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, May 26, 2008

America's 15 Most Visited Memorials

This list comes courtesy of ForbesTraveler.com. How many have you seen?

1. Arlington Cemetery, Washington, D.C. (I've been there. Waverly hasn't.)
2. World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C. (Wasn't open yet when Waverly and I did a spring break trip through D.C.)
3. Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. (Waverly and I have both been there.)
4. Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. (Ditto for Waverly and I.)
5. Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Same trip for Waverly and me)
6. USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (I saw it in 1988 when I went to the Aloha Bowl with the Houston Cougars football team)
7. Valley Forge National Historic Park, Pennsylvania
8. Minute Man National Historic Park, Concord, Massachusetts
9. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Ga. & Tenn.
10. Fort Sumter National Monument, S.C.
11. Vicksburg National Military Park, Miss.
12. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Md.
13. Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Va.
14. Guilford Courthouse, National Military Park, N.C.
15. Shiloh National Military Park, Tenn. & Miss.

posted by WalkSports.com | 6:46 AM

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