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.

Thursday, December 20, 2007

RTN Columns - January and February '08

I just received confirmation from my editor at Runner Triathlete News, Lance Phegley, that my listing of the top 50 performances for 2007 by a Texan or by an athlete in the state of Texas would be split across two issues -- January and February.

January will feature performances 26 to 50. February will feature performances 1 to 25.

These performances cross the entire spectrum of our sports -- marathons, other distance road races, track and field, cross country, racewalking, triathlons, duathlons, stage races as well as trail running and ultramarathons.

This was my idea and it was tougher than it seemed to put together. I'll be a little bit more in tune with the top performances of 2008 throughout the year.

Did I miss a few? I'm sure that I did. But I think that I got a lot right, and I'd tried my best to keep it from being Houston-centric.

In comments, if you want to take a guess if a performance made the cut, I can confirm it ... but won't tell you where it is ranked. :)

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