January 17, 2010 – Chevron Houston Marathon and Houston Half Marathon Marathon weekend is on the run.

Chevron Houston Marathon will start at George R. Brown Convention Center located at 1001 Avenida de las Americas in Houston. Theere are more than 20000 people who will participate in the event. The event started early morning around 7:00 AM ET.

The annual event also have the Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon, the EP5K, ABB Team Challenge and Texas Children’s Hospital Kid’s Fun Run.

ABC-13 channel aired the event in your television early in the morning and news updates can be seen in some links and updated post here. There will be a recap at 10:30 PM for this event.

The Houston Marathon Route can be viewed in some links also with the map and schedules.

The Chevron Houston Marathon aims to gain $1.5 million for the local charities and beneficiaries.

You can track your favorite athlete by just texting the desired bib number to Houston Athlete Alerts shortcut code 34792. Mobile providers like AT&T, Alltel, Boost, Nextel, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, and Verizon support this mobile tracking. Just visit hte Cheveron Houston Marathon Website for more infos.