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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.

Saturday, August 27, 2005

Waverly Finishing Run The Woodlands 5K #136

Here is a great picture by fellow Strider Vic Kaiser of Waverly finishing the Run The Woodlands 5K #136 in 42:43 today.

It was her 9th 5K in her career, her 2nd fastest ever and it was the first one that she wasn't paced by me or her mother.

I ran with her for the last .2 of a mile and told her, "Hey, you've got a crowd in there waiting to cheer you on!"

One of the conditions for her to do the Klein Bearkat Bash 5K in two weeks was for her to finish this one by herself today. On the way to Denny's to have breakfast with a good group of bloggers and Striders, I asked her if she still wanted for me to sign her up.

Of course, she said, "Yes!"

1 Comments:

Blogger Tiggs said...

Way to go Waverly!!!!

5:54 PM  

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