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I ran my first race in 1994 and got more serious about
training and running races in 1997; I jogged, played volleyball, hiked,
played tennis before I picked up running. I am a member of
HARRA and
the Bayou City Road Runners.
After being away from Houston for 14 months I returned to
Houston in Fall 1999. I am now living directly at the Allen Park Way
Loop
(near the 3.25 mile marker) which defitely helps fitting my runs into
my somewhat busy schedule.
I am mostly self-coached although
I train with Jon Warren's &
Sean Wade's Kenyan Way group since I returned to Houston.
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| Running the Shamrock Marathon (3/18/00 in Virginia Beach)
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I
completed 14 marathons
(2 New York'95+'02, 3 Houston'96+'97+'03, Califonia
International'96, 2 Dallas White Rock'97+'01, 2 Austin
Motorola'99+'02 (1999 Race Photo), Boston'99,
Shamrock'00 (Shamrock
Photo),
Madison'00, and Cleveland'01), running a 3:05:37 in the 2003 Houston
Marathon, a 3:03:47 in
the 2002 Austin Motorola Marathon,
and a 3:12:27 in the 2000 Madison Marathon, also winning
age group awards in Austin and in Madison.
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 1:27:16 (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 Sundown at the Pass 5-Miler (Tuscon, Arizona) in 2003.
I enjoyed the scenery in all four races.
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"You cannot win races
if you are not relaxed."
---Jean Claude Killy, ski racer and
gold medalist
Jack Daniels' Marathon Training Program (one of the best in
the market!)
