Houston Marathon winners

Congratulations to all of the runners participating! Thank you for following us and we will see you again next year for the 2011 Chevron Houston Marathon!

American runner Brett Gotcher finished his marathon debut in 7th place, congratulations!

Teyba Erkesso will receive a prize of $35,000.

Teyba Erkesso beat her record by 26 seconds!

The winner for the Women's Chevron Houston Marathon is Teyba Erkesso (ETH) with a time of 02:23:52. Congratulations on a great finish!

Women marathon runners are at Mile marker 24 02:11:30. Almost done!

The first American male to finish is Brett Gretcher at 02:10:35.

Teshome Gelana wins a cash prize of $35,000 and a $4,000 bonus for breaking the course record.

Teshome Gelana broke the course record by two tenths of a second!

The winner for the Men's Chevron Houston Marathon is Teshome Gelana with an amazing time of 02:07:37! Congratulations!

Women are at Mile 23 - 2:05:55

Stay tuned for the winner!

Men are at Mile 25 - 02:01:47 and the front runner has a 200 yard lead!

The men are running the final mile!

Women's marathon - Mile 22 02:00:16.

The men marathoners are at Mile 24 01:56:57.

Women marathoners are at Mile marker 21 with a time of 01:54:43.

Men's marathon is at Mile 23 01:53:10, the front runner has a 100 yard lead over the next two runners!

Women's marathon runners are at Mile 20 01:49:11

Men's marathon runners are at Mile 22 01:47:33. It's the final few miles! The pack is starting to split up!

To watch up to date marathon coverage, tune into channel 13, ABC.

Women: Mile 19: 01:43:37. The leader still remains to be Teyba Erkesso.

Men's Mile 21: 01:42:52...down to pack of 6!

Women's 30K marker 01:41:34

The official time limit for the marathon is no more than 6 hours.

Men's Mile 20: 01:38:06

Women's Mile 18: 01:37:58

Men's Mile 19 marker still has the pack of 7 at 01:33:20

The weather conditions are perfect for the runners! 46 and sunny!

Women's leader are at Mile 17: 01:32:17

Men's mile 18 leaders: 01:28:27

Women's leader: Mile 16: 01:26:51. The leader remains to be Teyba Erkesso.

The 2009 Marathon Winners were Deriba Merga at 02:07:52 for the Men and Teyba Erkesso at 02:24:18 for the Women. Let's see if the 2010 runners can set a new record!

Men's marathon: Mile 17: 01:23:29

The 7 leaders in the men's race are running at a pace of 14 miles per hour!

Women's Mile 15 leader: 01:21:23

7 in the leader pack for the Men's marathon!

Men's Marathon: Mile 16: 01:18:34

Women's Leader Mile 14: 01:15:50 with a large lead over the number 2 runner...About 200 yards ahead!

Men's Leaders: Mile 15: 01:13:41

Mile 13 Women's: 01:10:23

Congratulations Half-Marathoners! Winners: Antonio Vega and Shalane Flanagan!

Men's marathon Mile 14 - 01:08:50. Over halfway there!

Women's marathon Mile 12 - 1:05:00

Mile 13 for the men's marathon - 01:03:56

Teyba Erkesso is the female leader by about 100 yards at Mile 11 - 59:33.

Men's marathon, Mile 12 - 58:56

Women's marathon, Mile 10 - 54:12.

Mile 11 - 53:55

Participants of the 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon and EP5K represent virtually all 50 states and more than 10 countries!

About 39% of runners are running their first marathon.

Mile 9 - 43:53 for the men's marathon.

Top American female leaders are Paige Higgins, Erin Moeller and Jenna Boren.

Current female leaders: Teyba Erkesso (ETH), Alemitu Abera (ETH) and Margarita Plaksina (RUS).

Mile 8 - 38:55

Male marathon runners are setting a record pace!

Brett Gotcher, Andrew Lemoncello and Josh Ordway are the three current American leaders.

Vincent Kiplagat and Jason Mbote are the current marathon leaders!

First place male and female marathon winners receive a prize of $35,000.

Mile 6 29:03

1932 - the year the oldest runner in teh Chevron Houston Marathon was born!

540,000 paper cups will be used throughout the water stations along the course.

Runners have hit the Mile 4 marker at 19:42!

