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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.

Saturday, April 09, 2005

Run The Woodlands 5K #127 Race Report

If I felt so bad with how I ran, then why was the 29:16.68 5K on Saturday at Run The Woodlands the 1.) 4th best 5K that I've ever run, 2.) the 14th sub 30-minute 5K that I've posted as well as 3.) the 8th best overall event - of 98 - that I've ever done?

I'm still trying to figure this all out! It's baffling! I didn't feel like I ran real well and the split times kind of reflect that:

Mile 1 - 9:01.48
Mile 2 - 9:32.92
Mile 3 - 9:47.50
Last .1 - 54.78

It is the third straight 5K that I've rattled off a 9:01 first mile. I'm trying to slow down, but this is just a pace that I get into. The mile 2 drop was 31 seconds: about average.

Tom Pinney was behind me as I closed in on the mile 2 marker and asked ahead if I was on a 9:30 pace. (I think I responded that I was on a 9:16!) But I had to walk 2 or 3 times in the last mile and Tom (and Khobar too) finally passed me finishing 8 seconds ahead of me at 29:08.

Robert Leal and Pat Myers, both of Cleveland, did as well. They caught me just past the mile 3 mark.

I got a chance to meet for the first time Bill and Mindy Schroeder from Kingwood. The couple joined the Houston Striders last fall. On this Saturday, Bill, who has won 14 RTW's, finished 3rd overall behind Clint Sherrouse and Craig Calmes.

posted by WalkSports.com | 11:01 PM

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