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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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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.

Saturday, September 01, 2007

No, not December 14 ... but maybe October 29!

The Houston Business Journal reported on Wednesday, August 29 that Chevron Houston Marathon officials indicated that "9,163 runners have registered for the two races, compared with 2,728 registered at the same time in 2006."

The story quoted race director Brant Kotch - a great guy who took time out of his busy day-before-the-marathon routine to talk to Edwin Quarles and myself for a story on RunSport's closing for the March edition of Footprints - as saying, "We expected registrations to be ahead of schedule over last year at this time but never expected it to take off like this."

From Tuesday, August 7 to Wednesday, August 29, that's an increase of 2,709 runners in 22 days - an average of 123 per day.

At that pace, the race would sell out in 60 days - or October 29 (give or take a day since I didn't literally count.)

posted by WalkSports.com | 12:09 AM

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