Houston Running: Filing In The Summer Dance Card

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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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Name: WalkSports.com

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, June 16, 2008

Filing In The Summer Dance Card

I have plans to go and do Stu's Country Mile 5K (and a few extra feet) in Centerville on Friday, July 4. If you're interested in going up and running this race, let's fill up my pickup truck (with people and gas) and make a great morning of it!

My next two weekends will be hanging out in Austin the weekend of July 12-13 and then in Clear Lake/La Marque the weekend of July 19-20.

I'm going to do the Toughest 10K in Texas in Lampasas on Saturday, July 12 (will have to drop Jessica Alexander a note on this one as she's done this event before) and then probably the 3rd annual Bat Run 5K on Sunday evening, July 13 before driving back to Houston. (Maybe I'll go out and cheer Jessica on that morning of the 13th as I see she is competing in the Couples Triathlon.)

The following weekend, I'll do the 30th annual Honeywell Lunar Rendezvous Run 5K in Clear Lake (only to see if Sarah Graybeal can make it up in time for the race) on Saturday, July 19 and then take on the Webster Bicycle Duathlon #2 in La Marque the following morning on Sunday, July 20 for a great racing double! These would be great TIR reunion events!

Let me know if and what races of these that you may be interested in tagging along for!

1 Comments:

Sarah said...: I'm signed up for Lunar Rendezvous! First time since...2005??

I will be at the duathlon. Haven't decided whether to race or volunteer, but I'll be there.; 5:22 PM