Chevron Houston Marathon Legacy Newsletter

This is the time of year that we prove just how tough - and crazy? - we really are. Cutting back on the frequency, and distance, of our precious long runs is the smartest thing we can do; so, of course, that is NOT what most of us do. It is so darned hard to let go of the shape we have beaten ourselves into, right? You see, learning from past mistakes, such as repeated overtraining, is definitely one of our strongest weaknesses! But that is our legacy or we would not be running 26.2 miles over and over again, right? And, maybe that legacy truly adds some "verity" to our new collective description as "Legacy" runners. I am slowly getting used to this new "hashtag" so do your best to get your own mind right about it as well...

OK; the Houston Marathon has now "deep-sixed" the lottery from its entry process. We only have to remember one date - November 1st, by which time we must register. But, I urge you NOT to wait until anywhere near that "ultimate" deadline. Instead, get yourself registered early. You know you want to do it; so, sign on the dotted line and make it official! Every year, one or two of our gang fail to get that done until it is too late (maybe we are remembering the "good old days," entering at the Expo. Sorry, those days are long gone). Let's not miss out just because we are getting old and forgetful. Mostly, that forgetfulness is a positive trait - thankfully, we are unable to remember what those last 6 miles feel like...

Do not forget that it is possible to find a slot in our Pace Team group; they usually have a couple of openings each year. It is a very rewarding pursuit; and, it comes with even more perks!

You all have a great training season. Because I try to avoid the hard surfaces these days, you can look for me on the trails; and, just call me trail- er-trash!

Utopia for Ethiopia

The country's dominance continues via the top 3 men's runners, and top 5 women's finishers in the marathon. For the 7th year in a row, the Stetson cowboy hats were awarded to both the male and female runners from Ethiopia.

Near perfect running conditions helped make a competitive race.

Birhanu Gedefa came from behind in the last mile to win the Chevron Houston Marathon in a personal record of 2 hours, 8 minutes, 3 seconds, while fellow Ethiopian Yebrgual Arage also came from behind for a PR, winning the women's race in 2:23:23.

Gebo Burka broke away from Debebe Tolossa at the 23-mile mark, extending his lead to 14 seconds by the 25-mile mark, but Gedefa closed the gap quickly, passing his countryman with a quarter-mile to go, beating his previous personal best set in Rome in 2012 at 2:11:30 and winning his first marathon.

Aaron Braun took seventh place in 2:12:54 and was the top American men's finisher. Flagstaff, Arizona's Kellyn Taylor finished in 6th place at 2:28:40 in her marathon debut as the top American female.

In the Men's U.S. Half Marathon Championship, Flagstaff's Diego Estrado won with his 1:00:51 and the Women's U.S. Half Marathon Championship was won by Sacramento's Kim Conley in 1:09:44.

Lane Boyer of Texas won the men's division of the Aramco Houston Half Marathon in 1:08:51. Angela Spadafino, also of Texas, won the women's race, finishing in 1:16:18.

Sunday's Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon jammed the streets in and around downtown with thousands of runners, representing 50 states and 29 countries; and the weather didn't disappoint with sunny skies and cool temperatures.

Race Calendar

11-01 New York Marathon
11-07 Rocky Raccoon 50 K/ 25 K
11-08 Ft. Worth Marathon
11-15 Las Vegas Marathon
11-22 Warm Up Series 25 K
12-06 San Antonio Marathon
12-13 Honolulu Marathon
12-13 BSC College Station Marathon
12-13 Warm Up Series 30 K
12-14 Dallas Marathon

2016
01-01 Texas Marathon
01-10 Walt Disney Marathon
01-17 Houston Marathon
01-31 USA Fit Marathon
02-06 Rocky Raccoon 100 M
02-13 Rocky Raccoon 50 M
02-14 Galveston Marathon
02-14 Austin Marathon
02-20 Surfside Marathon
02-28 New Orleans Marathon
03-05 Woodlands Marathon
03-13? Bayou City Classic 10K
03-20 Seabrook Lucky Trail Marathon
04-2/3 Texas Independence Relay

Upcoming Events

Volunteer at the Houston Marathon Expo Legacy & Pace Team booth.

Houston Marathon Pace Team 2015

John Yoder, Kerry Lee, Erik Dill, Lilia Vazquez, Dan Greenberg, Miguel Pena,

Kevin Evans, Heidi Zimmerman, Marnie Staehly, Veronica Hoge, Norma Evans, Elizabeth Beltis,Mandy Jellerichs, Devin Brown, Kathryn White, Rhonda Emerson, Charles Hurst, Stephen McNeil, Hung Nguyen. Ken Fattmann, Fred Ward, Page Nelson, Terry Fanning, Richard Jares, Kim Johnson, Felix Lugo, Carlos Reyes (Not all pictured)

Legacy Pace Team to Lead Houston Marathon for 17th Year

Who leads the Legacy Pace Team?

