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Location: Spring, Texas, United States

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.

Sunday, July 17, 2005

Walking (and eventually running) with Waverly

At her recent 10-year-old visit to the pediatrician the week of July 10th, Waverly (my daughter for newer readers to this blog) measured in at 5'1". She's a little on the big side, but it's been known that she was going to push the percentile charts on height and weight since she was born.

After getting a bite to eat this evening, we went out and walked a 2.1-mile loop that is in our subdivision. I'm going to try and keep her on a regular schedule, even with my travel, to help her be more physically fit for basketball season at the end of the year (as well as getting her conditioned next year for middle school P.E.)

I've also given her two (2) goals -- one (1) running-related and one (1) basketball-related -- to achieve before Houston marathon day and the start of our church's Upward Basketball season. I'll comment more on those at a later date.

In the meantime, I'll continue to update this post to track her progress:

Saturday, July 16th: 2.1 mile brisk walk, 33:44.15, a 16:04/mile pace (evening)
Sunday, July 17th: 2.1 mile brisk walk/short sprint at end, 31:41.41, a 15:05/mile pace (afternoon)

posted by WalkSports.com | 3:57 PM

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