Houston Running: September Issue of Stridelines Online!

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Name: WalkSports.com

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, September 14, 2005

September Issue of Stridelines Online!

At some point in time, the rest of the Houston Striders are going to get tired of hearing about this mid-to-back of the pack runner and tell more stories of their adventures! (Actually, I think one that would be interesting to hear from is John and Ryan DiMarco's quest for the HEB Texas 10K Challenge and their San Francisco Marathon experience - which was Ryan's very first that he ran with his Dad!)

This month's (September) edition of the award-winning Stridelines can be found here.

Included in it are Steve Shepard's summer running journey through the upper Midwest (which I need to be doing more of here in the lower Midwest ... Indiana), a different look at one of John Yoder's morning runs (fast no less), a member profile of one of our own bloggers, Jessica Alexander, as well as all of the news on the upcoming 20K, RRCA National Convention, the Striders' free 10K/20K on October 9th for volunteers of the 20K and all of the other usual Stridelines staples.

3 Comments:

Anonymous said...: I hope they don't get tired of mid-to-back of the pack runners. That'll kill my column in Footprints.

doug spence; 2:00 PM
Jessica, a Austin Runner AND triathlete said...: I love Doug:) (are you doing PIM this fall?)

I too, would like to hear about Ryan and John's quest...I saw John at the Strider meeting the order day and forgot to ask him about it!

-jessica; 8:39 PM
WalkSports.com said...: Doug,

Good stuff! :)

No, I meant just me! There are so many people out there that can contribute -- and are doing interesting things. I know that I'm not the only one, but when I do things ... I figure why do the normal, especially if I'm never going to win anything!

Jon; 5:40 AM