The groups are led by the Houston Marathon legacy runners, both men & women, with years experience running the Chevron Houston Marathon. They'll provide runners with a unique opportunity to interact face-to-face with Legacy runnersl as well as to experience the camaraderie of a team. The Legacy team leaders make sure everyone runs at the right pace and has a good time. They'll be each team's personal coach, cheerleader and guru for the day. Some chant, some sing and some may struggle just like you. But all of them are experienced marathoners, who are running Houston to help the members of the team achieve their goal time.

Are we going to go out right on pace?

More or less. Some pacers go out a little slower the first part of the race and then run a little faster in the middle of the race and then steady to the end. Others go out just a little faster so as to have some "cushion", just in case people have to slow down at the end. Either way, the idea is to run EVEN. That's what pacing is all about.

Will we stop at water stations? Will there be walking breaks?

Depends on the pacer. We will be encouraging walking as an important part of the marathon pace team. Most will at least slow down at the water aid stations to make sure everyone gets properly hydrated. Some will stop and walk a few meters. Again, depending on the pacer. Most pacers will take walking breaks. Your pace leader will let you know the plan at the clinics and the team strategy will be reviewed before the start of the race.

I want all of you to start thinking about whether you want to be part of the team this year.

This year we will again be carrying red, white, and blue balloons. You can pass the balloons around to give the honor of helping leading your group to other people some of the time.

I look forward to hearing from you later this year if you are interested in leading a particular time.

I am extending the challenge early to be the closest to your goal and not go over. In addition, we hope our team will be more successful in being at least about 2 minutes around your goal, even if you go over.

This is very important. If you decide to be a Pacer, you need to be committed to running very close to your predicted pace. That means you almost have to cut your time from 15 minutes to 30 minutes slower than you could do by not pacing.

As I noticed from other Pace teams around the nation and at Houston in the past year, the Pacers finished within 1 minute of their predicted time. That means if you lose your group, you stay at your pace and pick up people later in the race.

We will have an Expo time on Saturday to introduce the Pace Team.

Carlos Reyes

Legacy Pace Team Coordinator

713-724-7605 for information

Arlen Isham, Co-Chair

Pace Team Goal Times

3:00

3:10

3:20

3:30

3:40

3:50

4:00

4:15

4:30

4:45

5:00

5:15

5:30

5:56

Best Pace Team Performances

Kathryn White was the Pace Team Queen by hitting her 4:30:00 goal at 4:29:48. Miguel Pena was the Pace Team King by hitting his 3:30:00 goal at 3:29:55, five seconds under.

Heidi Zimmerman and Marnie Staehly were the best team by both of them hitting their 3:40:00 goal at 3:39:49.

18 of the 29 Pacers achieved being within 2:00 under goal. Lee, Pena, Hoge, & Brown did a great job within 10 seconds of their goals. An amazing ten pacers were within 13 seconds of Goal time. Twelve of 14 pace goals were achieved by a least one pacer.

2015 Pace Team Stories

3:00 John Yoder - After a 3 year pacing absence I decided to pace the 3:00 group along with Kerry Lee. After running the Chicago Marathon in October I was left with lingering piriformis pain which morphed into groin pain. This severely cut my mileage down for the bulk of marathon training. I was hardly able to run anything in double digits until about 2 weeks prior to the race. I have no idea how I was able to pace on such little training but the fact people were counting on me to perform was a great motivator to get the job done.

Our start didn't go quite as planned as the crowds were unbelievably thick the first couple miles and we hit the first mile split at 7:24. I had planned to go out first mile about 8 seconds slower at 7:00 as most all of us needed a little warm-up, but not that slow. No worries though and we made up the time and then some after the first 6 miles.

Came through the half way with 40 seconds to the good. Later seeing photos taken by friends and MarathonFoto we learned we had a group of around 30-35. One funny story was when fellow pacer needed to hit the porta potty. He sped up from the group and then caught back up to us the following mile. Once he took off everyone around was like, "What should we do? Do we follow him? I can't run that fast!" After reassuring every one of his plans everyone relaxed, and Kerry caught up to us a lot faster than I expected.

A marathon is 26.2 miles and whether you're pacing or racing, that's a long way to run. Fatigue will hit you every time. After about mile 20 our group had dwindled to around 10 or so. Still had 20 seconds to the good which was perfect but with Houston, I prefer to run even effort over even pace and the hills of the final miles dictate keeping a few seconds in the bank.

While the temperature was near perfect I did think the humidity was rather high and I didn't enjoy running in the wet shirt. At least there was no wind. The fact I developed only minor groin/piriformis pain was a true blessing. However I did feel the lack of long runs and I felt very tired the last 10K. Oh, and my feet hurt too. Darn that concrete!

By mile 24 our group had dwindled even more and we were down to 6 seconds ahead of schedule. At mile 25 I was shocked to learn we were 6 seconds over schedule. I turned to the guy beside me and told him this and said we need to get moving. Picked up the pace a bit and he followed. So relieved to see we were back in the green by mile 26 and cruised in to finish in a very respectable 2:59:47.

