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).

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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.

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Help! Change for HARRA's Member Discount Program

I had to cry for help this weekend as things in life got just a little bit too strenuous for me!

I've overloaded myself. I admit it! Juggling as much as I do has simply made it hard to function sometimes and not everything is getting handled as it should.

One of the things that I hadn't even had a chance to mention in this blog was HARRA's Member Discount Program.

Although it takes a minimal amount of time commitment, it was just one more thing that I had my hands in (after the transition between last year and this year's Board) and president Anna Sumrall Helm asked fellow Board Member Sarah Troscher at Monday's Board meeting to take over the maintenance of the program.

Since the first of July, there has been five (5) businesses that have added and another will go online soon now that the membership list has been brought up to speed by membership director Erin Foley and webmaster Sarah Graybeal.

Those businesses are:

+ Tri On The Run
+ TriVantage Pro Shop
+ Meridien Family Chiropractic
+ Healthy Lifestyle with Marian Bell
+ Happy Trails Obedience Training

Being added soon will be Luke's Locker in The Woodlands.

Sarah Troscher is going to be reaching out and writing each member and reminding them that they have 24-hour access via HARRA's web site to the current membership list to ensure not just anyone is taking advantage of their generosity towards HARRA's membership.

Additionally, Annie Hadow had talked to Lance Phegley with "Inside Texas Running".

On the top of the mailing label, there are two numbers -- (in Annie's case IT480342 and 48). The second #, 48, is a unique identifier for HARRA.

The ITR mailing label (and the magazine it is attached to), therefore, can also be used by HARRA members to prove membership - or by printing out the current list from the website (which the businesses could have at the point of sale).

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