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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.

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Mid-Week Post

As far as Hurricane Katrina is concerned, I'm just utterly speechless. I think when we can't add anything constructive to the situation, it is best to keep one's mouth shut.

The only thing I know is that Waverly and I were planning on making a Labor Day weekend trip to Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Me to run a couple of races (in Huntsville, Alabama and Tupelo, Mississippi) and to see three (3) state capitols.

I was still toying with the idea as late as this weekend, but had pretty much nixed it just because I was still a little wore out from being on the road the two weekends before.

Running? I took Monday off and with the rains that came north from the Hurricane, I went to the local gym and put in a solid hour (5.01 miles) on the same elliptical trainer model that I use at Bally's in The Woodlands.

It is close to 8 p.m. central time here in Bloomington, Indiana and I'm hoping to get out and run a little bit as the weather is pretty nice.

This weekend? I had signed up Monday evening for races on Sunday in Cypress and Labor Day in Sugarland, but will probably scratch plans to do the one in Alvin on Saturday - a 10K - just because of the price of gas.

I won't even tell you what it cost to fill up my Ford 150 Super Cab pickup truck last Thursday evening. You don't want to know!

1 Comments:

Blogger Tiggs said...

i feel the same way about Katrina. I feel so helpless and at a loss over what's happened to my favorite city.
I paid $34 to fill up my little VW Bug!! AHHH!!

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