Over 250,000 spectators will line the 26.2-mile course of the Chevron Houston Marathon!

Did you know Nicodemus Malakwen ran the fastest mile of marathon weekend (4:22) during the 2006 Aramco Houston Half Marathon?

The second wave of marathon runners are off!

8,537 gallons of Lemon-Line Endurance Formula Gatorade will be consumed on race day!

The runners have started passing the Mile 2 mark.

Over 30,000 runners are expected to participate among this weekend's four races.

The most elite runners will finish in about two hours.

The main marathon runners have started!

1575 traffic cones will be used by the City of Houston to divert traffic and mark the event courses.

Did you know 47,880,000 calories will be burned during the 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon?

The Chevron Marathon is about to start in t-minus 23 minutes!

What an amazing race! Thank you all for following us on this beautiful day as we conclude our Half Marathon.

Shalane Flanagan also secured a $4,000 bonus as she broke the Aramco Houston Half Marathon Race Record, previously 1:10:55, by over 1 minute!

Shalane Flanagan is your 2010 Aramco Houston Half Marathon Women's champion with a time of 1:09:45!

2010 Chamption Antonio Vega, from St Paul, Minnesota is currently giving his post race interview

Antonio Vega completed the 13.1 mile race in 1:01:54

1. Antonio Vega 2. Patrick Smyth 3. Brent Vaughn are your 2010 Aramco Houston Half Marathon winners!

Vega still maintains the lead in the final stretch, we are only minutes away from our 2010 champion!

Shalane Flanagan completed Mile 11 in 58:26 but is followed closely by Serena Burla

Nearing the end of the race, our top runners havent lost any pace as front runner Antonio Vega completed the 12th mile in 4 minutes and 59 seconds

Antonio Vega finished Mile 12 with 56:41 but with a potential lead change as runners are closing in! Just over 1 mile left with a close race!

Shalane Flanagan and Serena Burla still hold the lead as they complete Mile 10 with a time of 52:11

Antonio Vega just completed Mile 11 at 51:42 and is closing in on Louisiana street

Mens 1/2 leaders just turned down Allen Parkway for the last 3 miles

Top 5 Womens leaders: 1. Shalane Flanagan (USA) 2. Serena Burla (USA) 3. Renee Metivier Baillie (USA) 4. Kelly Jaske (USA) 5. Amy Hastings (USA)

Antonio Vega now commands a full block lead at Mile 10 with a time of 46:55

Shalane Flanagan and Serena Burla still hold the lead in the Women's 1/2 at Mile 8

Antonio Vega now takes the lead at Mile 9 with a time of 42:11 and has the wind at his back!

Jacob Smith is on pace for a blazing time of 61:41.

He will need to pick up more time on the backstretch for the record

After mile 7 for the women:

37:19

1) Shalana Flanagan 2) Serena Burla.

After mile 7, Mens Leader:

1) Jacob Smith 32:49

The guy who finished 40th overall and finished right ahead of Shalane Flanagan is my college xc team's rival's coach. I have spent many miles training with the guy. Haha, he probably purposely finished there just so he could get tv time when shalane came in...

Major props to Stephan Shay. Hardcore half debut for a guy who was never in the spotlight in college.

Anyone know how many trials qualifiers came out of the 1/2 marathon (sub 1:05)? Seemed like quite a few. I couldn't find the ordered results on the website, just individual.

They're up on the website now... finally.

It seems like noone really cares about Shalene - why is that? When Kara Goucher or Deena runs, people seem to get fired up and at least find something negative and vicious to say. Our Olympic distance medalist is greeted with a bunch of blahs.

i agree. she got no hype when she won a bronze in beijing. wasn't she the only american distance runner to medal at beijing?

trials Qs wrote:

Anyone know how many trials qualifiers came out of the 1/2 marathon (sub 1:05)? Seemed like quite a few. I couldn't find the ordered results on the website, just individual.

Looks like 18.

