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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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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.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Mississippi Travel Fun

The plane from Houston came in to Jackson. As we were waiting to begin boarding, we were told that the plane had been ... struck by lightning!

(A pilot who was flying non-rev to Houston took a picture of it for Continental - Operations and the wing was a bit charred!)

The fact that it is a holiday weekend really makes things challenging. All of Continental's flights tomorrow are completely overbooked, and there was no way to get on any flight until tomorrow - on Delta - until about 5 p.m.

Our corporate travel agency reserved me an Alamo rental car and booked a hotel room tonight because I'm not going to drive that distance tired.

But while I'm thinking about that, they've announced -- it is 8:06 p.m. now -- that they are flying a plane in from Houston; however, it may not take off from here until 11 p.m. (and get into IAH until after midnight.)

Fun, fun, fun!

posted by WalkSports.com | 8:00 PM

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