Houston Running: Thursday Night Treadmill Speedwork?

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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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Name: WalkSports.com

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.

Friday, December 21, 2007

Thursday Night Treadmill Speedwork?

Make it a double for Thursday!

I thought I'd try to rev the workout up a little bit.

Started out for 5 minutes at 4.3 mph.
Went 15 minutes at 5.0 mph.
Went 10 minutes at 5.1 mph.
Then did three 2-minute intervals at 6.1 mph with a 4.0 mph recovery in between.
40 minutes total for the workout.
70 minutes for the day.

Probably will rest tomorrow before 21 miles on Saturday (although I have an invite to join Ken Johnson and Katy Lampson on the trails in Huntsville at 9:30 a.m.)

Watched Navy almost pull the Poinsettia Bowl out from Utah, but it wasn't to be.
The Steelers won to go to 10-5 under first year head coach Mike Tomlin, but lost Willie Parker for the rest of the season.

Best note of the day came from Vincent Attanucci: "Here is one person entered at the Texas Marathon that you have not yet met -- Leeann Buergler of Massachusetts. My son, Dan's girlfriend from Boston. They are coming into town over the holidays. This will be her first marathon. I am kind of looking forward to attending a marathon and not running! So I'll be cheering."

For Vincent ... go Penn State, beat the Ags!

2 Comments:

K said...: I would be happy to have you along for the 21 with me!; 7:13 AM
Unknown said...: Go Aggies! ;-); 6:51 AM