50 STATES MARATHON TOUR: TEXAS (17/50)
2012 TEXAS MARATHON, KINGWOOD, HOUSTON: 3:15:13 (2012-01-01)
2012 ULTRA CENTRIC MARATHON, DALLAS: 5:59:32 (2012-11-16)
Photos:
https://www.facebook.com/730374053784599/photos/?tab=album&album_id=734893519999319
Race report:
http://bikingviking.net/listing/texas-marathon-2012-01-01/
Texas Marathon Website:
http://www.50statesmarathonclub.com/texas.html
TEXAS
State capital: Austin
State population: 23,9 million
State nickname: The Lone Star State
State mammal: Texas Long Horn
State bird: Mockingbird
State dog: Blue Lacy
State motto:
Friendship
Famous people from Texas:
Steven Fuller Austin (founding father of Texas), Dwight David Eisenhower (U.S. president), Larry Hagman (actor), Ben Hogan (golfer), Buddy Holly (musician), Howard Hughes (industrialist, film producer), Lyndon B. Johnson (U.S. president), Michael Johnson (olympic sports), Janis Joplin (blues singer), Tommy Lee Jones (actor), Roy Orbison (singer), Willie Nelson (singer)
Fun facts about Texas:
Texas comes from the Hasinai Indian word tejas meaning friends or allies. Texas is the only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it. They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States.
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