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, May 15, 2007

Tuesday, May 15 Run

I'm in town and it's Tuesday night so we go to Knox Junior High in The Woodlands to run with the Luke's Locker Beat program participants (and, on this night, Kim Hager's new triathlon program members, which includes a woman, Chris Gause, who is just a remarkable story.)

For me, it was just a simple 4.14 miles. (Three laps in lane 6 and 12 in lane 7.) Didn't time it and Waverly did four laps in lane 7 with me at a very relaxed and controlled pace.

As always, these are just a great group of people to hang out with.

A couple of women that I featured in my Conroe Courier column Sunday were there, as always -- Delia Akers of Tomball and Gena Alvarez of The Woodlands. (Gena and her husband, Greg, will be featured in a later edition of "Deer Tracks", The Woodlands Running Club's newsletter.)

Always good to see and talk with Rick Cook, George Roffe and a long lost blogger, Dave Smart. (Dave was looking pretty good on the track doing some 400s.)

Today was a good day. I had a nice e-mail from a local runner in The Woodlands/Spring area thanking me for my coverage of them in the Conroe Courier as well as from one of the clubs commenting positively about the May/June issue of Inside Texas Running and HARRA's Footprints.

I also had a nice note from Lisa Foronda, in her new role, giving me some information about an upcoming charity 5K that is going to be held out here in The Woodlands in June. (More on that as it gets closer, but it will be much like the "Run For Hans 5K" that was held on the Run The Woodlands 5K course last November which raised almost $18,000 for the family's expenses.)

Tomorrow may be a bit more of a challenge. :)

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