Howdy!

We'll see how this goes. I've become addicted (positively, I might add) over the last two years with running and road racing. Mind you, it will be a long while before I win an age-group award or an event of any kind. BUT, it doesn't stop me from talking about it! And I think that I have a lot to add to the promotion of the sport.

I want to use this part of the Internet to talk about 1.) upcoming road races, 2.) how Houston runners that don't get attention anywhere else about their exploits in out-of-the-area races (such as Suzy Seeley's (Bayou City Road Runners) 4th place finish at the San Antonio Marathon in November and John Yoder's (Houston Striders) 500-lap adventure and second-place finish at the 24-hour Ultracentric run in Addison), and 3.) just about anything else that comes to mind.

I really think there is a need for a one-hour weekly radio show on running here in the Houston area. I have the perfect idea for a co-host! All I need is to find out where to put it, the cost and to line up the sponsors.

I'll also use this area to comment on my own running and training. (Hope you don't mind!)

I'm getting ready for the hp Houston Marathon (on January 16th) and am working on completing the inaguaral "Love the Half" Half-Marathon Challenge. (I've actually done five half-marathon races or greater in Texas already, but two of the half-marathons were not on certified courses.)