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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.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Yes, I Know I'm Crazy ...

... but don't look at me funny.

When I stepped up to the Enterprise counter at the IAH Rental Car Facility, the young woman looked at me a little strange. "You ran here?" she asked. "Just from the $6 lot," I replied.

She was impressed. To me, of course, it wasn't that big of a deal. (It was only 1.21 miles in 12 minutes with some running in the grass in 94 degrees heat at 5:30 p.m.)

I'm going to the El Scorcho 25K/50K where three of our new TIR teammates will be running. Becky Spaulding will be running the 25K while Niki and Nick Bellnoski will be doing the 50K.

So I parked my gas-guzzling with the big carbon footprint ('eco-friendly words') in the $6 lot and rented a cheap car for the drive.

And, of course, to help pay for our ballparks, the taxes and fees are more than the rental charges itself. It is $28 altogether, I think.

Quick evening. Drive to Fort Worth, stay until 5 a.m. at the latest, drive back in time for the second service where I go to church at.

Have a great evening.

posted by WalkSports.com | 4:25 PM

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