  Lakeside High School Viking 5K, Atlanta, GA

2017
160.  35th Annual Ponchatoula Jaycees Strawberry Strut 10K, Ponchatoula, LA (10. Tangipahoa) 
161.  The Sports Fanatic 5K, Kennesaw, GA
162.  Burn Your Half Off Half Marathon, Chattanooga, TN
163.  Bismarck Marathon, Bismarck, ND

2018
164.  111th Anniversary Jackson Day Race 9K, Arabi, LA (11.  St. Bernard)
165.  Joplin Memorial Run Half Marathon, Jolpin, MO
166.  12th annual Dr. John Yelenic Memorial Day 5K, Blairsville, PA
167.  Gabriel Lee Friedline Memorial Run 5K, Schellsburg, PA
168.  25th annual Westfield Half Marathon, Westfield, MA
169.  19th annual Rumford Lions/Scott Gorham 5K, East Providence, RI
170.  River City 5K, North Little Rock, AR
171.  Moore War Run 5K, Moore, OK
172.  Great Cape Escape 5K, Elon, NC
173.  Hokie Half Marathon, Blacksburg, VA
174.  UMASS Resolution Run 5K, Amherst, MA
175.  Colt State Park Half Marathon, Bristol, RI

2019
176.  Revel Kulia Half Marathon, Waikoloa Beach, HI
177.  Leakin Park parkrun 5K #103, Baltimore, MD
178.  South Boulder Creek parkrun 5K #72, Boulder, CO
179.  Run For Their Lives 5K, Ebensburg, PA
180.  Charleston parkrun 5K #74, Charleston, WV
181.  DHS Cross Country Boat Parade 5K, Delcambre, LA (12.  Iberia)
182.  Bonfire Festival 5K, Lutcher, LA (13.  St. James)
183.  Clermont Waterfront parkrun 5K, Clermont, FL

2020
184.  Tom King Classic 5K, Nashville, TN
185.  Hope Watermelon 5K, Hope, AR

2021
186.  The SHARK Run 5K, Orange Beach, AL
187.  Dasher Dancer Prancer 5K, Carencro, LA

2023
188.  18th annual Watermelon Fest 5K, DeRidder, LA (14.  Beauregard)

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

Most Women's US Parkrun Wins in 2023 (Through 4/29)

10 - Claire CHAPMAN - Weedon Island Preserve

10 - Emily SAUS - Sippo Lake

9 - Lindsey MCGLINCH - Livonia

9 - Vicky DOUXMONT - Winthrop Trailhead

8 - Britt JOHNSON-BROACHE - Durham NC

7 - Emily HOSCILOWICZ - Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation

7 - Fiona GREEN - Bear Creek Greenbelt

7 - Karen CRANE - Mansfield OH

7 - Kyla BERTHOLD - Rossevelt Island DC, Fletcher's Cove

7 - T G - Des Moines Creek, South Boulder Creek

6 - Anna PENLEY - Rec Plex North

6 - Francine LEPAGE - Courthouse Lake, Hamlet Park

6 - Liz OZEKI - Kensington

6 - Louise MURPHY - Joe Creason, Warren County Armco

6 - Martha SALAZAR - Delaware and Raritan Canal

6 - Sara WOODWARD - Lillie

6 - Shauna DIXON - Depot Park

Most Men's US Parkrun Wins in 2023 (Through 4/29)

