Woman Set To Run Local Marathon First Sunday in Houston - Lufkin Daily News

Posted: 28 Friday, January 2011 6:30 | Updated: 11.13 clock, Fri January 28th, 2011.

On Sunday morning, thousands of runners from around the country to Houston for the 39th annual meeting to collect the Chevron Houston Marathon.

Cindy Sosa Springs, a member of the Lufkin area of Pace-Setter (LAP) is just one of many local runners who will participate in the marathon. Sosa Springs ran a little over a year ago at the age of 43 years.

"I ran because I wanted more fit and lose weight," said Sosa Springs. "I've never had a runner at school and nothing happened. I started with one mile, go very slowly, and then I worked on me. "

Running, she said, helped her both physically and emotionally, give him time to reduce stress to gather ideas and events of the day.

"If you're out of the race, it's just you. You're only there on a race with your thoughts and nothing else. I'm much better mom and I'm better at my job because I feel better "said Sosa Springs." It's pretty simple - it is the feeling that I meet that "someone like me" just ran the race. "

Although Sosa has done several 5K races Springs and about five half-marathons, this is his first time, a full marathon of 26.2 miles. Since it was his first marathon, she did not have a time goal, hoping that in the end.

Although most of them have done their training, Sosa has won Springs valuable information on LAPS. She joined the group when they decided to start running. Through this program, she made some friends and get lots of information on lifestyle running.

"I have great relationships with LAPS done," said Sosa Springs. "It's just a good environment, and you meet other runners."

LAPS began in 2009 when Mike Burton began sending a list of his Yahoo account. Two years later, the organization has grown from four to nearly 100 members.

LAPS is "an organization with the sole purpose of providing local runners information, support and networking opportunities built. Emphasis is placed on runners of all levels, "the group's Web page.

Although she said her only goal is to end, "said Sosa Springs, she receives great satisfaction when she crosses the finish line after a race.

Sosa-Springs, said his training coach, founder LAPS Burton was a great encouragement for her, with her two children, aged 14 and 11 years old Jayden Stone.

Other Angelina County participate in Sunday's Marathon and Half Marathon:

Marathon:

and: Lufkin Glen Arnold, 39, Armando Bocanegra, 44; Caddenhead Jerry, 42 Kevin Cook, 43, Stephanie Koch, 42, Jennifer Farmer, 39, Mark Kreid, 50; Billy Lumpkin Jr., 39; Raghuveer Reddy, 61 Katherine Russell, 20

44: Diboll Mauricio Duran, 26; Hector Meza Sr., 44; Wiley Quarles, 36, and Cindy Sosa Springs

Huntington: Nerre Jannah, 43

44: Pollok Terri Liles

Half-marathon:

Lufkin: Kasey Clifton, 35, Shannon Davis, 41, Jennifer Dean, 32; Debbie Duren, 57, Dan Fuentes, 47, Cristina Graves, 35; Del Graves, 35; Monica Hailey, 36, Stephanie Huber, 43 , karty Heather, 31; Daryl Latham, 43, Tracy Moss, 35, David Neumann, 31; Slaga Kelli, 38, Joyce Taylor-Grimes, 52, and Joel Torres, 43

34: Diboll Tracy Nichols

40, Huntington James Flournoy, 40, and Robin Flournoy

Chevron Houston Marathon, the clock at 06.45 am Sunday at the George R. Brown Convention Center once. Follow the runners, the marathon of visiting Internet chevronhoustonmarathon. Com / Marathon.

For more information on the knees on their Facebook page for facebook.com/pages/Lufkin-Area-Pacesetters-LAPS/248248123769 available.

Larissa Graham E-mail address is lgraham@lufkindailynews.com.