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Location: Spring, Texas, United States

I'm a mid-to-the back of the pack runner who probably enjoys promoting runners more than I do running myself ... I've completed 21 marathons (with a 4:47:32 PR! in Austin) and 52 half marathons (with a 2:09:58 PR! in Oregon) since November 2003 ... I've done a marathon in 12 states, half marathon in 23 and an event in 30 states and one Canadian province ... I have a 13-year-old daughter, Waverly Nicole, who completed her first half marathon in January 2006, made only two B's each of the last two years, was the only sixth grader to sing a solo (Carrie Underwood's Don't Forget To Remember Me) in their choir program (adding Taylor Swift's Tim McGraw in '08) and scored a 19 on the ACT in December 2007 as a seventh grader ... Waverly and I are members of the following clubs -- the Seven Hills Running Club, HARRA and The Woodlands Running Club ... I'm Marathon Maniac #308 ... I edit HARRA's Footprints in Inside Texas Running and write a column for Runner Triathlete News called, "Talking the Talk" ... I'm also the running columnist for the Courier of Montgomery County ... I'm a three-time winner of TAPPS' Sportswriter of the Year Award as well as TABC's Golden Hoops Award.

Saturday, December 11, 2004

Run The Woodlands 5K #119

Today, I did the Run The Woodlands 5K #119 in 29:31, which is one of my top four 5Ks of all time. I was pleased with the effort although I thought after the first two miles (9:45 and 19:05, respectively) that I might have an outside shot of PR'ing, but it wasn't to be.

Two of my four top 5K times have come after running events six days before that were my two longest ever. I set my PR of 29:11 at Run With The Saints just after the Marine Corps Marathon. And this past Sunday, I ran the Houstonian Lite 30K (well, ran most of it.) Not sure what all of it means, but interesting nonetheless.

A couple of pretty good runners showed for this edition, including Clint Sherrouse of Cleveland and Christopher Bittinger of the Bay Area Running Club. Sherrouse, 21, won the Huntsville Half Marathon on October 9th. A week later, Sherrouse was 10th overall in the Koala's/Luke Locker's 20K and on Thanksgiving placed 9th in the Anadarko Run Thru The Woods 5-Mile Run.

There will be a Christmas Day Run The Woodlands #120! 8:00 a.m. Entry fee - $1. And, in fact, Waverly will do a 5K to get ready for the Houston Press 5K at the hp Houston Marathon. Of course, Dad will be her pacer!

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