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January 2020

2020 Chevron Houston Marathon Pace Team

3:00 Pace Team Leader Paul King Marathons & Ultras Completed: 5 Houston Marathon Completed: 1 Marathons Paced: 7 marathons, all at Houston       3:05 Pace Team Leaders Lee Mock Marathons & Ultras Completed: 4 Houston Marathon Completed: 5 Marathon Record: 2:53:13 Stephen Baumgarther             Eugene Olivarez    

2020 Houston Marathon Elite Athlete Field

HOUSTON (January 7, 2020) – The Houston Marathon Committee (HMC) announced today a stellar elite field for the forty-eighth running of the Chevron Houston Marathon and the eighteenth Aramco Houston Half Marathon events taking place Jan. 19, 2020.   For the first year ever in HMC history, both the Chevron Houston Marathon and the Aramco Houston Half Marathon are World Athletic Gold Label events. This makes Houston home to the

October 2019

Get Your Own PR: Why You Never Want to Chase Another Runners Pace

Get Your Own PR! Why You Never Want to Chase Another Runner’s Pace. While channel surfing one Sunday in November 2017, I stumbled across the NYC marathon and caught a glimpse of a woman running to the finish line without a single soul in her wake. I was in absolute awe in that moment, but

Houston Marathon Foundation Announces 2019 Grant Recipients

HOUSTON MARATHON COMMITTEE   720 N. Post Oak Rd., Ste. 200   Houston, Texas 77008 713-957-3453   www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com   E-mail: media@houstonmarathon.com   Media Advisory: Thursday, October 31, 2019 Houston Marathon Foundation Announces 2019 Grant Recipients The Houston Marathon Foundation (HMF) announced today the recipients of 2019 grant funding awarded to nonprofit organizations that support the advancement of running as an

Chevron Houston Marathon Race Weekend Earns Gold Level Sustainability Certification for 8th Consecutive Year

HOUSTON MARATHON COMMITTEE   720 N. Post Oak Rd., Ste. 200   Houston, Texas 77008   713-957-3453   www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com   E-mail: media@houstonmarathon.com Media Advisory: Chevron Houston Marathon Race Weekend Earns Gold Level Sustainability Certification for 8th Consecutive Year Houston (Oct. 4, 2019) – The Council for Responsible Sport announced earlier this summer that the Houston Marathon Committee (HMC) has been awarded

September 2019

2020 Houston Marathon Weekend of Events Volunteer Registration Now Open

HOUSTON MARATHON COMMITTEE   720 N. Post Oak Rd., Ste. 200   Houston, Texas 77008 713-957-3453   www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com   E-mail: media@houstonmarathon.com  Media Advisory: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 2020 Houston Marathon Weekend of Events Volunteer Registration Now Open LTI partners with Houston Marathon Committee as the Official Race Crew Volunteer Sponsor for 2020 Houston Marathon Weekend of Events Houston (Oct. 1,

Why We Run – Family and Giving Back to the Running Community

Why We Run - Family and Giving Back to the Running Community Every race goal we have accomplished has been through one of us having a crazy idea to set the bar higher, faster, and/or further. This cycle is how we have come to be – one of us runs, and the other runs further,

August 2019

Sleep Tips for Before a Race

SLEEP TIPS FOR BEFORE THE RACE In addition to training hard and eating right, it’s equally important to optimize your sleep environment to ensure you receive the highest-quality sleep. Sleep before a race helps provide your body with the energy reserves it needs to tackle every mile and sleep post-race helps your body recover and

Congratulations 2019 HMF Scholarship Recipients

  Media Advisory: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Houston Marathon Foundation Announces 2019 Scholarship Class Recipients HOUSTON (July 17, 2019) – The Houston Marathon Foundation (HMF) is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2019 Susan Poorman Blackie College Scholarship: Katherine Babcock, recent graduate of The Woodlands College Park High School, Conroe Independent School Distrct (ISD);

July 2019

The Race Within

For the longest time, I always wanted to be faster. To have the ability to to be as fast and run with the pack running a 6 minute miles. But you know what? Since as long as I've been running, I havenʼt been able to achieve that dream pace - and thatʼs OK! Let me