Houston Running: Thursday Evening Treadmill/Bike

Houston Running

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).

About Me

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.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Thursday Evening Treadmill/Bike

Ah, back home. And away from Jackson, Mississippi, the workout-sucking place that is the capital of the nation's fattest state. Enough on that, though. My BMI is still technically obese, but I'm in a far better place than I was from 1994 until 2003.

An hour on the treadmill at 4.5 mph and another 25 minutes on the stationary bike afterwards.

I still owe you a report on the 3rd annual Bat Run 5K in Austin, which I ran in 99 degrees heat! I'm not ever pleased with a 30-minute 5K, but in that heat ... I'll take it.

What are your thoughts about the recent announcement by Elite Racing and the Rock 'N' Roll San Antonio Marathon?

4 Comments:

Junie B said...: what was the announcement? i googled and couldnt see what you might have been referring to.; 6:38 AM
Bill D said...: Elite Racing is a marketing machine.; 7:46 AM
K said...: I didn't see an announcement and can't figure out what it was... any hints?; 8:49 AM
Anonymous said...: We figured that the announcement of the special premium 'gold'($60) package that included a bus ride to the start, parking at the finish, a tour of the course and reserved seats at the concert, was how they would squeeze the money out of the rest of us to pay all those Texas bonuses.; 4:51 PM