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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, May 21, 2006

Just Under 5 Miles in Vancouver on Sunday Morning

I didn't want to get up and run as the bed felt pretty comfortable as the cool temperatures from outside made their way into the bedroom through the open window. (Plus after yesterday's IT band episode, I was curious as to how much and soon I could push it.)

I made it outside and combined pieces of a couple of routes that I've done for 4.768 miles (yes, the HARRA tool is my friend) in 47:18.21 -- a pace of 9:55/mile. (Now I know why I was feeling like I was running a 5K. I was close to a decent pace.) The route was this one.

I broke it into two pieces -- out to Stanley Park and then back.

The out part was 3.02 miles in 29:38.72 for a pace of 9:49/mile. The back, although the same route, was 1.748 miles in 17:39.49 which translated to 10:06/mile. (This part included a run up from Pender to Haro on Bute, which is a pretty fair incline.)

Mileage last week: 21.85 (should have been more, but added 12.5 miles walking to it)
Mileage this week (to date): 4.768

posted by WalkSports.com | 1:09 PM

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