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, March 10, 2008

Monday Update from California

The pressing news for Monday is that my project here in Pasadena, California will be over on Friday, March 28. I'm sure that I'll be finding out soon where I'll be headed in the consulting firm that I work for.

The bottom line is that the organziation that I'm doing work for is getting more of their staff involved in decision-making and I've been relegated to working accounts and getting special data projects done. (That's OK, but they can get other people to do it cheaper.) It is what an organization really needs to do; however, there are many things that they also don't have a clear plan to attack to avoid getting into the situation that put me here in the first place.

It has been a good 8-month run and now it's time for a new challenge. Perhaps I'll get a week or two at home before I get assigned someplace else. I hope. It would be nice (although the frequent flyer miles and hotel points are nice too.)

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