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)
51:02 - Run Thru The Woods 5M, 11/28/24 (Age 29) - Four days after running the Tulsa Marathon
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

2024 - Finish line and awards announcing at Run Thru The Woods 5M.
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

Neches Labor Day 5K Recap

The alarm went off at 3 a.m. Monday morning.

However, the gas receipt up at the 7-Eleven at the corner of Holzwarth and Spring Steubner was stamped 3:23 a.m - and this included loading all of my announcing equipment into the car.

It would be less than three and a half hours until the start of the Kids K for the 2nd annual Neches Labor Day 5K, produced by a newer race production, the 3 Bros Running Company - some 101 miles away.

Like I shared in an earlier Facebook post, co-owner Jeremy Fermo had reached out recently to see if I was still race announcing and we talked about their event at length.

Not that I'm adverse to work, but as I've gotten older - and hopefully wiser from experience, I've learned where to attempt to minimize stress at.

My biggest question was:  "Is there power in the park?"

Jeremy was certain that there was.  

I just simply like to not have to deal with a generator unless I absolutely have to anymore.  I'm not naturally mechanically inclined and it is a variable that I like to eliminate, where possible.

He had also indicated that they would have their speakers out so it was such that I really didn't have to even bring my equipment, which was nice.  I could just bring mine along.

But the biggest factor of all?  It is nice to be in a position these days that I don't have to do any of this.

I can choose to, and I did.

Why?  Sometimes I'm not even sure.

I've known Jeremy and Willie (William) Fermo since their days running the races in the Golden Triangle put on by the Jameses, but there wasn't any special incentive to do this.

I had asked Waverly if she was interested in running it, and she decided that she wanted to have a day where she could sleep in.  You can't blame a busy, active 29-year-old young lady for that - at all.

I think it is the challenge of doing - in this case, working - a new race.

I've done many.

Some people don't thrive in situations when the playbook doesn't cover all of the possibilities that may occur, but that's where my experience - or at least I like to think so - kicks in.

I like to think that I've seen it all - or most of it.

And I've always believed that I prepare better than anybody else out there, but even once I parked my car in the park at 5:15 a.m. or so I needed to walk the grounds a bit - since I had never been to the Park - to see how everything was going to flow.

A lot of the feedback that I receive from people when I announce is, "You have a great voice."  

God has certainly blessed me with a little bit of talent, that I'm grateful for, but it is the ability to execute the race plan - and adapt in the middle of it, if necessary.

That's really the biggest talent that I bring to a race's table, so to speak.  

But it doesn't hurt when all of that is also tempered with an understanding of how to do things through the lens of good, effective public relations.

If something goes awry, which nothing did this morning, can you communicate around it so that nobody is or very few people are aware of what might be going on behind the scenes.

Like I said, experience pays off here.

Fortunately, this morning, it was clear where the start/finish line was - and a good friend, Jerry Fuqua, with Run Houston Timing, was in the process of setting everything up there.  

Jerry - and his wife, Theresa, the head cross country and track and field coach at Houston Christian University, are legends in our Houston sports community.

A majority of the activities centered around a pavilion there in Port Neches Riverfront Park and Jeremy and Willie had speakers there for the post-race award ceremonies - and what turned out to be pre-race activites too.

In our original discussion, Jeremy was going to take one of those two and carry it to the start, to announce from.

After cofirming that power - in the pavilion - was just a long extension cord plus away, using my equipment was about removing a variable in the equation.

Setup went quick and I was talking no later than 6:10 a.m. with the first pre-race activity happening at 6:40 a.m. in some words from their affiliated charity.

It was the largest race in their company's short three-year history, and the pavilion provided a captive location for the president of the charity to speak from.  

Before I arrived, I thought it was something that we might do at the start/finish line, but it really worked out well in the pavilion.

I had spoken with the individuals with the organization - ASK (Adaptive Sports for Kids'), which is based in Nederland - and they said they might need about five minutes to communicate their mission so we didn't have to go on the hard 6:40 a.m. mark, but backed off a little bit - enough to allow us to be able to move right into the pre-race warmup by one of their sponsors, HotWORX.

We then had enough time to get all of the kids - and the parents running with them - to the start line, and begin their race on-time - complete with Jeremy firing a starter's pistol used in high school and college cross country races - provided by Jerry.

In between the end of the Kids K and the start of the 5K, here comes one of the owners of the Legacy Capital The Woodlands Marathon, Danny Golden, who was there with his girlfriend.  

He was the last person I expected to see there, but certainly a very welcome sight.  

(Like I've heard many times, he said when he made it to the grounds that he had heard the voice before!)

One of the things that I do constantly is announce the time whenever I speak and what the times of the next events are in the race timeline.

The benefit to that?  A lack of chaos getting people - in today's case - to the start line.  

We had a flag presentation and the National Anthem scheduled at 7:25 a.m. - for a 7:30 a.m. start - and while I was talking, wrapping up the kids race and making more pre-race announcements, I saw the individuals involved in those activities and went to visit with them.

Kendra Queen sang the National Anthem and wow!, what a powerful and beautiful voice.  

She did an amazing job, but so too did the daughters of the Hensley family, who are key leaders in the Sea Rim Striders running club, based in Beaumont.

I just had one of the two daughters' names in my pre-race information from Jeremy, but I got both of their names and their Boy Scouts Troop number too - and was able to remember them.  (I am getting older!)

But the older of the two girls had such poise.  

She fully understood about presenting and retiring the colors, which I like to properly do at races, because I don't believe enough Americans fully understand and respect those protocols, and they did an admirable and fantastic job, including the older daughter guiding the younger one to dip her Texas flag to the U.S. flag.

The rest of the day - the race and the awards ceremony - went well.

My final preparation was a bit late on Sunday mid-afternoon to find out who was timing and to try and get a bib list, and in my busyness, I failed to ask it earlier.

But before I had Waverly print and laminate my race information and bring it to the late afternoon worship service we both attended, I went through the Track Participants function of the Run Signup page to get a good number of names and bib numbers which allowed for me to announce about half of the runners' names as they came to the finish line.

All in all, it was a good day, but with the early wake-up call, and after getting some Whataburger in Beaumont before driving back, I was wiped after I got home at about 12:15 p.m.

The most important thing is that, I've learned, I like doing the things that I do when I don't have to, but isn't that how it is with a lot in our life?

Could I execute if I had to?  

Sure, but when it is something I elect to do, that makes it all the more enjoyable.

And on some of these things that I do, when you decide to some of those opportunities up, there are others who want to scoop them up from you - and you'll never get them back if you change your mind.

2023 Texas Fourth of July Races / 2024 Preview

Fourth of July, of course, is fast approaching and many choices out there where to choose to race at - and there are many quality, proven races close to home.

Of course, the biggest race in the state each year since the Texas Heat Wave moved to Mont Belvieu in 2018 has been Gary Mulvihill's Run Wild 5K in Houston.

After race director Robby Sabban brought back the original Baytown Bud Heat Wave 5M in 2011, the two races battled it out each year for the majority of the years between then and 2017.

Last year, Run Wild 5K was the King of the Mountain.  Texas Bud Heat Wave was second with its two events and Liberty by The Lake in The Colony was third.

My first Fourth of July race as a new runner in '03 was Run Wild and twice in those early years, I also ran Stu's Country Mile (it's a 5K) up I-45 to Centerville.

I announced, of course, for many years the Baytown Bud Heat Wave, but since 2018, I've now had the chance to race in Frisco, Saint Jo (near the TX/OK border), Brownfield, Mexia (COVID year), Trophy Club and Fort Davis.

Frisco had a 4th of July Eve night race that competed for the "King of Texas" title (around 900 finishers in 2022), but it looked as if it stopped last year and a new event is in place for this year.

GREATER HOUSTON

863 - Run Wild 5K, Houston, 7/4

424 - Michelob Ultra 5K, Mont Belvieu, 7/4 (1 - 695 combined)

385 - Firecracker 5K, College Station, 7/4

271 - Texas Heat Wave 5M, Mont Belvieu, 7/4 (1)

260 - Independence Day 8K, Houston, 6/24 (2 - 424)

178 - 50th Annual BASF Firecracker 4M, Lake Jackson, 7/4 (7 - 216)

164 - Independence Day 5K, Houston, 6/24 (2)

74 - Stu's Country Mile 5K, Centerville, 7/1 (9 - 85)

38 - 50th Annual BASF Firecracker 2M Walk, Lake Jackson, 7/4

11 - Stu's Country Mile 1M, Centerville, 7/1

TEXAS

433 - Up and Running 4th of July 5K, El Paso, 7/4

406 - Independence 4K, McAllen, 7/4

397 - Liberty By The Lake 5K, The Colony, 7/1 (6 - 523)

397 - SARR Freedom Day 4-Miler, San Antonio, 7/4

310 - Let Freedom Run 5K!, Schertz, 7/4

308 - The Patriot Run 5K, The Trophy Club, 7/4

288 - Flag Run 5K, Boerne, 7/4

272 - CCRR (Corpus Christi Road Runners) 4M for the 4th, 7/4

260 - Freedom Fighter 5K, Tyler, 7/4

255 - Keller Firecracker 10K, Keller, 7/3 (7 - 334)

248 - We Run Texas 5K, Mansfield, 7/4

242 - Rowlett Freedom 5K, Rowlett, 7/4

205 - Liberty Run 5K Run, Denton, 7/1

195 - Cox Running Club 4th 5K, Fort Worth, 7/4

180 - Fireman's 2 Mile Walk, Port O'Connor, 7/1 (3 - 270)

162 - City of Edinburg Firecracker 5K Run, Edinburg, 7/1

155 - Arlington Independence Day Parade Firecracker 5K, 7/4

150 - Bastrop Stampede 5K, Bastrop, 7/1

150 - Popsicle Run 4 Miler, Kyle, 7/4 (4 - 202)

145 - Coolest 5K in Texas, Fort Davis, 7/4

139 - Trinity 5000 Summer Series Week 6, Fort Worth, 7/7

136 - Corinth PD Foot Pursuit 5K, Corinth, 7/7

136 - Old Jo's Firecracker 5K, Saint Jo, 7/4

126 - Liberty By The Lake 10K, The Colony, 7/1 (6)

116 - Edragon SA 5K Summer Series Race #4, San Antonio, 7/2

116 - Lake Granbury Kiwanis Firecracker 5K, Granbury, 7/1

107 - El Chupacabra de San Antonio 5K, San Antonio, 7/7 (5 - 188)

113 - WTRC - Firecracker Run 5K, Brownfield, 7/4 (11 - 240)

111 - Leon Valley Historical Society Pioneer Firecracker 5K, Leon Valley, 7/4

104 - WTRC - Firecracker Run 10K, Brownfield, 7/4 (11)

98 - Freedom 10K, Bulverde, 7/4 (9 - 121)

90 - Fireman's 4 Miler, Port O'Connor, 7/1 (3)

81 - El Chupacabra de San Antonio 10K, San Antonio, 7/7 (5)

79 - Keller Firecracker 10K, Keller, 7/3

76 - VARRA Firecracker, 5K, Victoria, 7/4

52 - Popsicle Run 3K, Kyle, 7/4 (4)

48 - Firecracker 4M - Fort Worth, Haltom City, 7/4 (10 - 77)

43 - Firecracker Family 5K Run, Laredo, 7/3

36 - Firecracker 5K, Odessa, 7/1

36 - Firecracker 5K Evening Run, San Marcos, 6/29

29 - Firecracker 8M - Fort Worth, Haltom City, 7/4 (10)

23 - Freedom 10K, Bulverde, 7/4 (9)

13 - WTRC - Firecracker Run 1M, Brownfield, 7/4 (11)

11 - Fun Fit Family 5K, Floresville, 7/1

Safe travels and great running wherever you choose to run/race at!

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
2024 - Seven Hills Running Club Memorial Day 5K, Huntsville, TX (29:41.69)

Ironman Texas 2024: Event Report

Saturday was the 13th year that the race has been held in The Woodlands and I've been fortunate to be at each one.

The first four years or so, I carried a press credential and then through last year, I worked at Barry Blanton's "Some Like It Hot!" run aid station No. 8 announcing the names of athletes coming in and out of the station.

Once Barry passed the aid station into capable hands, it presented me with the opportunity to get out all over the run course - basically the majority of two loops, walking in reverse and at runners as they moved forward.

It allowed me to be able make eye contact, if they so choosed, clap my hands, cheer them on and wish them well as they competed.

