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4:24, 5:37 & 5:37
T
hose are the Houston 2009 Marathon finish-
ing times for my daughter Dawn, my son Ed
and me. I sit here a little sore today as I write
this letter, however; I’m feeling a very deep
sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. The
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ceases to amaze me. If you treat it right, nour-
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The weather was nearly perfect, but maybe a little warm toward the end of
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the race at just after noon. The morning air was cool and comforting as we start-
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ed our journey to the finish line. The race committee should be proud of the
event they provided. It was one of the best run events that I have ever attended.
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There were 18,000 participants in the various events, marathon, half marathon
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and 5K. There was excellent support for all participants and the events had par-
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ticipants from 45 states and 20 countries.
A few interesting statistics from the event: Ethiopia’s Deriba Merga set a new
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course record for men with a time of 2:07:52 which broke the 20-year-old record
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by more than 2 minutes and a new course record for women was set by Teyba
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Erkesso also from Ethiopia, eclipsing the previous record by 22 seconds. Thirty-
nine million, 900 thousand calories were burned, 1,575 traffic cones were used,
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7,114 gallons of Lemon-Lime Endurance Formula Gatorade was consumed using
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450,000 paper cups, there were 400 volunteers for the medical teams, 30 emer-
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their children, dogs, noise makers, bands, orange slices, pretzels, mints, Oreos
and most of all their wholehearted support and encouragement. Houston
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Marathon fans are the greatest and as much a part of the event as the runners.
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There are times during the race where you wonder if you can take another step
and just then you hear someone call your name and provide words of encour-
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agement, comfort and motivation. As we reached mile 20 a roving band of belly
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dancers appeared out of nowhere and I thought that I might be starting to hallu-
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cinate because of the rising temperature. However, they were real and doing
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their thing to keep us energized for those last 6 grueling miles. It would not be
the same event without Houston’s fantastic spectators.
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At our home, post-event festivities were provided by your Co-Publisher and
Franchise Sales: Toll Free 888-434-9392 my wife, Phyllis who made a delicious organic turkey with all the trimmings and
fresh spinach, all topped off with some well-deserved double chocolate chip
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healing centers, public libraries and wherever free
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has decided that she will be giving the half marathon a try in 2010.
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