By Ambassador Lindsay McClelland Chevron Houston Marathon Race Weekend is almost here and Houston runners are just buzzing with excitement. As we get closer to the big day, more and more non-runners will start getting pretty pumped too! After all, race weekend is a blast to be involved in whether you’re running or not. So
By Ambassador Steph Fraser Less than five weeks people! Things are starting to get pretty intense over here. I’d say it’s time to get serious about the whole training thing, but five weeks out is probably a little late for that. Also, the fact that I have stopped taking my training too seriously means I’m not
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
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 Matthew Carberry Out of all the ridiculous phobias I suffer from, none afflict me more than the fear of the holiday season. The most wonderful time of the year? HAH! More like the most terrifying. I mean, how's a runner supposed to train? Between the holiday parties, the marathon shopping, family get-togethers and
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
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
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
