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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.

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Heading to Huntsville

As I get ready to head north up Interstate 45 for this morning's Huntsville Half Marathon, I have no idea how things will go this morning from a running standpoint.

Some of the depression that I deal with took its toll Tuesday and Wednesday completely wiping out any desire to do any form of exercise, let alone run.

I recovered the last two days to record an hour-long elliptical trainer workout Thursday night (4.99 miles, level of extertion would have been about an '8') and then early Friday evening, I went 2.75 miles in 30 minutes hard on the elliptical trainer with 30 minutes fairly easy on the stationery bike.

So three decent hour-long workouts or more this week after the back-to-back 10-milers last weekend ... we'll see how things go today.

Hope everyone has a great Saturday and if you aren't doing anything, the Marathon Kids kick-off is going on out at Rice University's track stadium, I believe, at 10 a.m. They're always in need of volunteers. I helped out at the closing ceremonies last year and had a great time.

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