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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.

Thursday, January 13, 2005

Chronicle's Wednesday/Thursday Marathon Coverage

Three articles on Wednesday and Thursday in the Chronicle. Here's my scorecard:

Jack Lippincott's marathon streak alive and kicking at 30
by Dale Robertson, Wednesday, 1/12/05 ..... Grade: A

This is one story that you just can't go wrong with. It is one of the more impressive streaks in marathoning, I think. I'm kind of curious how many other events around the country have a streak like this going. Probably more than I'm aware of.

Early bird gets the best seat
by Dale Robertson, Thursday, 1/13/05 ..... Grade: C+

Ugh! I don't know. Maybe Robertson's attempt at humor comes across in this article as disingenuous comments, but where the big chuckle here is that you can find the list of the ten (10) top spots to watch the marathon from in a Yahoo search! Go to this link, look at Robertson's article and see the wordsmithing going on.

Running Notebook: Spectators appreciated, but follow proper protocol
by Roberta MacInnis, Thursday, 1/13/05 ..... Grade: A

Not sure how any of this could have been said any better. But, then again, it comes from a runner!

Drop me a comment and let me know if you agree or not!


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