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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.

Friday, September 16, 2005

Friday Night Update

This week has been a blah! week from a workout standpoint!

I worked out hard at the gym Monday night in Bloomington (an hour on the elliptical machine with the usual settings plus 35 minutes on the stationery bike doing a speed routine), but I didn't run until tonight when I went out for a 2.1-mile get loose jog with Waverly.

We were supposed to do it last night, but some things went awry when I got home from the airport.

She did it in 27:58.92, a 13:20/pace. That equates to a 41:20 5K, which is 10 seconds better than what she did last Saturday at the Klein HS Bearkat Bash. Tomorrow will be a rest day for her and then on Sunday morning, we'll do 4 miles together before going to church and then Astroworld - perhaps for the last time. (We have four free tickets. So we can go twice!)

Busy day on Saturday for me. I think I'm going to still go to San Marcos in the morning and do the Country Roads 10K, get back and shower, go to my niece's first birthday party and then head to Shepherd and Memorial for the HARRA Cross Country Relay.

My expectation for our team is to do this in 1:14 -- Jen and myself in 20 minutes each, Jessica in 18 and Holden in 16. (I'm hoping to do it in a little less.) If you are a blogger and not running, come on out, park at St. Thomas HS, get there by 4 p.m. and meet us all!

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