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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.

Sunday, October 02, 2005

USA Space City 10-Miler Early Notes

Due later! Not a good day on the course. Stopwatch: 2:04:59.08!

Two types of smarter people today: 1.) those that didn't run a hilly half marathon course yesterday (even though I did the same combination last year) and 2.) those that chose to do their 10 miles at another time today.

53:12.24 on the front 5. Not too bad! Crashed and burned on the back half though: 1:11:46.84. Not a pretty sight, especially the split times!

My notes from last year's 10-Miler -- "Official time splits were 53:29.9 (first 5 miles, less 0:32.9 chip difference) and 56:34.2 (second 5 miles)."

Off the course, I got to meet in person for the first time: Lisa Foronda and her husband, Chris Casey, Edwin Quarles and Sarah Graybeal.

We are off - after a shower - to pay our respects to Astroworld this afternoon and then five (5) very interesting miles with my daughter, Waverly, tonight.

posted by WalkSports.com | 11:24 AM

1 Comments:

Blogger Steve Bezner said...

Thank for find me at the starting line Jon. I just happen to set a personal best today as I've never ran a 10 mile race before. Whew it was unbelievable out there.

I paid my respects to Astroworld yesterday from 10:30 until 6:00 with 3 kids. My legs got a pretty good work-out just walking around the park.

Have Fun!

I think I'm going to rest tonight...

3:02 PM  

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