One of the things that I love best about pacing is seeing the joy on people's faces who finish in their goal time. And even months from now at various races having people come up to me and thank me for helping them achieve a sub 3 hour finish. It really makes it all worth it!

3:20 Dan Greenberg - I am going to be honest, I was thrown off from the very beginning with the way the GRB was reverse of what we are used to. With a single exit point it was too congested trying to get out after the pacer picture. Getting the corrals wasn't an issue and despite HUGE lines for the portos we were in position and ready to go in time to sing the national anthem and send off the elites.

In the corral, just before we began, I did a quick check to see who was planning to run with us and I explained we would be running even splits the entire race, nothing fancy. There were more runners planning on running with us than I expected. Since 3:20 isn't a Boston qualifying time for anyone, and last year's group was small, I didn't expect as many but as I learned throughout the race this group was made up of many 45+ year old men who wanted to stay well clear of their Boston cut at 3:25.

The start seemed quite a bit better than last year, we were able to get on pace quickly and had plenty of room to run. Unfortunately, there were a few runners who had started out of position but it wasn't much trouble navigating around them. The weather was about all we could ask for and by mile 2 the arm warmers and gloves were being shed and we were ready to settle in.

The group stayed together and the pace was even for the first half, we went through the midway point about 14 seconds under our goal time so things were looking good. The crowds on Kirby and Bissonnet were fantastic and the energy really kept us going. This was an important point to keep on the garmin and make sure we didn't let the crowd make us run too fast :) When we hit post oak and into the galleria area the wind and tall buildings made the pace feel a bit different but the group stay together into Tanglewood, which was the first of about 5 or 6 mislabeled mile markers. I'm not sure what happened but the mile markers were not where they should have been and it became frustrating because it was difficult mentally to see a marker so far past where it should have been. The clocks were placed correctly, so we were able figure the pace correctly. By mile 20 the mile marker flags were back in the correct position.

We started to lose runners at about mile 17 and into the park and despite the tough mile through the park and onto Allen Pkwy we still had a nice sized group running with us. Allen Parkway is always going to be a struggle as you head for home and this year was no exception. The group broke up a bit on the way in to downtown. We had several runners move ahead of us in the last mile and few that fell a bit behind but were able to hang on and finish right around 3:20. I finished up a little quick at 3:19:38, but felt like the group was paced well based upon the splits - we didn't get more than 3 seconds off the pace for any 5K section.

Great group, great day, great run. Looking forward to next year!

3:30 Miguel Pena - It was so much fun getting to pace the 3:30 group for a 2nd year in a row. Dan and Lilia, perennial pace team extraordinaire, loaned me the spot 2 years ago and I knew I had some of the most consistent shoes in the pace biz to fill. Last year was my first pacing experience and I made some rookie mistakes that caused me precious seconds. I did good, but nowhere close to the lead. My main personal race goal this year was to win the best pacer spot. I was going to be 8 minute mile machine.

It was a spectacular day for racing. I think everyone was put at ease by the optimal PR conditions. I had an enthusiastic and certainly nervous crowd with me at the start. I was lucky to have the same pacing partner as last year so we did some quick catching up. Our group was from all over the place.... I had one guy from New Brunswick, Canada that contacted me via twitter in December after reading the pace profiles from the Marathon website (how small the world is with social media). Once again, the new start had us off in a flash and I think we were only about 10 seconds behind after the first mile. The crowd support along Waugh/Gray/Kirby was very good. There were some pinch points though and I worry about the expanded field next year. Kevin, my pace partner, and I were pretty close to each other and we were hitting my splits about dead on. West U was out in force as always. Some of the group took advantage of bananas and orange slices from the neighborhood folks.

We started to see some of the more confident folks leave the nest between miles 10 and 18. By mile 20 we had the core group that was going to try to finish with us. I had one girl stuck to me like glue who was asking for splits almost every ¼ mile. I thought she was with me till the end, but popped off somewhere around 22. Kevin, my accomplished fellow pacer, unfortunately had knee issues around 21 and also popped off the back of the group.

I was solo and feeling great. I was getting so much strength and energy from my group, and I was happy to keep their spirits up as best as possible the last 3 miles. I let them know that we had 2 tough miles coming up along Allen Parkway, and if they would grit their teeth and trust their training through this section, it would be 1 more flat mile home. I tried to rev up the crowd as much as possible. We came cruising into downtown and I finished with about 8 people in my vicinity that had been with me the whole way. There were lots of hugs all around and I was asked by a fellow runner for my pacer stick as a souvenir, which I gladly gave. It was an excellent day and I am thankful for all the other volunteers' efforts. I think we gave the folks a good show. Houstonians were out in force in many spots. And, I achieved my race goal which was the cherry on top of a great day.

