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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).

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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.

Monday, July 17, 2006

Whitlock and Collins set world records!

Credit once again goes to Ken Stone's "Masters Track" blog for noting two gems this past week of individuals that have been mentioned here at "Houston Running". They include:

+ Canadian Ed Whitlock, 75, smashing his country's national age group record (M75) by almost two minutes as he posted an 18:45 effort at the Nissan Foundation 5K on Saturday in Toronto. (The Nissan Foundation 5K is a Canada Running Series event that is produced by Houston Running Bloggers' friend Alan Brookes - the race director of the Toronto Waterfront Marathon.) The former record, Runner's Web reported, was 20:42 set by Maurice Tarrant. (Runner's Web release)

+ Houstonian Bill Collins, 55, last Friday night set the world age-group track record for the 200 meters at the last RunSport/Rice University All-Comers meet of the year with a tmie of 23.36. That eclipses the world record of 23.37 set by Britain's Ron Taylor from 1990.

posted by WalkSports.com | 8:27 PM

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