12 - Jeffrey BOERNER - City Park, Iowa

12 - Ryan MURPHY - Des Moines Creek

10 - Andrei RIDZEL - Kensington

10 - James COCHRAN - Charleston

10 - Joshua STYRON - Lillie, Livonia, Warren County Armco

10 - Michael ROGERS - Peace Valley

9 - Greg NANCE - Fort Ward

8 - Andrew TOBBEN - Weedon Island Preserve

8 - Philip MOLLOY - Durham NC, Umstead Park, Creekside

8 - Tyler CHENHALL - Byxbee

7 - Justice FOREMAN - Osborn MetroPark

7 - Liam ROBINSON - Deep Run

7 - William DIETRICH - Depot Park

6 - Andreas HEILMANN - Northside Beltline

6 - Andy ROTH - Winthrop Trailhead

6 - Hiromitsu NAMBA - Rock Creek Trail

6 - Juan LEG - Heritage Harbor

6 - William ORNDORFF - Baltimore and Annapolis Trail

2023 Legacy Capital The Woodlands Marathon Boston Qualifiers (153)

2:19:44 - Jonathan Hiley, 36, M, Tequisquiapan, QUE

2:28:18 - Bashash Walio, 30, M, Gunnison, CO

2:35:49 - Oscar Garcia, 27, M, Houston, TX

2:35:59 - Trace Greer, 25, M, Center, TX

2:37:49 - Caleb Bendewald, 29, M, Granbury, TX

2:38:08 - Ian Landwehr, 25, M, Daleville, IN

2:39:34 - John Ladesic, 41, M, Olney, MD

2:40:39 - Collin Sepulveda, 26, M, San Antonio, TX

2:43:08 - Preston Hill, 47, M, Houston, TX

2:44:31 - Meng Zhao, 48, M, Frisco, TX

2:44:45 - Carlos Parra, 37, M, Dallas, TX

2:47:04 - Adriana Zuniga, 32, F, Guadalupe, ZAC

2:47:12 - Don Humphreys, 34, M, Round Rock, TX

2:47:50 - Girts Starks, 39, M, Corpus Christi, TX

2:48:20 - Shihui Mang, 53, M, Plano, TX

2:48:43 - Diego Chavez, 39, M, Cdmx, DIF

2:49:07 - Ashley Paulson, 41, F, Saint George, UT

2:49:15 - Omar Paredes, 42, M, League City, TX

2:49:53 - Enrique Guerrero, 48, M, Houston, TX

2:52:19 - Jason Falzon, 39, M, Friendswood, TX

2:52:51 - Masashi Hirano, 51, M, Houston, TX

2:53:06 - Chandler Ogden, 29, M, San Antonio, TX

2:53:20 - Samantha McClellan, 34, F, The Woodlands, TX

2:53:55 - Matt Grandjean, 35, M, Houston, TX

2:54:54 - Chase Campbell, 27, M, Austin, TX

2:55:00 - Luis Zuniga, 32, M, Katy, TX

2:55:18 - Gregorio Pinedo, 36, M, San Nicolas, NLE

2:55:20 - Jordi Arrieta, 26, M, Mexico, DIF

2:55:21 - Andre Dompierre, 32, M, Grand Rapids, MI

2:55:22 - Kenny Gildersleeve, 33, M, Austin, TX

2:55:31 - Jason Van Divier, 50, M, Parker, CO

2:56:22 - Jonathan Ciccone, 22, M, Southlake, TX

2:56:43 - Evan Del Rio, 22, M, Clinton, MS

2:56:46 - Javier Cortina, 34, M, Ciudad De Mexico, DIF

2:56:50 - Andrew Littlefield, 31, M, Houston, TX

2:56:54 - Alexis Espinoza, 26, M, Yuma, AZ

2:57:03 - Ana Patricia Pe Solorzano, 39, F, Mexico, DIF

2:57:20 - Mason Jordan, 24, M, Austin, TX

2:57:29 - Travis Keane, 15, M, Lorena, TX (Unofficial; not 18 on race day)

