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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, April 02, 2009

Bellaire Trolley Run vs. 4 The Park Run

If I were going to be in town and running a race, I would be at the Bellaire Trolley Run.

The bottom line: Support HARRA and the Al Lawrence Running Club.

This note from Roberta's column in the Houston Chronicle this morning: "The popular Bellaire Trolley Run will also be held Saturday, and Tyler said that next year, 4 the Park organizers would look for a new date that doesn’t conflict with any of the races in the spring series sponsored by the Houston Area Road Runners Association."

Please. They - and their primary sponsor - knew of the date conflict and still chose to keep it as it is. It was relayed to me that the primary sponsor advised the MPC in favor of the date versus "a small part of their constituency".

Let's hope that the primary sponsor has a check on hand to give to the Conservancy that equals or tops the $25,000 that HARRA committed more than a year ago.

Then I would say all is forgiven. Maybe.

posted by WalkSports.com | 6:54 AM

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