Houston Running: Christmas Day Bike Ride

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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, December 25, 2008

Christmas Day Bike Ride - 15.71 Miles

Woo hoo! Two days in a row!

Well, I won't be able to do any in Pennsylvania the next five days, but I plan to get some biking done on New Year's Eve -- and maybe squeezing in a race that day.

My route today was 15.71 miles that took 65 minutes, which included two stops at intersections near I-45 (Holzwarth and 2920). That equates to 14.5 mph, but it was a leisurely ride that spanned from Steubner Airline at its farthest point west all the way back to Hardy Road on the east.

Waverly and I are currently sitting (6:40 p.m.) at IAH waiting to go to Philadelphia tonight.

My grandparents still don't know we're coming!

1 Comments:

David said...: Hope the grandparents like surprises! Merry Christmas.; 9:56 AM