Chevron Houston Marathon Registration Opens
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Posted by Kelly Smith Jul 17, 2009 |
Online registration for the 38th running of the Chevron Houston marathon was supposed to open last night at 12 am, Friday, July 17. As it happened, the web page wasn't quite ready so it was delayed about an hour. I got mine submitted just after 1:00 am.
It's unbelievable just how popular this race has gotten. It was nowhere near this big the first time I did it way back in 1992. The combined field for the full marathon and the half this year is limited to 22,000. I got an email an hour or so ago that said, "as of 2:00 p.m. (CT), 13,200 spots have already been reserved."
If my math is spot on, that means that it's more than half filled in just about 12 hours.
One benefit is that this will be great for the local economy. Houston hasn't been hit by Obamanomics as bad as a lot of the country, but we still need all the help we can get. The fact of the matter is that Texas didn't mismanage finances as bad as places like California.
So now that I'm signed up for the race all I've got to do is make a training plan train and implement it. The race happens on January 17, 2010 so I've got time. Good thing too, it's HOT out there!