I was having lunch with a friend last week that I used to run with. After lunch I mentioned that I had to go home and write my running article for the paper. My friend said, “You realize you are the last one.” I asked him, “Last one what?” He replied, “The last running article writer. Shaun Flanagan who wrote for the Express News is no longer writing. Brom Hoban, who wrote for the Austin Statesman is also no longer around. You are the last one still writing.” It was something I had never considered, being the last of the local running writers.
It started back in 1980 when running in San Marcos was just getting started with putting on races. I would type up a notice that there was a race coming up and some details about the race. I would take it out to the paper, and they would publish it. A few times I would write the results of the race and take it out to the paper, so they could publish it. I thought runners would like to see their name in the paper when they won a race or placed in an age group. Around 1983, I was asked if I would write an article about running for the paper. Both the Statesman and the Express News had running editors. So why not the Daily Record?
