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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, April 21, 2008

Long, Hot 3.5 Monday Afternoon Miles

With the price of gas the way it is ... no, not really in this story.

I had to take the rental car back to Enterprise at Planet Ford along Interstate 45. I returned it around 12:45 p.m. (a slow time for them) and while I could have had them drive me back to the house, I decided to make a run of it.

The heat didn't bother me so much, but the humidity was nice and high.

The first mile, which went from Planet Ford along Holzwarth to Louetta, came in 9:57.30. After that, it was all downhill from there from a time perspective.

Three and a half miles in 43:56.81. Ugh! 12:33 per mile, but they were some hot weather miles. I need to safely do more.

posted by WalkSports.com | 11:38 PM

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