Houston Running: Welcoming Holden Choi to the Strider Fold!

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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

Welcoming Holden Choi to the Strider Fold!

Saturday's timetable -

3:06 p.m. - Yours truly submits the group photo from today's Houston Bloggers 5K to Steve Shepard for Stridelines consideration.
4:45 p.m. - Steve forwards the picture to RRCA award-winning editor Lee Baughman as "a nice followup from Jon's blogging article. Rachel was running with us this morning, but subsequent to the article Vic Kaiser has become a Strider blogger."
5:36 p.m. - Steve e-mails both Lee and myself, "Update - Holden Choi joined the Striders about an hour ago."

Quick note, Holden. You can make that $25 back in 2005 by participating in this month's Strider Race of the Quarter, the HARRA Cross Country Relay, as well as next month's yet-to-be-voted on. (One of the benefits of being a Strider - other than being around a good bunch of runners - is that the club reimburses you $15 towards the entry fee of the Race of the Quarter. All it takes to get reimbursed is to send in a copy of the bib number with your name and address on it.)

5 Comments:

Jessica, a Austin Runner AND triathlete said...: Welcome Holden!!!
-Jessica; 4:23 PM
Tiggs said...: Holden beat me to it! I'm signing up right now :) Woot!; 5:56 PM
Unknown said...: WOW!!! WTG Holden and Cassie. Welcome to the Striders.; 5:58 PM
Anonymous said...: Holden rocks! Cassie rolls! If y'all want to run (or walk) on a Strider CCR team I need to know quickly, we're just about there assembling club teams. (I haven't sent out emails for our open women's teams yet so a Strider blogger team is still possible.) Send interest to info@houstonstriders.com.

Cheers, Steve; 6:21 PM
Woodlands Runner said...: Hi Steve! I sent an email this afternoon to see if it was too late to join the CCR. If it is, no big deal. There will be others I'm sure.; 2:57 PM