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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.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Friday PM Workout

I'm sure you might have been wondering what was up with the Friday AM workout from the last post. Indeed. I wasn't completely happy with it, even though I put in an hour overall workout.

Not having run in three days, I found it just slightly taxing to hit the mph - still albeit slow - for the second half of the hour run. The 41-minutes and change included 30 minutes at 4.8 mph and then 11-plus at 4.9 mph.

So, I went back for more this evening. I did a basic step-ladder or progressive run with 10 minutes each - 60 minutes in all - at 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9 and finishing nice and strong at 5.0 mph.

I saw Bill at Best Buy in Spring this evening as I stepped into the SLR world of digital photography by buying a Nikon D60. (I've already determined that I need a longer lens!)

Can't wait to fly to San Francisco in the AM. Since we can't check in the hotel for a little bit, we're going straight to the Golden Gate Bridge tomorrow. Hopefully, I'll have some great photography for you this week - and a few surprises along the way.

posted by WalkSports.com | 8:38 PM

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