Houston Running: Seven Hills Running Club Website Updates

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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.

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Seven Hills Running Club Website Updates

Seven Hills Running Club president Ken Johnson said Sunday on the trails at Huntsville State Park that he is busier now that he is retired than he was when he was working.

Earlier this summer, Johnson retired from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice system and recently has been updating the club's web site to enter it into the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) annual web site competition.

Some of the most recent updates include:

+ The November 2005 edition of the club's newsletter, "Hill Peek".
+ Club Scrapbook that includes photos from the Huntsville Half Marathon, the club's Summer Picnic, Stu's Country Mile, the Polish Pickle 5K, the Hometown Heroes Run in Corsicana and the Blue Bell Fun Run in Brenham in April.

Ken also pointed out in a recent e-mail that there was a new trail run that runners may be interested in that is going to be held in Coldspring, Texas called the "Lone Star Trail Run" on Saturday, March 4, 2006.

2 Comments:

Jessica, a Austin Runner AND triathlete said...: The website is really shaping up nicely. i am going to attempt to attend some races and training runs next year (as I'm sure you remember I use to live there in H-ville and my brother, also a runner, still lives there as well).
Cool!
-Jessica; 10:25 AM
WalkSports.com said...: Jessica,

Ken does a nice job. They are just a group of great people!

After getting to know Ken a bit last fall, he invited me up to run trails with the club whenever I could. Even though I wasn't able to do it until February, I did their New Year's Day event and joined their club.

It's only $7, but just a fun group to be a part of too.

I can see Huntsville State Park being added to the HRB group outings at some point in time!

Jon; 10:42 AM