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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.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Sunday's Med-City Marathon

I missed getting in on online registration, which closed last Friday, May 16. There wasn't a price bump. That occured on May 1 -- from $50 to $60 for the marathon!

So $60 for a marathon is something that one can't complain about!

I'm going up to Minneapolis on reward travel. Therefore, that's sweet. I'll just have to pay for a hotel Saturday night (but I think I saw that there was a Marriott property in Rochester) and a rental car to get to Rochester from Minneapolis.

I faxed in the registration form this morning, and am waiting on the confirmation that they've received it. (I have the fax confirmation, but I want to hear - via e-mail - from the RD to be sure as there is no race-day registration.)

I was hoping for cold weather, but weather.com - right now - is forecasting 81/59 and scattered thunderstorms. :(

Incredibly, this will allow for me to check off Minnesota for good as I ran a half there last year at about this time.

posted by WalkSports.com | 7:02 AM

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