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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, July 24, 2006

Rampacek attempts 4th Badwater

Houston's Dr. Christopher Rampacek, 54, began his quest to complete his 4th Badwater 135 ultramarathon this morning at 8 a.m. Pacific time.

According to the event's webcast page, Rampacek made it to Furnace Creek, 17.4 miles into the race, in 4 hours and one (1) minute. The course description can be found here.

Rampacek can be seen running here with Somerset, Pennsylvania's Mary Kashurba.

In addition to his Badwater finish, Rampacek, in October, will compete in the Furnace Creek 508-mile bike race through Death Valley to become the first Texan ever to complete the Death Valley Cup.

Although some of the top female runners such as Lisa Smith-Batchen and Pam Reed didn't start until the 10 a.m. Pacific wave, legendary North Carolina trail runner Dave Horner leads through the Furnace Creek checkpoint in a time of 2 hours, 34 minutes. Scott Jurek passed through in 2:45 while Dean Karnazes was three (3) minutes behind in 2:48.

posted by WalkSports.com | 7:22 PM

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