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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.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

This Past Week of Running

It wasn't exactly sterling; however, it was better than a lot of weeks in the past. A brief recap would show three days of running - and two days of attending running events.

Monday - Rest; still beat up from Saturday and Sunday in KS and MO.
Tuesday - Three slow miles at the track, followed by a brisk 4.1-mile walk in the subdivision after I got home.
Wednesday - Attended the LP Run, hosted by the Terlingua Track Club, at St. Thomas High School
Thursday - 55 minutes on the treadmill at Bally's (4.6).
Friday - Nothing, but attended Waverly's athletic ceremony at Twin Creeks Middle School.
Saturday - Worked the 1st annual Davy Crockett Bear Chase Marathon.
Sunday - An hour (4.5) and 45 minutes (4.6) on the treadmill at Bally's.

The miles at Knox Junior High in The Woodlands on Tuesday looked like this:

Mile 1 -- 2:30.80, 2:33.46, 2:38.56, 2:38.88 -- 10:21.70
Mile 2 -- 2:40.25, 2:38.88, 2:43.43, 2:42.19 -- 10:44.75
Mile 3 -- 2:42.18, 2:43.57, 2:34.43, 2:39.37 -- 10:39.55

After the first two laps on the 3rd mile, I was a little spent with the humidity and the heat so I walked a lap. I then told Waverly that I was going to run the last two to make sure that I got three running in.

One Sunday afternoon announcement is that I may be embarking on a very ambitious 2008-2009 marathon project that I'd like for all of you to join me on from October to April.

posted by WalkSports.com | 6:36 PM

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