Posted: August 7, 2006

Athletics: Chevron Houston Marathon Partners with Former Champion to Develop Online Training Program

HOUSTON - (August 1, 2006) - Sean Wade, winner of the 2003 Houston Marathon and a 1996 Olympic marathoner, has developed a Web-based training program to help runners in the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon achieve their personal goals. Employing Wade's "train smarter, not harder" philosophy, the online training program provides specific half-marathon and marathon training for beginner, intermediate and experienced runners. The program emphasizes getting participants to the starting line injury-free with workouts designed to prepare runners to reach their specific goals. Drawing on 20 years of competitive running and 10 years of coaching experience, Wade has created a series of workouts suitable for runners of all abilities. "The goal is to provide a realistic program that gives participants a smarter approach to training and keep them injury-free," said Wade. "Runners will run three to five times a week, with an hour being the longest run during the week. The weekend longer runs are designed to be completed at a very easy, conversational pace and all of the running is based on time, not specific mileage." The training program is available to all registered runners in either the Chevron Houston Marathon or the Aramco Houston Half Marathon. Each program costs $25 Additional details are available on the event website at: ChevronHoustonMarathon.com Wade has placed in the top five in the Chevron Houston Marathon five times, winning the race in 2003 and setting his personal record of 2 hours, 10 minutes in the 1996 race. The run at Houston in 1996 earned him a spot on the New Zealand Olympic Team. Wade ran in the '96 Games in Atlanta. Wade has spent the past 10 years coaching runners through his training group, The Kenyan Way. He is currently competing as the fastest master's division runner in the world, winning nearly all the master's titles at major road races in the United States in 2006. The 2007 Chevron Houston Marathon runs Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007. The Chevron Houston Marathon, a Running USA Founding Member, is the nation's premier winter marathon, annually attracting participants from all 50 U.S. states and more than 30 foreign countries. The race will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2007. The marathon offers the only closed marathon course in Texas and is ranked among the top five in the nation by the Ultimate Guide to Marathons for fastest course, organization and crowd support. More than 5,000 volunteers organize the race, which is Houston's largest single-day sporting event. More information is available online at ChevronHoustonMarathon.com or (713) 957-3453.

Ryan Lamppa, Running USA Media Director
(805) 696-6232; Fax = (805) 659-0016
Ryan@RunningUSA.org
www.RunningUSA.org.

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