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Christoph F. Eick's Running Homepage
Brief Running History
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I ran my first race in 1994 and got more serious about
training and running races in 1998; I jogged, played volleyball, hiked,
played tennis before I picked up running. I am a member of
the Bayou City Road Runners.
I am now living directly at the Allen Park Way
Loop
(near the 3.25 mile marker) which definitely helps fitting my runs into
my somewhat busy schedule.
I am mostly self-coached although
I train sometimes with Jon Warren's &
Sean Wade's Kenyan Way group.
Running the Dallas White Rock Marathon
in December 2009.
I completed 25 marathons
(2 New York'95+'02, 4 Houston'96+'97+'03+'11, Califonia
International'96, 4 Dallas White Rock'97+'01+'06+'09, 3 Austin
Motorola'99+'02+'04 (1999 Race Photo),
2 Boston'99+04,
Shamrock'00, Madison'00, 2 Cleveland'01+08, Steamboat Springs'04,
New Orleans'05, Big Sur'06, Vermont City'07, and Fargo'10; DNF:
Houston'01, Buffalo'05, GreenBay'09;
all finish times), running
a 3:05:37 placing 125th in the 2003 Houston
Marathon, and a 3:03:47 in the 2002 Austin Motorola Marathon.
I won age group awards in the 2000 Madison Marathon, the 2002 Austin Marathon,
and the 2004 Steamboat Springs Marathon.
I also won top 500 finisher posters in the 1998 Crescent City
Classic (placing 445th) and in the 2000 Crecent City Classic (placing 261st).
I also ran a 5:16.7 in the Dec. 2001 Congress Avenue Mile, a
2:08:30 (6:54-pace) in
Sugarland's First Colony 30K-race
in December 2000, a 18:42 (6:02 pace) in the 2000 Bellaire Trolley Run,
and a 1:27:17 (6:39-pace) in Houston's El Paso
Energy Half Marathon
('Leader of the Compaq Marathon
First Mile Hill' Photo taken by Jerry Robinson)
in Jan. 2002.
I also ran 4 mountain races:
Pikes Peak Ascent (almost
1.5 vertical miles!) in 1998,
the Mount Washington (7.5M; elevation gain more than 600 feet
per mile) in 1997, and Mount Evans Ascent (finish line
at 14250 feet) in 2001, and
the Eldora Mountain Trail 10K (Nederland, Colorado) in 2009.
I enjoyed the scenery in all races; however, I have to report that
I was not very fast going up those
mountains. I also completed the
Prickly Pear 50K (San Antonio, TX) in March 2010, the Skyline
50K (Castrovalley, CA) in August 2003 and the
Bighorn Trail 53K (Dayton, WY) in June 2002 (Photos: 'Bighorn National Forrest Adventure Club',
'How the Tail Looks').
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"If you
want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to
take some chances"
Alberto Salazar, New York
City Marathon Winner.
2010 Races
Sa., January 30: Piney
Woods 10M Trail Run, Lake Houston State Park, Texas
Su., February 28: Conoco
Philips 10K Rodeo Run, Houston, Texas
Sa., March 13: Prickly Pear 50K Trail Race, San Antonio, Texas
Sa., April 3: 4M for the Park Fun Run, Houston, Texas.
Sa., May 1: Gusher Half Marathon, Beaumont, Texas
Sa., May 22: Fargo
Marathon, North Dakota
Summer Running Break: June 6-July 6, 2010
Sa., September 18:
Toughest
10K in Texas, Kemah, Texas.
Su., October 10: United Space Alliance 10 Miler, Clearlake, Texas.
Su., November 14: HMSA 25K Race, Houston, Texas.
Su., December 5: La Porte by the Bay Half Marathon, Texas.
Su., December 12: Lake of Williams Ranch 30K Race,
Sugar Land, Texas.
Second Half 2010 Traning Schedule
Second Half 2010 Training Log
2011 Races
Sa., January 8: 20th Southern
California Half Marathon, Irvine, California.
Su., January 30: Houston Marathon
Sa., April 23, Hippity ROC Half Marathon, Cypress, Texas.
Sa., October 1:
Lighthouse Hill Ranch 20 Miles Trail Run, Johnson City, Texas.
Su., October 9: USA 10 Miler, Clearlake, Texas.
Su., October 23: Houston Half Marathon, Houston, Texas.
Su., November 13: Texas Metric Marathon, 26.21k, Houston, Texas.
(DNF---Achilles Tendinitis)
First Half 2011 Training Log
Second Half 2011 Training Log
Races in
the Far Future
Deadwood Mickelson Trail Marathon, Deadwood, South Dakota.
New York
City Marathon (have to qualify, running 3:29:59 in
a marathon, or 1:39:59 in a half-marathon)
Comrades Marathon 89K Race---one
of the world's top ultradistance races between Durban and
Pietermaritzburg in South Africa; it is run last Sunday in May or first Sunday in June.
Berlin Marathon (touring
the German capital on a very historical course)
Big Sur Marathon (a very scenic marathon course; ran
a 3:34 in it in 2006, finishing "strong")
Mount Washington Road Race (7.6
miles; one of the steapest mountain road races in the world with an elevation gain of more than 600 feet
per mile)
Mount Ashland Hill Climb Run (13.3 miles with
5600 feet elevation gain)
"We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves...The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable."
Sir Roger Bannister, first runner to run a sub-4 minute mile .Interesting
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"The word competition comes from the Latin competere, which means 'to seek together.' So look at your competitor as your partner. You seek greatness together."
Jerry Lynch, Runner and Author.
Running the 1999 Boston Marathon
"I cried twice
out there. It was beautiful. The people along the way, standing there,
cheering, yelling at you. I could't help myself. I cried twice."
Walt Ganty, running at Boston.
"Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring."
Jimmy Carter, US President
View of the Route of the La Porte By the Bay
1/2 Marathon which I ran in 2010 ---you have to go over the Fred
Hartman Bridge twice
Last updated: January 14, 2012
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