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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, March 24, 2005

Multiple Events on Multiple Days

Maybe this is a good sign (even though I haven't got back into my workout routine yet) that my competitive juices are going again. If there was just another half hour of time the next two Saturdays, I could run two events in the same day twice!

This Saturday, March 26th, I'm taking part in the bi-monthly Run The Woodlands 5K Series. The race starts at 8:00 a.m. An hour later, the Seven Hills Running Club in Huntsville holds their monthly club run (this month: Run in the Woods 5K at Huntsville State Park) at 9:00 a.m. If I could get Ken Johnson to push it back to 9:30 a.m. (chuckling) .... my total race expense would be $1 (RTW fee) + $1 (7Hills fee) + $3 (Huntsville State Park day pass) = $5.

The following Saturday, April 2nd, I'm already signed up for the Bellaire Trolley Run 5K, which is an event in the HARRA Spring Series. It is also a Striders Race for the Quarter where we get reimbursed part of our entry fee -- a great Strider benefit! It starts at 8:00 a.m. However, I noticed in this month's Inside Texas Running that there was a 5K that started at 7:00 a.m. (the 2nd annual Canaan Baptist Church 5K). However, it is located on the north Loop and trying to get to Bellaire in less than 20 minutes (without a police escort) would be suicidal!

I know: A wild thought or two!

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