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One of the leading sources for the discussion of Houston-area (and Texas as well) road racing. Focus and attention will be given to Houston-area runners, specifically HARRA members, that compete in outside-of-the-area events as well as those who do interesting things that aren't captured in the various media outlets, such as Inside Texas Running, Runner Triathlete News and Roberta MacInnis' Running Notebook in the Houston Chronicle (all fine publications and columns but with limitations too).

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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.

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Monday's Run

Since I had to go and put a couple of tires on the truck before Waverly and I went to the HBU-Dillard University women's basketball game, I didn't get in my run until approximately 10:45 p.m.

I ran between 4.6 and 4.7 miles tonight. (It's a little hard to be completely exact with a Ford F150 pickup truck.)

I measured off a new 3.4-mile loop around and outside the perimeter of our subdivision. I covered this distance in 38:07.31. If it sounds slow, it was. Just put the numbers in -- ugh, 11:13 per mile. (But, that translates to a 4:54 marathon time!) Bottom line: It didn't feel good. I got some "pick me up" when I got on the asphalt on FM 2920.

I then decided to go another 1.2-1.3 miles (thinking it is really 1.25) and tried to speed things up a little bit. During the first minute, I had 165 steps and kept a good solid count of eight (8) the entire way. I did this time trial in 12:47.62 -- or a pace of 10:14 per mile. (Yes, it felt faster ... but it felt faster than that!)

Oh well, better day tomorrow! (And for the record, I did an hour last night at Bally's on the elliptical trainer. Level 14, random setting -- 5.95 miles.)

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