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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, January 08, 2005

Friday's Workout

I felt really good about my running Thursday night (and relieved that Monday and Tuesday night's run didn't follow me home).

Today, I went to Bally's and spent an hour on the elliptical trainer. (Well, 23 minutes and then 37 minutes.) I picked up Waverly from school then went straight to the club in The Woodlands. When we got there, their child care person wasn't there yet so I got an OK from Brent, the manager of the club, for her to wait in the open workout area. Once someone got there at 4 p.m., I had to get off the machine and sign her in.

I pushed myself on the 37 minutes on the back end and covered just slightly over 3.7 miles.

I really believe that this cross training exercise helps me mentally to keep pushing on in a race.

Waverly and I went to Jason's Deli afterwards to get a bite to eat and then to the new Luke's Locker store in The Woodlands where I looked at a couple of pair of trail shoes as well as the Timex watch that had a Garmin GPS unit built into it. $197 or $200. With my HARRA discount, that should make it $180 plus tax.

In the morning? Run The Woodlands 5K #121! Later? I'll referee three basketball games at 3, 4 and 5 p.m. in our church's Upward Basketball league. Waverly plays at 2 p.m.

posted by WalkSports.com | 1:45 AM

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