2:57:30 - Elijah Araya, 22, M, The Woodlands, TX

2:57:30 - Jerod Honrath, 49, M, Dripping Springs, TX

2:57:33 - Javier Vazquez, 32, M, Cdmx, DIF

2:57:53 - Jesus Rady, 23, M, Monterrey, NLE

2:58:07 - Robert Milam IV, 37, M, Webster, TX

2:58:20 - Diego Daniel Romero Kalifa, 27, M, San Pedro Garza Garcia, NLE

2:58:28 - Kerry Lee, 48, M, League City, TX

2:58:46 - Davood Abdollahian, 36, M, Houston, TX

2:58:53 - Mark Burton, 31, M, Prairieville, LA

2:59:15 - Jose Oliva, 34, M, Guatemala, 

2:59:54 - Mark Magyar, 42, M, Grand Rapids, MI

3:01:02 - Luis Rojas, 40, M, Aubrey, TX

3:01:26 - Jose Aguilar, 38, M, Aubrey, TX

3:01:31 - Patrick Steffen, 34, M, Kansas City, MO

3:02:20 - Kenaia Neumann, 27, F, Houston, TX

3:02:27 - Brandon Boyd, 34, M, Dallas, TX

3:02:52 - Alberto Scheffler, 35, M, Cdmx, DIF

3:04:49 - Ornella Medina, 36, F, Cdmx, DIF

3:04:49 - Logan Keller, 35, M, Lake Charles, LA

3:05:26 - Andrew Pozza, 42, M, San Antonio, TX

3:05:37 - Alison Matthews, 43, F, Houston, TX

3:06:00 - Jeff Short, 41, M, Pearland, TX

3:06:17 - Jose Arturo Ramirez Muci�o, 42, M, Tlalpan, DIF

3:07:06 - Adam Herndon, 39, M, Fort Worth, TX

3:07:17 - Guillermo Maiale, 39, M, Beaumont, TX

3:07:45 - Juan Jose Cardona, 40, M, Mexico City, DIF

3:08:27 - Chris Jacobs, 51, M, Austin, TX

3:11:20 - Christine Hickson, 43, F, Keller, TX

3:11:37 - Jean-Philippe Hebral, 44, M, Spring, TX

3:13:44 - Thanhtam Dinh, 51, M, Houston, TX

3:14:02 - Corby Bittner, 53, M, Austin, TX

3:14:59 - Abdurrahman Ipekisleyen, 50, M, Harlingen, TX

3:16:08 - Enrique Rincon, 51, M, Houston, TX

3:16:53 - Lianxue Yan, 52, M, Wayne, PA

3:16:53 - Antonio Rosales, 50, M, Pearland, TX

3:16:55 - Marene De La Parra Bertran, 35, F, Mexico City, DIF

3:17:10 - Stephen Baumgartner, 49, M, Houston, TX

3:17:11 - Jun Ellorimo, 48, M, Harlingen, TX

3:17:29 - Gregg Fergot, 59, M, Novato, CA

3:17:34 - Maria Fernandez, 40, F, Puebla, PUE

3:18:13 - Brent Scott, 49, M, The Woodlands, TX

3:18:24 - Tammy Haws, 38, F, Allen, TX

3:18:28 - Thierry Joffrain, 46, M, Austin, TX

3:18:34 - Erin Wheeler, 31, F, Montgomery, TX

3:18:51 - Francisco Garza, 57, M, Houston, TX

3:19:17 - Tracy Larson, 42, F, Breckenridge, CO

3:20:53 - Pablo Perez Leon, 52, M, Katy, TX

3:21:44 - Jennifer Cross, 45, F, The Woodlands, TX

3:22:15 - Lori Domaschk, 40, F, Houston, TX

3:22:17 - Katie Tewart, 40, F, Houston, TX

3:22:21 - Claudio Guerra, 49, M, Waco, TX

3:22:21 - Kachy Gaytan, 56, M, Waco, TX

3:23:26 - Esau Velazquez, 51, M, Katy, TX

3:23:27 - Shawn Coker, 51, M, Houston, TX

3:23:30 - Andrea Karina Perez, 28, F, Estado De Mexico, MEX

3:24:18 - Robert Stepp, 62, M, Spring, TX

3:24:43 - Jasmine Goodenow, 43, F, Houston, TX

3:25:18 - Jessica Bean, 35, F, Royse City, TX

3:25:23 - Valeria Solis, 28, F, Ciudad De Mexico, DIF

3:26:26 - Kamrie Kingston, 33, F, Liberty Hill, TX

3:26:37 - Kennedy Weghorst, 26, F, College Station, TX

3:27:01 - Gladis Melendez, 44, F, Houston, TX

3:27:35 - Aubrey Olson, 26, F, Dallas, TX

3:27:47 - Stephanie Garces, 37, F, Mexico City, MEX

3:28:27 - Riley Lee, 24, F, Magnolia, TX

3:28:37 - Lourdes Berrondo, 34, F, Spring, TX

3:28:49 - Maureen Meredith, 40, F, The Woodlands, TX

3:28:52 - Dani Heider, 41, F, Spring, TX

3:28:57 - Jessica Alberico, 34, F, The Woodlands, TX

3:29:21 - Heather Calderone, 27, F, Spring, TX

3:30:11 - Rheanna Haines, 36, F, Katy, TX

3:30:22 - Jessica Forsyth, 38, F, Frisco, TX

3:30:50 - Carl Mountford, 59, M, Katy, TX

3:31:01 - Xiaolu Cui, 39, F, Plano, TX

3:31:15 - Scott Alexander, 55, M, Beaumont, TX

3:32:01 - Melissa Yarbrough, 42, F, La Vernia, TX

3:32:20 - Sarah Roach, 42, F, Pearland, TX

3:32:21 - Michelle Chavez, 42, F, Miami, FL

3:32:21 - Doris (chongxun Pan, 50, F, Katy, TX

3:32:34 - Janna Levy, 40, F, Austin, TX

3:33:40 - Raul Arturo De Leon Villanueva, 62, M, Monterrey, NLE

3:35:07 - Marni Sanders, 39, F, Rockwall, TX

3:36:28 - Wendi Kirkland, 40, F, Willis, TX

3:37:23 - Veronica Martinez, 45, F, Windermere, FL

3:38:59 - Erin Coulter, 39, F, Frisco, TX

3:39:57 - Kseniia Melnikova, 41, F, Houston, TX

3:40:01 - Jim Capron, 59, M, Medina, OH

3:41:23 - Leyla Osterhus, 51, F, The Woodlands, TX

3:43:19 - Lisa Kelly, 48, F, Montgomery, TX

3:43:41 - Andrea Hudson Baldwin, 63, F, Dallas, TX

3:44:09 - Brecken Watterson, 45, F, Georgetown, TX

3:44:26 - Tuongvi Cao, 47, F, Houston, TX

3:44:46 - Lorena Rowell, 47, F, Spring, TX

3:44:49 - Kim Sidey, 62, M, Aiken, SC

3:45:29 - Wei Zhan, 59, M, College Station, TX

3:45:44 - Margarita Castillo, 49, F, Willis, TX

3:46:02 - Guadalupe Guadarrama, 53, F, Houston, TX

3:46:49 - Kevin Loughnane, 66, M, La Grange, TX

3:46:59 - Donna Fuentes, 51, F, Heath, TX

3:48:50 - Ping Zhao, 45, F, Katy, TX

3:49:39 - Ed Feeney, 64, M, Boulder, CO

3:50:11 - Suzy Seeley, 63, F, Houston, TX

3:50:58 - Florence Binet, 52, F, Houston, TX

3:52:47 - Pam Guidry, 64, F, Orange, TX

3:54:58 - Noemi Muro, 50, F, Conroe, TX

3:55:26 - Thomas Thomson, 68, M, Shavano Park, TX

3:56:55 - Wayne Beyer, 66, M, The Woodlands, TX

4:00:00 - Alberto Agostini, 64, M, Spring, TX

4:02:38 - Jodi Graman, 58, F, Mckinney, TX

4:03:01 - Luis Elizondo, 64, M, South Padre Island, TX

4:05:41 - Evelyn Natal, 60, F, Highland Village, TX

4:06:03 - Julie White, 59, F, The Woodlands, TX

4:06:16 - Sherrijean Husser, 64, F, Independence, LA

4:07:37 - Jelka Jonker, 65, F, Austin, TX

4:13:45 - Kay Stewart, 61, F, Friendswood, TX

Waverly Walk - Complete Marathon History

4:45:26 - 12th annual Legacy Capital The Woodlands Marathon - 3/4/23
4:51:23 - Chevron Houston Marathon, 1/14/18
5:17:21 - Marine Corps Marathon, 10/27/19

The Woodlands Marathon 2023 Double Eligibles

2K - 10K (6)

Prem Kumar Ananda Padmanaban, 36, M, Conroe

Bianca Brand, 37, F, Conroe

Martin Brand, 39, M, Conroe

Ashley Chotain, 39, F, The Woodlands

Wendolyn Dam, 31, F, Houston

Meredith Dillon, 43, F, The Woodlands

2K - Half Marathon (5)

Crystal Behrens, 36, F, Houston

Jose Chavez, 39, M, Spring

Paola Fernandez De Castro, 40, F, Spring

Shelley Hinkle, 51, F, Magnolia

Carrie Murtland, 37, F, Spring

5K - 10K (35)

Lourdes Almonte, 44, F, The Woodlands

Sebastian Calderon-Espinosa, 15, M, Spring

Barry Carroll, 61, M, The Woodlands

Ileana Carroll, 60, F, The Woodlands

Lacin Coetzee, 31, F, The Woodlands

Michael S. Dwyer, 73, M, The Woodlands

Alejandro Espinosa, 52, M, Conroe

Rodrigo Farias, 48, M, The Woodlands

Paula Garcia, 33, F, Spring

Colin Hayden, 15, M, Spring

Ken Johnson, 81, M, Huntsville

Rahul Kumar, 35, M, The Woodlands

Mike Kuykendall, 61, M, Spring

Victoria Lamb, 39, F, Spring

Andrea Malone, 51, F, Houston

Suely Mello, 56, F, Conroe

Marta Mixa, 65, F, Conroe

Emily Morse, 25, F, Tomball

Scott Nance, 41, M, Houston

Bartenderx Oropeza, 47, M, Houston

Gaby Ortiz, 35, F, Spring

Brayden Park, 15, M, Spring

Jerritt Park, 45, M, Spring

Anjanette Paul, 40, F, Spring

Denise Powers, 50, F, Spring

Jerry Reimer, 70, M, Spring

Todd Rivers, 45, M, Spring

Adam Rudy, 48, M, Tomball

Thomas Samples, 34, M, Clifton

Tim Sefton, 35, M, The Woodlands

Shae Smith, 48, F, Shenandoah

Anita Torr, 47, F, Tomball

Lezlie Walla, 41, F, Houston

Stephanie Weiss, 61, F, Tomball

Kimberly Ziccarelli, 62, F, Waupaca, WI

5K - Half Marathon (69)

