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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.

Friday, April 08, 2005

Link Added: 21 Run Salute!

In the May 2005 edition of Runner's World (on newsstands and in your mailbox now) on page 28, there is a note about Shirley Pratt, of Orlando, Florida, who is running 21 marathons in nine months and is raising $21,000 to raise money for charities that provide support for U.S. troops and their families.

The website that is chronicling her adventures is http://www.21runsalute.org/.

This weekend, she will be running in Spirit of St. Louis Marathon, which will be #17, and Boston, which she has qualified for seven times in the initial 16 marathons, will be #18.

The 21st and final marathon of the salute will be on May 28 when she completes Michigan's Bayshore Marathon. Each marathon she does honors troops from various parts of the country that she is in at that time.

On January 1, 2005, Shirley ran in Steve and Paula Boone's Texas Marathon in Kingwood in a time of 3:56:01. To date, she has completed 28 marathons in her running career!

posted by WalkSports.com | 2:04 PM

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