Houston Running

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.

Friday, February 11, 2005

hp Houston Marathon's Best Cities of Runners

"Which cities had the best performances from their runners?" was the question. It was up to me to provide the answer and to no one's surprise, Houston pulled out the stops as its top five (5) male and female runners were the best of 71 cities that had five or more male or female runners.

The overall (with a team of five men and five women) top ten is: 1.) Houston, 2.) The Woodlands, 3.) Austin, 4.) Katy, 5.) Sugar Land, 6.) Spring, 7.) Kingwood, 8.) San Antonio, 9.) Pearland and 10.) Cypres..

The top men's teams were: 1.) Houston, 2.) Austin, 3.) Sugar Land, 4.) The Woodlands, 5.) Katy, 6.) San Antonio, 7.) Kingwood, 8.) Covington, La., 9.) Friendswood and 10.) Pearland.

The top women's teams were: 1.) Houston, 2.) The Woodlands, 3.) Katy, 4.) Austin, 5.) Spring, 6.) Beaumont, 7.) Cypress, 8.) Sugarland, 9.) Kingwood and 10.) Bryan.

The full link can be found at http://www.walksports.com/05houston_bestcities.htm.

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