3:40 Heidi Zimmerman - Marnie and I were a great team. We ran even splits and worked hard to keep our group together and energized. The weather could not have been more perfect and spectatorship was at an all-time high, especially along Allen Parkway. We successfully brought in two women who ran with us from the very beginning to the end. One women qualified for Boston with her finishing time and the other woman ran a 4 minute PR. We lost most of our original group between Tanglewood and Memorial Park. From Memorial Park into the finish we did pick up a few runners who hung on and finished with us. Marnie and I came in at 3:39:49. Our last mile was a little fast- we'll chalk that up to the crowd. I am proud of our pacing and that we stayed together for the entire race. It was a pleasure pacing this group again and I am glad we helped others reach their goals.

3:40 Marnie Staehly - The weather was perfect! We had a nice size group that started with us - a few with the hopes of qualifying for Boston. We tried to keep some nice even splits - even with my racing partner Heidi's "pit stops". She did a great job of running a little ahead and then running to catch up. We tried to continually motivate the group as well as talk to them to keep their minds off of running 26.2 miles. We had a 60 year old man running with us for a majority of the run that has only been running for 2 years. He was doing great! We also had another man that beat his last PR by over 40 minutes! We had 2 females successfully finish within their Boston qualifying times and they were so excited. I can honestly say that this was one of the more rewarding pace teams I have led - we were thanked by multiple people after the run. A truly rewarding experience and the reason I love to do it! Thank you for the opportunity!

3:50 Veronica Hoge - My second time pacing the 3:50 group at the Houston Marathon turned out to be a bit more challenging than my first outing. Last year it was all fun and games as we had to make sure to slow down the last few miles down Allen Parkway. We still finished 30 seconds too early.

This year I was determined to not go out as fast and hung back a good minute from my pacing partner. In the end, I think this turned out well for those running with us as she was the front of the pace group and I was the caboose.

Not sure if it was the weather, or more likely the fact that I was probably not quite in the shape I should have been, but I was white knuckling it at the end. Thankfully, a friend had my back those last few miles and kept me in line. Somehow, I managed to cross the finish line with a chip time of 3:50:00. Have to admit, that part was fun.

Once again I had people thank me that I didn't even know were running with me. I also had a friend run her first BQ, and that was beyond rewarding.

If I get the pleasure of pacing again next year, my goal is to hit those even half splits, which we all know is easier said than done.

4:30 Kathryn White - The starting weather was ideal. Charles and I split from each other from about 4 to 11 miles due to the very crowded streets from the Heights through River Oaks. We both had sizable groups at least that I can imagine since I see only the few runners are either side of my periphery vision. I am generally fairly quiet the first half of the race, because of the nervous excitement of the runners which is entertainment in itself. I focus on meeting my Golden Rule of Pacing. Stay consistently at goal pace and not banking time. Mission accomplished. The second half of the race is my time. I am hitting goal pace the majority of the time without effort, but now the sleeping giant is awake. Focusing on positive reinforcement and encouragement is the name of the game. Little bits of local trivia accumulated over 22 years of running the race didn't hurt either. Mission Accomplished. I am often physically alone crossing the finish line with all those that followed moving ahead in the final miles. This race was no different. In the end you are never really alone if not for the number of people that wait for you to finish to say thank you, the knowledge that you spend the day running with new acquaintances.

4:45 Carlos Reyes - I had the distinct privilege of running with a Houston Marathon Legacy runner participating in his 33rd Houston race. Stephen McNeil and Julie McAllister had paced this group for the past several years but this year Julie was unable to participate due to a knee injury. That was my opportunity to step in at 4:45. At the start line I was surprised at the numbers of runners who new Stephen by name and were all excited about undertaking another race under his guidance. We were the first group in the D Corral and reached the starting mat 22 minutes after the gun. There was a good deal of congestion from the numbers of runners until after mile 7 at the ½ Marathon turn around at which time our group was about 30 seconds behind our desired time. We had kept our group abreast of the splits at each mile marker and the plan was to slowly make up for our slow start after the congestion cleared. The 4:45 group enjoyed great participation and enthusiasm through about 24 miles where a large contingent of our group was able to speed up and finish with a very impressive push to the line.

5:00 Ken Fattman - Thank you again for the opportunity to pace 5:00 this year. We had a large group with a good mixture of first time and repeat marathoners. More than usual stuck with me to the last mile, then I encouraged them to kick it a little and get an even better time. This was a PR for several in my group. I ran the whole way while Hung utilized a 4 minute run/1 minute walk ratio but we finished within 14 seconds of each other (I was 4:59:19).

I couldn't find anyone at George Brown race morning so just headed to the corral without a pace stick. Instead, I ran the whole 26.2 miles carrying that large sign on metal tubing we were supposed to use just for lining up. It definitely gave our group visibility as a lot of spectators called out encouragement to the 5 hour group.

