Houston Running

One of the leading sources for the discussion of Houston-area (and Texas as well) road racing. Focus and attention will be given to Houston-area runners, specifically HARRA members, that compete in outside-of-the-area events as well as those who do interesting things that aren't captured in the various media outlets, such as Inside Texas Running, Runner Triathlete News and Roberta MacInnis' Running Notebook in the Houston Chronicle (all fine publications and columns but with limitations too).

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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.

Friday, August 26, 2005

Labor Day Weekend

Initially, I had talked to my daughter, Waverly, about doing a weekend tour of the South (Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana) to sight see, race (10K in Alabama and 14.1-miler in Tupelo) and visit three (3) more state capitols. However, with the price of gas and not knowing whether she truly wants to or not, it may or may not happen.

I also had thought about doing the New Mexico Marathon on Sunday, the 4th, until I found out that I was going to have to be travelling on Tuesday, the 6th (and I hadn't even looked at air travel).

If not, I'm going to do a three-race weekend and thanks to looking at Jay Hendrickson's RunBayou.com site, I found out about a Sunday race! The schedule will be as follows:

9/3 - BENeeezy Purple Monkey 5k and 10k Run/Walk, Alvin ($20)
9/4 - League Play Grill Semi-Annual 5K Run, Cypress ($10)
9/5 - 3rd Annual Fired Up 5K and Family/Youth Walk, Sugar Land ($18)

See how I think? Crazy, right? Lots of fun! Tons of Striders will definitely be at the Fired Up 5K!

posted by WalkSports.com | 4:55 PM

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