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January 29, 2011 by USA Post




Houston Marathon 2011, The United States Running Circuit (USARC) begins Saturday with the race of Half Marathon Championships 2011 United States, presented by Aramco Services Company.
Back in Houston for the first time since his American record run in 2007, Ryan Hall (Big Bear Lake, California), the securities of a field that includes fellow marathoner Magdalena Lewy Boulet Olympic (Oakland, Calif.) and a host of Top U.S. athletes compete for prize money totaling $ 59,500.
In addition to the national title, athletes use 2011 as an opportunity to preview the course that will be used when Houston hosts the 2012 U.S. Olympic trials team – Marathon next January.
Join Hall in his reconnaissance mission in Houston will be Jorge Torres (Boulder, Colo.), an Olympian in 2008 to 10,000 meters, Patrick Smyth (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), the 2010 half-marathon runner-up, 2004 Olympic Games Dan Browne (Chula Vista, Calif.), Jason Lehmkuhl (Minneapolis, Minn.), 2008 Half-Marathon runner-up, and Sergio Reyes (Los Osos, Calif.) 2010 USA Marathon Champion"