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it but a couple of the mile markers (16 and 18, as I recall) were pretty far off (about 0.2 mile long).

5:00 Hung Nguyen - My co-pacer, Ken Fattman, and I decided to divide into 2 groups. Dan took a group run with a constant pace @ 11:27 and I took a group do a run/walk. We had a large group from the start. It took us about 25 minutes to reach the starting line. I did not implemented a 4/1 until the 1st water stop since it was so crowded. The weather was great. We were about 1:20 minutes ahead at mile 12. I decided to give some back by walking a little longer at the water stops. Our group was still remain a good size (we picked up more runner along the way) going to the Memorial Park. After the Allen Parkway hills, I encouraged runners to run in without walking (if they can). A few runners were able to do so. Despite using the difference approach, Dan and I were almost able to cross the finish line side-by-side. Dan finished at 4:59:19. I finished at 4:59:33.

After the race, I had several people come and thank me for pacing. They said they could not have run as good a race without our help.

5:15 Fred Ward - Page and I had questions about how we were going to run from about a dozen or so runners before the started. Page ran a run-walk and I stayed with a 12 minute pace walking for a drink thru water stations. I had about six to eight for about six miles, then four till the half and two till mile 21, then one finished with me at five hours. She was excited.

Thru the marathon we talked about running, who did what, when, interacted with the other runners, spectators, and had fun. We caught Page's group at mile 18, right on a 12 minute pace. I picked up a runner for a mile or two but they would drop off.

After mile 21 I had one lady who had been with me from the start, I increased the pace a little and she was almost pushing me. We were like elite runners moving thru all the walkers all the way to the finish. At the finish I gave her my 5:15 (band directing, magic wand, pointer stick) pacer staff and she carried it like a bouquet of flowers. Then she told me she had to wait on her husband who I believe slowed at mile 8. It was a great experience.

4:15 pacers Rhonda Emerson and Devon Brown

5:56 pacer Kim Johnson

3:00 pace group

Special thanks

To the Legacy Runners & Pacers who helped with the Legacy/Pace Team Booth at the Expo each year.

Legacy Runners Updates

An e-mail was sent out to Legacy (Houston Marathon Veterans) to send back information.

Bob Hoekman

Bob Hoekman completed his 100th marathon.

Jack Lippincott maintained his streak of consecutive Houston Marathon finishes, now numbering 41.

Mack Gibson, who suffered a massive brain stem hemorrhage in June of 2014, completed his 59th marathon with Dr. Gavin Britz who saved his life.

James Thurmond - Sometimes I wonder if I have any marathons left in my legs. One at a time and I will see if I can make to 26! I'm 69 and need to run two more marathons in order to be in my 70's for at least one marathon.

Randy Keith - I completed rim to rim to rim (18.5 hours) at the Grand Canyon.

I am running the Inca Trail marathon in Peru that finishes at Machu Picchu on June 10.

Lonnie Brauner

Lonnie Brauner- 100 marathons Trophy, Woodlands, March 2015.

Steve Boone

Steve Boone completed his 600th marathon.

Suzy Seeley

finished her 200th marathon in Houston and is now at 205. Grandmas will be 206. She finished the 50 States (all under four hours) on Oct. 2, 2011 at the Wineglass Marathon in New York. She finished the 7 continents on May 4, 2014 in New Zealand (with June Harris!).

Suzy Seely

Parvaneh Moayedi - Reaching 750th marathon / ultra by end of July. Three times 50 states finisher. Dual Guinness World Records Holder for more than 2 years now. Most marathons in one year (168) and most consecutive marathons (17). Two time Badwater ultra marathon finisher. Houston 2016 will be her 16th consecutive Houston Marathon and 825th life time.

Legacy Perks

Effective with the 2016 Chevron Houston Marathon, the Board has authorized the following "Perks" for all legacy runners:

1) Legacy Runners will receive a special runner's bib - in order to receive bib, runner must be registered by November 1st!

2) Legacy Runners will be allowed to register through Nov. 1 for the 2016 race, instead of being shut out when the cap is reached.

3) Legacy Runners with thirty or more completed marathons will receive a complimentary entry to all future marathons.

4) Legacy Runners with twenty-five completed Houston Marathons at the end of the 2015 race will receive a complimentary entry to the 2016 race.

5) The top Male and Female legacy runners will be granted Elite status.

6) 25 year free entry will only be next year going forward.

Legacy Runners will continue to order a complimentary long sleeved Legacy shirt with stripes representing their respective anniversary years, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, & 40 at registration the next year after they achieve the anniversary years.

Legacy Runners will be able order their respective long sleeved shirts or golf shirts through a link on the Houston Marathon website in the beginning of the year.

Viator Data Master

Dalton Pulsipher

Legacy Marathon Information

There are 573 active legacy runners, 172 of them are streaking.

The average age of active legacy runners is 53.8.

There are 995 inactive legacy runners.

The average number of completed Houston Marathons for Active Legacy Runners is 15.1.

