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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.

Monday, July 25, 2005

Congratulations Nora Wilson!

While searching for a link for one of the participants from Run The Woodlands (RTW) 5K #134 on Saturday, I found out that on Sunday, June 26th, RTW regular Nora Wilson, 48, completed her first Ironman by finishing the Ford Ironman Coeur d'Alene in Idaho in a time of 14:59:39.

Nora finished the 2.4-mile swim in 1:40:55, the 112-mile bike ride in 7:45:34 and the marathon in 5:15:58. She was one of 71 Texans, including 15 greater Houston area triathletes, to finish the Ironman. Earlier in the year, Nora ran the Boston Marathon in 4:00:50.

This past weekend, a number of other Run The Woodlands (RTW) regulars competed in a pair of multi-sport events.

41-year-old The Woodlands resident Jim Harrington, who also ran Boston this spring in 3:39:51, finished 20th overall (of 286 finishers) and 2nd in his 40-44 age group on Sunday in San Marcos' Aquarena Sprint Triathlon. Harrington finished the 500-meter swim (11:54.0), 18-mile bike ride (49:34.9) and 2.9-mile run (20:23.9) in an overall time of 1:24:42.8.

Ann Leoni and Debbie Tripp both competed in Sunday's Webster Bicycle Duathlon #3 in La Marque. Leoni, 44, covered the 2-mile run, 11-mile bike, 2-mile run course in 1:14:55.9 while Tripp, 49, finished in 1:44:54.7. Leoni is the Run The Woodlands 5K all-time leader in event finishes with 78.

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