3:00 Pace Team Leader

Starla Garcia
Starla Garcia is a Registered Dietitian, owner of The Healthy Shine, LLC, 2020 Olympic Trials Qualifier, former University of Houston cross country and tracks and field athlete, and body and cultural diversity advocate. Starla will line up at the 50th Chevron Houston Marathon as a 3-time finisher.

 

 

 

Cali Roper
Cali is an athlete and clinician at McLean OCD Institute // Houston that is also obtaining her Ph.D. at Baylor University. While at Rice, Cali won 9 conference championships and was named an honorable mention All-American in the 10k. Cali recently qualified and competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon in 2020 and continues to pursue her passion for running while advocating for those struggling with mental illness through her research, therapy, and her own personal testimony.

 

Eugenio Olivarez

 

 

 

 

 

3:05 Pace Team Leaders

Stephen Wolff
Stephen Wolff became a runner at the encouragement of his mother Lyn and a marathoner at the encouragement of his friend Dr. Funk, PhD. His current PRs include 2:42:49 in the marathon (2020) and 1:16:45 in the half (2019). Stephen runs here in Houston with the Houston Harriers. This is his second time pacing the Houston Marathon.

 

Luis Lopez
Hi! I’m Luis. I’ve started running since early 2018. I’m an engineer and amateur athlete in love with distance running. I have completed 5 marathons. My first one was in Monterrey MX, 2018. My second one was the Mexico City Marathon, after that came to my resume Chicago in 2019 registering a 3h04 hours. After that Phoenix with 2h50 (current PR) and finally Boston Marathon on October 11th, 2021.

 

 

Don Wang
I was a lazy sprinter in high school (200m, 400m), and the thought of running a marathon (or even a half) never crossed my mind until I was 25, when I watched as a housemate trained for her third consecutive Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon. Numerically-inclined, I thought it would be cool to run my age in miles, and I completed my first marathon at 2008 RnR (San Diego). Since then, I’ve run nearly 60 marys, most of them as a pacer, with a PR of 2:50 at 2019 NYC. As a pacer I strive to bank energy (not time) and go by even effort (slower on the uphills, faster on the downhills).

 

3:10 Pace Team Leaders

Matt Tabor
Matt is a veteran marathon runner from Dallas, TX with 41 marathon finishes to date, including back to back marathon finishes at Chicago and Boston this year. He has a passion for pacing and helping others reach their goals; he truly believes the running community is about giving back. His current running goal is to finish a marathon in every state, which he hopes to have finished in the next few years. He trains with Team Pegasus and the White Rock Running Coop in Dallas and is excited to pace the Houston Marathon in January.

 

Kim Lowry
Kim is excited to be pacing the 3:10 group at the 2022 Houston Marathon. 4 years ago Kim moved to Houston from New Jersey to pursue her career as a sports dietitian. She is a lifelong athlete who ran track all the way through college. After receiving some “positive peer pressure” from local Houston runners she completed her first marathon in under 3 hours at Houston 2019. Kim is grateful to be apart of the running community and excited to help others reach their goals.

 

Javier Mere

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:20 Pace Team Leaders

Shawn Woodland
Completed 13 marathons, helped pace the 3:10 group at the 2020 Chevron Houston Marathon, PR is 2:46:15 at the New York City Marathon. Live in Kingwood, TX.

 

 

 

Micah Petersen
Micah Petersen is from Houston, Texas and is a Captain in the US Army. In 2017, he was selected as 1 of 126 Schwarzman Scholars from around the world and earned a MA in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Prior to studying in China, he graduated in May 2017 from the University of Delaware where he was the recipient of the Alexander J. Taylor award for graduating as the top Male in the class of 2017. He is a graduate of the US Army’s Ranger School and Airborne School, is the founder of an online bowtie company, has run across the United States four times, and is an avid triathlon and marathoner.

Andrew Postolovsky

 

 

 

 

 

3:25 Pace Team Leaders

Lena Josifi
My name is Lena Josifi and I have been a runner for most of my life. My love for running led me to join the Vanderbilt cross country and track teams as a walk on in college. I trained for my first marathon afterwards and have since ran 10 marathons, including all of the World Marathon Majors. I am currently training for the California International Marathon in December, which will make pacing the Houston Marathon my 12th marathon. One fun running fact about me is that I was born in Albania and held the Albanian marathon national record from 2012-2020.

