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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).

About Me

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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.

Sunday, March 26, 2006

The newest running blogger in Houston: Erin Foley!

I chose my words carefully there because I didn't want to imply an addition to the Houston Running Bloggers (which would be perfectly OK!); however, I wanted to welcome 31-year-old Erin Foley, a member of the Al Lawrence Running Club, to the blogging fold!

And Erin, aka "HTownRunner" -- http://htownrunner.blogspot.com/ -- will take the mantle of Houston's fastest female running blogger from LisaLeese!

Erin's been off to an impressive 2006 so far as she collected a 2nd place finish on Saturday at the Law Week 8K with a time of 32:11.3 -- her fourth top 4 age-group finish in a HARRA Spring Series race.

Here is Erin's complete list of racing times this spring:

Aramco Houston Half Marathon -- 1:35:08 (Race picture)
Buffalo Wallow 6K -- 26:53 (2nd in age group)
Park to Park 5-Miler -- 32:57 (4th in age group)
Freescale Austin Half Marathon -- 1:29:37 (Race picture)
Bayou City Classic 10K -- 42:15.7 (3rd in age group)
Law Week Fun Run 8K -- 32:11.3 (2nd in age group)

Erin, welcome and we'll look forward to more good racing and a unique insight from a talented and accomplished runner.

posted by WalkSports.com | 11:48 AM

2 Comments:

Blogger equarles said...

Dang she's faster than me.

11:15 AM  
Blogger elf said...

Thanks for the kind introduction, Jon. Hopefully I'll be able to live up to it... :)


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7:30 AM  

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