2022 Houston Marathon

"Houston, we have a problem."

And that problem was the Power Miler Track Club on January 16, 2022.

To say that PMTC thrived in H-Town would be an understatement.
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Ten of the 16 members who raced the marathon set PRs; as did two of the five who raced the half.

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Power Milers Take Over Houston
Club Members Who PR'd The Full Marathon
Name	Previous PR	Houston	PR Delta
Rich Bouckaert	2:28:15	2:26:01	0:02:14
Will Kirkikis	Debut	2:29:21	Debut
Tyler Mayforth	2:36:53	2:33:19	0:03:34
Kevin McNeill	3:03:33	2:48:11	0:15:22
Paul Thiels	2:49:52	2:49:47	0:00:05
Jeff Gennusa	3:01:56	2:53:52	0:08:04
Sara Porter	3:01:04	2:55:44	0:05:20
Michael Pou	2:57:08	2:56:54	0:00:14
Jonathan Ley	3:11:04	3:09:53	0:01:11
Sam Ward	4:54:00	3:12:25	1:41:35
Kate Baldwin	3:23:15	3:16:11	0:07:05
Club Members Who PR'd The Half Marathon
Name	Previous PR	Houston	PR Delta
Josh Browning	1:23:28	1:18:16	0:05:12
Lauren F. Haro	1:45:06	1:30:23	0:14:43

There were also a number of superlatives among the finishers.

• Rich ran the club's fastest marathon time ever
• Will made his marathon debut and ran the club's fastest first-time marathon ever
• Tyler set a PR more than three years in the making
• Paul finished first in the 55-59 age group, nearly 3 minutes ahead of 2nd place
• Paige Fisher, who ran 2:55:46, did so while pregnant with her first child
• Michelle Parks (52nd, 2:54:07), Sara (57th) and Paige (60th) all finished among the top-60 in the women's race
• Jonathan earned the first BQ of his marathon career
• Sam ran strong his first marathon with the club
• Kate finished a clear 2nd in the 55-59 age group
• Josh PR'd after working the expo all day on Saturday
• Wayne Pertuit ran 1:30:34 in his first major race since surgery
• Matt Dalton battled fierce wind at the Louisiana Marathon to finish in 3:08:36

You better believe there will be more exceptional performances to come!

Next up for PMTC: Run on the Bayou 5k/10k on Saturday, January 22.