 

Peter Qumsiyeh
Peter from Dayton, Ohio loves to run (obviously), but more importantly, he loves to meet other runners and grow the running community. As much as he enjoys achieving his own goals, Peter prefers to help others achieve their goals. That’s where pacing comes in. Peter has paced over 100 half and full marathons in the past six years. Peter can’t wait to meet you, run with you and help you crush your 3:25 full marathon in Houston!

 

Kerry Lee

 

 

 

 

 

3:30 Pace Team Leaders

Hongyin Mao

 

 

 

 

Ilya Fayerman

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angela Miller
I am a mom of twin, boy/girl, 9 year olds. I have been running marathons for 18 years. I’ve run 18 marathons and qualified for Boston in 16 of them. I started trail racing and ultra marathons in 2020. And I completed my first 50 miler in the spring of 2021. I love to run and train with my friends!

 

 

 

3:35 Pace Team Leaders

Kenny Miller
Kenny began running in high school, competing in both cross-country and track, as an alternative to playing football. He has been a runner ever since. Kenny ran at Northwest Missouri State University (Go Bearcats!!), before being sidelined by injury. After college, Kenny began running again to stay active, and to get in better shape.
He has run over 500 races to date, including 68 marathons (PR of 2:50), and over 125 half marathons (PR of 1:20).

 

Donald Paul
Donald lives in The Woodlands TX with his wife and 2 teenage boys. They play a lot of golf together, he runs a lot of miles alone, and they enjoy helping foster dogs find new homes!

 

 

 

 

Zein Aly

 

 

 

 

3:40 Pace Team Leaders

Ly Phan
Ly has been running for 17 years to get in shape after his first born. 2022 will be his 16th consecutive Chevron Houston Marathon. Endurance accomplishments include 6x Ironman finisher, BQ qualifier, and 30+ marathons. Currently on a 570+ days streak running minimum 5k a day since COVID quarantine began. To him running is a lifestyle not just for the body but for the mind. His motto is “Always Respect the miles”

 

 

 

David Diaz

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Villanueva

 

 

 

 

 

3:50 Pace Team Leaders

Prashantha Viswanatha
Prashantha started running in June 2011 and within 4 months ran a full Marathon. Running has been part of his life ever since the completion of that first marathon. Prashantha has also completed an IRONMAN triathlon in Texas, Colorado and Wisconsin. He has done 4 Marathon Majors- Boston, Chicago, Berlin and Tokyo. He has completed 66 full marathons and also completed running all 50 states of USA. He enjoys running with a group and looking forward to help you achieve your target goal in upcoming races.

 

Angie Waples
Angie Waples, mother to 3 beautiful girls and wife to fellow avid runner. She started running during graduate school as a stress release, and keep adding more miles every year. She has ran many half marathons and 5 full marathons, including the 2021 Boston Marathon. Her BQ was achieved at the 2019 Chevron Houston Marathon – it was such a fast, great race! She is looking forward to pacing for the 2022 Houston Marathon and helping others reach their goals.

 

Warren Udd
One of the tallest 5’9″ financial services professionals that you will find in the industry has run 5.97 marathons. Favorite marathon experience was pacing Houston 2020 Marathon. Favorite distance to run is the marathon, nothing challenges you more.

 

 

 

3:55 Pace Team Leaders

Heather Cui
I am Heather Cui, my first marathon was Chevron Houston Marathon in 2014. Now I completed 14 marathons, and 3 virtual marathons. I am excited to be a pacer to help fellow runners to reach their goals. My advice to runners: train hard, train smart, listen to your body, enjoy and run your own race!!!
See you at the start line at Chevron Houston Marathon 2022.

 

 

 

Andrew Kingsbury
Andrew recently moved to Houston after completing law school. He started running a few years ago and has completed a few marathons since then and recently participated in the Chicago Marathon. He frequently trains around Memorial Park and Eleanor Tinsley Park. Feel free to say hi if you see him!

