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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, August 27, 2006

HARRA Membership at 785!

I was glancing at the new and updated membership list on the HARRA web site and I noticed that there were 785 members listed currently - and after Saturday's Party In The Park and with the HARRA Cross Country Relay quickly approaching, it should easily swell back in the 1,000-plus range soon.

Here's the club-by-club totals breakdown thus far --

Blank (or no affiliation) -- 274 (Jill Boston, Sarah Graybeal, June Vidrine)
BCRR (Bayou City Road Runners) -- 127
HS (Houston Striders) -- 84 (Cassie Cowan, Bill Cox, Jessica Alexander)
ALRC (Al Lawrence Running Club) -- 60 (Erin Foley)
TTC (Terlingua Track Club) -- 40
BARC (Bay Area Running Club) -- 30 (Joe Carey)
HMSA (Houston Masters Sports Association) -- 28
HF (Houston Fit) -- 23 (James and Jaclyn Dykas)
TOR (Tornados Running Club) -- 21
HH (Houston Harriers) -- 19
FLS (Finish Line Sports) -- 14
TWRC (The Woodlands Running Club) -- 13
GLWY (Galloway) -- 10
RH (Runners High) -- 9
FBF (Fort Bend Fit) -- 8 (Jan Poscovsky)
KW (Kenyan Way) -- 5
PARC (Pearland Area Runners Club) -- 4
PTI (Team PTI) -- 3
IF/IFRC (Inflight Running Club) -- 3
HRB (Houston Running Bloggers) -- 2 (Me and Waverly)
Power In Motion -- 1
MPRC (Memorial Park Running Club) -- 1
BARRA (Brazosport Area Road Runners Asssociation) -- 1 (Edwin Quarles)

If the list is right as far as racing affiliations, there are two (2) big departures from the Bayou City Road Runners -- Suzy Seeley to the Al Lawrence Running Club and Jim Braden to The Woodlands Running Club.

Veteran women's runner Nancy Prejean will also be running for The Woodlands Running Club, but they'll have to get more of their membership to sign up before the Fall Series to make any dent in any of the established club's hardware haul.

4 Comments:

Blogger Woodlands Runner said...

Hmmm, I just checked Harra's website. My name is not on it. I wonder why??

4:57 PM  
Blogger Sarah said...

Holden, I'm assuming you renewed. If your name's not on the list, shoot Erin an email at members@harra.org.

6:02 PM  
Blogger Steve Bezner said...

Yeah, I thought I was paid up for the year as well. I joined in December, does that mean I renew again now instead of December?

THanks.

5:40 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Steve -- yes. Memberships are always good through June 30, and they're not prorated. So your membership has expired and you'll need to renew to go through next June.

11:18 AM  

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