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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, January 11, 2007

10 RRCA Roads Scholars to compete in Houston

Ten (10) runners recognized by the Road Runners Club of America as one of its Roads Scholar recipients over the past seven years will be competing this weekend in either the Chevron Houston Marathon or the Aramco Houston Half Marathon.Janelle Olson, a 1999 Roads Scholar beneficiary, is the only runner that will be running in the marathon as she is shooting for a U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying time.

The remainder of the runners, listed below, will be competing in the USATF Men's and Women's National Championship.

Casey Owens, 2005
Kate O’Neill, 2003
Kim Pawelek, 1999
Kristin Price, 2004
Samia Akbar, 2006
Stephanie Bylander, 2006

Clint Verran, 2001
Mike Morgan, 2005
Trent Briney, 2005

Since 1996, the Road Runners Club of America has awarded stipends under its "Roads Scholar" program. The goal of this program is to assist American post collegiate road runners who show great promise to develop into national and world class road running athletes.

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