Houston Running: Walk to Speak at RRCA National Convention

Houston Running

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).

About Me

Name: WalkSports.com

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.

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Walk to Speak at RRCA National Convention

On Saturday, March 11, 2006 at the upcoming 49th annual RRCA National Convention, I have been invited to be a panelist for the Blogs/Discussion Groups/Web Sites seminar that will be held from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. My bio, which can also be found at the convention web site (http://www.rrcahouston06.org/), was listed on page 29 of February's Inside Texas Running.

Steve Shepard confirmed today that, as he listed, the webmaster of www.walksports.com and the president of the Houston Running Bloggers will be on the panel with the following individuals:

Lance Phegley - Webmaster of www.runnertriathletenews.com and publisher of Runner Triathlete News and Inside Texas Running.

Heather Marcellis - President Emeritus of the NY Flyers (www.nyflyers.org), two time winners of RRCA Web Site awards including the top web site for 2005.

John Elliott - President of www.marathonguide.com.

I'm flattered and honored to have been asked by the Convention organizers to represent the entire running bloggers community and to talk with others about a passion of mine (and theirs) - the sport on the Internet.

4 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Incredibly high-powered panel for this seminar. How much they paying you? This RRCA Convention thing sounds really cool!

Steeeve; 7:58 PM
WalkSports.com said...: I hear free beer. But I don't drink? How about a 2-liter of Mountain Dew? :); 8:22 PM
David said...: Looks like you're part of a top flight panel- you will represent us well! --Hopefully you are also getting a complementary full pass into the convention.; 10:23 PM
Woodlands Runner said...: Very cool! This blogging exposure is taking off exponentially.; 6:33 AM