Athletes - as mostly the case - took a beating on the bike course, which today, once again, was very, very windy, and then it was pretty humid on the run until getting into the 7 p.m. hour.

I went to the gym to work out at 6:15 a.m. so I didn't get tied up in the traffic near 99 and Holzwarth going back to my house, which is about a mile south of Springwoods Village.

After going home, I positioned myself near that 99 and Holzwarth intersection like I did last year for when the cyclists turned right on to the feeder road for the Grand Parkway.

I not only cheered runners on for three hours, but also told runners to stay in the left-hand lane once they made the turn as law enforcement moved vehicles heading west onto 99 to the right-hand lane.

While I stayed a little longer than I wished, by communicating with athletes, I was able to allow the two officers who were working the insection on the north side of the bridge to more focus on moving traffic instead of trying to tell the cyclists where to go, as there was also only one volunteer there.

Good work complete, I went home, showered and then made my way to the Ironman run course.

I started the same place I have in the past and I had an immediate compliment on the work that I've been doing to drop some weight and inches from Denise Powers.  Thank you.

As at that time there were really only the professional athletes on the course, I was able to easily navigate my way to the first stop:  Hippie Hollow!

I immediately was welcomed by Peter Bardenhagen, had a chance to visit for a little bit with Marck and Lisa Henthron, saw Will Featherston briefly and had a chance to chat for a few with the mayor of Hippee Hollow, T.J. Fry.

Off I went, past a bunch of team tents near the Riva Row boathouse and I saw and chatted with Mark Whittemore and his wife for a few minutes.  

He said that Russell Meyer with The Woodlands Running Club was running the next run aid station, right before you went into East Shore.

Visited with Russell for a few and kept moving all the way through East Shore, up along side The Woodlands Parkway (on the pathway) until I got to Panther Creek drive where The Woodlands Christian Academy cross country and track and field coach Tom Earle had a group of eighty - that's right, 80! - youngsters that included a mix of athletes and a member of the school's Interact Club.

Tom is one of the top-notch cross country coaches among private and parochial schools in the state as well as in our local area.

While I was out there - and making a Facebook Live post of the activity, Kate Looney ran by the aid station.  She was the first of many athletes that I was looking for.

At some point, maybe out along Lake Woodlands, on the way to North Shore Park, I saw Derek Cooper, who is one of a handful that have completed every single Ironman Texas.

Eventually, I was getting closer to a full, complete loop when Michelle Truesdale caught my attention as she waiting for one of her athletes, Kate Looney, and she was telling me how she and another athlete were battling it out for third place (spoiler alert:  Kate finished second in her F40-44 division.)

Great, fun conversation with Michelle until - right on cue - Kate came rolling in.

There's a point coming out of transition that athletes, as they start their run, have to do an out-and-back along The Waterway heading towards Lake Woodlands and then climb up a grass incline, and this is where for the first time I saw Todd Cooper.

Last year, Todd had an issue with his eyes, where he was forced to not be able to make a go of it, and he fell out of the survivor game for finishing every Ironman Texas, but he was in for No. 12 on this Saturday.

So probably about 3 p.m. or so, I had made a complete loop of the run course - minus the little bit that goes out onto Timberloch and loops back to along The Waterway - and the crowds were starting to build all along the course.

I made it back to Hippie Hollow, part 2 and Bret Strong said "Hello!" and commented about how he had been following along in my posts as far as my recent weight loss.

Stayed for just a few and didn't make it far as I saw HTX Runs race director Ron Stitt and Valhalla's Lars Finanger near the Valhalla and Valykrie Racing tents near the Riva Row Boathouse.

More great weight loss conversation as Lars was asking me questions and sharing with Ron and me about his father's recent 80-pound weight loss and how Lars had sold him on the benefits of walking, given that his Dad's knees had been giving him problems.

As I was making my way through East Shore, round 2, Dawn English hollered at me, as she was waiting on one of her athletes, and while we were chatting, up came Peggy Yetman, who wasn't competing, having done the 70.3 in Galveston three weeks earlier.

I know at some point in time I saw Michael Wardian, who had finished second at the first year of The Woodlands Marathon in 2012, and maybe one of The Woodlands Marathon race directors Danny Golden, but what I remember most about making the turn on to the course at Panther Creek in the middle of my second loop was having Chuck Engle's wife, Sommer, stop me and asked me if I had seen Chuck.

I told her that I hadn't and I said that after looking at the Tracker before that I thought that maybe he had a rough time and decided to hold back and run with her, but it wasn't to be.

I had made it all the way to North Shore Park and as I was following through the course in the Park, I saw and chatted for a few minutes with John Zepeda of Johnny Z's Powerhouse Racing.  Such a great guy and we talked about his business which was expanding and I learned a lot about HIROX, a kind of new fitness competition like CrossFit and DECA.

On my way out of the park and as I was starting to cross the bridge is when I saw Scott and Tarrah Mayer, who were heading towards the run aid station just on the west side of the park along Lake Woodlands.

I knew that they were going to be working the late shift, but we really had a good conversation. 

I'm always glad to see Scott and Tarrah.  They're sweet people, even for Scott being a Michigan fan!  :-)

When I do stuff like this, I never really pay attention to taking care of myself.  I could feel myself starting to get dehydrated. 

I drank some water from the water fountain in the Park and in between there and HEB a little later, I wondered if that had been a bad decision on my stomach.

I've been saying that my diet hasn't necessarily gotten as clean as it could, but that I was doing a good job of getting my calories to a place that would foster some weight loss with the fitness work, but I grabbed a Mountain Dew - one of my few vices - and a bag of Funyuns (just 300 calories), but it hit the spot and gave me enough energy for the next four hours or so.

I went all the way to close to run aid station eight.  

No, actually, I went all the way there because I saw Marta Mixa there and wanted to make sure I said "Hello!"  She's been a consistent friend to Waverly and me for many, many years.  Sweet lady!

In the loop that I had finished I saw Kate two more times before she went in to finish and by the time I got there (to just short of run aid station eight), I saw Derek as he was getting ready to go in and make it No. 13 for his career at Ironman Texas.

Oh, how could I forget, while I was looking for Chuck earlier, I had seen Nancy Goodnight, the only female to do all Ironman Texas races, and local triahlete Michael S. Dwyer, a dentist from The Woodlands.

Speaking of Chuck, I had learned from Sommer that she had found him in the Med tent.  Always tough to hear your friends had a rough day out on the course.

(I did see late Saturday night or early Sunday morning that local good guy (and Penn State grad) Joe Chevalier got run off the bike course on the Hardy Toll Road by a large pack of age groupers riding together.)

In this time frame, I also saw Reggie Bruhn, who was going in for yet another finish.  I had seen him a number of times on the course.  Our most fun story over all of this time is when I showed up at Ironman Waco to support a few folks and him seeing me there.  

So after seeing Danny Golden heading into run aid station 8, and Michael Wardian coming out of it to make his way to the finish line, I had six athletes left to stay with and follow:

+ Danny Golden

+ Nancy Goodnight

+ Todd Cooper

+ Lauren Hoffart, who had run with Volte - Bill Dwyer's group - for a few years

+ Michael Dwyer

+ Chuck Engle's wife, Sommer 

And I stayed down near the old Anadarko building that entire time until all of them had come through to head to the finish.

(Learned at breakfast this Sunday morning at Whataburger with Bill before the Vintage Park Half Marathon that Michael - no relation - was the only finisher in M75-79 and is on his way to Kona for the men's world championship in October.  Good for him!)

In that time of supporting all of these folks, I had a chance to visit for a little with local photographer Scott Flathouse and triathlete Ben Proko, who sat this Ironman Texas out for the first time after doing the first 12. 

Great insightful conversation with Ben about he came to the decision to stop and not just do the race another year "just to finish".  He had gotten a lot of joy of knowing that one of his coached athletes nailed their plan on the bike - his strength - to finish in 11:11 on Saturday.

Shortly after, a group of Volte athletes were finishing up having dinner at Landry's.  All of them had run the Boston Marathon - the Monday before.  Rob Gay caught my attention and I went over and talked with him, Jane Cardnell, Roger King and Robert King.  Great people.  Talented athletes.

When Sommer made it there the last time, I asked if she was going to run or walk to the aid station where the turnaround was and she was going to powerwalk it in, I decided to go with her as I would be able to make my exit from there.

My sole purpose of doing what I did was to just cheer people on, meeting them face-to-face where they were.  It is the least that I could do.

Not every person engaged and I get that as I often just give people a thumbs up when I'm running a race and they cheer.

But out of it, I realized how greatful I am of all of the relationships and friendships that I had and have developed over the years, and how many people appreciated me for who I am and what I've contributed in our communities.

Not everybody - as there were a trio out there on Saturday (oddly, but not oddly, enough all congregated in the same place) - though sees it the same way, and that's OK.

Plus there were three additional folks registered - two that I know - that were no-shows, and I was grateful that they had made a decision not to compete.

That's my report about my small contribution.

I almost had decided to do a 5K and go to a baseball game and not even go out, but Ironman Texas - for us locally - kind of sucks you back in for all of the reasons above.

I was fortunate enough in 2010 to write the story in the Conroe Courier that broke the news ahead of the announcement - and giving many triathletes big hotel discounts before hotels raised their rates - and in the end, I'm glad that I'm now able to say I've been out there for all 13.

Everybody Can't Be A Friend

I had a new Facebook follower yesterday and he had indicated that he made a comment on a post that I had made.

I thought it was here, but it was actually on a comment that I made on a post in a specific parkrun race.

Nevertheless, I checked the comments here.

I never receive any notifications, so I didn't know that there were many out here to approve.

I approved all but these two - and obviously:

I think the majority of people think that everybody out there likes me.  They don't.

Everybody expects me to be the compliant individual for all of eternity.  Sometimes you reach a limit of what you'll tolerate until it is time to make a change.

I've walked away from a few situations; however, I spoke the truth about what transpired to cause those departures when asked about them.

All of those situations included some lack of adequate, timely communication.

And in those situations that I did leave, those that were affected were never any worse off.  There are other talented people other than me out there who stepped in and filled the roles that I performed.

At the end of the day, I don't even know if what I've shared and those comments are related.  I hope not, but if they are then I know who to avoid - and for my daughter as well too.

Top USA parkrun Female Times by Current Event through 2/4/2024

16:06 - Makayla PEREZ, Riverside, Grand Rapids, 10/28/2023

16:17 - Lauren HURLEY, South Boulder Creek, 9/11/2021

16:45 - Ekaterina SHABALINA, Clermont Waterfront, 4/1/2023

16:50 - Nina ZARINA, Anacostia, 10/23/2021

16:58 - Reilly KIERNAN, Jamaica Pond, 4/2/2022

17:04 - Lindsey SCHERF, Durham NC, 12/26/2015

17:09 - Becca KAWAOKA, Renton, 2/18/2023

17:11 - Margaret LUDICK, Eagan, 9/28/2019

17:18 - Nina ZARINA, College Park, 7/31/2021

17:45 - Alyssa FOOTE, Rock Creek Trail, 1/7/2023

17:57 - Nina ZARINA, Byxbee, 10/5/2019

17:58 - Nina ZARINA, Fletcher’s Cove, 3/7/2020

18:01 - Sarah PAQUET, Perrigo, 2/25/2023

18:05 - Paula PRIDGEN, Little Sugar Creek Greenway, 6/10/2023

18:20 - Johanna WILSON, Cornerstone Lakes, 12/9/2023

18:21 - Allie SCHAICH, Northside Beltline, 10/5/2019

18:26 - Liz OZEKI, Kensington, 3/11/2023

18:26 - Jordan WALLACE, Bear Creek Greenbelt, 8/5/2023

18:28 - Dasha VORONTSOV, Howard Temin Lakeshore Path, 8/26/2023

18:29 - Stoya LAYDEVANT, Spindle Tree, 3/18/2023

18:29 - Mary ECCLES, Danehy Park, 11/25/2021

18:33 - Caitlin MCQUILKIN-BELL, Depot Park, 10/12/2019

18:35 - Claire OXLADE, Delaware and Raritan Canal, 3/26/2022

18:35 - Avery HARTLEY, Ed Austin Regional, 7/29/2023

18:36 - Nina ZARINA, Roosevelt Island DC, 1/25/2020

18:39 - Sarah PAQUET, Des Moines Creek, 7/1/2023

18:44 - Bella BOGGS, Charleston, 6/3/2023

18:46 - Sarah PAQUET, Fort Ward, 1/7/2023

18:53 - Alison MATTHEWS, Terry Hershey, 5/6/2023

18:56 - Kate VAN JAARSVELD, Weedon Island Preserve, 9/30/2023

18:59 - Andrea TAYLOR, Courthouse Lake, 5/20/2023

19:05 - Mary TERHUNE, Livonia, 8/12/2017

19:16 - Adayaleise TRUMPOWER, Mansfield OH, 10/1/2022

19:21 - Ariel RAUPAGH, Lillie, 8/10/2019

19:26 - Kristin LAYNE, Aspen, 9/9/2023

19:27 - Sydney LARKIN, Joe Creason, 4/16/2022

19:38 - Rita MOORE, Exploration Place, 9/30/2023

19:38 - Petra SISKA, Himmel, 3/18/2023

19:41 - Jodie CLOUSER, Leakin Park, 11/11/2023

19:42 - Rachel NORTHUP, Deep Run, 10/2/2021

19:43 - Michelle KRUSE, Canyon Rim Trail, 11/12/2022

19:46 - Joey KEY, Winthrop Trailhead, 11/23/2023

19:47 - Kristjana COOK, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail, 9/2/2023