Monica Agresti, 45, F, Houston

Alexandria Allen, 45, F, Conroe

Annie Behr, 39, F, Haslet

Cooper Beltran, 29, M, Willis

Joseph Bettencourt, 45, M, Spring

Paolo Biagi, 51, M, Spring

Anette Bonifas, 40, F, The Woodlands

Nikki Cannon, 41, F, Houston

Regina Castellanos, 18, F, Tomball

Christi Chavez, 39, F, Spring

Devyn Cloninger, 28, M, Houston

Benjamin Conti, 39, M, Tomball

Danielle Cureton, 35, F, Spring

Mollyanne Davis, 44, F, The Woodlands

Stefanie Delzer, 42, F, The Woodlands

Roger Derksen, 57, M, Conroe

Jorden Dolan, 33, F, Spring

Molly Dopico, 13, F, Spring

Pablo Dopico, 53, M, Spring

Emma Eastman, 17, F, Spring

Julie Eastman, 45, F, Spring

Pamela Ebbs, 39, F, The Woodlands

Collette Edwards, 23, F, Spring

Sabih Effendi, 39, M, Spring

Chelsea Fullmer, 40, F, Conroe

Rajasakthivel Ganesan, 45, M, Springthe Woodlands

Oral Gomez, 46, M, Manvel

Marisol Gomez Rama, 57, F, Conroe

Delaney Graves, 24, F, Houston

John Hauschildt, 53, M, Houston

Camellia Jacks, 55, F, The Woodlands

Marcela Jaramillo, 49, F, Shenandoah

Andrew Jensen, 27, M, Katy

Van Joslin, 37, M, Spring

Alex Kajdan, 33, M, Conroe

Christopher Kelly, 34, M, The Woodlands

Christen Kitchens, 36, F, Conroe

Deborah Kubicek, 49, F, Spring

Vinod Kumar, 43, M, Conroe

Brad Kuykendall, 47, M, Spring

Eva Laird, 44, F, Huffman

Michael Lange, 60, M, Conroe

Peter Langille, 43, M, The Woodlands

Patrick Lewis, 57, M, Spring

Adrianne Lopez, 44, F, Magnolia

Geoffrey Lussier, 55, M, Spring

Erin Mattson, 38, F, Spring

Katie McEntyre, 44, F, Spring

Shannon McGuire, 26, F, Spring

Laura McLaughlin, 34, F, Spring

Kathy McWilliams, 78, F, Spring

Jimena Mendoza, 46, F, Spring

Emma Mitchell, 37, F, Spring

Donald Paull, 51, M, The Woodlands

Jimy Prajapati, 43, M, Spring

Mark Prior, 55, M, The Woodlands

Angel Rivera, 50, M, Spring

Elias Rodriguez, 37, M, Conroe

Leanne Rosser, 53, F, Spring

Sarah Rowe, 39, F, Magnolia

Eboni Scott, 40, F, Spring

Emily Shields, 40, F, Conroe

Kenward Sims, 74, M, Montgomery

Pam Stanosheck, 48, F, The Woodlands

Tjaden Stanosheck, 22, M, The Woodlands

Chasten Strahan, 25, F, Spring

Myrick Thibodeaux, 57, M, Conroe

James Wight, 41, M, Conroe

Paola Zapata, 46, F, Spring

5K - Marathon (22)

Mark Bonney, 52, M, The Woodlands

Erin Boone, 44, F, Tomball

Abigail Boyce, 26, F, Spring

Alex Bunch, 52, M, Shenandoah

Elisa Cisneros-Del Campo, 44, F, Cypress

Jeffrey Custer, 52, M, Conroe

Coty Dolan, 32, M, Spring

Zachary Garcia, 28, M, The Woodlands

Maureen Meredith, 40, F, The Woodlands

Grethel Miranda, 34, F, Porter

Michelle Mouton, 50, F, Spring

Luis Navarrete, 28, M, Spring

Pedro Obando, 39, M, Crosby

Richard Oechslin, 46, M, Houston

Allen Robles, 42, M, Spring

Erin Savala, 38, F, The Woodlands

Robert Savala, 39, M, The Woodlands

Jonathan Stuart, 36, M, Katy

Rachel Swann, 51, F, Latheron, Scotland

Michael Swanson, 40, M, Katy

Waverly Walk, 27, F, Spring

Cornelius Ware, 30, M, Houston

The Woodlands Marathon: 10 or More Individual Race Finishes (2012-2023 5K)

The Woodlands Marathon - Most Finishes (2012-2022; Pre-2023)

The following athletes, heading into the 2023 Legacy Capital The Woodlands Half Marathon on Saturday, March 4, have the most number of marathon finishes in the past 11 years of the race (2012-2022):

11 - Gabriel Belforti*

11 - Henrita Van Wyngaarden*

11 - Kori Scott*

10 - Brent Scott* (not in 2013)

10 - David Coats (not in 2021)

10 - Jay Everett* (not in 2020)

10 - Karen Berglund (not in 2022)

10 - Richard Carroll* (not in 2019)

10 - Stephen Kallus* (not in 2021)

10 - Vincent Attanucci* (not in 2015)

10 - Yen Nguyen (not in 2013)

 9 - Carlos Reyes (not in 2012, HM in 2022)

 9 - Charles Frymire (2012-2020)

 9 - Jonathan Zwickel* (2012-2020)

 9 - Ron Berglund (not in 2021, HM in 2022)

 8 - Daniel Kallus*

 8 - Hamilton Hadebe*

 8 - Hung Hoang

 8 - Kerry Lee*

 8 - Kevin Butler* (plus 1 half marathon)

 8 - Mary Berta (plus 1 half marathon)

 8 - Natalie Camps (plus 1 half marathon)

 8 - Quoc Duong

 8 - Rolando Reyes*

 8 - Stephen Baumgartner*

 8 - William Moeller

* indicates the athlete is signed up for the 2023 race distance.

