Some 2006 "Want to Do's"
It is Thursday afternoon and I'm getting ready to head south back to Houston after a couple of fun-filled work days in Bloomington, Indiana. (Yes, the town is a little basketball crazy again after IU gave #1 Duke a challenge last night in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.)
I have a couple of updates coming. They include:
1.) Overdue on results from the Foot Locker South Regionals from Charlotte, North Carolina this past weekend. The biggest news is that Spring Westfield's Nichole Jones won the regional and will be running in the Nationals on Saturday, December 10th in San Diego.
2.) I read on the way up to Indianapolis Monday morning Dick Beardsley's book from 2002 (although new to me and purchased over the weekend), "Staying The Course". Excellent story and an easy read!
3.) Marathon and Beyond's November/December 2005 edition named the Chevron Houston Marathon its second best North American marathon that it has rated out of 54 (not titled New York City, Chicago or Marine Corps.) The article is linked off of the Houston Marathon web site.
Thanks to LisaLeese, Rick Cook and Joe Breda who have sent their "reader participation" items in, I'll be posting them soon. Again no rush! (In fact, Lisa has posted hers on her blog!)
As far as 2006, primarily, I just want to keep running injury-free and having fun with my friends!
Here, though, are some things that I'd perhaps like to do this coming year:
1.) Do a couple of races (on the same weekend) in the Rio Grande Valley!2.) Do a couple of races (on the same weekend) in the Texas Permian Basin!
3.) Find another back-to-back Saturday/Sunday half marathon combination in the spring!
4.) Do three half marathons in four days over the Thanksgiving weekend, beginning with the Atlanta Half on Thanksgiving. (This may negate Sunmart!)
5.) Apply for the La Luz Trail Run in Albuquerque on Sunday, August 6, 2006.
6.) Apply for Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota on Saturday, June 17, 2006.
La Luz? If you are going to do a tough one that is doable (not something that you'd have to do an adventure race to do), might as well try the toughest one.
Grandma's? Yeah, I know. I said "no more big events!" But I just checked that they only had 6,888 marathon finishers and 4,828 half marathon finishers this year. No bigger than Houston plus somewhere I read that Dick Beardsley is going to run a marathon again for the event's 30th anniversary and what might be his 50th birthday!
I have a couple of updates coming. They include:
1.) Overdue on results from the Foot Locker South Regionals from Charlotte, North Carolina this past weekend. The biggest news is that Spring Westfield's Nichole Jones won the regional and will be running in the Nationals on Saturday, December 10th in San Diego.
2.) I read on the way up to Indianapolis Monday morning Dick Beardsley's book from 2002 (although new to me and purchased over the weekend), "Staying The Course". Excellent story and an easy read!
3.) Marathon and Beyond's November/December 2005 edition named the Chevron Houston Marathon its second best North American marathon that it has rated out of 54 (not titled New York City, Chicago or Marine Corps.) The article is linked off of the Houston Marathon web site.
Thanks to LisaLeese, Rick Cook and Joe Breda who have sent their "reader participation" items in, I'll be posting them soon. Again no rush! (In fact, Lisa has posted hers on her blog!)
As far as 2006, primarily, I just want to keep running injury-free and having fun with my friends!
Here, though, are some things that I'd perhaps like to do this coming year:
1.) Do a couple of races (on the same weekend) in the Rio Grande Valley!2.) Do a couple of races (on the same weekend) in the Texas Permian Basin!
3.) Find another back-to-back Saturday/Sunday half marathon combination in the spring!
4.) Do three half marathons in four days over the Thanksgiving weekend, beginning with the Atlanta Half on Thanksgiving. (This may negate Sunmart!)
5.) Apply for the La Luz Trail Run in Albuquerque on Sunday, August 6, 2006.
6.) Apply for Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota on Saturday, June 17, 2006.
La Luz? If you are going to do a tough one that is doable (not something that you'd have to do an adventure race to do), might as well try the toughest one.
Grandma's? Yeah, I know. I said "no more big events!" But I just checked that they only had 6,888 marathon finishers and 4,828 half marathon finishers this year. No bigger than Houston plus somewhere I read that Dick Beardsley is going to run a marathon again for the event's 30th anniversary and what might be his 50th birthday!
posted by WalkSports.com | 12:06 PM
2 Comments:
After seeing Lisa & Joe's lists on their blogs, I did mine. It's on my blog. I'll email it to you tonight...
A few "running resolutions" sounds like a good idea...and thanks for reminding me there is life after the Houston Marathon in Jan....I'm thinking about the
Bluebell Fun Run/ on March 25 1M/5K/10K that Holden mentioned (if not just for the ice cream!)
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