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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, December 12, 2005

Three (3) Complete Sunmart / 30K Double

Just a year ago, 39 runners completed either the Sunmart 50-Mile or 50K Endurance Run and the Houstonian Lite 30K. However, they landed on the calendar eight (8) days from each other!

They were scheduled this past weekend on back-to-back days - Sunmart on Saturday in Huntsville State Park and the Houstonian Lite 30K on Sunday in Sugar Land.

Three (3) runners did what the average runner considers unthinkable -- they did both!

53-year-old Chris Rampacek conquered both the 50-Miler and the 30K while 61-year-old Armando Ramos and 41-year-old Denise Moore of Missouri City made it 80K overall! All three (3) did the Sunmart/30K double last year. Their times this year are as follows:

Chris Rampacek - 10:57:11 (50-Miler) / 3:44:56.4

Armando Ramos - 6:10:05 (50K) / 3:33:29.0
Denise Moore - 6:33:31 / 3:17:42.7

Rampacek is perhaps one of the most accomplished ultramarathoners in the state of Texas as he has completed three (3) Badwater 135's (2001-2003). He finished 12th in 2003 with his personal best of 41:58:31 in an event that found Pam Reed and Dean Karnazes go 1-2). He finished in 52:29:51 and 47:10:20 in 2002 and 2001, respectively.

posted by WalkSports.com | 7:15 PM

2 Comments:

Blogger Jessica, a Austin Runner AND triathlete said...

John Yoder talked to Chris during the race and was in shock that he could do the 50Miler and the 30k back to back! THAT'S dedication and a love of running!
-jessica

6:43 AM  
Blogger WalkSports.com said...

All three of these runners did the Sunmart / 30K double in 2004.

7:15 PM  

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