The Woodlands Half Marathon - Most Finishes (2012-2022; Pre-2023)

The following athletes, heading into the 2023 Houston Methodist Orthopedics and Sports Medicine The Woodlands Half Marathon on Saturday, March 4, have the most number of half marathon finishes in the past 11 years of the race (2012-2022):

11 - Kathy McWilliams*

11 - Camelia Jacks*

11 - Carlos Sepulveda*

11 - Edward Campos

11 - Erica Welter*

11 - Lyndon Yates*

11 - Margot Campos

11 - Rich Fredrich

11 - Rip Reynolds

11 - Valerie Byers*

10 - Barry Beacher* (not in 2021)

10 - Catriona Edmond* (not in 2021)

10 - Deborah Sanborn (not in 2022)

10 - Galbraith Weaver (not in 2017)

10 - John McGowan* (marathon in 2018)

10 - Justo Marin (not in 2020)

10 - Kim Easton (not in 2020)

10 - Robin Holcomb* (not in 2018)

9 - Chris Allen* (not in 2012 and 2021)

9 - Crystale Bonjour* (2014-2022)

9 - Danielle Foder (not in 2018 and 2022)

9 - Dawn Renken* (not in 2017 and 2021)

9 - Denise Andrew (2012-2020)

9 - Elsa Govea* (not in 2015 and 2021)

9 - Erika Espinosa (not in 2012; marathon in 2021)

9 - Erin Gowton* (2014-2022)

9 - Jason Stewart (2014-2022)

9 - Jeremy Stiborik* (not 2012 and 2015)

9 - Jimmie Gowton* (2014-2022)

9 - Josh Strickland (not 2017 and 2021)

9 - Kristin Collins* (not in 2015 and 2018)

9 - Marcela Jaramillo (not in 2012 and 2017)

9 - Mark Chilton* (not in 2018 and 2020)

9 - Mark Hatfield* (not in 2012 and 2021)

9 - Matthew Giardina* (not in 2012 and 2020)

9 - Minni Malhotra* (not in 2012 and 2016)

9 - Patti Rascon (not in 2016; marathon in 2020)

9 - Rebecca Schany (not in 2012; marathon in 2014)

9 - Rob Oberg (not in 2020 and 2021)

9 - Silvia Jackson (not in 2014 and 2016)

9 - Stephanie Peloquin* (2014-2022)

9 - Yuji Iwanaka* (not in 2016 and 2021)

* indicates the athlete is signed up for the 2023 race distance.

2023 Aramco Houston Half Marathon Girls HS Age Group Performances

Female 12-15

1.  1:22:38 - Citlaly Lopez, 15, Houston (Houston Heights)

2.  1:30:35 - Hazel Vowell, 12, Richmond (The Falcons Youth Track Club) - New single age record!

3.  1:35:04 - Tessa Mize, 13, Indianapolis, IN (St. Barnabas Middle School)

4.  1:39:14 - Gigi Bass, 15, Houston (Bellaire Episcopal)

5.  1:40:55 - Olivia Falcon, 15, The Woodlands (The Woodlands College Park)

6.  1:42:48 - Mariana Erazo, 15, Richmond (Rosenberg Terry)

7.  1:42:48 - Alicia Martinez, 15, Rosenberg (Rosenberg Terry)

8.  1:43:27 - Caylin Smith, 14, Sugar Land (The Falcons Youth Track Club)

9.  1:44:06 - Madeline Lara, 14, Richmond (St. Laurence Catholic MS)

10.  1:45:43 - Meghan Carlson, 14, Katy (Katy Tompkins)

11.  1:46:04 - Missy Han, 15, Katy (Katy Taylor)

12.  1:49:13 - Kamila Martinez, 15, Houston (Alief Early College HS)

13.  1:51:45 - Tahira King, 15, Spring (The Woodlands John Cooper School)

14.  1:52:09 - Sofia Pangelinan, 13, Richmond (St. Laurence Catholic MS)

15.  1:52:51 - Enya Krathaus, 15, Houston (Houston Heights)

16.  1:53:44 - Sophia Rousse, 14, Sugar Land (The Falcons Youth Track Club)

17.  1:55:47 - Olivia Serratt, 14, Cypress (Cypress Smith MS)

18.  1:58:08 - Brooklyn Baber, 12, Houston

19.  1:58:47 - Quincey Suther, 12, Katy

20.  1:59:24 - Julia Bumgarner, 13, Houston (Houston Annuciation Orthodox MS)

Female 16-19

1.  1:22:38 - Nataly Reyna, 17, Houston (Houston Heights) - New single age record!

2.  1:25:12 - Jetzibe Trevino, 17, Huffman (Huffman Hargrave)

3.  1:30:05 - Stoya Laydevant, 16, The Woodlands (Conroe The Woodlands)

4.  1:32:13 - Madison Haldiman, 17, Sugar Land (Richmond George Ranch)

5.  1:34:12 - Mira Srinivasa, 18, Houston

6.  1:37:12 - Ashley Pierson, 17, Richmond (Richmond George Ranch)

7.  1:37:15 - Azeale Gannaway, 18, Houston (Houston St. Agnes Academy)

8.  1:37:27 - Mahek Majithia, 19, Sugar Land (Fort Bend Clements)

9.  1:39:37 - Bissinatt Abdulaziz, 16, Ethiopia (Alief Elsik)

10.  1:40:58 - Haniya Siddiqui, 17, The Woodlands (The Woodlands College Park)

11.  1:41:06 - Macari Palliser, 17, Humble (Humble Atascosita)

12.  1:41:30 - Emma Hourican, 17, Houston (Houston Duchesne Academy)

13.  1:41:42 - Lindsey Jahnke, 18, Spring (The Woodlands College Park)

14.  1:41:42 - Presley Robinson, 17, The Woodlands (The Woodlands College Park)

15.  1:41:59 - Sutton Walsh, 19, Houston (Houston Post Oak HS)

16.  1:42:05 - Megan Day, 17, The Woodlands (The Woodlands John Cooper School)

17.  1:44:19 - Madison King, 17, Rosenberg

18.  1:45:15 - Isabela Ramos, 17, Fulshear (Katy Jordan)

19.  1:45:45 - Julianna Falcon, 17, The Woodlands (The Woodlands College Park)

20.  1:46:25 - Lucia Varma, 17, Houston (Houston St. John's School)

Source:  chevronhoustonmarathon.com

Youngest Chevron Houston Marathon Legacy Runners for 2023

Should they be called the "Young Marathon Bucks"?

