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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.

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Brief Turkey Day Recap

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you, especially those that have become my friend during the time that I have become involved in this sport!

I ran the 17th annual Run Thru The Woods 5-Miler this morning in The Woodlands before visits to my parents and my in-laws. I'm slowly getting my endurance back. Ran the entire five miles without even making a water stop. My watch time was 51:36.25, but the course was rumored to be anywhere from 5.18 to 5.2 miles (and these were runners with Garmins that know how to run a certified course.) If it was really that, then I was under 10 minutes a mile.

Steve Magness and Kim Hager were the overall winners at Run Thru The Woods. Sean Wade and Heidy Lozano won the TXU Energy Turkey Trot 10K in Uptown Park. John Hedengren and Brazoswood HS runner Lauren Smith won the Sugar Land Turkey Trot 5-Miler.

Waverly and I did our 2.1 mile course this evening in the subdivision. She'll do Run The Woodlands 5K #166 on Saturday.

Waverly's Runs To-Date

11/15/06 -- 27:56.02, 2.1 miles (13:18 per mile; 41:19 5K)
11/19/06 -- 26:10.97, 2.1 miles (12:28 per mile; 38:44 5K) - intervals at every 5 minutes
11/21/06 -- 10:54, 1 mile time trial (at Meyer Park)
11/23/06 -- 27:07.68, 2.1 miles (12:54 per mile; 40:01 5K) - 80% extertion

Rick Cook, Bill Dwyer and I are headed to Conroe in the morning to run the 2nd annual City of Conroe Turkey Trot 5K. It is a double loop cross country course at Joe Barton Park. If you're interested in running it, we'll be meeting at Luke's Locker in The Woodlands at 6:45 a.m.

Then we'll all do Run The Woodlands 5K #166 to complete the Montgomery County Triple!

More on Thursday's activities on Friday and Saturday!

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