Houston Running: Hmmm ... Bowling and running may not go together

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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.

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Hmmm ... Bowling and running may not go together

Waverly had a birthday party this evening with a lot of her classmates from school as well as some other friends her age. It was at a bowling alley here on the northwest side of town. Dad hasn't bowled in about 10 years or so and it showed a little bit. My three-game series was sort of like my warm weather 5K time.

About three frames into the first game, I realized that my style of pulling back and letting it fly might be having an effect in the area of a possible hernia. But undeterred from having a good time, I continued on and bowled three (3) games. I figured if that is what it would turn out to be (although foolish as the opinion truly is) that to be available to have a good time with my daughter after being gone for the most of two weeks would be worth it.

I've had the type of pain before without any long-term lingering effects. So we'll see how the 6 a.m. 10-mile run I have planned with fellow Houston Running Blogger Dave Smart in the morning goes.

2 Comments:

Humble Runner said...: Keep tomorrows run smart. If you haven't read my blog.... I'm on a small injury myself. Yesterdays Race for the Pennant was extremely hot. Even with the heat and injury, somehow I was able to manage a 12-second PR. Go Figure? My only goal was run safe. It worked for me.; 5:20 AM
Claire (St Andrews Lynx) said...: An acquaintance of mine blamed her losing a game of bowling on her "sweaty balls". I'm not sure if that is a dangerous medical condition that all bowlers should be warned about or a confession of transsexuality...; 6:16 AM