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Running Side Trips
Side Trips will include news from running clubs, individual achievements and notes from area road races. Please feel free to submit notes to be included on the page by e-mailing the information to admin@clinesrunningcorner.com. |
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*** Maria Martinez of Fort Worth is third female and 11th overall in WacoMaria Martinez of Fort Worth, winner of last year's Fort Worth Marathon and one of the marathons in the New Year's Double in Allen, was the third female finisher in the Miracle Match Marathon in Waco on Sunday (Jan. 29). Maria ran a 3:24:18. The female winner and runner-up were Gail Illich (3:11:59) of Waco and Hannah McCall (3:23:35) of Starkville, MS. Illich and her husband Paul crossed the finish line together. Winning the male overall was Lamech Mokono, clocking a course record of 2:34:17. Mokono, a a Kenyan and 2008 winner of the Grandma's Marathon in Minnesota. There were 193 finishers -- 132 males and 61 females. Here's a link to the results. *** Three-time Cowtown winner Ricky Cox to be among marathon pacersRicky Cox, who won the Cowtown Marathon in 1982-83 and '86, will be among the pacers for the marathon on Feb. 26. Ricky will pace those runners shooting for a 3:15 finish. Ricky, now 52, has a 2:17 best at the 26.2-mile distance but won his Cowtowns with low 2:20 times. He has maintained his running conditioning through the years but has concentrated on shorter distances. Even so, Ricky expects the hardest part of being the pacer for the 3:15 group will be "slowing" down. Son Demery, who helps Ricky with their Trinity 5000 Summer Series and is in charge of Cox Racing Services, is scheduled to pace the 3:10 group. *** Metro PCS White Rock Marathon rewards relay teams
The MetroPCS Dallas White Rock Marathon announced the results of the 2011 SMU Cox Corporate Relay Challenge, presented by Behringer Harvard, and awarded the $30,000 prize money to the winning teams in their respective categories. The challenge, now in its sixth year, consists of five-person relay teams that run the marathon. For the fourth time, BNSF Velocity won the overall Fastest Corporate Team award and earned $5,000, which is donated to the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. All the prize money is donated to the hospital, which is the main benefactor for the event. ''This year, we were extremely proud of our employee participation with eight relay teams and 50 volunteers working the event,'' said Jason Mattox, chief operation officer for Behringer Harvard. Registration for the 2012 Corporate Relay Challenge opens June 1. To see the results of the 2011 relay challenge, read the news release. *** Area masters runners make haul in Wichita FallsDianna Sulser, 55, of Denison and Joshua Witte, 40, of Flower Mound won the Dirt Trail Marathon in Wichita Falls on Saturday, Jan. 21, as the first part of The Duel, the new name and format for what was the Wee-Chi-Tah Marathon. Dianna won the overall female title in 4:47:45.5, and another DFW area runner, Judy Hayes, 50, of Burleson took the masters in 5:11:52. Joshua ran a 3:40:29.4 to win the male overall title. In the Dirt Trail Ultra (50K), Tammi Starnes, 47, of Dallas won the female overall award with a 5:23 and Nancy Hannah, 43, of Fort Worth won the female masters title in 6:09:37. She came back on Sunday to add the Paved Trail Ultra female masters award with a 5:34:11.6. Mike Jusko, 46, of Rockwall took home the male masters title in the ultra with a 5:09:41.2. Also, in Sunday's Paved Trail events, Cyndi Graves, 48, of Plano won the female ultra overall with a 5:00:37.2. In the half, Iris Stagner, 4, of Mineral Wells took the female masters award with a 1:51:03.4. ***
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*** Share your race experiences -- good, bad or uglyRunners, like golfers, usually like to relive their greatest and sometimes not so greatest moments. Most have some interesting stories and experiences that need to be shared. Or maybe there is a favorite race that others should know about and you'd like to spread the word. So do it. Tell your tale on this form. Iinclude some pictures if you want. So, what could be easier except for having me write it for you? If it takes more than one form to complete the report, just number each submission as Page 1, Page 2, etc.. Thanks, Charles Clines. Visit the Favorite or Interesting Event Reports. *** Sheila Natho not only has a passion for running, but also for SCUBA diving and golfSheila Natho of Dallas has been consistently one of the top female runners at Dallas-Fort Worth races, and is making her mark as a masters runner. She logs from 50 to 60 miles a week and sometimes will enter races under her alias Sparkle Plenty when she's doing her speed work for that week. Sheila also is an avid SCUBA diver and now has developed a passion for golf. Actually, those two sports could be compatible...after hitting a golf ball into the water, dive in and retrieve it. Just make room in the golf bag for the extra gear. By Sheila Natho
I ran 2-3 meets my junior year in HS, but did not run in District or the big meets since the coach opted to use folks from the swim team who were faster. I did not think this was fair so I didn't continue running after that. The coach kind of broke my heart when he said I would not be running District. So, I gave it up, just went off to college at Stephen F. Austin State and partied! Once I graduated and got my CPA certification, I had all this time on my hands so I started to run again in 1989. My first marathon was the Dallas White Rock Marathon in 1989. I wanted to qualify for Boston but went out too fast and blew up and ran 3:56. I came back the next year (1990) and ran 3:35, so I got to Boston in 1991 and ran 3:26 (if there had been chip timing back then, it would have been 3:24). I lowered my marathon PR to 3:16 at DWRM in 199,1 but it kind of stuck there. I decided marathons were not my distance and quit doing them. I think 10K and half marathons are my best distances. My 2002 CCCD Half (now the DRC Half) of 1:25:56 is my PR. I was 36. But, I think my 1:26:28 at Houston in 2009 was really my best half if you were to age grade it since I was 43 at the time. All my other PRs were during 2002-2003 when I was 36/37. My 5K PR is 18:37 at the Autumn Equinox in 2002, 38:28 in the 10K at Dino Dash in 2003. I was on fire in 2002 and 2003. I had stepped my mileage up then. Before that, I only ran 40 miles a week. I stepped it up to 50-60, then and got those results. I still manage about low 50 miles per week on average. When I am doing base in the summer, I try and hit 60. I can’t seem to get past 60; everything starts hurting and I break. I have never had any formal coaching. I just put on my IPod and go out and run. I travel a lot for work so do most training by myself. I hate the track and do not do speed work. My speed work is at races, which I will do racing under the name Sparkle Plenty or I will just run bandit and drop out of the race. Folks give me lots of grief about this, but this is what works for me. Besides running, I am an avid scuba diver with over 650 logged dives. I have traveled the world to scuba dive….Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Micronesia, Australia, Fiji, Solomon Islands as well as numerous trips to the Caribbean. My new passion is golf. I took it up a year and half ago and have broken 90 several times. My goal this summer is to get under 80. This is going to be a tall order, but I think I can get at least close !! | ||||||||||||||||
I started running in 1989 although I had dabbled with running a tad in high school at Lake Highlands in Dallas because the basketball coach was also the cross country coach.