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
By Sarah Kingston, founder and coach of the Houston Marathon Foundation’s Students Run Houston program The Houston Marathon Foundation is working with five area schools in the Students Run Houston program. More than 250 students will be participating in the Chevron Houston Marathon race weekend of events. Good luck to all of our new student
By Ambassador Melissa Carlson Marathon training, that is. To be honest, I didn’t think another marathon was in my future. The idea of it seemed fun as I tracked fellow runners’ training and PRs each spring and fall. I wanted to run the five boroughs in New York, snag a fresh PR on the flat
HOUSTON (September 24, 2014) - The Houston Marathon Committee announced on Wednesday that the Chevron Houston Marathon Run for a Reason charity program has surpassed the $20 million fundraising mark since its inception in 1995. The charitable program is designed for runners to fundraise for local charities. In 2014 alone, over 16,000 donations were made
By Ambsassador Bryan Kreitz This is hard work! Notice, I didn’t say it was work, but that it is hard work. What am I talking about? Training for the Aramco Houston Half Marathon or Chevron Houston Marathon of course. It takes time, commitment, and a little bit of crazy to wake up day in and
By Ambassador Bryan Kreitz Yes, that’s my clean way of saying another common expression, but I believe it also conveys a greater sense of the expression. When people utter $@!& happens, it implies that there is a negative issue at hand and we just need to grin and bare it, but when life happens, there
By Ambassador Lindsay McClelland Everyone has a reason to run. For some it’s exercise, for others it’s competition. There’s no right or wrong reason to run, unless you stop having fun. I recently had the opportunity to spend an hour with Don Hall, a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and personal trainer at SEARCH Homeless Services.*
HOUSTON (September 3, 2014) - The Houston Marathon Committee (HMC) announced on Wednesday the elite prize purse for the 2015 Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon. A total of $276,000 in guaranteed prize money will be awarded to the top finishers in the four races on January 18th, including a $40,000 first place
AUGUST 27, 2014 - On behalf of the Houston Marathon Foundation (HMF), the Houston Marathon Committee (HMC) announced today that Executive Director Wade Morehead will also assume the duties of Executive Director for the Foundation. In addition to this announcement, the HMF is getting a new look by changing its logo to include the iconic
By Ambassador Matthew Carberry I've never considered myself much of a runner. That is, I run, but until recently I treated runner more like a title reserved for... well, athletes. It was always intimidating, but once I learned how easy it is to be a runner, I've not only enjoyed it more, but performed better
