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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.

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

The Houston Bloggers 5K #1

On August 27th, 2005, the Run The Woodlands 5K #136 will also be the "Houston Bloggers 5K".

I'm going to try and extend an invite to every Houston or Gulf Coast area blogger to see how many of us that I can get to run that race. Maybe this is something that we all can do once a quarter! (So this would be the 3Q 2005 race!)

The entry fee is $1. Luke's Locker provides the Gatorade and water after the race. Sadly, your biggest expense is the gas to get there! (Although for me and Holden Choi, it's pretty cheap!) Perhaps even we can all get together for breakfast afterwards.

The stipulation to be counted in the separate results is that you have to have a running blog or a predominately running-based website. If you web presence barely acknowledges the existence of running at all, you'll just be listed in the overall race results!

So save your $1, plan on getting to The Woodlands by 7:30 a.m. for a pretty enjoyable racing experience and the "Best Bargain in Racing!"

5 Comments:

Blogger Woodlands Runner said...

I'll be there!!

Holden

7:07 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'll be there too! :)

10:49 AM  
Blogger Tiggs said...

sigh. maybe next time. stupid IT bands.

11:44 AM  
Blogger Sam said...

Never done a Run The Woodlands 5k, but have heard it is one of the gems of Houston running...I'll make plans to be there.

I'm glad I scrolled down to a post I'd missed. :)

9:32 AM  
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