Houston Half Marathon 2010

Houston Half Marathon 2010, More than 26,000 runners will take to the streets of Houston Sunday to participate in the Chevron Houston Marathon 2010, Aramco Houston Half Marathon 2010, El Paso Corporation 5K (EP5K) and Texas Children’s Hospital Kids’ Fun Run.

Chevron Houston Marathon Weekend 2010 will get under way with packet pickup Friday at the Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute EXPO. The EXPO – featuring more than 100 exhibitors, along with seminars on health, fitness and running – will be open Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the George R. Brown Convention Center, Hall A3, third level. The EXPO is free and open to the public. Packet pickup is not available on race day.

The race action will begin Sunday at 6:45 a.m. with the marathon and half marathon wheelchair start. The first of two waves in both races will begin at 7 a.m., followed by the second wave at 7:10 a.m. The EP5K will start at 7:30 a.m.

The Chevron Houston Marathon, a Running USA founding member, is the nation’s premier winter marathon, annually attracting participants from nearly all 50 U.S. states and many foreign countries. In 2009, more than 26,000 runners participated in four marathon weekend events (marathon,half marathon, 5K run and children’s run). The Houston Marathon has been 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.