144 legacy women and 429 legacy men finished the 2015 Chevron Houston Marathon.

There are 20 active 70+ year old legacy runners. They are listed below.

Name	# Finishes	Age
Boris Balic	33	79
Charlie Viers	34	73
Dan Shuff	19	79
Don Winkley	18	76
Fred Steves	27	73
Gunnar Sanden	24	75
James M Leonard	12	77
James Stubbs	25	74
Jim Braden	19	79
Jim Peiffer	13	71
John Fredrickson	23	76
Larry Lindeen	23	74
Luis Salinas	13	72
Phillip Hodges	14	70
R Don Ruggles	25	70
Robert Hoekman	27	73
Sally Sims	14	71
Suresh Shah	14	71
Ute Eisele	10	71

Houston Marathon Legacy Runners - Medals

Name	Gender	Age	Chip Time	Age Group Place
Ute Eisele	F	71	5:13:12	1
Robert Hoekman	M	73	3:54:05	1
Donna Sterns	F	61	3:45:23	1
Jim Braden	M	79	4:34:29	1
Barbara Stoll	F	53	3:15:30	1
Brenda Hilton	F	67	4:23:33	1
Caroline Chamness	F	49	3:21:58	1
Roger Boak	M	66	3:45:27	1
Gunnar Sanden	M	74	4:03:03	1
Suzy Seeley	F	55	3:31:48	1
Richard Peoples	M	55	2:58:35	1
William Hall	M	77	4:50:08	1
Sally Sims	F	71	5:32:54	1
James Wiley	M	68	3:51:43	1
Don Winkley	M	76	5:21:16	1
Yong Collins	F	60	3:59:03	1

Top Individual Age Times

Age	Gender	Name	Time	# Legacy This Age	# Finishes
33	F	Katherine Hallaway	4:46:52	1	12
35	F	Rebecca Martinez	5:29:59	1	10
36	F	Robyn Wolverton	4:35:20	2	11
37	F	Tricia Hernandez	3:16:33	4	10
39	F	Maribel Aguilar	3:43:15	1	12
40	F	Michelle Meyer	3:44:34	7	10
42	F	Sherry Bankhead	3:20:10	4	10
43	F	Jennifer Korb	3:46:22	5	10
44	F	Holly Stewart	3:18:56	3	18
45	F	Lisa Gonzalez	3:46:37	2	12
46	F	Arburn Cain	3:53:11	4	13
47	F	Nancy Winchester	3:45:41	10	15
48	F	Denise Sadberry	4:05:09	6	12
49	F	Caroline Chamness	3:21:58	7	10
50	F	Annie Hadow	3:55:47	6	18
51	F	Lilia Vazquez	3:21:19	9	10
52	F	Frances McKissick	3:36:00	12	15
53	F	Barbara Stoll	3:15:30	6	18
54	F	Kathleen Kress Hanson	4:56:21	2	18
55	F	Suzy Seeley	3:31:48	5	21
56	F	Susan Rouse	3:49:41	6	30
57	F	Rhonda Emerson	4:14:14	6	17
58	F	Margaret Halsey	4:00:00	9	17
59	F	Carole Uttecht	3:48:55	4	20
60	F	Yong Collins	3:59:03	2	16
61	F	Donna Sterns	3:45:23	6	20
62	F	Cathy Beavers	4:39:46	3	17
63	F	Kathryn Vidal	5:42:58	2	19
64	F	Donna Cameron	4:29:23	4	11
65	F	Cathy Harris	5:16:24	1	12
66	F	Cathy Ludwick	5:18:12	1	19
67	F	Brenda Hilton	4:23:33	1	12
71	F	Ute Eisele	5:13:12	2	10

