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).

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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.

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Waverly Pictured with Mike Huckabee and Laura Yasso

I had been having some problems uploading pictures here recently to the blog. Not sure why. Nonetheless, now that they seem to be resolved, here is a picture of Waverly with Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee at the Expo for the Little Rock Marathon.




I was genuinely impressed that we is just a down to earth man who was shopping at a booth or two pretty well unnoticed until another person and myself bothered him! Although I'm sure that it isn't the first time that that has ever happened to him. The Governor set a personal record that day with the help of Houston's Dr. Jeffrey Ross.






As I mentioned before, we sat in on a session by Runner's World Bart Yasso talking about running your best half marathon or marathon.

The real treat was getting input also from his wife, veteran ultramarathoner Laura Yasso.

She talked to some folks after the session was over about running the Houston Marathon as well as doing Sunmart once.

posted by WalkSports.com | 10:02 AM

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