Marathon Stimulus Package: Sign Up Early

The countdown to race registration for the 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon, EP 5K, and ABB Team Challenge opens on the morning of Friday, July 17, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. (CST).

The 2010 marathon and half marathon fields have a protected cap of 22,000 participants. Of the 22,000 entries, 11,0000 entries are reserved for each the marathon and half marathon fields.

Click here for additional 2010 race updates.

3-2-1 Blast-Off

This weekend the 31st Annual Lunar Rendezvous 5K Run, sponsored by Honeywell, takes place on Saturday, July 18th, at Space Center Houston (7:30AM).

The Lunar Rendezvous Run has a very rich tradition with some very hot weather and some very hot competition. Former winners of the race include -

Men's Overall

• 15:22, David Wittman - 1999
• 15:44, Rudy Rocha - 2000
• 15:20, Luis Armenteros - 2002
• 15:27, Luis Armenteros - 2003
• 15:55, Joseph Routt - 2004
• 15:12, Luis Armenteros - 2005
• 15:49, Alan Hedengren - 2006
• 15:59, Jacob Phillips - 2007
• 15:51, John Hedengren - 2008

Women's Overall

• 19:57, Kathy Barton - 1999
• 18:59, Bridget Degan - 2000
• 18:31, Sherrie Keim - 2002
• 19:08, Kathryn Scarborough - 2003
• 17:11, Carmen Ayala-Troncoso - 2004
• 19:39, Debbie Rudisill - 2005
• 18:17, Allison Pye - 2006
• 16:59, Nichole Jones - 2007
• 17:24, Peggy Yetman - 2008

Men's Master's

• 16:22, David Washburn - 1999
• 16:19, David Washburn - 2000
• 16:27, David Dunn - 2002
• 16:15, Jon Butler - 2003
• 17:16, Joe Melanson - 2004
• 16:49, Francisco Perez - 2005
• 17:10, Gerardo Mora - 2006
• 16:46, Gerardo Mora - 2007
• 16:47, Gerardo Mora - 2008

Female Master's

• 19:57, Kathy Barton - 1999
• 20:01, Allison Willbern - 2000
• 20:25, Carolyn Parsons - 2002
• 19:20, Sherrie Keim - 2003
• 20:43, Donna Sterns - 2004
• 20:38, Liz Schwandt - 2005
• 20:42, Bonnie Jo Barron - 2006
• 20:15, Heidi Mairs - 2007
• 22:03, Donna Sterns - 2008

Houston Striders Novelty Run

The annual Houston Striders Novelty Run is set for Sunday, July 12th, at Terry Hershey Park (north side entrance), with check-in at 7:00AM and the relay start at 8:00AM.

This very creative format consists of a 4 x 1 Mile predicton relay and focuses not on speed, but about which team predicts their closest finishing time. There will be plenty of breakfast tacos and refreshments on hand.

Now, for the relay rules -

• No watches, Garmins, heart rate monitors, phones, iphones, sun dials - anything that will give a runner some idea of what pace they are running
  
• The incoming runner CANNOT see their finish time


• The outgoing runner CAN see their start time and is allowed to adjust pace accordingly - if they can

No bibs, no time recording, no age-grading, but hopefully a lot of fun and a different sort of competitive challenge and an excuse to party afterwards.

HARRA News Blog Revival

As HARRA News undergoes some changes, we are pleased to announce the creation of this new blog that will continually be updating the HARRA Membership on Upcoming Events, Race Results, and intriguing odd-and-ends related to our wonderful association. So, without further delay, please enjoy, and check back frequently, as this blog will be update quite frequently, almost daily with the lastest news from HARRA!