Age	Gender	Name	Time	# Legacy this age	# Finishes
25	M	Raymond Tam	5:27:36	1	10
27	M	Will Rommelmann	4:16:53	1	10
28	M	Timothy Feges	4:37:18	1	11
29	M	Joe Schwieterman	3:01:03	1	11
31	M	Nicholas Tofilon	4:58:34	2	10
32	M	Chris St Jean	5:03:22	1	12
33	M	Robert Hahn	3:23:39	2	15
34	M	Jonathan Tydlacka	3:37:03	2	19
35	M	Claudio Rodriguez	2:52:38	7	11
37	M	Jonathan Phillips	3:31:28	3	11
38	M	Jose Oviedo	2:43:09	4	12
40	M	Michael Defee	2:37:11	4	12
41	M	Stephen Baumgartner	2:57:43	5	15
42	M	Pete Jacobs	3:42:28	1	12
43	M	Peter Lawrence	2:33:21	11	17
44	M	Andrew Sharenson	2:56:59	7	10
45	M	Manfred Roenz	2:58:55	7	10
46	M	Matthew Padon	3:01:21	15	22
47	M	Garrett Rychlik	2:57:44	12	15
48	M	Jose Reyes	3:04:03	17	11
49	M	Francisco Garza	3:04:04	15	13
50	M	Bernie Babinat	3:09:39	14	17
51	M	David Nemoto	3:19:30	17	12
52	M	Jacob Tonge	3:16:27	16	12
53	M	Agapito Gaytan	3:28:53	24	14
54	M	Peter Schipperijn	3:20:41	19	16
55	M	Richard Peoples	2:58:35	23	19
56	M	Grant Bue	3:36:27	17	12
57	M	Rich Fredrich	3:16:32	22	25
58	M	Mark Girouard	3:21:41	21	10
59	M	Joe Melanson	3:22:25	19	16
60	M	Glenn Heumann	4:20:24	14	23
61	M	Francisco Balbuena	3:46:04	17	12
62	M	Ross Payne	3:53:28	17	10
63	M	Victor Aguirre	4:04:22	12	19
64	M	David Park	3:58:43	12	11
65	M	Andrew Chow	4:06:33	6	15
66	M	Roger Boak	3:45:27	10	32
67	M	Rudolph Rendon	4:36:32	3	31
68	M	James Wiley	3:51:43	8	11
69	M	Manuel Gonzalez	4:27:41	3	31
70	M	Phillip Hodges	4:52:29	3	14
71	M	Jim Peiffer	4:26:24	1	13
73	M	Robert Hoekman	3:54:05	3	27
74	M	Gunnar Sanden	4:03:03	3	24
76	M	Don Winkley	5:21:16	2	18
77	M	William Hall	4:50:08	1	17
78	M	Boris Balic	5:48:48	1	33
79	M	Jim Braden	4:34:29	2	19

2014 Houston Top 20 Legacy Runners
Men's & Women's Times

	Name	Gender	Age	GunTime	ChipTime
1	Peter Lawrence	M	43	2:33:21	2:33:21
2	Michael Defee	M	40	2:37:11	2:37:11
3	Jose Oviedo	M	38	2:43:12	2:43:09
4	Claudio Rodriguez	M	35	2:52:46	2:52:38
5	Brian King	M	35	2:56:42	2:56:31
6	Andrew Sharenson	M	44	2:57:05	2:56:59
7	Stephen Baumgartner	M	41	2:57:49	2:57:43
8	Garrett Rychlik	M	47	2:57:59	2:57:44
9	Richard Peoples	M	55	2:58:35	2:58:35
10	Manfred Roenz	M	45	2:59:02	2:58:55
11	John Yoder	M	43	3:00:00	2:59:47
12	Joe Schwiererman	M	29	3:01:12	3:01:03
13	Matthew Padon	M	46	3:01:23	3:01:23
14	Jose Reyes	M	48	3:04:15	3:04:03
15	Francisco Garza	M	49	3:04:15	3:04:04
16	Casey Clark	M	43	3:07:44	3:07:30
17	Mark Berman	M	49	3:08:11	3:07:33
18	Bernie Babinat	M	50	3:10:45	3:09:39
19	Joe Killeen	M	55	3:14:14	3:14:03
20	Dennie Troland	M	49	3:14:43	3:14:16

1	Barbara Stoll	F	53	3:15:30	3:15:30
2	Tricia Hernandez	F	37	3:17:52	3:16:33
3	Holly Stewart	F	44	3:20:20	3:18:56
4	Sherry Bankhead	F	42	3:21:29	3:20:10
5	Lilia Vazquez	F	51	3:22:46	3:21:19
6	Caroline Chamness	F	49	3:23:06	3:21:58
7	Melissa Hurta-Crites	F	51	3:23:54	3:23:54
8	Caroline Burum	F	49	3:26:07	2:34:40
9	Jacqueline O'Brien-Nolen	F	49	3:27:30	3:25:29
10	Suzy Seeley	F	55	3:31:48	3:31:48
11	Frances McKissick	F	52	3:39:40	3:36:00
12	Maribel Aguilar	F	39	3:48:46	3:43:15
13	Michelle Meyer	F	40	3:52:05	3:44:34
14	Donna Sterns	F	61	3:45:23	3:45:23
15	Nancy Winchester	F	47	3:48:49	3:45:41
16	Jennifer Korb	F	43	3:51:04	3:46:22
17	Lisa Gonzalez	F	45	3:49:49	3:46:37
18	Sue Wheeler	F	53	3:51:23	3:47:10
19	Carole Uttecht	F	59	3:49:00	3:48:55
20	Susan Rouse	F	56	3:51:50	3:49:41

Fastest Legacy Runners Based on Number of
Houston Marathons Completed

Exactly 40 years, 35 years, over 30 years, 30 years,
over 25 years, 25 years, 20 years, 15 years, 10 years

Years Finished	Gender	Name	# Finishes	Age	ChipTime
40	M	Jack Lippincott	41	68	5:06:37
	F	N/A

