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Happy Earth Day! The Houston Marathon Committee is committed to reducing our environmental footprint and we are always looking for new ways to expand our green initiatives. Through our first “green” partnership with Waste Management, we conducted a start-to-finish waste audit to fully understand our event’s green footprint, including our runners, spectators and volunteers. The…
Did you know that for the past three years, a Houston Marathon winner has won the Boston Marathon in the same year? Let’s break it down. Defending Houston Marathon champion and course record holder Dire Tune broke her 2007 record by a staggering two minutes, 12 seconds for back-to-back Houston Marathon victories with a time…
As Houston Marathon Committee staff, we don’t get the opportunity to be out there on the course running with you on race day – but that doesn’t mean we don’t like to run when we get the chance! This past Saturday, our registration manager Erin McGowan ran in the third annual “4 the Park” 4K…
Welcome to Committee in the City, the Houston Marathon Committee’s official blog created to give you an inside look at what it takes to pull off the city’s largest single-day sporting event and highlight the people who work hard to make it all possible. Our staff and volunteer committee are active members of the Houston…
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