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).

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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, September 12, 2008

Water Worse Than Alicia! Wow!

I flew back in from Jackson, Mississippi last night and things obviously were so calm around here on the north side of Houston that I was able to go to the gym last night and hit the stationery bike with Waverly.

A touch of bad news though. My parents flew back to Pennsylvania yesterday to drive my grandparents down to Texas to visit everyone, starting today. However, when they got there, my Mom's youngest sister, Joy Peters, had gone into the hospital on Wednesday in her battle with leukemia. They had started to give her morphine soon after she went in to manage the pain.

My Mom went straight to the hospital and was with her when she passed away last night at about 9:40 p.m. Eastern time. My Mom is one of 10 brothers and sisters. It is the fifth one that she has lost and two brothers (Bobby and Junior) they don't know where they're at or even if they're still alive. She has two surviving brothers, Jack and Fisher.

Their departure to come back to Houston is dependent upon what transpires tomorrow.

I'm going to my parents' house in the Birnam Woods subdivision in Spring (77373) to ride the storm out here. Gena will be staying here with Waverly at my place (77388).

That's the latest. I'll try to update with any change in plans.

I traded text messages with Cassie last evening. She, Manny and Max are in New Orleans. I told her that I expected to see a picture of her with Mayor Nagin. She told me that she'd "work on that!"

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