 

 

 

Insiya Jafferji
Insiya ran her first marathon at the 2014 Chevron Houston Marathon and has continued to be passionate about running since then! Insiya has run 26 marathons across the US and internationally including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, the Honolulu Marathon in Hawaii and Islandsbanki Reykjavik Marathon in Iceland. Insiya has paced the Galveston Marathon multiple times and enjoys meeting new runners and encourages them in their goals to the finish line.

 

4:00 Pace Team Leaders

Georgina Mishkin
Hi, my name is Georgie! I’m a Brit turned American after moving to Houston in 2001. I have been a part of the Houston marathon weekend since I was 14 years old when I ran my first 1/2 marathon. I have run in the Houston marathon weekend for over 10 years, pacing the last 4 of them. Fun fact: I have paced 3 of these with my DAD by my side! I’m lucky to have covered so many miles, but I just can’t seem to get enough of the Houston marathon!! Truly is one of the best weekends of the year.

 

Jorge Polo Medina
My name is Jorge Polo and I am from Punto Fijo, Venezuela. I have been involved in running since 2015 as a way to improve my physical condition and look for a healthy lifestyle. After coming to the USA, I arrived in Houston and I was immediately attracted by Chevron Houston Marathon hype. I joined the volunteer crew in 2019 and my first experience as a runner in this race was in 2020. I think this race is a great experience to connect and share with the running community of this great city. From the starting line to the finish line you are going to enjoy every mile of the course and be supported by runners and the Houstonians.

 

Paul Addicott
I’m Paul Addicott and I love to help people Run Happy, and achieve their goals. Having ran almost 100 marathons, and pacing 92 official events around the world, runners will be in safe hands joining me for the sub 4 #funbus. I will ensure you run a nice consistent pace to achieve 3:59:xx, and help you have fun on the journey. Everyone can come and say hello on Instagram @pauladdicott and check out my adventures on www.pickupthepacepaul.com.

 

4:05 Pace Team Leaders

Jenny Gruber
Jenny lives in Houston, where she has worked at NASA Johnson Space Center since 2002. She has been running for a little over 20 years, and have completed 35 marathons and 13 ultras (9 50K, 3 50M, and 1 100K). She has lived through injuries, good races, and not so good races, so she can empathize with and encourage other runners, no matter what kind of day they’re having. The Houston Marathon is one of her favorite races–the course provides a good tour of the city, the spectators are plentiful, and the organizers and volunteers take GREAT care of the runners. She has paced Houston twice (once while recovering from a horrible case of food poisoning!), and it’s such a rewarding experience! She loves showing off the city, encouraging runners, and helping people reach their goals.

Teresa Ngo
Teresa has been running since college and ran the Houston Marathon when it was called Hewlett Packard. Running has been enjoyable since it has lead her to new areas of Houston in which she never knew existed. She is currently an Ambassador for Texas Foot Specialist in Katy and with the running clu, Katy Area Running Club.

 

 

4:20 Pace Team Leaders

Carola Beedle
Hi my name is Carola Beedle. I am from Honduras, Central America. I started running 6 years ago because I enjoyed a Bootcamp for women and few girls were training for the Hot Chocolate Run 15k and I wanted to do it but unfortunately I never run in my life so I couldn’t do it .I started training myself to do a 5k and finally did it in 50 minutes. I was so HAPPY that day and is when I fell in love with this Sport call RUNNING. I have done 2 50k, 2 50 miles, 16 marathons and probably 25 or more half marathon.

 

Devin Brown
I’m Devin and I will be pacing the 4:20 group again this year. I’m a Houston native with lots of experience pacing the Houston marathon. I am also a coach with a local running club. I have run marathons all over the world and I love to talk with runners about running and traveling. I am currently working on running a marathon on all seven continents. I have five so far. I have also run across the Grand Canyon and back and I have done a couple of Ironman races (I always enjoyed the running part the best). I’m a very social person, and sometimes a little light conversation is just what we runners need to take our focus on the hard work we are doing for 26.2 miles. I can also see when someone needs to just put their head down and concentrate so I also don’t mind letting folks run in peace.