19:48 - Sheila SNYDER, Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation, 11/11/2023

19:48 - Emma Catherine BRAMLEY, Eastern Trail, Biddeford, 12/23/2023

19:54 - Charlotte JACOBS, Peace Valley, 1/6/2024

19:55 - Reagan SMITH, Third Creek Greenway, 7/8/2023

20:11 - Anoushka FREEMAN, Evergreen, 9/16/2023

20:12 - Karen HOLLAND, Coler Mountain Bike Preserve, 10/1/2022

20:25 - Natalie BOWMAN, Umstead Park, 3/25/2023

20:30 - Lex YOUNG, Mary S. Young, 1/6/2024

20:40 - Issy ALLEN, City Park, Iowa, 11/11/2023

20:44 - Emma FISHER, Riverside Park, 10/29/2022

20:51 - Megan LINDSTEDT, Rec Plex North, 9/28/2019

20:58 - Jackie WILSON, Warren County Armco, 7/8/2023

21:06 - Rylie TOWNS, Osborn MetroPark, 7/15/2023

21:11 - Neva HIPPERT, Creekside, 11/24/2022

21:26 - Katryn YOCUM, Susquehanna Riverwalk, 4/2/2022

21:26 - Sarah WOODYEAR, Lackawanna Rail Trail, 11/25/2023

21:30 - Tillie CLARK, Heritage Harbor, 10/7/2017

21:57 - Emily SAUS, Sippo Lake, 12/4/2021

22:12 - Kay URBAN, Merrymeeting, 10/8/2022

22:12 - Grace KIM, ITC Community Sports, 8/5/2023

22:13 - Natalie CONRAD, Kingston Park, Cottage Grove, 9/16/2023

24:54 - Sachiko TSUBOUCHI, Canton Lower Rouge Trail, 2/10/2024

United States parkrun Week 6 Milestone Report - 2/10/24

OFFICIAL Milestones
25 parkruns (31)

Anacostia - Bipin BADHE, VM50-54

Anacostia - Shelley FOLK, VW40-44

Baltimore and Annapolis Trail - Vincent GLORIOSO, VM40-44

Byxbee - Claire BAILEY, SW25-29

Canton Lower Rouge Trail - Fulchand SHENDE, VM55-59

Creekside - Allison MILLS, VW40-44

Creekside - Moriah MILLS, JW10

Danehy Park - Jordan SALVATORE, VM35-39

Delaware and Raritan Canal - Mamiko SOLOMON, VW50-54

Depot Park - Samuel FESSAHAYE, SM18-19

Depot Park - Kimberly MITCHELL, VW40-44

Durham NC - Jeffrey WALES, VM65-69

Durham NC - Elena POPOWITCH, VW45-49

Ed Austin Regional - Gisela ESCOBAR, VW50-54

Ed Austin Regional - Terry FARRIS, VM55-59

Evergreen - Sue MAYER, VW55-59

Evergreen - Sean MAYER, VM55-59

Exploration Place - Chris CAVANAUGH, VM65-69

Fletcher’s Cove - Dimitrios DRAKOPOULOS, VM35-39

Himmel - Daniel MARRONE, VM40-44

Himmel - Scott SALESKA, VM60-64

Kensington - Rob FREEMAN, VM50-54

Little Sugar Creek Greenway - Johanna TOLMAY, VW35-39

Mansfield OH - Michelle GOWER, VW35-39

Merrymeeting - George ALEXANDER, VM65-69

Northside Beltline - Glenn CARTLEDGE, VM65-69

Rock Creek Trail - Mary MIDDENDORF, VW40-44

Roosevelt Island DC - Reena SHAH, VW35-39

Sippo Lake - Richard STRAIN, VM55-59

Spindle Tree - Andrew DAVIDSON, VM60-64

Umstead Park - Tony HUANG, VM45-49

50 parkruns (12)

Clermont Waterfront - Heike NEUMANN, VW50-54

College Park - Andrew FELLOWS, VM65-69

Danehy Park - Mindy KENT, VW50-54

Deep Run - Oliver KOSSACK, JM10

Depot Park - Megan EIDE, VW40-44

Ed Austin Regional - Michael HAIGHT, VM70-74

Fort Ward - Helena SOOMER LINCOLN, VW50-54

Livonia - Jim ZITTEL, VM60-64

Rec Plex North - Elyse CARMICHAEL, JW15-17

Rec Plex North - Robert AULTHOUSE, VM75-79

Renton - Lizzie LEE, VW65-69

Spindle Tree - Canh TO, VW55-59

100 parkruns (2)

Des Moines Creek - Mellow DETRAY, VW45-49

Peace Valley - Jim CONNAUGHTON, VM60-64

250 parkruns (1)

Bear Creek Greenbelt - David John MCADAM, VM55-59

UNOFFICIAL Milestones

125 parkruns (2)

Jamaica Pond - Elliot FRANK, VM75-79

Lillie - T. Charles YUN, VM50-54

Livonia - Geno TOKARZ, VM55-59

150 parkruns (2)

Jamaica Pond - Tom FORD, VM55-59

Weedon Island Preserve - Janet PETERSON, VW60-64

175 parkruns (2)

Deep Run - Randy PURYEAR, VM65-69

Livonia - Guy BARDSLEY, VM65-69

225 parkruns (1)

Weedon Island Preserve - Tim HART, VM50-54

325 parkruns (1)

Livonia - Chris WALKER, VM35-39

United States parkrun Week 6 By The Numbers - 2/10/24

Total Events:  65

Competed Events:  64 (Aspen will not run again until April)

Total Finishers:  3,209

Unknown:  167

Female:  1,340

Male:  1,688

Names, but No Gender:  14

First Timers:  534

New PB!:  457

Females By Category

JW10:  26

JW11-14:  37

JW15-17:  26

SW18-19:  14

SW20-24:  64

SW25-29:  95

SW30-34:  133

VW35-39:  124

VW40-44:  152

VW45-49:  160

VW50-54:  151

VW55-59:  117

VW60-64:  98

VW65-69:  80

VW70-74:  45

VW75-79:  11

VW80-84:  7

Males By Category

JM10:  49

JM11-14:  70

JM15-17:  52

SM18-19:  18

SM20-24:  87

SM25-29:  107

SM30-34:  159

VM35-39:  148

VM40-44:  169

VM45-49:  161

VM50-54:  177

VM55-59:  171

VM60-64:  120

VM65-69:  93

VM70-74:  59

VM75-79:  34

VM80-84:  8

VM85-89:  6

Women's Top 20 by Time

1.  20:22 - Lindsay MCCLELLAND, VW35-39, Little Sugar Creek Greenway

2.  20:31 - Katie SIMISTER, SW20-24, Roosevelt Island DC

3.  20:49 - Rachel HENKE, VW45-49, Danehy Park

4.  20:58 - Taylor LEIS, SW30-34, Courthouse Lake

5.  21:31 - Sara KATO, SW25-29, Byxbee

6.  21:34 - Sally GLAVEN, JW11-14, Anacostia

7.  21:35 - Philippa FRIZZELLE, SW25-29, Danehy Park

8.  21:49 - Britt JOHNSON-BROACHE, VW40-44, Durham NC

9.  21:49 - Eva THEN, SW20-24, Jamaica Pond

10.  21:52 - Lily CONNORS, SW18-19, Livonia

11.  21:56 - Katherine WERRY, SW25-29, Danehy Park

12.  21:57 - Jess HEYWORTH, SW30-34, Clermont Waterfront

13.  22:05 - Michele GURNSEY, VW40-44, Renton

14.  22:07 - Liz OZEKI, VW35-39, Kensington

15.  22:10 - Leah MITCHEM, VW45-49, Weedon Island Preserve

16.  22:17 - Chloe GLARE-CONTI, VW40-44, Byxbee

17.  22:20 - Christine KUKICH, SW30-34, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail

18.  22:25 - Channing LYNCH, SW25-29, Joe Creason

19.  22:27 - Natalie CONRAD, SW30-34, Weedon Island Preserve

20.  22:27 - Devon BOYLE, JW15-17, College Park

Men's Top 20 by Time

1.  17:14 - Omar MOHALLIM, JM15-17, Delaware and Raritan Canal

2.  17:16 - Ryan WANG, JM15-17, Delaware and Raritan Canal

3.  17:26 - Kevin CAMP, VM35-39, Anacostia

4.  17:32 - Jim DAHLEM, VM45-49, College Park

5.  17:35 - Brian GAUL, SM25-29, Byxbee

6.  17:35 - Ishaan KUNDAPUR, JM15-17, ITC Community Sports

7.  17:36 - William ORNDORFF, SM30-34, Deep Run

8.  17:41 - Aki TSUCHIDA, SM20-24, Little Sugar Creek Greenway

9.  17:45 - Clark RIDGE, VM40-44, College Park

10.  17:47 - Trevor POST, SM30-34, Renton

11.  17:51 - John LEHR, SM20-24, Perrigo

12.  17:53 - Daniel GOLDBERG, JM11-14, Jamaica Pond

13.  18:02 - Santos AGUILAR, SM20-24, Clermont Waterfront

14.  18:03 - Miles CHAN, SM25-29, Byxbee

15.  18:05 - Andrew KIRK, VM35-39, Deep Run

16.  18:08 - James GAO, JM15-17, Delaware and Raritan Canal

17.  18:13 - Adrian WONG, VM35-39, Jamaica Pond

18.  18:20 - Dylan POE, SM20-24, Warren County Armco

19.  18:21 - Andrei RIDZEL, VM35-39, Kensington

20.  18:30 - Xiaolin DENG, VM45-49, Little Sugar Creek Greenway

Women's Top 20 by Age Grade

1.  88.75% - 25:56 - Susan Mary WALKER, VW70-74, Clermont Waterfront

2.  82.11% - 29:32 - Francine LEPAGE, VW75-79, Kingston Park, Cottage Grove

3.  81.97% - 23:40 - Shauna DIXON, VW60-64, Depot Park

4.  80.64% - 23:04 - Kristin CHURCHILL, VW55-59, Howard Temin Lakeshore Path

5.  80.03% - 33:18 - Barbara BETTLER, VW80-84, Clermont Waterfront

6.  78.19% - 27:08 - Claire MC MANUS, VW65-69, Jamaica Pond

7.  77.33% - 30:48 - Sharon JOHNSON, VW70-74, Clermont Waterfront

8.  77.13% - 21:34 - Sally GLAVEN, JW11-14, Anacostia

9.  76.32% - 27:48 - Deborah COHEN, VW65-69, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail

10.  76.30% - 20:49 - Rachel HENKE, VW45-49, Danehy Park

11.  76.23% - 27:50 - Lizzie LEE, VW65-69, Renton

12.  76.03% - 25:31 - Susan CHESSER, VW60-64, Durham NC

13.  75.97% - 24:50 - Susan VARGA, VW55-59, Creekside

14.  75.91% - 28:51 - Cathy HARTMAN, VW65-69, Clermont Waterfront

15.  74.85% - 24:51 - Betsy MURPHY, VW55-59, Bear Creek Greenbelt

16.  74.60% - 26:46 - Brenda EAST, VW60-64, Clermont Waterfront

17.  73.65% - 20:22 - Lindsay MCCLELLAND, VW35-39, Little Sugar Creek Greenway

18.  73.54% - 27:09 - Eve FINGERETT, VW60-64, Charleston

19.  73.42% - 24:20 - Jeanette MILLER, VW55-59, Clermont Waterfront

20.  73.41% - 30:50 - Diane KUKICH, VW70-74, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail

