While the Chevron Houston Marathon’s Run For A Reason will raise more than $2 million for approximately 60 partner charities, another of its successful programs – the Local Elite Invited Runner – gives some of the greater Houston area’s top amateur runners the opportunity to receive many of the same perks and benefits as the world’s best based on their performances at local races last fall. This year, 37 athletes – 25 in Sunday’s Chevron Houston Marathon and 12 in the Aramco Half Marathon – will toe the start line after being the first runner to meet a specific time standard for their age group at either last year’s Chevron Houston Marathon, the USA Space City 10-Miler, the Houston Half Marathon, the HMSA Classical 25K or the Finish Line Sports Sugar Land 30K. -- more --