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.

Monday, December 31, 2007

We Are .... Penn State! Last Post of the New Year!

I won't rub it in to my Aggie friends too bad because the game could have gone either way, but ..... way to go Penn State! 24-17!

And there is no way that Texas A&M's last drive should have been. That was a safety all the way! :)

With that said, I ran 80 minutes Saturday morning on the treadmill at Bally's in The Woodlands and another 60 minutes on Sunday morning at the Marriott in San Antonio.

I took today off, but I signed up for tomorrow's Texas Marathon in Kingwood. As Rick Cook said today, "It will be 'Jon Walk weather' tomorrow". Yes, that's right! Crisp and cold!

I'll also probably still plan on going to Jackson, Mississippi to run a half on Saturday before doing the Chevron Houston Marathon on Sunday, January 13. We'll see how I feel after tomorrow.

Not much to add beyond that. Thanks again for everybody who has continued to check in here and remain one of my close friends. I'm looking forward to the fun that 2008 will bring - including the Texas Independence Relay!

If you catch my blog and you're in the Conroe Courier coverage area, my column will appear on Wednesday, January 2 instead of tomorrow.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Jon,

We look forward to seeing you at the Texas Marathon tomorrow

As long as you are running the first race, you might as well do the entire Texas Marathon Triple.

Ron and Karen

5:13 PM  

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