Men's Top 20 by Age Grace

1.  85.16% - 19:53 - Henry WIGGLESWORTH, VM65-69, Fletcher’s Cove

2.  83.18% - 23:11 - Richard WEINBERG, VM75-79, Durham NC

3.  82.14% - 21:00 - Maurice POINTER, VM65-69, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail

4.  81.46% - 17:32 - Jim DAHLEM, VM45-49, College Park

5.  80.75% - 17:14 - Omar MOHALLIM, JM15-17, Delaware and Raritan Canal

6.  79.31% - 17:53 - Daniel GOLDBERG, JM11-14, Jamaica Pond

7.  78.98% - 30:46 - Paul HARGRAVE, VM85-89, Depot Park

8.  78.69% - 17:45 - Clark RIDGE, VM40-44, College Park

9.  78.51% - 20:47 - Kevin DAMANDA, VM60-64, Kensington

10.  78.51% - 20:47 - Steve HOWARD, VM60-64, Byxbee

11.  78.47% - 18:30 - Xiaolin DENG, VM45-49, Little Sugar Creek Greenway

12.  78.45% - 19:25 - Kevin DOWNIE, VM50-54, Fletcher’s Cove

13.  78.42% - 26:11 - Jason PAGE, VM75-79, College Park

14.  78.28% - 20:29 - Max JENSEN, VM60-64, Perrigo

15.  78.19% - 17:16 - Ryan WANG, JM15-17, Delaware and Raritan Canal

16.  77.91% - 17:35 - Ishaan KUNDAPUR, JM15-17, ITC Community Sports

17.  76.64% - 28:07 - James CARLTON, VM80-84, ITC Community Sports

18.  75.63% - 18:36 - John HENRY, VM40-44, Delaware and Raritan Canal

19.  75.62% - 17:26 - Kevin CAMP, VM35-39, Anacostia

20.  75.18% - 18:52 - Matt PERKINS, VM45-49, Kensington

Top 25 Most First Finishes in the parkrun USA through 1/1/24 Event

Men
125 - Philip MOLLOY

112 - Thomas PREISS

111 - Joshua STYRON

80 - Clark RIDGE

76 - Juan LEG

64 - James COCHRAN

60 - Daniel LEWIS

58 - Luiz PRESTES

57 - Andreas HEILMANN

56 - Jeffrey BOERNER

53 - Greg KRATHWOHL

53 - Jonathan HERMANSEN

49 - Chris ADAMS

44 - Jon FULWIDER

44 - Travis BOLTJES

41 - Andrei RIDZEL

41 - William ORNDORFF

40 - Jeremy ARGUELLES

40 - Sean ABRAHAM

39 - Ted POULOS

38 - Andrew TOBBEN

38 - Dylan HUNTER

37 - Andrew JOHNSTON

36 - Charles AGBENAZA

35 - Benn THOMAS

34 - Tyler CHENHALL

33 - Alan DIXON

32 - Greg NANCE

32 - Jason HECT

31 - Sam PHIPPS

30 - Jon LANE

30 - Michael ROGERS

Women

82 - Emily SAUS

79 - Katie HIRSCHE

67 - Fiona GREEN

59 - Karen CRANE

58 - Charlotte HOLMES

50 - Dorothy LAGG

49 - Audrey PERLOW

49 - Megan KUBEK

48 - Claire WIGGLESWORTH

47 - Kelly CROPP

46 - Kerstin FAGERSTROM

45 - Verity BREEN

42 - Britt JOHNSON-BROACHE

40 - Jessica MATHESON

38 - Nancy HENRY

35 - Eve FINGERETT

33 - Kay STARR

33 - Lindsey MCGLINCH

32 - Alison MATTHEWS

32 - Caitlin CUSLIDGE

32 - Cindy CONANT

32 - Laurel PARK

32 - Sarah PAQUET

32 - Tina SERGENTI

31 - Sara WILLIS

31 - Win PERSINA

30 - Jennifer MILLER

30 - Liz OZEKI

29 - Allyson SERRAO

29 - Elizabeth SHERIDAN

29 - Elyse CARMICHAEL

29 - Olivia HARWOOD

27 - Alyssa JAMIESON

27 - Grace KIM

27 - Margaret TAYLOR

27 - Vicky DOUXMONT

26 - Audrey DUNN

26 - Jenni JACOBSEN

26 - Lindy HEFFERNAN

26 - Michele GURNSEY

26 - Sharon GALLANT

26 - Shauna DIXON

25 - Cindy PETERS-FREEMAN

25 - Sachiko TSUBOUCHI

24 - Alexis HILL

24 - Julia KENNEY

24 - Lia WEINER

24 - Lin LASCELLES

24 - Mellow DETRAY

23 - Clemency TILLEY

23 - Sarah DARNELL

23 - Stephanie EVANS

23 - Victoria SWEPSON

23 - Xinyi GE

Top USA parkrun Male Times by Current Event through 2/4/2024

14:32 - Jonathan GLEN, Clermont Waterfront, 5/6/2023

14:51 - Ryan EILER, Jamaica Pond, 9/16/2023

14:57 - Paul MARTELLETTI, College Park, 8/5/2017

15:23 - Miles SMITH, Byxbee, 9/18/2021

15:26 - John KAVULICH, Rock Creek Trail, 10/21/2023

15:30 - Colin MONAGHAN, Perrigo, 9/23/2023

15:33 - Brian RICH, Fletcher’s Cove, 7/13/2019

15:39 - Nathan JONES, South Boulder Creek, 4/27/2019

15:40 - Luke HICKMAN, Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation, 7/8/2023

15:42 - Ethan CLARY, Durham NC, 10/5/2019

15:46 - Nicolas CROUZIER, Anacostia, 12/23/2023

15:49 - Jake ENGLISH, Cornerstone Lakes, 8/26/2023

15:49 - Dezmond CUTTER, Peace Valley, 12/2/2023

15:52 - Luke GREER, Little Sugar Creek Greenway, 9/10/2022

15:53 - Alex LOPER, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail, 8/20/2022

15:53 - Csobán BALOGH, Kensington, 12/23/2023

15:53 - Peter AVENT, Terry Hershey, 1/25/2020

15:53 - Michael MACDONALD, Weedon Island Preserve, 1/18/2020

15:54 - Scott GREEVES, Third Creek Greenway, 4/30/2022

15:57 - Paul MARTELLETTI, Leakin Park, 7/29/2017

16:02 - Jeremy RIEHM, Mansfield OH, 9/21/2019

16:06 - Ben REYES, Spindle Tree, 3/11/2023

16:09 - Bryce MERRIMAN, Exploration Place, 7/29/2023

16:12 - Michael DIXON, Delaware and Raritan Canal, 11/6/2021

16:12 - Tom BEAN, Roosevelt Island DC, 4/15/2017

16:13 - William APPMAN, Bear Creek Greenbelt, 5/28/2022

16:13 - Andrew COGGINS, Danehy Park, 10/2/2021

16:15 - Ryan BAZZLE, Charleston, 10/1/2022

16:17 - Ryan ARCHER, Northside Beltline, 3/19/2022

16:18 - Chris GILL, Eagan, 4/9/2022

16:18 - Ben FINDLAY, Howard Temin Lakeshore Path, 10/22/2022

16:19 - David NOGLE, Courthouse Lake, 3/12/2022

16:23 - Lincoln WILLIAMS, Joe Creason, 8/6/2022

16:24 - Andy COLEY-MAUD, Coler Mountain Bike Preserve, 4/22/2023

16:27 - Jonah BARBER, Himmel, 12/16/2023

16:29 - Robert EVESON, Des Moines Creek, 1/20/2024

16:33 - Bradley MANKUS, Ed Austin Regional, 7/29/2023

16:33 - Alex BOBOWSKI, Lillie, 7/24/2021

16:33 - Justin WATSON, Rec Plex North, 9/28/2019

16:34 - Andy MERRILL, Depot Park, 1/22/2022

16:39 - Justin SCHEID, Evergreen, 7/22/2023

16:39 - Anders HIGGS, Renton, 9/18/2021

16:41 - Devan BAILEY, Deep Run, 7/15/2023

16:41 - Alexander BRAUER, Livonia, 7/6/2019

16:41 - Simon COLE, Merrymeeting, 10/29/2022

16:43 - Ian TURNER, Susquehanna Riverwalk, 10/9/2021

16:46 - Blake WHALEN, Sippo Lake, 12/28/2019

16:50 - Ryan STUTZ, Riverside Park, 8/12/2023

16:52 - Matthew WILBER, Lackawanna Rail Trail, 2/3/2024

16:57 - Jonny REEP, Heritage Harbor, 10/8/2022

17:01 - Colton BLACKBURN, ITC Community Sports, 9/23/2023

17:02 - Cole VANDENBERG, Canton Lower Rouge Trail, 7/22/2023

17:03 - Ian TROMBLEY, Warren County Armco, 11/11/2023

17:08 - Nicholas LUEDTKE, City Park, Iowa, 10/28/2023

17:13 - Jarrod HOOPER, Eastern Trail, Biddeford, 6/24/2023

17:24 - Jack ZINK, Umstead Park, 9/16/2023

17:28 - Oliver GRIFFIN, Kingston Park, Cottage Grove, 8/12/2023

17:29 - Leo COOK, Mary S. Young, 1/6/2024

17:33 - Ryan GOLDSTEIN, Fort Ward, 1/28/2023

17:41 - Oliver WARBURTON, Canyon Rim Trail, 9/3/2022

17:42 - Tyler MITCHELL, Creekside, 9/25/2021

17:43 - Jake SHAVALIER, Riverside, Grand Rapids, 12/23/2023

17:53 - Hamish BAYLIS, Aspen, 5/27/2023

18:29 - Ian DELONG, Winthrop Trailhead, 11/23/2023

18:42 - Nick O'BRIEN, Osborn MetroPark, 12/30/2023

United States parkrun Week 2 By The Numbers - 1/13/24

Total Events:  65
Competed Events:  43

Total Finishers:  2,002

Unknown:  48

Female:  858

Male:  1,094

No Gender:  2

First Timers:  310

New PB!:  212

parkrun Top 20

1.  163 - College Park

2.  136 - Clermont Waterfront

3T.  104 - Depot Park

3T.  104 - Roosevelt Island DC

5.  100 - Durham NC

6.  96 - Byxbee

7.  77 - Rec Plex North

8.  75 - Fletcher’s Cove

9.  73 - Little Sugar Creek Greenway

10.  68 - Kensington

11.  62 - Weedon Island Preserve

12.  58 - Perrigo

13.  52 - Jamaica Pond

14.  51 - Ed Austin Regional

15.  49 - Delaware and Raritan Canal

16T.  47 - Himmel

16T.  47 - Terry Hershey

18T.  42 - Bear Creek Greenbelt

18T.  42 - Deep Run

18T.  42 - Livonia

Men's Top 20

1.  17:14 - Shay JOYCE, VM35-39, Clermont Waterfront

2.  17:27 - Andrei RIDZEL, VM35-39, Kensington

3.  17:36 - Lucas TAM, JM15-17, Byxbee

4.  17:38 - Jim DAHLEM, VM45-49, Kensington

5.  17:43 - Kevin CAMP, VM35-39, Anacostia

6.  17:52 - Phil TOSTESON, SM30-34, Umstead Park

7.  18:00 - Hayden TAM, SM20-24, Byxbee

8.  18:01 - Paul DOBSON, VM55-59, Little Sugar Creek Greenway

9.  18:17 - Gaurav JAIN, VM40-44, Byxbee

10.  18:18 - William ORNDORFF, SM30-34, Deep Run

11.  18:26 - Jason HECT, VM50-54, Perrigo

12.  18:29 - Reece TIMMINS, SM25-29, Little Sugar Creek Greenway

13.  18:31 - Clark RIDGE, VM40-44, College Park

14.  18:40 - Aidan RIVERS, JM15-17, Spindle Tree

15.  18:52 - Jonah BARBER, SM20-24, Himmel

16.  18:56 - Jack NEBBIA, JM15-17, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail

17.  18:57 - Richard GREWELLE, SM25-29, Byxbee

18.  18:57 - Vladislav MAKARENKOV, SM25-29, Ed Austin Regional

19.  19:00 - Ian BURKE, SM30-34, Renton

20.  19:05 - Mani BRAITBERG, SM18-19, Himmel

Women's Top 20

1.  18:49 - Brennan LIMING, VW45-49, Durham NC

2.  20:47 - Hanna WARREN, JW15-17, Clermont Waterfront

3.  21:16 - Audrey DUNN, JW15-17, Depot Park

4.  21:19 - Channing LYNCH, SW25-29, Renton

5.  21:38 - Sara KATO, SW25-29, Byxbee

6.  21:50 - Britt JOHNSON-BROACHE, VW40-44, Durham NC

7.  21:57 - Clemency TILLEY, SW30-34, Jamaica Pond

8.  22:03 - Sarah DARNELL, JW11-14, Bear Creek Greenbelt

9.  22:11 - Sarah-Jo SINNOTT, VW35-39, Jamaica Pond

10.  22:13 - Daria TROSHANOVA, VW35-39, Perrigo

11.  22:14 - Rachel HENKE, VW45-49, Danehy Park

12.  22:27 - Deborah NICOL, SW30-34, Baltimore and Annapolis Trail

13.  22:34 - Ali BURKE, SW25-29, Renton

14.  22:49 - Leah MITCHEM, VW40-44, Weedon Island Preserve

15.  23:09 - Ariane WILLIAMS, SW20-24, Spindle Tree

16.  23:21 - Taylor ROTHERMEL, SW25-29, Kensington

17.  23:23 - Cynthia KEEN, VW40-44, Little Sugar Creek Greenway

18.  23:24 - Stella MCVICKER, JW11-14, Terry Hershey

19.  23:25 - Keiko NAKASUKA, VW40-44, Jamaica Pond

20.  23:28 - Lily CONNORS, JW15-17, Livonia

2024 Aramco Houston Half Marathon - 15 or More Finishes

These runners finished the 2024 Aramco Houston Half Marathon on Sunday, January 14, 2024 and this list reflects their current number of career finishes at the half marathon distance.

