ULTRA CENTRIC GOLD RUSH 6HRS, GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, USA

Marathon: 87

American state: 18/50

Result:

5:59:32 (2012-11-16)

Photos & Race report:

http://www.runnersworld.se/blogs/andersforselius/ultra-centric-marathon-grapevine-texas.htm

TEXAS, USA

State capital: Austin (885,000)

State population: 26,1 million (Dallas 1,26 million)

State nickname: The Lone Star State

State bird: Mockingbird

State mammal:

Texas Longhorn, Nine-banded Armadillo, Mexican Free-tailed Bat, Blue Lazy, American Quarter Horse

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 six different nations fly over it. They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States.

More facts:

http://www.50states.com/facts/texas.htm#.U8TpOlZn7eY

Logistic:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g55711-Dallas_Texas-Vacations.html