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.

Friday, December 14, 2007

Top 10 Reasons to Run The Honolulu Marathon

10. Chance to rub Vaseline all over your body in public.

9. Experience cooling breezes on way out to Hawaii Kai as 10 Kenyans blow by you in the opposite direction.

8. Last chance to run Honolulu Marathon due to Global Warming. Next year the Marathon will be a 26-mile swim.

7. Golden opportunity to meet hot Russian women without having to go online.

6. Going in circles on Honolulu streets for 26 miles prepares you for future Honolulu mass transit system.

5. If you run slow enough you can see sunrise and sunset in the same race.

4. Enjoy free food and drinks at the finish ... after nausea and vomiting subsides.

3. Chance to load up on junk food for a week as part of carbo-loading. If you run poorly use the "Twinkie Defense".

2. Since a 7-mile run is the same as having sex, you are guaranteed to get lucky 3 1/2 times. (Maybe this is why I like to run long distances -- JW)

1. You will have completed Hawaii's second toughest physical challenge ... the first is getting off the Superferry.

(Courtesy of the Honolulu Marathon)

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