His first marathon was the Houston Marathon in 1984, which he won by "the thickness of a vest".
His personal best is 2:10:35 (second place at the Houston Marathon 1996).
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As the Darfur conflict erupted, GBA has focused its efforts on Sudan with a campaign called Sudan Challenge: a fund raising campaign which partners with several other organizations, most notably, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon and the Chevron Houston Marathon, in order to raise funds for and awareness about the economic and humanitarian crisis in Darfur and Southern Sudan.