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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, December 16, 2006

Here in Jacksonville!

I'm here at the Marriott Courtyard in Jacksonville, Florida, just a few miles from the race start location - the Bolles School.

A timely article in the Jacksonville Times-Union today about the surging popularity of the half marathon.

Weather.com predicts a forecast of 55 degrees at 6 a.m., 64 degrees at 9 a.m. and finally 73 degrees at 12 noon. The race starts at 7 a.m. and a Texan, Jerry Lawson, holds the course record -- 2:14:33 in 1992. (I would be lucky to challenge that for the half.)

And one nice note to read in Rick Casey's column in the Chronicle on the way over in the early Sunday edition. The three most humid cities, according to the U.S. Census (not sure what they're doing compiling that data), are Houston, Jackson, Mississippi and Jacksonville, Florida.

Maybe that is why I didn't get any sleep on the plane over here.

posted by WalkSports.com | 11:21 PM

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