Feets don't fail me now

We were a bit spoiled. Since 2002, every Houston Marathon race day has had nearly ideal conditions. That run had to end sometime.
High humidity, rain showers, temperatures in the 60s and the threat of thunderstorms (race officials even unveiled their plans for evacuating the course) meant Sunday wasn't the best day for a marathon.
But after training for months, what's a runner going to do but tackle the Chevron Houston Marathon or Aramco Houston Half Marathon.
The conditions didn't slow the elite competitors. A course record was set for the third consecutive year when Bekana Daba of Ethiopia finished in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 4 seconds.
Farther back in the pack, runners seemed resigned to a tough day.
"If found on ground, please drag across finish line," read the shirt worn by Pearland resident Vanessa J. Sampson. She finished in 5:22:08, so it didn't come to that.
Some runners weren't going to let sketchy conditions get in their way. Madelyn Herman of Houston knocked 17 minutes off her previous best time to qualify for the Boston Marathon.
"I'm really happy," she said after the race. "The weather conditions were really terrible."

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