Houston Running

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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Location: Spring, Texas, United States

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.

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Tuesday Morning Run in Vancouver

http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=98452

6.08 miles, 1:04:47, 10:39 per mile in the cool temps and light drizzly rain. A lot of slight inclines that accumulated to be 673 feet of climbing.

This run was really just to loosen up a bit. My legs, though, felt like bricks. (I wonder if the weekend's festivities, coupled with the travel Sunday night to Seattle and drive to Vancouver early Monday morning had anything to do with it.) Oddly enough, the way that I felt, I thought that the distance covered would have been less.

It was one of those runs that left me wondering (and I was thinking negatively), "And you think you really have a shot at your "best case" time goal?"

Tomorrow it is supposed to be bitter cold here with some possible snow. They closed the Lions Gate Bridge earlier this evening due to high winds. Thursday is supposed to be clear, but flying into Houston Friday morning could be fun.

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