4MH Vega, Antonio R Saint Paul MN USA M25-29 26 M 1:01:54 1:01:54 1 1 1 Half

7MH Smyth, Patrick G Salt Lake City UT USA M20-24 23 M 1:02:01 1:02:01 2 1 2 Half

15MH Vaughn, Brent L black hawk CO USA M25-29 25 M 1:02:04 1:02:04 3 2 3 Half

3MH Nelson, Tim D Portland OR USA M25-29 25 M 1:02:11 1:02:11 4 3 4 Half

17MH Shay, Stephan A Flagstaff AZ USA M20-24 23 M 1:02:26 1:02:26 5 2 5 Half

6MH Moen, Joshua G St. Louis Park MN USA M25-29 27 M 1:02:53 1:02:53 6 4 6 Half

18MH Arciniaga, Nicholas A Rochester Hills MI USA M25-29 26 M 1:03:22 1:03:22 7 5 7 Half

24MH Simpson, Josh A morgantown WV USA M25-29 25 M 1:03:27 1:03:27 8 6 8 Half

11MH Gabrielson, Matthew E Minneapolis MN USA M30-34 31 M 1:03:44 1:03:44 9 1 9 Half

13MH Meyer, Lucas C Ridgefield CT USA M25-29 26 M 1:03:51 1:03:51 10 7 10 Half

16MH Gilmore, Peter San Mateo CA USA M30-34 32 M 1:03:52 1:03:52 11 2 11 Half

2MH Rohatinsky, Josh Beaverton OR USA M25-29 27 M 1:04:04 1:04:04 12 8 12 Half

14MH Curley, Craig Tucson AZ USA M20-24 21 M 1:04:13 1:04:14 13 3 13 Half

23MH Baillie, Austin G Boulder CO USA M25-29 27 M 1:04:17 1:04:18 14 9 14 Half

25MH Chavez, Chris Menlo Park CA USA M20-24 23 M 1:04:34 1:04:35 15 4 15 Half

36MH Clark, Christopher D West Brownsville PA USA M20-24 24 M 1:04:37 1:04:38 16 5 16 Half

30MH Stanko, Nicholas A Haslett MI USA M25-29 28 M 1:04:42 1:04:43 17 10 17 Half

49MH Grunewald, Justin Merrifield MN USA M20-24 24 M 1:04:49 1:04:50 18 6 18 Half

An additional two out of the marathon. Although I think Brett allready had a spot.

3M Gotcher, Brett B Flagstaff AZ USA M25-29 25 M 2:10:36 2:10:36 7 5 7 Marathon

13M Ordway, Josh Kettering OH USA M25-29 29 M 2:16:52 2:16:52 9 7 9 Marathon

isn't it a little pathetic? I mean if a guy were to debut with a 1:03 (roughly AR pace for the marathon) that held the american record for 10k, we'd be laughing at him.

30:22 should be way faster than barely cracking 1:10

not really.. wrote:

i agree. she got no hype when she won a bronze in beijing. wasn't she the only american distance runner to medal at beijing?

I think she was the only US Olympic distance medalist since...since...shoot, when? Mills?

5er wrote:

I think she was the only US Olympic distance medalist since...since...shoot, when? Mills?

Brian Deimer?

5er wrote:

not really.. wrote:

i agree. she got no hype when she won a bronze in beijing. wasn't she the only american distance runner to medal at beijing?

I think she was the only US Olympic distance medalist since...since...shoot, when? Mills?

Why are you Jackholes ignoring the Athens marathons?

That Houston course looks to be all turns and short hills, or straights with headwinds. I'll credit her with under 1:09 on a flat fast course w/no wind and call it a good step in the right direction. I don't think that Kara is losing any sleep just yet, though.

to the OP wrote:

isn't it a little pathetic? I mean if a guy were to debut with a 1:03 (roughly AR pace for the marathon) that held the american record for 10k, we'd be laughing at him.

30:22 should be way faster than barely cracking 1:10

...who really cares what the winning time is/was!

The goal is to win the race...and somewhere down the road, when the next Olympic Games approach, be ready and healthy enough to run the Marathon!

Flanagan did what she had to do and maybe it will take a bit of time to get ready for the Marathon...all in all, in win is a win, and $4K ain't chump change either!

Way to go young lady!

Houston is where hall set the AR. its a fast course. gotcher just ran 2:10 there.

5er wrote:

not really.. wrote:

i agree. she got no hype when she won a bronze in beijing. wasn't she the only american distance runner to medal at beijing?

I think she was the only US Olympic distance medalist since...since...shoot, when? Mills?

Shorter...twice....'72 '76

the lack of running knowledge on a running message board is amusing.