35	M	Wayne Rutledge	35	57	4:37:21
35	F	N/A

Over 30	M	Roger Boak	32	66	3:45:27
Over 30	F	Maria Camacho	32	59	5:33:22

30	M	JP Reed	30	58	4:33:48
30	F	Susan Rouse	30	56	3:49:41

Over 25	M	Larry Teeter	26	55	3:50:17
Over 25	F	N/A

25	M	Richard Fredrich	25	57	3:16:32
25	F	Leslie Hale	25	62	4:52:41

20	M	Edward Montana	20	43	3:34:03
20	F	Donna Sterns	20	61	3:45:23

15	M	Stephen Baumgartner	15	41	2:57:43
15	F	Nancy Winchester	15	47	3:45:41

10	M	Andrew Sharenson	10	44	2:56:59
10	F	Tricia Hernandez	10	37	3:22:35

Houston Marathon Legacy - Medals

Name	Gender	Age	Chip Time	Age Group Place
Ute Eisele	F	71	5:13:12	1
Robert Hoekman	M	73	3:54:05	1
Donna Sterns	F	61	3:45:23	1
Jim Braden	M	79	4:34:29	1
Barbara Stoll	F	53	3:15:30	1
Brenda Hilton	F	67	4:23:33	1
Caroline Chamness	F	49	3:21:58	2
Roger Boak	M	66	3:45:27	2
Gunnar Sanden	M	74	4:03:03	2
Suzy Seeley	F	55	3:31:48	2
Richard Peoples	M	55	2:58:35	2
William Hall	M	77	4:50:08	2
Sally Sims	F	71	5:32:54	2
James Wiley	M	68	3:51:43	3
Don Winkley	M	76	5:21:16	3
Yong Collins	F	60	3:59:03	3

Houston Marathon History, Event Statistics

Year	Sex	# Finishers	Avg Guntime	Sex	# Finishers	Avg Guntime
1972	F	1	5:11:55	M	72	3:34:24
1973	F	2	4:43:11	M	56	3:40:57
1975	F	4	3:51:02	M	71	3:24:15
1976	F	10	4:04:31	M	142	3:25:32
1977	F	22	3:58:33	M	275	3:33:00
1978	F	32	4:01:59	M	541	3:33:13
1979	F	123	4:04:13	M	1074	3:36:11
1980	F	155	4:05:04	M	1312	3:33:21
1981	F	153	4:03:19	M	1383	3:35:28
1982	F	226	4:01:29	M	1635	3:35:27
1983	F	249	3:57:31	M	1811	3:35:23
1984	F	276	3:59:40	M	1817	3:38:56
1985	F	297	3:59:04	M	1583	3:39:27
1986	F	392	4:02:02	M	2228	3:44:60
1987	F	444	4:01:02	M	2405	3:44:08
1988	F	516	4:04:13	M	2557	3:50:54
1989	F	538	4:00:33	M	2657	3:44:36
1990	F	604	4:06:51	M	2633	3:49:55
1991	F	716	4:10:07	M	3129	3:54:01
1992	F	735	4:10:56	M	3054	3:52:28
1993	F	734	4:08:57	M	2791	3:51:01
1994	F	819	4:13:12	M	3102	3:55:22
1995	F	1009	4:11:20	M	3401	3:53:34
1996	F	1141	4:14:24	M	3204	3:59:51
1997	F	1245	4:31:12	M	3119	4:12:04
1998	F	1351	4:31:26	M	3108	4:14:09
1999	F	1356	4:34:49	M	3013	4:20:00
2000	F	1542	4:38:32	M	3251	4:23:16
2001	F	1252	4:36:10	M	2764	4:17:35
2002	F	1495	4:40:28	M	2900	4:17:11
2003	F	1596	4:45:21	M	3141	4:18:48
2004	F	1836	4:47:30	M	3548	4:20:12
2005	F	2011	4:45:08	M	3701	4:20:42
2006	F	1991	4:45:20	M	3423	4:20:50
2007	F	2012	4:45:18	M	3318	4:19:54
2008	F	2055	4:41:50	M	3511	4:22:25
2009	F	1868	4:44:29	M	3480	4:24:05
2010	F	2376	4:42:42	M	3911	4:23:48
2011	F	2536	4:45:38	M	4313	4:29:34
2012	F	2790	4:44:11	M	4815	4:23:21
2013	F	2495	4:49:14	M	4028	4:29:54
2014	F	2586	4:50:26	M	4358	4:29:35
2015	F	2719	4:53:44	M	4283	4:32:45

Houston Marathon Race Numbers

Race	Registered	Finished
Marathon	13,000	7,004
Half Marathon	12,000	11,664
5K	6,000	4,713

*Switching is allowed so actual numbers registered vs. started change.

*Many thanks to Dalton Pulsipher for results.

*Look for a complete list of active legacy runners on the Houston Marathon website under the Legacy Program tab. You can also find all past Legacy Newsletters there.

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