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2:04:00 - Scott Zarley, 64, Killeen

-21-

1:48:52 - Ann Wacker, 65, Seabrook

1:54:34 - John Polisini, 70, Houston

2:58:55 - Carol Madrid, 66, Friendswood

3:12:13 - Catherine Usry, 68, Pasadena

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2:40:32 - Alan Hopkins, 56, Houston

3:07:48 - Angela Hemmen, 42, Colorado Springs, CO

3:07:48 - Mark Hemmen, 78, Spring Branch

3:24:28 - Randall Koenig, 68, Katy

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2:38:26 - Darrell Nichols, 70, Crosby

3:14:04 - Nancy Ordonez, 58, Houston

3:27:51 - Jill Tischbein, 64, Kingwood

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1:32:45 - Russell Meyer, 54, The Woodlands

2:00:45 - Robin Holcomb, 57, Montgomery

2:11:17 - Laurel Kirkland, 61, Houston

2:11:58 - Laura Kohlmaier, 56, Houston

2:21:47 - Antonio Moreno, 59, Humble

2:26:40 - Jennifer Pao, 52, Sugar Land

2:50:05 - David Cook, 57, Houston

3:11:48 - Kathy Haeckler, 69, Crockett

3:12:15 - Sarah Ellis, 34, Austin

3:17:21 - Catalina Garcia, 52, Houston

3:17:26 - Mike Schroeder, 63, Fort Worth

3:39:29 - Ron Shaver, 72, Porter

3:50:34 - Keith Cox, 66, Sugar Land

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1:52:48 - Daniel Hu, 63, Houston

1:55:32 - Stephen Cavanaugh, 42, Bellaire

2:10:33 - Elizabeth Benson, 56, Lumberton

2:16:12 - Garth Beinart, 48, Bellaire

2:26:05 - Rhonda Hunt, 65, Houston

2:31:33 - Jennifer Nitschmann, 63, League City

2:33:43 - Jennifer Chalfant, 49, Magnolia

2:36:11 - David Brackus, 59, Houston

2:39:05 - Mary Anne Ramos, 64, Rosharon

2:40:06 - Jesus Jijon, 67, Houston

2:43:01 - Ned Graber, 72, Houston

2:55:16 - Anita Balderas, 57, Houston

3:01:29 - Debby Currin, 72, Humble

3:10:50 - Walter Wolff, 59, Houston

3:21:29 - Debra Witges, 69, Houston

3:29:54 - Lena Adams, 74, Houston

3:35:49 - Vernita Harris, 65, Houston

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1:52:31 - Greg Hatch, 53, Brenham

1:58:52 - Chris Stacy, 68, Houston

1:59:49 - Simon Mayer, 47, Houston

2:00:50 - Michael Yong, 58, Houston

2:04:51 - Peter Koops, 56, Houston

2:09:27 - Rusty Lacy, 60, Sugar Land

2:10:33 - Melissa Elijah, 57, Tomball

2:10:43 - Dana Dilbeck, 51, Spring

2:15:14 - Debra Sukin, 53, The Woodlands

2:22:46 - Susan Gutkowski, 61, Hempstead

2:28:52 - Berna Blott, 56, Houston

2:29:44 - Paul Green, 60, Pasadena

2:34:12 - Theresa Sauls, 60, Houston

2:34:18 - David Clarke, 48, Jersey Village

2:34:58 - Gail Edmonson, 61, Katy

2:37:35 - Concepcion Paulino, 59, Spring

2:40:06 - Janet Clark, 64, Sugar Land

2:41:46 - Dona Dietlein, 68, New Iberia, LA

2:45:19 - Franz Grunenberg, 53, Houston

2:47:44 - Vincent Aurelio, 51, Houston

2:49:01 - Sandy Payne, 55, Tiki Island

2:49:04 - Vickie Rickman, 70, Seabrook

2:52:03 - Debbie Hunt, 58, New Braunfels

2:58:04 - Steve Fanos, 68, Houston

3:05:58 - Gloria Hinton, 69, Bandera

3:06:19 - Pankaj Desai, 73, Sugar Land

3:26:11 - Michael Martin, 65, Crosby

3:32:35 - Jannelle Prieve, 43, Richmond

3:38:28 - Florie Bici, 59, Houston

3:56:23 - Michael Lacy, 53, Houston

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1:48:51 - Brian Remark, 47, Pearland

1:50:25 - Tim Cordingley, 57, Houston

1:54:28 - Collin Cox, 49, Houston

2:00:25 - Shantanu Swadi, 55, Cypress

2:04:34 - Juan Reynado, 44, Houston

2:08:10 - Will Whitley, 65, Cypress

2:08:41 - Jennifer Madsen, 47, Houston

2:12:19 - Teresa Ramirez, 63, Houston

2:13:35 - Carolyn Stone, 51, Houston

2:15:36 - Ann Kampschmidt, 60, Houston

2:17:52 - Rob Scott, 59, McQueeney

2:20:11 - Chris Black, 49, Fulshear

2:22:13 - Ines Nemoto, 58, Houston

2:22:18 - Roxanne Worley, 53, Houston

2:22:20 - Ronald Day, 73, Richmond

2:25:29 - Jan Cohen, 60, Houston

2:26:35 - Steven Myles, 45, Houston

2:29:17 - Evanthe Collins, 50, Fresno

2:31:49 - Jan Whitehead, 65, Houston

2:35:32 - Jennifer Lightsey, 51, Katy

2:39:05 - Jocelyn Aventurado, 53, Richmond

2:50:35 - May Ng, 63, Sugar Land

2:51:35 - Eric Stewart, 60, Cypress

2:51:46 - David Kreiner, 68, Houston

2:54:24 - Pamela Holmes, 65, Austin

2:56:03 - Elizabeth Myles, 46, Houston

2:58:30 - David Wood, 50, West Columbia

2:59:36 - Dan Jaeger, 79, Humble

3:00:23 - Jean Valka, 62, Houston

3:01:22 - Julie Baucum, 68, Houston

3:02:13 - Dana Blankenship, 61, Houston

3:03:39 - Dean Hunt, 64, Houston

3:08:58 - Rosa Bryant, 76, Sugar Land

3:10:49 - Lorri Wolff, 58, Houston

3:19:56 - Christine Henry, 51, Pearland

3:20:02 - Arthur Hernandez, 65, Houston

3:22:20 - White Jee, 70, Sugar Land

3:27:01 - Patricia Chesnick, 65, Houston

3:29:43 - Gwendolyn Gallien, 71, Missouri City

3:42:47 - Dorota Jankovsky, 65, Houston

3:45:19 - Herman Vacca, 86, Houston

3:48:42 - Sai Sreerama, 57, Houston

3:56:48 - Stacey McHenry, 48, Humble

2024 Chevron Houston Marathon - 20-29 Career Finishes

These runners finished the 2024 Chevron Houston Marathon on Sunday, January 14, 2024 and this list reflects their current number of career finishes at the marathon distance.

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4:23:43 - Jim Buchwalter, 66, Richmond

4:36:22 - Edward Montana, 52, Katy

5:26:53 - Ronnie W Watkins, 68, Cypress

5:57:07 - Darryl Anderson, 59, Houston

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3:41:55 - Michael Root, 61, Houston

3:44:41 - Timothy Nielsen, 57, Houston

3:46:57 - Suzy Seeley, 64, Houston

4:20:14 - Michael Luna, 63, Houston

5:05:16 - Jacqueline O Brien-Nolen, 58, Kingwood

5:22:44 - Mark Nash, 64, Houston

5:33:24 - Jonathan Tydlacka, 43, Rosenberg

5:42:48 - Philip Ballmann, 64, Waco

5:43:52 - Bradford Moore, 55, Houston

5:45:52 - Robert Simon, 60, Waco

-27-
3:41:53 - Barbara Stoll, 62, Houston

4:56:11 - David Martinez, 57, Cypress

5:06:07 - Gloria Mahoney, 73, Kingwood

5:31:29 - Matthew Denio, 67, Cypress

5:54:52 - Estella Tam, 67, Missouri City

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5:34:40 - Steven Holehan, 58, Galveston

-25-
2:50:40 - Peter Lawrence, 52, Houston

4:57:37 - Brett Davis, 40, Fredericksbrg

4:58:01 - John Boone, 66, Houston

5:03:25 - Freddy Thompson, 63, El Dorado, AR

5:04:22 - Paul Merriman, 63, Henderson, NV

5:10:35 - David Upton, 63, Beach City

-24-
3:45:31 - Robert Hahn, 42, Houston

3:47:21 - Holly Stewart, 53, San Antonio

4:03:25 - Michael Pentland, 61, Houston

4:30:48 - Rudy Serrato, 66, Houston

4:48:39 - Tim Davison, 59, Houston

5:25:50 - Yong Collins, 69, Richmond

5:45:18 - Sergio Leonardi, 55, Spring

-23-
2:56:44 - Agapito Gaytan, 62, San Antonio

2:57:47 - Garrett Rychlik, 56, Cypress

3:19:43 - Stephen Baumgartner, 50, Houston

3:37:49 - Garibaldis Ramirez, 58, Houston

3:52:17 - Nancy Ann Winchester, 56, Humble

4:31:14 - Jeff Wang, 52, Porter

5:01:39 - Fred Ward, 80, Houston

5:05:17 - Francisco Molina, 57, Pasadena

5:18:52 - Hahn Vu, 61, Sugar Land

5:29:57 - Hung Nguyen, 63, Houston

5:38:03 - Frank Marriott, 64, College Station

5:53:49 - Theresa Bueno, 56, Missouri City

-22-
3:16:26 - Francisco Garza, 58, Houston

3:36:53 - Peter Schipperijn, 58, Cypress

4:16:48 - Kimberly Harvey, 58, Katy

4:46:16 - William Moeller, 68, Spring

4:49:24 - Wanda Buxton, 60, Richmond

4:54:01 - Ven Nguyen, 64, Houston

5:16:12 - Diane Brown, 65, Pasadena

5:29:57 - Cory Lucas, 49, Cypress

5:34:14 - Eunsup Kim, 71, Dallas

-21-
3:31:36 - Jose Oviedo, 47, Houston

4:13:07 - Lisa Gonzalez, 54, The Woodlands

4:15:33 - Grant Bue, 65, Houston

4:16:48 - Denise Sadberry, 57, Katy

4:52:44 - Chris St Jean, 41, Seabrook

4:53:35 - Donna Palmer, 57, Pearland

5:14:30 - William Schick, 64, Katy

5:15:09 - Rayman Lee, 62, Spring

5:17:09 - Chris Duggan, 57, Houston

5:23:30 - Craig Fox, 68, Houston

5:30:39 - Timothy Allen, 55, Houston

5:31:26 - Wendy Clark, 60, Houston

-20-
3:15:56 - Cesar Pena, 44, Houston

3:38:56 - Stacy Smith, 63, Houston

3:43:42 - Joe Schwieterman, 38, Houston

3:44:55 - Jeff Gosmano, 52, Houston

3:47:43 - Jonathan Phillips, 46, Houston

3:55:55 - Rochelle Ray, 52, Austin

3:59:05 - Jacob Tonge, 61, Houston

4:09:32 - Andre Phillips, 43, Ogden, UT

4:16:58 - Ben Harvie, 77, Kemah

4:22:43 - Steve Goodweather, 55, Houston

4:26:17 - Tony Castronovo, 54, Katy

4:28:02 - Stuart Kessler, 63, The Woodlands

4:32:35 - John Ray, 60, Austin

4:40:57 - John Friday, 65, Thunder Bay, ON

5:10:02 - Robert Mitchell, 60, Houston

5:10:36 - Tony Van, 57, Houston

5:15:34 - Ralph Cunningham, 61, Owasso, OK

5:23:31 - Gary Hebert, 68, Pasadena

5:30:21 - Brenda Hilton, 76, Houston

5:42:18 - Paul Ehrsam, 67, Houston

5:50:45 - Kimberly Pilcher, 60, The Woodlands

5:52:02 - Andy Brock, 57, Castle Rock, CO

2024 Chevron Houston Marathon - 30 or More Finishes

These runners finished the 2024 Chevron Houston Marathon on Sunday, January 14, 2024 and this list reflects their current number of career finishes at the marathon distance in the Chevron Houston Marathon.

