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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.

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Excellent Speaker Panel in Austin Friday-Saturday

The schedule of speakers for the Freescale Austin Marathon at the Palmer Events Center (packet pickup) will begin on Friday. All clinics and talks are free and open to the public. The schedule looks like this:

Friday
1:15-2 p.m. -- Danny Spoonts and the Mizuno Pace Team. He'll explain all the pace groups, where to meet and how to seed yourself for the marathon.
3:45-4:30 p.m. -- Jeff Galloway, author, Olympian and marathon expert will explains his concepts of marathon training and racing and answer all your questions.
5-5:45 p.m. -- Ultramarathon panel, including Scott Jurek, Joe Prusaitis and Steve Sisson, moderated by Richard Benyo.
6:15-7 p.m. -- Dr. Ted Spears, medical director of the Freescale Marathon.

Saturday
10:30-11:15 a.m. -- Dick Beardsley, former world-class marathoner, on the ups and downs of his fabulous career.
11:45-12:30 p.m. -- John Conley, Freescale race director, explains the new course and answers any questions on the race on Sunday.
1-1:45 p.m. -- Dr. Charlotte Smith of Seton Medical Center answers any medical questions.
2:15-3 p.m. --The Legends of Marathoning. Noted panelists include Jeff Galloway, Alan Culpepper, Steve Jones, Doug Kurtis and Dick Beardsley. Moderated by Wish.
3-3:45 p.m. -- Danny Spoonts, Mizuno pace team.
4:15-5 p.m. -- Dr. Pierre Filardi, Seton Medical Center.

Anybody want to go hang out in Austin this weekend?

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