Runners of HOU

Hung Cao is everywhere. The president of the Kung Fu Running Club, Hung has run 33 half marathons, 23 marathons, and all the Ragnar and Texas Independence Relays. He is a three-time Houston Marathon Ambassador, is actively involved with Lululemon's Run Club, and now is branching out with Flux Fitness and Recovery.

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Courtney Dunham, aka @insydegrind80, is a published author, caretaker, mother, sister, aunt, and now...a runner. Courtney first really got into running when she decided to run 2.23 miles in honor of Ahmaud Arbery. She ended up running 3 miles, got hooked, and never looked back. Within a year, she was running her first half marathon. Listen in as we talk through her joining Champions Running, what her training looked like, how she parlayed her first-ever half into an ambassadorship for the Houston Half Marathon, and why she keeps going. 

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Born and raised in Mexico, Juan Ruiz - aka @kermittherunner - first moved to the States in 2007 to live in Detroit, but it wasn't until he moved to Houston in 2012 that Juan was first introduced to running. In this episode, we talk through his weight loss journey (90 pounds!), his first-ever race - the 2020 Houston Marathon and when, exactly, he found out just how far a marathon is, everything he accomplished in 2020 and so much more!

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Aracely Richardson's first race was the 2016 Houston Marathon, which she signed up for after a friend talked her into it. Cely was so new to running that she didn't know she had just committed to running 26.2 miles. After running that first race in just over 5 hours, without her friend who didn't make it to the starting line, Cely was hooked on the distance. And over the next two years cut one hour and 48 minutes off her PR! 

Cely talks about how joining a running club was a game changer for her, that time a coach told her she would never qualify for Boston, why she is fundraising for 2nd Cup for the 2022 Houston Marathon, and what it's like running as a woman of color in Houston. 

Fundraising for the Houston Marathon

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Welcome Calum Neff to the Runners of HOU show! Cal began running at the age of 4 and has been enjoying everything running has to offer ever since. In this episode, we chat about his debut marathon - the 2014 Houston Marathon that he entered and placed 29th in! - how he keeps running interesting by doing things like running the Paris and NYC Marathons for fun or running 211 laps at the Armory chasing the indoor marathon world record, what it was like to pace Sara Hall at the Marathon Project and how he felt a few weeks later when he broke the 50K Canadian record. And so. much. more. 

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Good Read - Houston’s Renaissance Man of Running by Becky Wade

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Excited to kick of Global Running Day week with Starla Garcia! One of, if not the fastest female marathoner in the Houston area, Starla is a Registered Dietician, owner of the Healthy Shine, a 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier, and a body and cultural diversity advocate. We talk about what life was like for Starla growing up and running in the Rio Grande area, how she ended up at the University of Houston, the differences between eating disorders and disordered eating, qualifying for and competing in the 2020 Olympic Trials - Marathon, and so much more. 

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In the first ever multiple guest episode, Patrick Pressgrove and Sam Robles chat with me IN PERSON about what Patrick has going on as a @lululemon ambassador, how Sam is recovering from knee surgery, what races they both plan on running this fall, what to look for in a running club, and so much more. 

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The Run to Attack Poverty presented by The Kinne Group is happening Saturday, June 19th at the Friends of North Richmond Community Center in Richmond, Texas. With 5k, 10k, and Kids k options, there is a race for every runner. Can’t make it on race day? Register as a virtual runner and run  from anywhere!

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Excited to welcome Ryan Terry to the show today. Ryan is one of the most social runners in Houston, has twice been a Houston Marathon ambassador, and is a member of multiple running clubs. His FIRST EVER RACE was the 2015 Houston Marathon, he won a trip to the 2019 Athens Marathon and he was featured on @strava in 2020. 

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Dean Digamon ran his first 5K in 2008 but didn't really start focusing on running until 2016. Listen in as we talk through how he got into running, the ridiculous amount of 1:28 half marathons he has run, his connection to Team Catapult...and Patrick Pressgrove, and so much more. Make sure you follow Dean on instagram. His photography is next level and his video is so good that Sara Hall shared his recap of the Marathon Project.

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