These 30 runners - all 36 years of age or younger - have finished 10 or more Chevron Houston Marathons to date making them the youngest Legacy Runners of them all.

And 20 of them will be in the starting corral on Sunday morning!

Men

23 - Will Lord, Sugar Land (11 finishes, consecutive)

28 - Auston Douglas, College Station (13 finishes, consecutive)

29 - Sergio Gutierrez, Houston (10 finishes, consecutive)

30 - Carlos Favela, Houston (12 finishes, consecutive)

33 - Raymond Tam, Fresno (17 finishes, consecutive)

33 - Brian Luby, Fort Worth (11 finishes, consecutive)

34 - Carlos Vances, Jr., Houston (10 finishes, consecutive)

34 - Gregory Hamre, Missouri City (10 finishes, finished in '22)

34 - Ira Ray, Houston (10 finishes, none since 2019)

34 - Robert Ontko, Sugar Land (10 finishes, 7 in a row)

35 - James Williamson, Houston (10 finishes, consecutive)

35 - Mark Balhoff, Katy (10 finishes, none since 2020)

35 - Will Rommelmann, Houston (11 finishes, finished in '22 after 7-year absence)

36 - Christopher Schneider, Austin (13 finishes, last 12 straight)

36 - Clark Doherty, Houston (10 finishes, consecutive)

36 - Joseph Thompson, Houston (10 finishes, finished in '22 after snapping 9-year streak in '21)

36 - Timothy Feges, Sugar Land (18 finishes, consecutive)

Women

31 - Amanda Nelson, Austin (10 finishes, none since 2017)

31 - Georgina Mishkin, Tulsa, OK (11 finishes, 8 in a row)

32 - Lindsay Phenix, Los Angeles, CA (10 finishes, finished in '22)

32 - Bonnie Caulfield, Irving (10 finishes, 8 consecutive from '14-'21)

34 - Emily Chik, Houston (13 finishes, consecutive)

34 - Natalie Mambretti, Fort Worth (10 finishes, none since 2020)

35 - Alli D'Acosta, Aledo (10 finishes, finished in '22 after 9 straight from '11-'19)

35 - Allyson Weimer, Oklahoma City, OK (11 finishes, none since 2019)

35 - Michelle Buzo, Sugar Land (10 finishes, none since 2018)

35 - Samantha Torres, Houston (10 finishes, consecutive)

36 - Elizabeth Newton Hayes, Houston (10 finishes, consecutive)

36 - Kristian Nielssn, Humble (12 finishes, consecutive)

36 - Mindy Briones, McKinney (12 finishes, straight from '10-'21)

Sources:  houstonresults.com, Chevron Houston Marathon app

Some Chevron Houston Marathon Legacy Runners Primed for New Milestones on Sunday

Thirty-five (35) Chevron Houston Marathon registered Legacy runners for 2023 are looking to reach a new milestone marathon in their Legacy journey on Sunday, and they are led by the woman who has finished more Chevron Houston Marathons than any other woman, Maria Camacho.

Here is the complete list of marathoners with new milestone marathons in front of them on Sunday:

40th CHM finish

209 - Maria Camacho, 67, Katy (First marathon:  1983)

35th CHM finish

512 - Larry McPhillips, 71, Port Arthur (First marathon:  1986)

513 - Manuel Gonzalez, 77, La Porte (First marathon:  1983)

514 - Gene Wilson, 69, Houston (First marathon:  1988)

30th CHM finish

530 - Irene Binash, 65, Houston (First marathon:  1994)

531 - Lupe Gomez, 69, Pasadena (First marathon:  1978)

532 - Kathryn White, 55, Tulsa, OK (First marathon:  1994)

533 - Evelina Stenroos, 69, Cypress (First marathon:  1991)

534 - Jesus Pequeno, 55, Santa Catarina, MEX (First marathon:  1990)

535 - Eddie Espinosa, 60, Houston (First marathon:  1994)

25th CHM finish

568 - Steven Holehan, 57, Conroe (First marathon:  1999)

569 - Benjamin Mayer, 55, Houston (First marathon:  1995)

570 - Danielle Skelton Reeves, 65, The Woodlands (First marathon:  1999)

571 - John Boone, 65, Houston (First marathon:  1977)

572 - Leslie Medley Russell, 56, Houston (First marathon:  1996)

20th CHM finish
616 - Craig Fox, 67, Houston (First marathon:  1996)

617 - Howard Stone, 55, Houston (First marathon:  1998)

618 - Timothy Allen, 54, Houston (First marathon:  2004)

619 - Chris St Jean, 40, Seabrook (First marathon:  2004)

620 - Grant Bue, 64, Houston (First marathon:  2004)

621 - Donna Palmer, 56, Pearland (First marathon:  2004)

622 - Brad Godwin, 61, Cypress (First marathon:  1997)

623 - Rayman Lee, 61, Spring (First marathon:  2003)

624 - Denise Sadberry, 56, Katy (First marathon:  2004)

625 - Melissa Hedges-Rankin, 59, Houston (First marathon:  1988)

626 - Egbert Nelson, 70, Sugar Land (First marathon:  2000)

627 - Kirk Norton, 55, Spring (First marathon:  2004)

628 - Susie Comstock, 61, Sugar Land (First marathon:  2002)

629 - Keli Williams, 48, Pearland (First marathon:  2003)

630 - Lisa Gonzalez, 53, The Woodlands (First marathon:  1998)

631 - Malinda Hernandez, 50, Houston (First marathon:  2001)

632 - Chris Duggan, 56, Houston (First marathon:  2003)

633 - Stan Liu, 65, Houston (First marathon:  2003)

635 - Mike Clark, 61, Houston (First marathon:  1998)

636 - Jose Oviedo, 46, Houston (First marathon:  2004)

Sources:  houstonresults.com, Chevron Houston Marathon app

Double Legacy Runners Set to go for 2023 Races

Twenty-two (22) runners have completed 10 or more races in both the Chevron Houston Marathon and the Aramco Houston Half Marathon.

