Houston Running: Friday Morning "Clear The Air" Run

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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.

Friday, February 24, 2006

Friday Morning "Clear The Air" Run

I met up with fellow Houston Running Bloggers RC member Cassie Cowan this morning at Memorial Park. We started at the mile "0" marker in front of the Tennis Center, ran out to the 2-mile marker, turned around and came back.

I was actually glad that Cassie decided not to want to go five (5), especially since she was doing the ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run 10K tomorrow. My quads were still talking to me a little bit from Sunday's marathon and yesterday's trail run in Austin and Huntsville, respectively.

Mile 1 -- 10:05.34
Mile 2 -- 10:03.93
Mile 3 -- 10:25.70
Mile 4 -- 9:50.91

Total -- 40:25.88

We carried on a conversation pretty much the entire way (which means to me that we both could have pushed it more had we been racing, let's say.) I decided the turn it up at least the last quarter mile to the finish. Cassie said, "You're speeding up on me," and I replied, "I'm just trying to finish strong." :) Actually, I was trying to see if that classic "Cowan Kick" would rub off on me. (The one that got me at Run The Woodlands 5K #143!)

I gave Cassie the "Houston Running Bloggers RC" banner for Saturday at the RodeoRun 10K. Members should check the "Official HRB RC Business" section on the Message Board to see where a "meet up" space will be pre- and post-race!

1 Comments:

Tiggs said...: thanks for the run Jon. It was great to see you :) :) I think this was my favorite run b/c we just ran and talked and didn't race each other!; 9:12 AM