4:35 Pace Team Leaders

Cory Lucas
Cory caught the running bug back in 1985 when he started running local 5 and 10K fun runs. Then in middle school he ran track and in high school he proceeded to run track and cross country. His first Marathon was the 1991 Houston Marathon and he has now completed his 21st Houston Marathon. His first taste of trail running was a 50 miler which he completed in 2012 and has been hooked on Ultra/Trail running. Since then, he has completed ten 50K/60K/50M, three 100K and five 100 milers. October 2021 he just completed his 92nd Marathon/Ultra. He became a part of the Marathon Maniacs #6392 in 2012 and his longest Marathon streak so far is 4 in 4 days. He has paced a total of 28 Marathons. He enjoys helping others reach their life goals and loves to take on challenges and he is always looking for the next turn.

Michael Swanson
Michael “ran” his first race in 2008. It was a 5k and didn’t go well. It wouldn’t be until August of 2013 that he tried another 5k. That one went well and he was hooked. Over the next 8 years, he’d complete some 90 races which ranged from 5ks all the way up to a 100k. To date, these races include some 45 half marathons, 12 marathons, 3 ultra-marathons, and a smattering of shorter distances.

 

 

4:50 Pace Team Leaders

Luis Jimenez
I was originally born in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico. I was raised in the housing projects in East Los Ángeles, California. I was a fat person almost reaching 300 lbs. I needed to change my weight for health reasons. I decided to take up running and could barely run for two consecutive minutes…that’s how my running journey started. Two minutes led to a 6 hour 50 minute 50K race. Running numerous races…marathons, half marathons, 15K, 10k, and 5k…pacing them too! That is how I give back to my fellow runners.

 

 

Andrew Aguirre
Andrew is 41 years young and is from Tulsa, OK. He is a finance director who started his marathon journey in 2010. His first marathon was Route 66. Since 2010 he has completed 142 (marathons or longer events) in 50 states/countries. His most proud finish was the 2015 Boston Marathon. Andrew had the opportunity to run Boston about 6 weeks before race day. He shifted my training to focus on Boston and pulled off a significant PR for himself at the time.

 

 

5:05 Pace Team Leaders

Mandy Jellerichs
Hi. I am a runner and triathlete! I have run 100+ marathons, 9x Ironman finisher, 12x Boston Marathon finisher and currently chipping away at 50 marathons in 50 states (just hit state #48). I started pacing over 10 years ago to give back to the running community and I saw the value that pacers play in a marathon. I also have had the excitement of guiding for a blind runner at the NYC Marathon 4x with the Achilles Foundation. I feel with my marathon and overall coaching and pacing experience I can provide runners and fun and enjoyable marathon experience, while hitting even splits to get you to the finish line in 5:05 (5 hrs 5 mins)!

 

Will Featherston
I have completed 65 marathons, 4 50ks, 2 50 miles and 1 100 mile races. I have done 8 Ironmans. I did my first marathon on my 34th birthday. This will be my 14th full marathon at Houston. I have also done 2 half marathons before starting the full marathons in Houston. This will be my 7th year pacing the Houston Marathon. Running is my passion and pacing is a strong 2nd. I love to watch people achieve goals and letting me be a part of that.

 

5:20 Pace Team Leaders

Monica Rose
By crack of dawn and afternoon, you’ll find me running the streets here in Montgomery County and crossfit at USCF with my 4 p.m. family. Weekends are for the long runs. I love my trails and dirt but still love my roads. I have been part of the Woodlands Fit family for the past several years. Our WF family is a mix of road and trail runners, Ironman and ultra marathoners.
I have run multiple 5ks, 10ks, half marathons, and some 15ks. I have run 9 marathons and 2 ultras.

 

John Moss
Hi runners! My name is John Moss and I am excited to be running Houston Marathon as a pacer. I will be with the 5:20 group and look forward to getting y’all across the line at that goal. I have run Houston 3 times, along with dozens of other marathons, half’s, and several ultras up to 100 miles. I grew up south of Houston, but currently live in a rural burb of Chicago. I hope to be able to continue getting in outside runs leading up to Houston, but you never know with the snow around here.

 

5:56 Pace Team Leaders

Hung Nguyen

 

 

 

 

 

William Fermo
William is a Cofounder of a local running group in SETX called the Golden Triangle Strutters. He created the group with his brother to grow the running community by forming lasting bonds with all Houston runners. He has ran 44 marathons and excited that this next marathon will be my 9th Chevron Marathon. Excited to have the opportunity to pace the Chevron marathon his all time favorite marathon.