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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, January 20, 2007

Make The Olympics on a Treadmill?

Sometime in the last two years, I remember that somebody made a "whacked out" comment on here about the ineffectiveness of training on a treadmill.

Procuring some results from various U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, I stumbled upon a story about the 2000 winner Christine Clark from Anchorage, Alaska.

She won the 2000 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Pittsburgh in a time of 2:33:31.

This quote in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette caught my eye:

"Having a one-woman Olympic team put a bit of a damper on the day despite Clark's inspiring story -- she's a pathologist and mother of two from Anchorage who does most of the 70 miles she runs each week on a treadmill."

Granted, while it may be a necessity for some like Clark in Alaska, running on a treadmill may or may not work for others.

posted by WalkSports.com | 8:09 AM

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