Fourteen of the 22 have registered for this year's Aramco Houston Half Marathon, including two who did not participate in last year's half marathon.

Below is the complete list:

Finished 2022 Half, Registered for 2023 Half

39 - 25 M - 14 H - Phillip Smith, 86, Houston

31 - 10 M - 21 H - Nathaniel Collins, 85, Houston

27 - 13 M - 14 H - Richard Verm, 68, Houston

24 - 13 M - 11 H - Michelle Wolpert, 59, Houston

23 - 11 M - 12 H - Susan Magee, 70, Houston

22 - 11 M - 11 H - Darrin Caramonta, 56, Houston

22 - 10 M - 12 H - Marshall Cohen, 64, Houston

22 - 11 M - 11 H - Richard Cooper, 58, The Woodlands

22 - 11 M - 11 H - Ronald Bahr, 63, Montgomery

22 - 12 M - 10 H - Steve Lowe, 68, Pearland

22 - 10 M - 12 H - Win Edwards, 68, Katy

20 - 10 M - 10 H - Monica Kervandijan, 49, Houston

Finished 2021 Half, Registered for 2023 Half

26 - 11 M - 15 H - David Williamson, 69, Houston (Last:  2021 Half)

Finished 2019 Half, Registered for 2023 Half

21 - 10 M - 11 H - Alton Robinson, 75, Houston (Last:  2019 Half)

Finished 2022 Half, Not Registered for 2023

30 - 17 M - 13 H - Lee Barron, 74, Bellville

26 - 11 M - 15 H - David Sanderson, 71, Galveston

Inactive

35 - 25 M - 10 H - Gerald Meyers, 74, Cypress (Last:  2017 Half)

25 - 15 M - 10 H - Robert Duzan, 79, League City (Last:  2021 Half)

23 - 10 M - 13 H - Joann Luco, 82, Houston (Last:  2014 Half)

23 - 10 M - 13 H - Julie Rutledge, 67, Houston (Last:  2019 Half)

22 - 12 M - 10 H - Carol St. Clair, 61, Houston (Last:  2020 Half)

20 - 10 M - 10 H - Sammy Balch, 73, Conroe (Last:  2013 Half) 

Sources:  houstonresults.com, Chevron Houston Marathon app

Eleven Set to be First-Time CHM/Aramco Legacy Runners at 70 and Over

Eleven (11) runners are registered for Sunday's Chevron Houston Marathon or Aramco Houston Half Marathon, who are slated to become first-time Legacy Runners at the age of 70 or over.

Chevron Houston Marathon
9 - Laural Cabrera, 70, F, Houston

9 - Sherri Richey, 70, F, Houston

9 - Sue Ferguson, 70, F, Houston

Aramco Houston Half Marathon

9 - Barry Davis, 70, M, Sugar Land

9 - Bronwyn Turner, 70, F, Houston

9 - George Card, 77, M, Houston

9 - Katherine Collins, 70, F, Houston

9 - Marilyn Weakley, 74, F, Kingwood

9 - Pamela Brennan, 74, F, Des Moines, IA

9 - Ruth Jackson, 75, F, Sugar Land

9 - Scott Reed, 79, M, Montgomery

Sources:  houstonresults.com, Chevron Houston Marathon app

2023 Aramco Houston Half Marathon - Longest Legacy Runners Registered

According to my research, these are the Aramco Houston Half Marathon runners who are registered for Sunday's race that have the most previous half marathon finishes:

21 - Nathaniel Collins, 86, M, Houston

20 - Scott Zarley, 63, M, Killeen

19 - Ann Wacker, 64, F, Seabrook

19 - Carol Madrid, 65, F, Friendswood

19 - Catherine Usry, 67, F, Pasadena

19 - John Polisini, 69, M, Houston

18 - Alan Hopkins, 55, M, Houston

18 - Angela Hemmen, 41, F, Colorado Springs, CO

18 - Bradley D Kalmans, 57, M, Houston

18 - Charlotte Dudley, 76, F, Houston

18 - Douglas Kelly, 59, M, Katy

18 - Mark Hemmen, 77, M, Spring Branch

18 - Randall Koenig, 67, M, Katy

18 - Sean Cochran, 57, M, Houston

18 - Sesh Bala, 78, M, Sugar Land

17 - Darrell Nichols, 69, M, Crosby

17 - Jill Tischbein, 63, F, Kingwood

17 - Nancy Ordonez, 57, F, Houston

17 - Ron Shaver, 71, M, Porter

17 - Stephen Oneil, 63, M, Beaumont

17 - Suzanne Armour, 64, F, Wharton

16 - Antonio Moreno, 58, M, Humble

16 - Catalina Garcia, 51, F, Houston

16 - Cindy Featherston, 67, F, Houston

16 - David Cook, 56, M, Houston

16 - Don Burney, 76, M, Houston

16 - Janice Satterfield, 63, F, Houston

16 - Jennifer Pao, 51, F, Sugar Land

16 - Kathy Haeckler, 68, F, Crockett

16 - Keith Cox, 65, M, Sugar Land

16 - Laura Kohlmaier, 55, F, Houston

16 - Laurel Kirkland, 60, F, Houston

16 - Mike Schroeder, 62, M, Fort Worth

16 - Robin Holcomb, 56, F, Montgomery

16 - Russell Meyer, 53, M, The Woodlands

16 - Sarah Ellis, 34, F, Austin

For runners with the following number of years finished, this is a detail of how many Legacy runners in the Aramco Houston Half Marathon there are and how many finished last year:

15 finishes - 37 total, 28 finished in 2022, oldest was 71, youngest was 29
14 finishes - 60 total, 42 finished in 2022, oldest was 86, youngest was 41

13 finishes - 81 total, 52 finished in 2022, oldest was 84, youngest was 42
12 finishes - 142 total, 85 finished in 2022, oldest was 80, youngest was 31

11 finishes - 185 total, 119 finished in 2022, oldest was 76, youngest was 31

10 finishes - 277 total, 153 finished in 2022, oldest was 74, youngest was 16 (Sam Saman)

9 finishes - 282 total, 156 finished in 2022, oldest was 79, youngest was 25

Sources:  houstonresults.com, Chevron Houston Marathon app

Spindle Tree parkrun / Vintage Park New Year's Day Classic 5K Race Report

Happy New Year!