-42-
5:06:38 - Stephen McNeil, 66, Midland

-41-
5:55:20 - Maria Camacho, 68, Katy

-39-
4:48:16 - Susan Rouse, 65, The Woodlands

-38-
5:06:27 - Robert McDowell, 73, Houston

-35-
5:51:00 - Larry McPhillips, 72, Port Arthur

-34-
3:33:29 - Rich Fredrich, 66, Katy

3:36:16 - Randall Keith, 65, Houston

5:00:42 - Joe Pierce, 67, Kingsland

5:19:55 - John McKenna, 67, Galveston

-33-
5:04:43 - Carlos Reyes, 60, Kerrville

5:30:23 - Terry Green, 69, Spring

-32-

5:51:37 - Michael Danke, 55, Houston

-31-
5:02:36 - Evelina Stenroos, 70, Cypress

5:05:56 - Jesus Pequeno, 56, Santa Catarina

5:09:49 - Irene Binash, 66, Houston

5:16:02 - Kathryn White, 56, Tulsa, OK

-30-
3:49:10 - John Yoder, 52, Houston

3:49:12 - Dalton Pulsipher, 46, Houston

3:52:55 - Roger Souders, 65, Houston

4:17:30 - Elva Lafuente, 58, Houston

4:55:40 - Steve Hasson, 57, Houston

5:38:05 - Anthony Mireles, 69, Beaumont

5:57:45 - Grant Hodges, 67, Richmond

Five Double Legacy Runners Finish in 2024

Just five runners who have finished 10 or more Aramco Houston Half Marathons -and- 10 or more Chevron Houston Marathoners ran on Sunday,

All of them finished the Aramco Houston Half Marathon.

Active

32 - Daryl Beatty, 70, College Station - 11H, 21M (2:19:07 half)

26 - Michelle Wolpert, 61, Houston - 13H, 13M (2:21:22 half)

24 - Marshall Cohen, 66, Houston - 14H, 10M (2:22:02 half)

23 - Steve Lowe, 70, Pearland - 12H, 12M (3:24:28 half)

21 - David Wigle, 62, Houston - 11H, 10M (1:41:16 half)

Another 21 did not compete in 2024.  All but five have finished a race distance in the last three years.  They are as follows:

Inactive in 2024

40 - Phillip Smith, Houston - 15H, 25M - Last: 2023 Half

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

31 - Nathaniel Collins, Houston - 21H, 10M - Last: 2022 Half

30 - Lee Barron, Bellville - 13H, 17M - Last: 2022 Half

28 - Richard Verm, Houston - 15H, 13M - Last: 2021 Half

26 - David Sanderson, Galveston - 15H, 11M - Last: 2022 Half

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

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

24 - Susan Magee, Houston - 13H, 11M - Last: 2023 Half

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

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

23 - Richard Cooper, The Woodlands - 12H, 11M - Last: 2023 Half

23 - Win Edwards, Katy - 13H, 10M - Last: 2023 Half

22 - Alton Robinson, Houston - 12H, 10M - Last: 2023 Half

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

22 - Darrin Caramonta, Houston - 11H, 11M - Last: 2022 Half

22 - Greg Nelson, Houston - 10H, 12M - Last: 2023 Half

22 - Ronald Bahr, Montgomery - 11H, 11M - Last: 2022 Half

21 - Monica Kervandjian, Houston - 11H, 10M - Last: 2023 Half

20 - Rodney Bowman, Waxahachie - 10H, 10M - Last: 2023 Half

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

Unofficial Aramco Houston Half Marathon Men's HM Single-Age Records

Below are unofficial single age men's half marathon marks from the Aramco Houston Half Marathon, according to its results website, houstonresults.com:

7 - 2:14:12, Sam Saman, Manvel, TX, 2013

8 - 1:57:16, Joel Redmond, Houston, TX, 2020

9 - 1:45:33, Logan Eckhardt, Schulenburg, TX, 2003

10 - 1:44:22, Tate McMillan, Humble, TX, 2010

11 - 1:23:56, Hunter Perez, Corpus Christi, TX, 2014

12 - 1:24:17, Hunter Perez, Corpus Christi, TX, 2015

13 - 1:20:41, Hunter Perez, Corpus Christi, TX, 2016

14 - 1:18:50, Will Young, Nacogdoches, TX, 2012

15 - 1:15:33, Evan Ewert, Frisco, TX, 2024 (replacing 1:15:48, Zachary Madsen, Houston, TX, 2023)

16 - 1:09:39, Juan Giron, Humble, TX, 2022 

17 - 1:01:55, Terefa Delesa, West Chester, PA, 2016

18 - 1:03:42, Abdi Gelchu, West Chester, PA, 2016

19 - 1:12:11, Drew McLaughlin, Denton, TX, 2024 (replacing 1:15:03, Christopher Jessett, Katy, TX, 2010)

20 - 1:01:44, Peyton Gunnarson, Tucson, AZ, 2023 (replacing 1:07:03, Andrew Zachman, Holdingford, MN, 2018)

21 - 0:59:22, Feyisa Lilesa, West Chester, PA, 2012*

22 - 1:00:11, Shura Kitata, West Chester, PA, 2019*

23 - 0:59:25, Jemal Yimer Mekonnen, 2020*

24 - 0:59:43, Ryan Hall, Mammoth Lakes, CA, 2007*

25 - 0:59:35, Abel Kipchumba, 2020

26 - 0:59:36, Geoffrey Koech, 2020

27 - 1:00:15, Guye Adola Idemo, Addis Ababa, 2018

28 - 1:00:01, Jake Robertson, Hamilton, 2018*

29 - 1:00:41, Stephen Sambu, Tucson, AZ, 2018

30 - 1:00:12, Jake Robertson, 2020

31 - 1:01:36, Jared Ward, Mapleton, UT, 2020

32 - 1:00:37, Sam Chelanga, Colorado Springs, CO, 2018

33 - 1:00:58, Mohamed El Araby, 2023 (replacing 1:01:25, Meb Keflezighi, San Diego, CA, 2009*)

34 - 1:00:49, Diego Estrada, Flagstaff, AZ, 2024 (replacing 1:01:01, Haron Lagat, Colorado Springs, CO, 2018)

35 - 1:03:55, Scott Strand, Birmingham, AL, 2004

36 - 1:00:44, Wilfred Kimitei, Great Britain, 2022
37 - 1:02:37, Galen Rupp, Portland, OR, 2024 (replacing 1:07:02, Kyle Wyatt, Toronto, ON, 2019)

38 - 1:03:43, Sam Chelanga, Colorado Springs, CO, 2024 (replacing 1:05:02, Lee Troop, Boulder, CO, 2012)

39 - 1:07:02, Meng-Tsung Chu, Taiwan, 2022

40 - 1:03:13, Juan Luis Barrios, Mexico, 2024 (replacing 1:04:15, Fernando Cabada, Aurora, CO, 2023
41 - 1:07:03, Colin Fewer, Paradise, NL, 2019

42 - 1:07:09, Sean Wade, Houston, TX, 2009

43 - 1:02:00, Bernard Lagat, Tucson, AZ, 2018

44 - 1:10:53, Hector Schellenger, Guatemala, 2023 (replacing 1:11:18, Lance Denning, Boulder, CO, 2006)

45 - 1:05:11, Kevin Castille, Baton Rouge, LA, 2018

46 - 1:07:52, Juan Carlos Romero Bernal, Guaday, Mexico, 2024 (replacing 1:11:04, William Vanos, Orlando, FL, 2018)

47 - 1:16:14, Jon Butler, Sugar Land, TX, 2010

48 - 1:11:14, Bob Weiner, Evergreen, CO, 2014

49 - 1:11:25, Alan Newton, Boise, ID, 2012

50 - 1:12:21, Sean Wade, Houston, TX, 2017

51 - 1:17:07, Eric Rodriguez, Indio, CA, 2020

52 - 1:16:11, Paul Giannobile, Minnetonka, MN, 2012

53 - 1:12:51, Sean Wade, Houston, TX, 2020

54 - 1:17:21, John Loftus, Laguna Beach, CA, 2012

55 - 1:19:41, Daniel Lazarine, San Antonio, TX, 2020

56 - 1:11:10, Andrew Leach, Letchworth, ENG, 2020

57 - 1:19:58, Matt Marion, Atlanta, GA, 2024 (replacing 1:20:56, Rick Torres, Elizabethtown, KY, 2020)

58 - 1:20:53, Laurence Olsen, Milford, MA, 2005

59 - 1:23:49, Timothy Carey, Dallas, TX, 2023 (replacing 1:24:42, Ray Workman, Salt Lake City, UT, 2010)

60 - 1:26:06, Armando Meza, El Paso, 2023 (replacing 1:27:19, Loyd Carey, Cleveland, TX, 2003)

61 - 1:16:19, Nat Larson, Amherst, MA, 2024 (replacing 1:21:55, Peter Mullin, Houston, TX, 2012)

62 - 1:22:35, Derek Froude, Tampa, FL, 2022
63 - 1:21:05, Peter Mullin, Houston, TX, 2014

64 - 1:28:56, Robert Hale, Houston, TX, 2024 (replacing 1:29:09, Carlo Concha, Houston, TX, 2011)

65 - 1:25:03, Carlo Concha, Houston, TX, 2012

66 - 1:26:40, Peter Mullin, Houston, TX, 2017

67 - 1:39:13, Miguel Lopez, Houston, TX, 2019

68 - 1:38:34, Paul Braunschweiler, Elkhorn, NE, 2020

69 - 1:37:53, Kenneth Ruane, Orange, TX, 2011

70 - 1:41:17, Jimmy McIntire, Bastrop, TX, 2020

71 - 1:37:43, Kent McDonald, Lawrence, KS, 2024 (replacing 1:39:53, Ino Cantu, Richmond, TX, 2005)

72 - 1:37:26, Ino Cantu, Richmond, TX, 2006

73 - 1:39:11, Ino Cantu, Richmond, TX, 2007

74 - 1:38:05, Ino Cantu, Richmond, TX, 2008

75 - 1:37:24, Harold Wilson, Tyler, TX, 2009

76 - 1:58:49, Orville Kremmer, Lake Jackson, TX, 2009

77 - 2:02:44, Alberto Chavez, Houston, TX, 2012

78 - 1:49:44, John Cahill, Salt Lake City, UT, 2003

79 - 2:21:54, Don Henderson, Galveston, TX, 2015

80 - 2:32:55, Luciano Garcia, Victoria, TX, 2011

81 - 2:27:03, Luciano Garcia, Victoria, TX, 2012

82 - 2:30:57, Jim Braden, The Woodlands, TX, 2018

83 - 2:54:29, Harold Gillespie, Houston, TX, 2006**

84 - 2:54:53, Richard Soller, North Bend, OH, 2012

85 - 3:06:54, Don Winkley, Corpus Christi, TX, 2024 (replacing 3:32:31, Boris Balic, Houston, TX, 2022)

86 - 2:43:59, Thao Nguyen, La Canada, CA, 2024 (replacing 3:06:30, Jesse Real, Corpus Christi, TX, 2018)

