Houston Running: Saturday's Lunar Rendezvous Run

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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, July 14, 2005

Saturday's Lunar Rendezvous Run

I was glancing at the following post on Sarah Graybeal's site early this morning, http://www.saroy.net/archives/2005/07/saturdays_run_3.html, where she intimated that Saturday's event is a "mini-tradition" for her.

Not that I'm going to be blazing any roads on Saturday; however, I did a little digging at Runner Triathlete News for Sarah's results the last three years:

2004 - 32:44
2003 - 30:50
2002 - 34:36

After being in the same blog world for the past seven to eight months, being in front of her at the ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run (not knowing until the picture later on) and hearing spectators on Memorial Drive holler, "Go Sarah Go!" during the Houston Marathon, I'm looking forward to getting to meet Sarah this Saturday.

Perhaps, I'll be able to drag along my 10-year-old red head, Waverly!

5 Comments:

Sarah said...: Great -- now everyone can see my crappy times -- thanks Jon!! ;) I figure this Saturday should take me somewhere around 32-33. I can't believe I ran a marathon in January. Sheesh, I've lost so much conditioning since then.

See you Saturday!; 8:22 AM
WalkSports.com said...: Sarah, same here. I can't believe that I ran back to back halves at the end of April. A great day would be for me to slip under 31, given my current running trends. It will be interesting to see how many others we can get out there for Saturday!; 8:34 AM
Jessica, a Austin Runner AND triathlete said...: I MAY COME OUT TOO!!!!! :)

It's my birthday and an age-group changing year for me so how can I pass this up? How often do those too things line up on a race?! I haden't planned on running another race this month but I think broadcasting my birthday on my singlet would be tons of fun! Maybe I'll see ya'll there...look for me with the siglet that says:
"It's my birthday!"
-Jessica, a Houston Runner; 2:12 PM
Tiggs said...: sarah, jon and jess all in one race. Now I am MAJORLY bummed that I can't come too. Boo.....; 12:17 PM
WalkSports.com said...: Nobody said you couldn't come cheer in the rain! Since it is at Space Center Houston, we are on Sarah's home turf. Next month: Run The Woodlands. Maybe you'll be ready to go then. :); 1:31 PM