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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.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

New Half Marathon Blog - From The Woodlands!

I'll have to chide Patrick a little bit the next time that I see him as I didn't know that he had a blog!

"Geaux Half" is the blog of half2run.com "completer" Patrick Morein of Woodlands Fit and The Woodlands Running Club. (Yes, I got the purple LSU colors in the link there!)

Patrick has done a half marathon in 32 states. I'm just a slight bit jealous as I'm at 22 states and 1 Canadian province.

There are 11 "completers" of the half2run.com competition. Patrick right now is no. 5! Here are the overall standings:

1. 48 - Ira Gardner, New York, NY
2. 45 - Eileen Fannon, Atlanta, GA
3. 36 - Amelia Kushneruk, Schererville, IN
4. 34 - Carol Goslin, Kansas City, MO
5. 32 - Patrick Morein, The Woodlands, TX
6. 27 - Mike Ligett, Raleigh, NC
7. 26 - Pat Neff, Georgetown, TX
7. 26 - Laura Donnelley, Portland, OR
7. 26 - Douglas Bradley, Dearborn, MI
10. 25 - Rob Slocum, Danville, KY
10. 25 - Chris Harvey, Cartersville, GA

Listed as "leaders" of those who haven't competed the "run half the states" challenge are:

1. 24 - Mary Betn Fournier, Chicago, IL; Maggie Mount, Rockwall, TX; Susan Meehan, Lawrenceville, GA
2. 23 - Diane Himebaugh, Chandler, AZ; Jon Walk, Spring, TX
3. 22 - Ed Walsh, Brookfield, WI
4. 21 - Doug Fisher, Flushing, MI; Robert Stange, Fredericksburg, TX
5. 19 - John Hebert, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Paula Berntsen, Brownsburg, IN; Kevin Forner, Stamford, CT

I need to find another back-to-back half weekend to get my name in the "completers" list, and it needs to be a "back-to-back" with the cost that it is to fly anymore.

posted by WalkSports.com | 5:05 AM

1 Comments:

Blogger K said...

Pat is a great guy! Wishing him well on his Alaskan marathon this week!!

If you ever want to get lost in the woods, take Pat with you. He's kind, patient, and lots of fun!!

9:46 AM  

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