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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.

Monday, August 08, 2005

Birk and Fredrich finish 40th and 43rd at La Luz

Houstonian Greg Birk and Katy resident Rich Fredrich finished 40th and 43rd, respectively, in the 40th annual La Luz Trail Run on Sunday in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Both Birk and Fredrich, who runs for the Terlingua Track Club, are HARRA members.

Named one of the "12 Most Grueling Trail Races in North America" by Trail Runner magazine in 2001, Birk and Fredrich covered La Luz's 9-mile, single track trail, which features a 12% grade, in 1:50:19 and 1:51:02, respectively.

Other Texans completing the famed course were Sam Creighton (El Paso, 1:44:52, 22nd), Nick Reeves (Abilene, 2:06:09, 105th), Erik Buzzard (Amarillo, 2:09:35, 125th) and Lynn DeFrees (Spring, 2:48:58, 303rd). There were 352 finishers.

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