Sisters by blood, competitors at heart, the Ostrander sisters opened the year with fireworks at the Houston Half Marathon.
Allie Ostrander covered the 13.1-mile course in a blistering 1 hour, 10 minutes and 8 seconds to finish 18th, lowering her own Alaska record in the process. Taylor Deal (née Ostrander) clocked 1:17:29 to become the fifth-fastest woman in Alaska history.
Ostrander, an Oiselle-sponsored athlete, registered consistent splits through much of the first 10 miles, clocking 16:42 through 5K and 33:34 after 10K…