Houston Running: Dead Leg Tuesday

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Name: WalkSports.com

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.

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Dead Leg Tuesday

Even though the pair of Brooks Beast that I had on probably had two pounds of dirt still in them from the event in Albuquerque a couple of weeks ago, I felt like I was carrying around a ton of bricks in my legs.

This report will be short and sweet. 2.9 miles at Memorial Park in an astonishing slow 31:57.65 or an 11:01/minute pace. (Between 5:15 and 5:45 p.m.)

Started a second loop, got to the 1/4-mile marker, stopped and turned around and walked it back. Realized that it wasn't my day and didn't try to force it.

I want to get in good runs/workouts Wednesday and Thursday with an off day on Friday before the half marathon in West Virginia on Saturday.

1 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Dead legs! I can totally relate. I will send positive "leg vibes" your way..

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