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, November 21, 2008

Thursday Heading In To The Weekend

I had a spot on the underside of my left foot where a mini-blister developed after San Antonio, but it wasn't as painful as the ones that I obtained after Odessa and Marathon.

So it kept me from doing anything until Thursday night when I got back in to town.

Last night, Waverly and I made our usual trek to Bally's.

I spent 45 minutes on the treadmill and another 15 minutes on the elliptical machine. She worked out on the stationary bike and said that she ran 20 minutes on the treadmill.

She's running with my niece, Haylee, on Thanksgiving Day at Run Thru The Woods for the 1-mile run. (And I will break my 5-year Turkey Day streak to do public address announcing.)

I think that we have plans to run the Jingle Bell Run on Sunday, December 14 together.

This weekend, we're going to do a little traveling, sight-seeing and a little running for me.

We driving to Lafayette tonight, staying there, and I'm going to run a 5K there in the morning. They have a 1-mile run that I'm going to see if she wants to do.

Then we'll press on into New Orleans. We may go to the Old U. S. Mint and the National World War II Museum and whatever else on Saturday and Sunday.

There's a half marathon at City Park on Sunday morning that is being put on by the New Orleans Track Club, and then we'll eventually make it in to Jackson, Mississippi to watch the Ironman finishers from Arizona.

Waverly will be with me two days in Jackson and then we'll start making the drive back to Houston after work Tuesday evening.

Should be fun, a little different, and a chance to get away a little bit!

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