Houston Running: Not As Free

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.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Not As Free

I'm not always certain what each of you come here for. Regardless, I have a confession to make.

There are going to be situations - because of my willingness to become part of the HARRA Board as the Vice President of Communications and the editor of Footprints within Inside Texas Running - that I may not be able to be as opinionated as I may have chosen to be in the past.

There may also be some details that - as a journalist - I may not be as free to discuss or disclose because there will be some that will take a statement that I make here and attempt to represent that it is the view of HARRA.

This has already happened where I made a comment in my July Runner Triathlete News column regarding the HARRA Fall Series before I knew for sure that I would be assuming the role that I have within HARRA. (I fully disclosed the comment last week to Anna Sumrall Helm and the timing behnid it. Basically, it is to challenge HARRA to find a way to make completing the HARRA Fall Series more mainstream.)

The biggest thing I see that I will need to do is to exercise even more caution and judgment on things that I comment here on this blog so that they are not misconstrued as official HARRA positions.

1 Comments:

Unknown said...: This just means we need more face time so that we can all gripe in person. :); 12:02 PM