2012 Olympic Time Trials - Houston

This Saturday Aimee and I will get to see the top US Men and Women Marathoners compete for a spot on the 2012 London Olympic Team. These elite athletes will run a 2.2 mile loop before completing 3 more 8 mile loops around downtown Houston. Aimee and I have a hotel approximately 0.2 miles from the 1/9/17/25 mile markers and are looking forward to seeing them run.

Now you might be thinking, who would want to wait all that time before they run by again? Well, considering the men will finish the course in about 2:05-2:20 and the women in about 2:25-2:40 we won't have to wait all that long. Plus the men start 15 minutes before the women so everything will be spread out. If you would like to watch too, NBC is broadcasting the race from 2:00-4:00 pm Saturday afternoon.

The next day we get our turn at the course, only it's not looped. Aimee will be running the Chevron Houston Half Marathon and I will be running the full. We will not be on TV, but if you would like to follow us you can sign up here. Aimee is bib #22569 and I am #1533.