DALLAS WHITE ROCK MARATHON Presented by AT&T
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~I/ fY,3 1/,fJJvY1Sfixf) ib1JJ~VJ. p>~~~ " \ / DALLAS WHITE ROCK MARATHON presented by AT&T s W Dalla hit ’s e R e o n c to k ls M l e a r W a t 6 h 0 o o 0 0 n n 2 2 p res T ented by AT& Sunday, December 10, 2006 Benefiting a11iiirE"lliP1W. @ at&t 1·111FtJ-Jii ► I L.- www.tarhc.or11 This Race Rocks! Wellstone’s 2007 Dallas White Rock Marathon Sunday, December 9, 2007 *8:00 am American Airlines Center, Dallas Texas USA Marathon, Half Marathon, 5-Person Relay Race & SMU Cox Corporate Relay Challenge Wellstone’s Dallas White Rock Marathon was children live happier, healthier, stronger lives, a huge success. Over 11,500 participants, more than Wellstone builds communities devoted to the same 2-Day Expo * Friday Nite Shindig * Pre-Race Pasta Dinner 2,000 volunteers, a total of 162,440 miles run and most principles. As a matter of fact, Cooper Life TM, Wellstone’s 40 Bands along the course * Award-winning Aid Stations Huge Post-Race Party inside American Airlines Center importantly thousands of dollars raised for those who latest development, is the world’s first health and fitness truly need it, the children at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital. community. So, here’s to healthy living and an even Like Scottish Rite’s commitment to helping more successful marathon in 2007! More Info -- Proceeds Benefit ' I[ • • • ~ Tl!JIAS www.RunTheRock.com SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL COOPER scomsH Rm HOSPITAL LIFEat Craig Ranch where you live can help you live Dear Runners Dear Runners ----=~~:=:=- -- -- Record numbers and fast times at the Rock! A record number of participants and several race records were set this year, de- My name is Kelsey Andrews, and I have been a patient at Texas Scottish Rite spite the efforts of Mother Nature. Course records were set by Moses Kororia (2:12.04) and Svetlana Ponomarenko (2:29.55) Hospital for Children (TSRHC) for more than 11 years. This year, I served as the in the full marathon, and in the half marathon by Fasil Bizuneh (1:02.59), who beat Valenite Orare by a stride at the finish Junior Race Director for the 2006 Wellstone’s Dallas White Rock Marathon Wellstone’s line. Rosemary Koskei ran a great race, winning the women’s half marathon with a time of 1:14.19. presented by AT&T. As Junior Race Director, I was happy to represent the hos- pital and help participants and sponsors understand how TSRHC benefits from Being able to enhance the course, bring in top level runners, and provide more for the runners and spectators is a goal we have the support of events like the marathon. set to make Wellstone’s Dallas White Rock Marathon a top level race. The fast times garner international press, and the elites and their agents go home and tell their peers what a great city and race we have. It is very impressive to see the citizens On behalf of all of the other kids treated at the hospital each year, I would like of Dallas supporting the race, not only through the volunteers working throughout the week, but also by residents and spec- to thank you for your participation in the marathon. Your support, whether you tators who line the course on race day. Many runners contact us after the race saying they were amazed by and appreciate the are a runner, volunteer, sponsor or spectator, helps TSRHC fulfill the dreams of Texas hospitality provided to them. You can read some of their comments along the bottom of these pages. other children like me. Dallas White Rock Marathon 2006 Marathon Rock White Dallas For those who appreciate statistics, we had a total of 11,475 registered runners, with 3,516 in the marathon, 5,602 in the Since I was a baby, I have worn a prosthesis on my right leg, and the care I have half, and a total of 2,357 relay runners. Weather played a part in this year’s race, with a strong wind out of the north at the received from TSRHC has helped me achieve so many things, both physically and start, and rain moving into the area approximately 3 hours into the marathon. It was the first time in more than 5 years that mentally. I am blessed to be a patient at TSRHC and to have the encouragement we had less than ideal weather on race day. of so many friends of the hospital, like those of you who support the marathon. Wellstone’s involvement as our Title Sponsor elevates the Dallas White Rock Marathon to a new level, one that benefits the Thank you very much, runners and our beneficiary, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Wellstone is a great partner, and a good fit: Wellstone builds lifestyle communities for active people, and who’s more active than marathon runners? Wellstone also shares similar Kelsey Andrews beliefs with marathon runners – planning for the long term, working hard to meet their goals, and promoting a healthy and 2006 Junior Race Director balanced lifestyle. Locally, Wellstone is building residences at the Craig Ranch development in McKinney in conjunction with the new Cooper Aerobics Clinic and a new TPC golf course. Now our race is bigger and better than ever! Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we now have full time staff to plan and build The Rock year-round. And as always, our backbone is the steady and heroic legion of volunteers who love this race. Plans are well underway for the 2007 running of Wellstone’s Dallas White Rock Marathon on Sunday, December 9! See you at the Start Line! Chevront, Marcus Grunewald Chuck Dannis Houston Race Director President, Board of Trustees -Marathon [email protected] White Rock Dallas White Rock Marathon 2006 Marathon Rock White Dallas Marathon ,,- DWRM – Weather - December 10, 2006 Ave Humidity: 76 December 9. 2007 January 13. 2008 February 17. 2008 Temperature: Max Humidity: 97 Mean: 48 Min Humidity: 40 * Dallas, Houston and Austin are three of the best Max: 53 Precipitation: 0.03 in cities in the big state of Texas. They're also home to three of the Min: 43 Wind Speed: 14 mph Dew Point: 35 Max Wind Gust: 16 mph best winter marathons and half marathons in the country. Max Gust Speed: 21 mph Finish all three marathons in one season and receive an award! C'mon down, y'all. Experiences await you. Wellstone’s ---- _____J .. ~BRDCJK.S. llllll•M--!11'. .. 4 No doubt. I’ll be running White Rock in Dec 2007.... It is the most amazing race! It was like a huge running party! About mile 18, I realized my face hurt... from smiling! (I was more aware of my face hurting than my legs being tired!) I 5 The Course DALLAS WHITE ROCK MARATHON EVEN MIDSIZE IS BIGGER IN TEXAS Sunday, December 10, 2006 20K 13 - COURSE MAP - Northwest Hwy Please Note: Mile marks are approximate A Water, First Aid and Relay Exchange positions are approximate 12 14 A 1 Mile Markers (approximate) E. Lawther Buckner Blvd THE 2007 MIDSIZE H3 Full Marathon rd Ln 11 STARTING AT $29,995* A Half Marathon Mockingbi ESTIMATED 20 MPG HIGHWAY† 25K W. Lawther 15 NEW MORE POWERFUL VORTEC 3.7L ENGINE R5 A GM 100,0000MILE/5-YEAR POWERTRAIN WARRANTY†† 16 R5 10 0 Mockingbird Airline HUMMER.COM Williamson A A Frontier St Johns W. Lawther E. Lawther Matilda Ellsworth A 15K Greenville 7 Cornell R5 McMillan • 08 Longview Martel White Rock 6 9 A A McCommas Norris Lake Abrams Skillman Abbott Bryon 5 17 Homer Morningside St Johns A Meadowlakewood 10K Lake Garland Rd R5 20 Armstrong Alderson Dallas North Tollway Lakeshore Tokalon Cambria 19 4 A A Wycliff Goliad Lakewood Lakeshore A Fitzhugh Belmont Winsted 18 Gaston Lemmon A Richmond 21 Ave Central Expressway A 30K White Rock Rd Empire 35K LaVista Turtle Creek Blvd 5K 22 Gaston 3 A Hall Haskell Swiss Ave I-35 A 2 Hall 23 American A East Grand Airlines Pearl Cedar Springs McKinney Ave. Munger Center Harwood Ross St. Paul 40K Field START A 1 25 24 Texas A Good Latimer I-30 - milemarker FINISH San Jacinto 26 Griffin 0 I-35 Live Oak - aid station Houston A Young St •R5 - 5-person relay exchange * Dallas White Rock Marathon 2006 Marathon Rock White Dallas Elevation Map 200 160 VISIT YOUR DALLAS FORT WORTH HUMMER DEALER. 120 80 Feet 40 White Rock Lake FRANK KENT HUMMER CLASSIC HUMMER SEWELL HUMMER SEWELL HUMMER OF DALLAS 0 FORT WORTH GRAPEVINE PLANO DALLAS 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 817-696-4000 817-410-6100 972.588.7500 214-902-6000 Raceday Weather Conditions Miles Boston Qualifying Standards Wellstone’s am am .. 4 • pm pm am am noon 2:00 1:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12 8:00 J' . age 18-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70+ HUMMER UIIE 1m11• ELSE:' Temp 47 48 52 52 53 51 48 .. M 3:10 3:15 3:20 3:35 3:30 3:35 3:40 3:45 3:50 Humidity 47% 48% 52% 52% 53% 51% 48% F 3:40 3:45 3:50 3:55 4:00 4:05 4:10 4:15 4:20 *MSRP. Tax, title, license, dealer fees. Installation and optional equipment are extra. †2007 Models. Whichever comes fi rst. See dealer for limited warranty details. 6 chatted with dozens of runners I ran beside.