87 - 3:49:09, Lee Miksch, Cypress, TX, 2024
88 - 3:20:06, John Platt, Dallas, PA, 2019

Unofficial Aramco Houston Half Marathon Women's HM Single-Age Records

Below are unofficial single age women's half marathon marks from the Aramco Houston Half Marathon, according to its results website, houstonresults.com:

7 - 2:38:48, Addison Newman, Houston, TX, 2014

8 - 2:02:12, Heather Welsch, Alvin, TX, 2011

9 - 1:41:54, Heather Welsch, Alvin, TX, 2012

10 - 1:44:17, Heather Welsch, Alvin, TX, 2013

11 - 1:31:08, Heather Welsch, Alvin, TX, 2014

12 - 1:30:35, Hazel Vowell, Richmond, TX, 2023 (replacing 1:47:26, Samantha Young, Houston, TX, 2018)

13 - 1:24:42, Hazel Vowell, Richmond, TX, 2024 (replacing 1:34:15, Katie Jensen, The Woodlands, TX, 2009)

14 - 1:26:01, Avery Clover, Humble, TX, 2018

15 - 1:21:20, Lauren Smith, Lake Jackson, TX, 2007

16 - 1:19:55, Avery Clover, Humble, TX, 2020

17 - 1:26:15, Georgia Harper, Houston, TX, 2018

18 - 1:09:46, Muliye Dekebo Haylemariyam, Addis Ababa, 2017

19 - 1:22:24, Emma Lopez, Austin, 2024 (replacing 1:22:41, Nubia Garcia Barcenas, Fresnillo, 2018)

20 - 1:08:06, Dra Dida Yami, West Chester, PA, 2017

21 - 1:08:24, Dorcas Jepchirchir, Tuitoek, 2020

22 - 1:06:48, Caroline Chepkoech, Nairobi, 2018

23 - 1:06:39, Ruti Aga, West Chester, PA, 2018*

24 - 1:05:50, Brigid Kosgei, Kapcherop, 2019*

25 - 1:06:56, Ruti Aga, West Chester, PA, 2019

26 - 1:06:49, Cynthia Limo, Lansing, MI, 2016

27 - 1:06:25, Weini Kelati, Flagstaff, AZ, 2024 (replacing 1:06:28, Hiwot Gebremaryam, 2023)
28 - 1:05:03, Vicoty Chepngeno, Kenya, 2022

29 - 1:04:37, Sutume Kebede, Ethiopia, 2024 (replacing 1:06:50, Mary Wacera, Lansing, MI, 2018)

30 - 1:08:28, Caroline Kilel, Kericho, 2012

31 - 1:06:38, Hitomi Niiya, 2020*

32 - 1:07:56, Edith Chelimo, Iten, Kenya, 2019

33 - 1:07:25, Molly Huddle, Providence, RI, 2018

34 - 1:06:07, Hellen Obiri, Kenya, 2024 (replacing 1:09:42, Nell Rojas, Boulder, CO, 2022)

35 - 1:07:37, Gladys Cherono, Kapsabet, Kenya, 2019

36 - 1:08:52, Nell Rojas, Boulder, CO, 2024 (replacing 1:08:58, Sara Hall, Flagstaff, AZ, 2020)

37 - 1:10:33, Natasha Wodak, North Vancouver, BC, 2019

38 - 1:07:15, Sara Hall, Flagstaff, AZ, 2022
39 - 1:10:54, Colleen De Reuck, Boulder, CO, 2004

40 - 1:13:54, Lyndsay Tessier, Toronto, ON, 2019

41 - 1:12:48, Emily Setlack, Canada, 2022
42 - 1:17:57, Linda Smith, San Luis Obispo, CA, 2004

43 - 1:13:26, Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova, 2005

44 - 1:07:52, Edna Kiplagat, Kenya, 2024 (replacing 1:12:14, Colleen De Reuck, Boulder, CO, 2009)

45 - 1:16:28, Colleen De Reuck, Boulder, CO, 2010

46 - 1:15:35, Perry Shoemaker, Vienna, VA, 2018

47 - 1:16:02, Dot McMahan, Oakland Township, MI, 2024 (replacing 1:17:38, Catherine Watkins, Vancouver, BC, 2019)

48 - 1:25:07, Iris Chuluunbat-Klein, Kenmore, WA, 2023 (replacing 1:27:14, Christie Lammers, Houston, TX, 2005)

49 - 1:22:21, Peggy Yetman, Spring, TX, 2018

50 - 1:17:56, Colleen De Reuck, Boulder, CO, 2015

51 - 1:17:25, Colleen De Reuck, Boulder, CO, 2016

52 - 1:21:33, Perry Shoemaker, Vienna, VA, 2024 (replacing 1:29:58, Christie Lammers, Houston, TX, 2009)

53 - 1:29:48, Allyson Serrao, Houston, TX, 2019

54 - 1:29:08, Terri Cassel, Tulsa, OK, 2016

55 - 1:32:51, Terri Cassel, Tulsa, OK, 2017

56 - 1:23:02, Susan Loken, Phoenix, AZ, 2020

57 - 1:30:41, Allyson Serrao, Houston, TX, 2023 (replacing 1:35:30, Eugenia Carter, Pasadena, CA, 2022)
58 - 1:24:43, Maria Regina Henriette Yamin Morales, Leon, Mexico, 2023 (replacing 1:29:34, Terri Cassel, Tulsa, OK, 2020)

59 - 1:38:02, Lynn Malloy, Katy, TX, 2020

60 - 1:28:51, Terri Cassel, Tulsa, OK, 2022
61 - 1:30:51, Terri Cassel, Tulsa, OK, 2023 (replacing 1:37:29, Debbie Clark, Colleyville, TX, 2014)

62 - 1:41:29, Lynn Malloy, Katy, TX, 2023 (replacing 1:41:35, Sally King, Houston, TX, 2011)

63 - 1:39:54, Lynn Malloy, Katy, TX, 2024 (replacing 1:44:04, Nancy Prejean, The Woodlands, TX, 2009)

64 - 1:41:40, Nancy Prejean, The Woodlands, TX, 2010

65 - 1:45:20, Nancy Prejean, The Woodlands, TX, 2011

66 - 1:55:43, Geri Wood, Houston, TX, 2015

67 - 1:45:05, Debbie Clark, Colleyville, TX, 2020

68 - 2:02:40, Dusty Burke, Spicewood, TX, 2013

69 - 1:57:37, Dusty Burke, Spicewood, TX, 2014

70 - 1:51:34, Rhonda Fosser, Lakeland, FL, 2022
71 - 2:01:07, Dusty Burke, Spicewood, TX, 2016

72 - 2:04:54, Ann Cooke, Boonton Township, NJ, 2015

73 - 1:44:24, Sabra Harvey, Houston, TX, 2023 (replacing 1:58:51, Ann Erickson, The Woodlands, TX, 2016)

74 - 2:10:30, Sali Todd, Katy, TX, 2022

75 - 2:12:32, Sali Todd, Katy, TX, 2023 (replacing 2:16:16, Isabelle Noiret, Port Townsend, WA, 2018)

76 - 2:15:04, Sali Todd, Katy, TX, 2024 (replacing 2:31:20, Marty Timpano, Katy, TX, 2023) 
77 - 2:23:03, Kathy McWilliams, The Woodlands, TX, 2022

78 - 2:46:36, Pamela Willmon, Houston, TX, 2018

79 - 2:51:55, Barbara Glenn, Houston, TX, 2024 (replacing 2:52:23, Ute Eisele, Houston, TX, 2023)

80 - 2:59:13, Ute Eisele, Houston, TX, 2024 (replacing 2:59:46, Marsha Smith, Houston, TX, 2016)

81 - 3:10:49, Shirley Gilliland, Temple, TX, 2012

82 - 3:05:59, Pamela Willmon, Houston, TX, 2022

83 - 3:51:03, Gonul Youngblood, Houston, TX, 2019

Unofficial Chevron Houston Marathon Men's Marathon Single-Age Records

Below are unofficial single age men's marathon marks from the Chevron Houston Marathon, according to its results website, houstonresults.com:

7 - 4:37:06, Paul Withers, 1979

8 - 3:59:41, Paul Withers, 1980

9 - 3:49:28, David Reyna, College Station, TX, 1978

10 - 3:05:21, David Reyna, 1979

11 - 2:50:45, Wesley Paul, 1980

12 - 2:46:21, Wesley Paul, Overland Park, KS, 1982

13 - 3:06:32, Roy Ramirez, San Antonio, TX, 1982

14 - 3:10:32, Bobby Hickman, Houston, TX, 1983

15 - 2:39:09, Wesley Paul, Overland Park, KS, 1985

16 - 2:37:31, Robert Schooler, 1980

17 - 2:41:41, Mikal Peveto, 1980

18 - 2:29:33, Mikal Peveto, 1981

19 - 2:18:48, Tesfaye Bekele, Ethiopia, 1991

20 - 2:11:55, Tefera Debela, West Chester, PA, 2019

21 - 2:12:27, Alfredo Shahanga, Kenya, 1987

22 - 2:07:04, Bekana Tolesa, 2011*

23 - 2:07:32, Bazu Worku, West Chester, PA, 2014*

24 - 2:09:07, Yitayal Atnafu, West Chester, PA, 2018

25 - 2:07:37, Teshome Gelana, Ethiopia, 2010

26 - 2:08:44, Hugo Edgardo Catrileo Tapia, Chile, 2024 (replacing 2:09:40, Dominic Ondoro, 2015)

27 - 2:06:51, Tariku Jufar, West Chester, PA, 2012*

28 - 2:06:39, Zouhair Talbi, Morocco, 2024* (replacing 2:07:52, Deriba Merga, West Chester, PA, 2009*)

29 - 2:07:45, Pat Tiernan, Australia, 2024 (replacing 2:10:59, Sean Wade, New Zealand, 1996)

30 - 2:07:14, Hendrik Pfeiffer, Germany, 2024 (replacing 2:07:54, Getachew Terfa, West Chester, PA, 2014)

31 - 2:07:41, Debebe Tolossa, Boston, MA, 2012

32 - 2:09:32, Elisha Barno, Santa Fe, NM, 2018

33 - 2:08:58, Jason Mbote, Kenya, 2010

34 - 2:09:07, Debebe Tolossa, 2015

35 - 2:11:51, Benson Seurei, 2020

36 - 2:11:16, Elisha Barno, Kenya, 2022
37 - 2:12:32, David Cheruiyot, Las Cruces, NM, 2008*

38 - 2:11:55, Wolfgang Krueger, West Germany, 1985

39 - 2:16:38, Pierre Levisse, France, 1992

40 - 2:16:45, Andrei Kuznetsov, San Francisco, CA, 1998

41 - 2:18:59, Luis Lopez, Costa Rica, 1991

42 - 2:20:21, Jose Amado Garcia Gabriel, Guatemala, 2020

43 - 2:23:14, Cesar Martins, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2015

44 - 2:26:38, Ryan Smith, Boulder, CO, 2024 (replacing 2:30:23, Vladimir Krivoy, Halifax, MA, 1995)

45 - 2:28:54, Vladimir Krivoy, Ukraine, 1996

46 - 2:26:40, Sergio Garcia, Guadalupe, Zacatexas, 2018

47 - 2:26:43, Bob Schlau, Charleston, SC, 1995

48 - 2:28:56, Luis Lopez, Mexico, 1996

49 - 2:36:39, Ardel Boes, Golden, CO, 1987

50 - 2:27:40, Wayne Spies, Brisbane, Australia, 2023 (replacing 2:33:12, David Salo, Spring, TX, 1983)

51 - 2:40:35, Ruben Hinojosa, Little Rock, AR, 2004

52 - 2:39:19, Tim Meigs, Raleigh, NC, 2019

53 - 2:43:02, Blake Wood, Los Alamos, NM, 2012

54 - 2:42:53, David Villarreal, Temple, TX, 2016

55 - 2:34:57, Brian Pilcher, Ross, CA, 2012

56 - 2:53:30, Armando Fabricio Cortinas Licon, MEX, 2022

57 - 2:44:51, Kyle Heffner, McKinney, TX, 2012

58 - 2:40:39, Alex Ratelle, Edina, MN, 1983

59 - 2:54:17, Rich Power, Rochester, MI, 2024 (replacing 2:55:16, Al Becken, San Antonio, TX, 1988)

60 - 2:53:46, Frank Perna, Bethesda, MD, 2024 (replacing 2:53:50, Agapito Gaytan, San Antonio, 2022)
61 - 2:47:59, Timothy Degrado, Arvada, CO, 2022

