HOUSTON - Near-perfect conditions yielded speedy performances Sunday at the 43rd Chevron Houston Marathon as Yebrgual Arage ran the second fastest time ever by a woman at Houston and Birhanu Gedefa outkicked Gebo Burka to take the men's race. It was the seventh straight sweep of the titles by Ethiopia. Arage made a late race
Aramco Houston Half Marathon to host USA Half Marathon Championships HOUSTON (January 7, 2015) - The 43rd edition of the Chevron Houston Marathon Race Weekend features stacked fields in both the Chevron Houston Marathon and the Aramco Houston Half Marathon, which plays host to the USA Half Marathon Championships. Race-day for the 2015 Chevron Houston
By Ambassador Lindsay McClelland I’m pretty darn lucky. I have a great relationship with my family and over the last couple of years my relationship with my dad has just gotten stronger. Why? It’s because we run together. When I was in college, we’d run a couple miles together every now and again, but we
The Houston Marathon Committee announced on Wednesday the new course for the 2015 ABB 5K. Alterations were made to the course to accommodate civic enhancement projects downtown. The 2015 race will start at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 17. Entries are still available. Do the Houston Double! All runners who participate in the 2015 ABB
HOUSTON - The Houston Marathon Committee (HMC) announced today the election of former HMC Board of Director Carl Moerer into the Houston Marathon Hall of Fame. Moerer was honored by the Houston Marathon Committee December 4th at the 2015 Hall of Fame Reception hosted at The Grove in Discovery Green in downtown Houston. "Carl Moerer
By Ambassador Lindsay McClelland We’re less than two months out from race day, so I figure it’s appropriate to share my appreciation for the Chevron Houston Marathon, the committee staff and my fellow ambassadors. The Chevron Houston Marathon is a fantastic race and I LOVE the fact that the ambassador program allows me to share
By Ambassador Steph Fraser I know what you’re thinking, you didn’t even know I’d started training for the Chevron Houston Marathon, and here I am about to unload an update on you. Oh well, these things happen and we just have to move on. Training actually started at the end of August, making for a
By Ambassador Lindsay McClelland On October 12th, I ran my 8th marathon, The Bank of America Chicago Marathon. While I didn’t PR (personal record), I did learn some important lessons that I’m confident will make the Chevron Houston Marathon a successful race! Chicago, like Houston has great crowd support and it’s always fun to run
By Ambassador Melissa Carlson Last night I overhauled our training plan for the Chevron Houston Marathon. Again. Sunday long runs just weren’t working for us. The only thing we really enjoyed was the ability to sleep in on Saturday morning after a long work week filled with 3:45am alarms. Let’s not talk about how at
HOUSTON (October 8, 2014) - The Houston Marathon Committee announced on Wednesday the course changes for the 2015 Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon. Slight alterations were made to both courses to accommodate civic enhancement projects downtown and on Shepherd. The 2015 races will start at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, January 18. "Downtown
