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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, April 28, 2005

Iowa's Governor and Who is Doug Woodcock?

Fitness Sports in Des Moines has released an entrant list to Saturday's 37th Drake Relay On-the-ROADS Half Marathon. It seems as if I've been assigned bib #1133 (nothing significant or superstitious).

Iowa Governor Tom Villsack will be participating in the event as well as Douglas Woodcock, a 42-year-old runner from Fort Worth -- denying me the chance to be the only Texan in the event.

I know I can beat Villsack (based on his recent Little Rock Marathon time) if I don't run into trouble with my left calf. Originally, I thought that I might not be able to take Woodcock but after examining his 15K time at the Fort Worth Runners Club Labor Day event (1:40:36.30), I might be able to. His pace was 10:48/mile and that would be close as my last 10-mile event pace was 10:57, but my best half marathon pace (Big D Texas Half on 4/3/05) was 10:27.

posted by WalkSports.com | 3:40 PM

1 Comments:

Blogger WalkSports.com said...

Doug Woodcock was a no-show so I was the only Texan in Iowa!

However, I couldn't beat Governor Tom Villsack as he finished in 2:10:31 compared to my gun time of 2:17:17!

9:43 PM  

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