This is going to be an honest post, but not a negative one.

My weight is up, specifically in my midsection.  It's been up before and I have gotten it down.

I knew it, but David Reynolds' pictures today at the Vintage Park New Year's Day Classic 5K confirmed it.

Cameramen with excellent equipment captures much.

I'm just going to have to work to get it down; however, I need to do more then what I have been.

Back in the day, I used to blame it on how much announcing I was doing, but I can't that excuse anymore.

It is, however, how much time I'm spending in front of a computer working on private and parochial high school athletics stuff.

I had injured my knee in the summer of 2021 while trying to complete the Great Virtual Race Across Tennessee.

From April 25 to June 24, I ran or brisk walked 314.21 miles.  

I haven't been over 100 miles in any month since the June 25 - July 24, 2021 time reporting period.

I got close - 94.72 and 92.77 miles, respectively - this last spring and early summer (April 25 - June 24, 2022), but if I split last year (December 25 - December 24) into two halves there was a marked difference.

With just 675.74 miles running and brisk walking, 428.37 of those came in the first six months.

So, time to get busy.

I ran the Spindle Tree parkrun 5K on Saturday morning and the Vintage Park New Year's Day Classic 5K today.

The times weren't what I would have liked for them to be, but they are what they are.

My time in the Spindle Tree parkrun 5K was 35:19.93 with loop times of 11:18.36, 11:37.53, 11:45.80 and 38.24 on the final section.  The loops are just slightly over a mile long.

I ran the race five times this year and this is how they compare:

12/31/22 - Spindle Tree parkrun 5K (Magnolia, TX) - 35:19.93 // 11:18.36 - 11:37.53 - 11:45.80 - 38.24

06/04/22 - Spindle Tree parkrun 5K (Magnolia, TX) - 34:59.49 // 11:00.76 - 11:36.00 - 11:46.35 - 36.38

04/16/22 - Spindle Tree parkrun 5K (Magnolia, TX) - 33:57.07 // 10:35.59 - 11:06.23 - 11:41.37 - 34.68

02/12/22 - Spindle Tree parkrun 5K (Magnolia, TX) - 33:38.35 // 10:35.90 - 11:07.11 - 11:22.68 - 32.66

02/05/22 - Spindle Tree parkrun 5K (Magnolia, TX) - 32:51.71 // 10:22.14 - 10:58.55 - 10:58.75 - 32.27

Again, work to be done.

As I mentioned in my Facebook post, a special thank you to the volunteers, which included run director Catherine Green (coach Juris Green’s wife), Isobelle Hatrick (who spearheaded getting parkrun back going in The Woodlands) and Randall Ivins.

Catherine had told me that Juris was running with one of their daughters at the Texas Marathon's half marathon race.  I would miss seeing them, of course, but I asked for her to wish them well for me.

Great to see, of course, Vincent Attanucci and Alan Hedengren, who both ran.  They have run Spindle Tree 16 and 11 times, respectively.

I've done 19 career parkruns in nine different locations, and hope to, in my travels, run in different parkrun sites again.

People had commented that I should write a book about a lot of my experiences, but I certainly could on some of the drama that has taken place over the years in the running community.

What did I say above?  Positive, not negative, right?

I wasn't able to make Ron Stitt's race a year ago since I had worked the Texas Marathon in Kingwood since 2010 for Steve and Paula Boone.

Once they made a decision not to be lead on the event anymore (as they have transitioned it to the Knights of Columbus), it was an opportunity for me and Waverly to step back from our roles as race announcer and National Anthem singer.  We were recognized at last year's event and appreciated it.

Knowing that another race was started for New Year's Day a number of months ago, I reached out to Ron to see how his numbers were.

We had a good conversation, as always, and as a result, I decided to go out and run today as a show of support to Ron and his team.

I arrived on-site around 7:45 a.m., went inside Fleet Feet Sports to get my packet (but not without seeing Daniel Braden) and Lina Fuentes was working it - from Willie's The Woodlands Marathon team, but Becky Nesbitt was there too.  

I got a great first hug of the New Year from her.

Shortly thereafter I saw Bill Dwyer and Ron, Josh Rivas and David Reynolds, the race photographer.  (I offered him money, in jest, not to take pictures of me as I knew they probably wouldn't look great.)

Paolo Biagi and Tammy Grado, from Bill's Volte Endurance Training group got there, and I think Tammy was surprised I was running.  So was I!

I went down and said "Hello!" to Donnie Artley, who was timing the race for Run Houston Timing.

And then prior to the race starting, I saw Nora Wilson, Dee Akers and Steve Sievert and was intentional in going and saying Hi! to each one of them.

The race started and things went OK.  The weight and how it is positioned on my body keeps me from going more than about three quarters of a mile without needing to walk, going 60 steps before running again.  I've accepted that that is the way that it is going to be until I can work it off again.

Becky was manning the intersection directing runners and I engaged with her coming and going.

I also saw Dave Rainey, who's a unknown legend in our running and triathlon communities here in the greater Houston area, as I finished.

My time was 35:42.45 with splits of 10:46.63, 11:28.84, 11:53.07 and 1:33.91.

The last tenth of a mile seemed off.  I asked Tammy and she had 3.15 miles and said that she tried to run every tangent and there weren't many to run.

If you adjust the time for the extra .05 miles, it would make the time 35:13, which would be in line with Saturday's effort.

Waiting for the awards, I saw Dawn English, who competed at Ironman Hawaii this past October.  She was the overall women's winner for the females.  Tammy had won the masters division.

Later in the day, I hung out with Bill at The Woodlands Running Club Sunday Night 5K that he hosts the first Sunday of every month.

Ken Johnson and Curtis Barton were the only two who had come out.

More next month, I suppose.

For me?  I'll try to find something to run next Saturday, depending upon where I'm going to catch some basketball games at.

I already have a race in College Station that's a target for Saturday, January 14.

Appreciate your support, friendship and interest.