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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.

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Wednesday Morning / Thursday Evening Treadmill

I let Jackson, Mississippi kick me in the butt two days this week.

I ran 25 minutes on the treadmill at the Residence Inn Wednesday morning before work and then I did another 64 minutes this evening at Bally's in The Woodlands.

Why 64? Well, the treadmill typically goes into cooldown at 60 minutes. At about 47 minutes, I looked at my watch and it said, 9:16. So right before it kicked into cooldown, it was 9:29. However, when I moved the magazine away, the time elapsed said "50:00". (Later I figured that there must have been a tiny light out. I'm sure that is what it was.)

But Waverly had done 30 minutes on the treadmill and another 30 on the recumbent bike (and had picked up the pace on both: good for her!), so that kind of confused me.

I decided that I was going to run another 10 minutes just to be safe. Well, at about 4 minutes in, I figured that I really had done 60 minutes ... and stopped!

Going to Centerville, Texas in the morning for Stu's Country Mile 5K. Hoping to see Edwin Quarles driving over from Lufkin, and you know the number if you want a ride - to run or to go and watch. The truck is leaving Spring at about 5:40 a.m.

posted by WalkSports.com | 8:45 PM

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