2014 Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon

Saturday and Sunday (August 16-17) was the 59th running of the historic Pikes Peak Ascent and Pikes Peak Marathon in Colorado, which together make up America's Ultimate Challenge.

For many years, runners from Texas and the greater Houston area have made the journey to participate in one of the nation's iconic running events.

2014 was no different.

Of the 1,683 finishers of Saturday's Pikes Peak Ascent, 71 call Texas home while 19 are from the greater Houston area.

Two - Katy's Candice Trimm and Houston's Harve Truskett - are HARRA members.  The complete list of area finishers follows:

3:38:48 - Jim McKee, M, 35, Seabrook
3:38:52 - Art Fresquez, M, 35, Katy
3:46:29 - Stephen White, M, 23, Houston
3:49:21 - Jason L Wallace, M, 39, Huntsville
3:54:42 - Andrew Alleman, M, 23, Seabrook
4:07:20 - Jordan Jensen, M, 34, Conroe
4:11:32 - Marty Deason, M, 48, Katy
4:18:13 - Sarah S Sallee, F, 35, Katy
4:38:07 - Candice S Trimm, F, 43, Katy
4:53:15 - Kyle McQuire, M, 29, Spring
4:59:44 - Cynthia Tang, F, 55, Houston
5:07:51 - George G Guirgis, M, 41, Seabrook
5:08:25 - Jim Phillips, M, 49, College Station
5:33:54 - Harve Truskett, M, 42, Houston (Runner's High Club)
5:34:02 - Holly Brackin, F, 48, Bryan
5:35:22 - Marcia Noyes, F, 62, Richmond
6:04:38 - Scott A Miller, M, 49, Baytown
6:11:17 - Holly Huber, F, 43, Richmond
6:11:58 - Dennis M Tippit, M, 40, Houston

Just under 700 -- 697, to be exact - finished the Pikes Peak Marathon the following day.  Forty-three (43) hailed from the Lone Star State and just four were from our area.

They included Runner's High Club's Heather Foley, a HARRA member, as well as the only "Doubler", Katy's Art Fresquez.

Art placed 29th of the 128 who finished both the Ascent on Saturday and Marathon on Sunday.  Twelve (12) Texans accomplished the feat.

The list of four Pikes Peak Marathon finishers from our area follows:

6:26:15 - Art Fresquez, M, 35, Katy (2:25:41 - Descent)
6:26:22 - Ryan Williams, M, 35, Houston (2:23:52)
7:29:34 - Heather Foley, F, 32, Houston (2:47:00) (Runner's High Club)
8:50:31 - Alex D Hollanshead, M, 29, Houston (4:09:15)

Runners from Texas rank third behind Colorado and Kansas in terms of the total number of Ascent and Marathon finishers.

Texas has contributed 2,547 finishes, including 1,356 in the Ascent and 1,191 in the Marathon, and is just 17 ahead of California.

Congratulations to all who finished either event!

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