NEWS: You Saw it Here First: The Luke’s Locker and Koala Health & Wellness Center Half Marathon!

So at tonight’s Houston Strider’s board meeting (and I believe later announced again during the general meeting), the Houston Strider’s-managed 20K that is normally held the 2nd weekend of October was announced that for 2006-it will officially become a Half Marathon. Luke’s Locker and Koala Health & Wellness Centers will remain corporate sponsors with other sponsorships that are yet to be announced. I am not sure where new information will be released to, but the ‘old’ website address is http://www.houston20k.com/.

My personal thoughts are although this is only adding an additional 1K on to the original race distance, I am willing to bet that this will give this race an even bigger draw across the state. The only difference (at this point) I see other then a slightly different race course (either at the beginning or end of the course), is that the race can no longer be marketed as the ‘2nd Biggest 20k in the United States,’ (based on 2004's satistical information complied by Jon Walk on the overall finishers of the race.) There will still be a two-person relay, with each person running 6.5 miles, which could make for a fun and unique PR (how many of us run a ¼ of a Marathon?)!

The best thing, no more conflicts with the Huntsville Half Marathon and the 20k on the same weekend! The new date-October 29th. Mark your calendars, I’ll be there ready to race and avenge my Half Marathon from January!