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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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

Sunday on the Elliptical Machine

Saw this in The Chronicle this morning -- "Following Saturday's game with the Tigers, (Cleveland Indians) fans watched the feel-good baseball flick Field of Dreams on the stadium's giant TV scoreboard. For $10, fans could get a beach towel, bucket of popcorn and sit in the outfield grass."

That tells me a couple of things. It was overpriced (as in mostly anything at a professional sporting event). The beach towel was probably sponsored. Hmmm ... popcorn. That means you needed to buy a $4 20-ounce Coke to wash it down. And what were they doing NOT showing Major League? :)

What does that have to do with running? Absolutely nothing.

I went to Bally's in The Woodlands this morning and logged an hour on the elliptical machine (level 17, random, 4.94 miles). As I've taken the level up, it feels a little bit more like running hills (which I believe will pay off once I begin to trim a few miles as I have to ramp my miles up in September and October while taking advantage of the cool weather in British Columbia).

Some work is better than none at all.

posted by WalkSports.com | 4:07 PM

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