62 - 2:56:44, Agapito Gaytan, San Antonio, 2024 (replacing 2:57:12, Jerry Hammervold, Sugar Land, TX, 2015)

63 - 3:03:14, Joe Standerfer, Winston Salem, NC, 2019

64 - 3:08:38, Tim Heitzwebel, Kingwood, TX, 2022

65 - 3:04:32, Charles Ogilvie, Ben Wheeler, TX, 1983

66 - 3:14:58, Charles Ogilvie, 1984

67 - 3:04:09, Martin Keibel, Manchester, CT, 2019

68 - 3:20:28, Jim Schleisman, Jefferson, IA, 2002

69 - 3:26:23, Gary Zimmerman, Houston, TX, 2000

70 - 3:14:25, John Keston, McMinnville, OR, 1995

71 - 3:32:48, Jim Schleisman, Jefferson, IA, 2005

72 - 3:31:32, Jim Schleisman, Jefferson, IA, 2006

73 - 3:39:03, Jim Schleisman, Jefferson, IA, 2007

74 - 3:36:30, Jim Schleisman, Jefferson, IA, 2008

75 - 3:51:57, Ben Harvie, Kemah, TX, 2022

76 - 3:44:35, Harold Wilson, Tyler, TX, 2010

77 - 4:02:24, Robert Hoekman, Mazama, WA, 2019

78 - 4:17:59, Harold Wilson, Tyler, TX, 2012

79 - 4:20:41, Walt Washburn, Vienna, VA, 2002

80 - 4:23:13, Bill Dodson, Mountain View, CA, 2016

81 - 5:12:48, James Michie, Salt Lake City, UT, 2020

82 - 4:30:17, Richard Bertram, Houston, TX, 1996

83 - 5:34:03, James Michie, Salt Lake City, UT, 2022

85 - 5:01:57, Jerry Kusazakiewicz, Granite Shoals, TX, 2000

Unofficial Chevron Houston Marathon Women's Marathon Single-Age Records

Below are unofficial single age women's marathon marks from the Chevron Houston Marathon, according to its results website, houstonresults.com:

8 - 3:57:40, Suzanne Reid, 1979

9 - 3:50:30, Nicole Wagner, 1980

10 - 3:51:21, Heidi Withers, 1980

11 - 

12 - 3:31:01, Heather Welsch, Alvin, TX, 2015

13 - 3:17:13, Kaytlynn Welsch, Alvin, TX, 2014

14 - 3:15:08, Kaytlynn Welsch, Alvin, TX, 2015

15 - 3:11:02, Tatum Del Bosco, State College, PA, 2012

16 - 3:29:20, Darla Stelzer, 1984

17 - 3:07:57, Suzanne Wolfenden, College Station, TX, 1985

18 - 2:59:00, Maribel Lopez, Mexico, 1988

19 - 2:26:56, Meseret Belete, West Chester, PA, 2019

20 - 2:23:37, Merima Mohammed, Ethiopia, 2013*

21 - 2:26:52, Dire Tune, West Chester, PA, 2007*

22 - 2:24:40, Dire Tune, West Chester, PA, 2008*

23 - 2:23:32, Guteni Imana, 2015

24 - 2:23:23, Yebrgual Arage, 2015*

25 - 2:24:26, Buzunesh Deba, Ethiopia, 2013

26 - 2:23:14, Alemitu Abera, West Chester, PA, 2012*

27 - 2:23:53, Teyba Erkesso, Ethiopia, 2010

28 - 2:23:28, Biruktayit Degefa, Addis Ababa, 2019*

29 - 2:24:47, Biruktayit Degefa Eshetu, 2020

30 - 2:19:33, Rahma Tusa Chota, Ethiopia, 2024* (replacing 2:29:32, Jacqueline Gareau, Canada, 1985)

31 - 2:26:41, Belaynesh Fikadu, West Chester, PA, 2019

32 - 2:28:44, Margarita Plaksina, Russia, 2010

33 - 2:23:29, Askale Merachi, 2020*

34 - 2:19:24, Hitomi Niiya, Japan, 2023* (replacing 2:31:28, Yulia Gromova, New York, NY, 2009)

35 - 2;29:14, Phillipa Bowden, Great Britain, 2024 (replacing 2:30:55, Veronique Marot, England, 1991*)

36 - 2:27:18, Atsede Tesema, Ethiopia, 2024 (replacing 2:33:15, Gitte Karlshoj, Denmark, 1996)

37 - 2:19:12, Kiera D'Amato, Midlothian, VA, 2022*

38 - 2:27:25, Nuta Olaru, Longmont, CO, 2009

39 - 2:24:50, Malindi Elmore, Kelowna, BC, 2020

40 - 2:31:03, Tatiana Pozdnyakova, Russia, 1996 (2:31:06, Andrea Pomaranski, Canada, 2023)

41 - 2:36:41, Andrea Pomaranski, Canada, 2024 (replacing 2:37:37, Nuta Olaru, Longmont, CO, 2012)

42 - 2:28:42, Natasha Wodak, Canada, 2024 (replacing 2:44:57, Tatiana Titova, Gainesville / Russia, 2008)

43 - 2:33:23, Tatiana Pozdnyakova, Russia, 1999

44 - 2:32:02, Roberta Groner, Ledgewood, NJ, 2022

45 - 2:39:06, Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova, Gainesville, FL, 2007

46 - 2:49:19, Irina Bondarchouk, Russia, 1999

47 - 2:52:49, Valentyna Poltavska, New York, NY, 2019

48 - 2:57:02, Shannon Bueker, Belmont, MA, 2024 (replacing 3:02:56, Nancy Prejean, Deer Park, TX, 1994)

49 - 2:59:52, Christie Lammers, Houston, TX, 2006

50 - 2:56:22, Catherine Kruppa, Houston, TX, 2024 (replacing 3:03:26, Barbara Stoll, Houston, TX, 2012)

51 - 2:58:07, Peggy Yetman, Spring, TX, 2020

52 - 2:51:01, Colleen De Reuck, Boulder, CO, 2017

53 - 2:44:34, Maria Zambrano, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2024 (replacing 2:57:42, (Maria) Regina Yamin (Morales), Leon, MX, 2018)

54 - 3:07:39, Heidy Lozano, Boulder, CO, 2018

55 - 3:14:35, Noriko Charnley, Short Hills, NJ, 2020

56 - 3:12:51, Tina Dowling, Bolton, MA, 2023 (replacing 3:26:10, Randa Patrick, Baton Rouge, LA, 2020)

57 - 3:12:00, Maria Whitworth, Houston, TX, 2022

58 - 3:32:06, Joyce Gaskin, Beaumont, TX, 1996

59 - 3:26:24, Debra Carlson, Edmond, OK, 2024 (replacing 3:28:07, Claudia Samayoa, San Salvador, 2023)

60 - 3:29:08, Ann Erickson, The Woodlands, TX, 2003

61 - 3:32:04, Alyn Park, Denver, CO, 2013

62 - 3:31:55, Nancy Prejean, The Woodlands, TX, 2008

63 - 3:39:46, Thelma Wilson, New York, NY, 1995

64 - 3:45:59, Donna Russell, Nacogdoches, TX, 2019

65 - 3:33:08, Barbara Miller, Modesto, CA, 2005

66 - 3:40:10, Vera Nystad, Soegne, Norway, 2012

67 - 4:02:32, Ann Akera, Fayetteville, GA, 2005

68 - 4:14:19, Christine Everett, Missoula, MT, 2020

69 - 4:05:26, Norma Thomas, Moreno Valley, CA, 2012

70 - 3:59:48, Meifang Zhu, Allen, TX, 2022
71 - 5:13:12, Ute Eisele, Houston, TX, 2015**

72 - 4:56:49, Marty Timpani, Katy, TX, 2019

73 - 5:06:07, Gloria Mahoney, Kingwood, TX, 2024 (replacing 5:25:58, Ute Eisele, Houston, TX, 2017)

74 - 5:10:33, Brenda Hilton, Houston, TX, 2022

75 - 5:04:55, Marty Timpano, Katy, 2022

76 - 4:58:59, Marcia McCaskill, Houston, TX, 2001

77 - 4:43:36, Marcia McCaskill, Houston, TX, 2002

New Year's Day US parkruns All-Time

2014:  1 event, 38 runners, 5 volunteers

38 - Clermont Waterfront

2015:  2 events, 49 runners, 8 volunteers

40 - Clermont Waterfront

  9 - Durham NC

2016:  1 event, 50 runners, 5 volunteers

50 - Clermont Waterfront

2017:  2 events, 121 runners, 20 volunteers

107 - College Park

  14 - Durham NC

2018:  5 events, 325 runners, 43 volunteers

127 - College Park

  91 - Clermont Waterfront

  57 - Renton

  27 - Leakin Park

  23 - Durham NC

2019 - 13 events, 958 runners, 139 volunteers

243 - College Park

121 - Clermont Waterfront

105 - Jamaica Pond

  90 - Fletcher's Cove

  66 - Renton

  64 - Depot Park, Lillie

  59 - Kensington

  52 - Livonia

  37 - Durham NC

  34 - Leakin Park

  19 - Himmel

    4 - Moberly

2020 - 20 events, 1,793 runners, 229 volunteers

285 - College Park

174 - Clermont Waterfront

143 - Jamaica Pond

123 - Fletcher's Cove

120 - Lillie

109 - Kensington

100 - Rex Plex North

  87 - Renton

  82 - Depot Park

  79 - Livonia, Terry Hershey, Sippo Lake

  70 - Durham NC

  69 - Deep Run

  50 - South Boulder Creek

  40 - Perrigo

  35 - Leakin Park

  32 - Oak Grove

  20 - Himmel

  17 - Northside Beltline

2022 - 31 events, 1,107 runners, 304 volunteers

 90 - Clermont Waterfront 

 83 - College Park

 71 - Livonia, Rex Plex North

 65 - Jamaica Pond, Lillie

 54 - Depot Park

 49 - Durham NC

 45 - Perrigo

 39 - Weedon Island Preserve, Creekside

 37 - Roosevelt Island DC

 35 - Delaware and Raritan Canal

 33 - Sippo Lake

 32 - Mansfield OH, Kensington

 31 - Fletcher's Cove

 27 - Bear Creek Greenbelt

 26 - Terry Hershey

 22 - Charleston, Danehy Park, Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation

 20 - Deep Run 

 17 - Rock Creek Trail

 16 - Leakin Park

 15 - Himmel

 13 - Baltimore and Annapolis Trail

 11 - Peace Valley

 10 - Joe Creason, Northside Beltline

   5 - Third Creek Greenway

2023 - 23 events, 880 runners, 284 volunteers

138 - College Park

 94 - Exploration Place

 62 - Livonia

 50 - Perrigo

 48 - Lillie 

 46 - Fletcher's Cove

 42 - Depot Park

 39 - Clermont Waterfront

 38 - Rex Plex North

 37 - Durham NC

 36 - Des Moines Creek

 34 - Danehy Park

 32 - Kensington, Jamaica Pond

 27 - Delaware and Raritan Canal

 23 - South Boulder Creek

 22 - Ed Austin Regional

 17 - Himmel, Hamlet Park

 16 - Leakin Park, Peace Valley

   7 - Heritage Harbor, Joe Creason

 

2024 - 40 events, 1,901 runners, 463 volunteers

243 - College Park

117 - Perrigo

  92 - Exploration Place

  73 - Lillie

  69 - Depot Park

  67 - Livonia

  63 - Durham NC, Sippo Lake

  61 - Clermont Waterfront, Jamaica Pond

  59 - Rex Plex North 

  54 - Byxbee

  52 - Fletcher's Cove

  50 - South Boulder Creek

  49 - Baltimore and Annapolis Trail, Little Sugar Creek Greenway 

  48 - Danehy Park

  45 - Delaware and Raritan Canal

  44 - Renton

  42 - Joe Creason

  40 - Des Moines Creek

  39 - Kensington

  35 - Ed Austin Regional

  33 - Weedon Island Preserve

  32 - Terry Hershey

  31 - Leakin Park

  29 - Spindle Tree

  27 - Kingston Park

  26 - Evergreen

  24 - Himmel

  23 - Cornerstone Lakes, Eastern Trail

  22 - Peace Valley, Osborn MetroPark

  21 - Heritage Harbor

  17 - Warren County Armco

  16 - Lackawanna Rail Trail, Winthrop Trailhead

  14 - Merrymeeting

  10 - Canton Lower Rouge Trail