MULTISPORT MADNESS: Write Your Own Story

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Write Your Own Story

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Sean Clancy

Who is this dude?

After growing up in Long Beach, Indiana, I joined the Navy in 1995 at 19. The Navy (or God? or the universe?) did me a huge favor by sending me to San Diego, and then Hawai'i. Two outdoor "meccas".

Athletically, I've been a competitive Adventure Racer since 1997, and a triathlete since 1992. I started running and strength training in 1990. I got my start in Obstacle Racing, technically speaking, in 1996 while in the Navy.

Over the years, I have competed in 24 hour to 7 day nonstop wilderness expedition multisport Adventure Races. These races are usually quite remote. In Adventure Races we race long distances by bike, foot, ropes and kayak. We cross mountain ranges, rivers, oceans, jungles and deserts. So far, I have raced across much of the USA, Baja, Mexico, Switzerland, Austria and Germany

My four years in the US Navy, stationed on O'ahu, Hawaii was a formative time that changed me. While exploring the rain forests, mountains and ocean as a poor student working full-time on active duty, my flame for adventure and exploration was ignited.

Some highlights:

2008 USARA 24 Hour Adventure Racing National Champion, North American Adventure Racing World Series/Expedition Racing World Championships Qualifier Champion, and Checkpoint Tracker Series National Champions, along with Glenn Rogers and Mari Chandler as Team DART-nuun.

2009 USA Triathlon "All American" (race Ironman, 70.3, XTERRA, and other odd distances).

Many podium finishes at cycling Time Trial races, top 10s at road races.

Some so-so ultramarathon performances (but I beat everyone in enjoyment of the trail time and the journey to race day!

I couldn't do any of that alone, and I wouldn't want to either. I also have coached a few athletes in the "dark arts" of combining CrossFit and ultra endurance. Over the last several years I have also enjoyed competing in obstacle races like Spartan Race, Tough Mudder (Colorado and Tahoe, top 3%, World's Toughest Mudder Qualifier).

I have a burning passion for learning, challenging myself, exploring and sharing everything I have learned. There are no secrets.

"If you're never failing, you're not going hard enough or fast enough"

"For life to be really fun, a lot of what you fear should be what you desire" - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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2014 Race Schedule

8/30: GORUCK Challenge, San Diego

2013 Events & Results

2/20: MAN CAMP, Mount Hood, OR
5/26: Yosemite High Sierra Trekking Camp
8/10: Spartan Beast Race , Monterey, CA
8/24: Bulldog 50k Ultra, Calabasas, CA
9/1: Mt Baldy Run 2 Top, Mt Baldy, CA
11/27-12/8: COSTA RICA

2012 Race Results

5/12:12hr Dawn to Dusk Adventure Race 2nd
6/2: RACE/LA Urban Scramble

2011 Races & Events

5/25-6/5 Hike/Paddle Trip: HONG KONG
6: Palawan/Bacuit Archipelago, PHILIPPINES
6/25 TOUGH MUDDER, Beaver Creek, CO
8/31: Nite Moves Run, Santa Barbara, CA
9/18: TOUGH MUDDER Lake Tahoe, CA
10/8 24hr NorCal ADVENTURE RACE, CA
10/22: SoCal Cyclocross: Los Olivos, CA
11/12 Santa Barbara 1/2 Marathon 1:28

2010 Race Results

1/16 N. Georgia 30hr Adventure Race....2nd
2/7: San Diego Fiesta Island Time Trial....1st
3/20:VisionQuest 56 Mile MTB Race: 6:40
7/17: Breckenridge 100 Mile MTB Race, CO
8/14: GoldRush 24hr Adv Race, CA 2nd
8/27 TRIOBA 24hr Adventure Race, WA....1st
10/15: 24hr Adv Racing Nationals, PA...2nd
10/31: CheckPointTracker24hr Moab UT 5th*

2009 Race Results

3/28 Santiago Canyon Time Trial 3rd
4/4: Ironman 70.3 California: 4:40
4/19: SeaOtter Circuit Race, Top 10
6/7: HB 1 Mile Swim Race: 1st, AG
6/13: 59th HB Pier 2+ Mile Swim
6/21 Ironman Couer d'Alene: 9:51, 53rd OA
8/1: Surf Fest Pier to Pier Swim L.A.
8/8 Surf Monkey 1 Mile Swim Oceanside
8/22 SantaBarbara LongCourse Tri 3rd AG
8/29 Xterra Lake Tahoe 2nd AG, 15 OA
9/13 Fiesta Island Time Trial 3rd
10/10 Santiago Canyon Time Trial, 1st
11-12: Thailand & Japan

2008 Race Results

11/8: 24 hr Adventure Racing Nationals, 1st
9/13 24hr Big Blue Adv Race,Tahoe: 1st
9/25 72hr Expedition XStream AR Moab, 1st
7/18 24hr GorgeGames Adv Race Oregon 1st
7/11 Scout Adv Race Santa Monicas, CA 1st
5/10 26hr DesertWinds Adv Race AZ: 1st
4/15: Sea Otter MTB Duathlon/Obstacle Race
3/24 72hr BAJA TRAVESIA Adv Race, Mex 1st
2/23 DesertRage Temecula Adv Race 1st
3/1 VisionQuest MTB 56 mi Marathon CA
1/26 12 hrs of Temecula..5th Solo Overall

2007 Race Results

Noble Canyon 50k +, San Diego, CA 4th
Vineman Half Ironman, Sonom CA: 4:52

2006 Race Results

24hr BajaExtreme Adv. Race, Mexico 1st
Orange County Scout Adventure Race 3rd
Jeet Kune Do with Sifu William Holland

2005 Hiatus

Jeet Kune Do

2004 Race Results

Primal Quest Expedition Adventure Race: WA
48hr Salomon Raid Series -Bend, OR
Puget Sound Crossing (Kayak), WA

2003 Race Results

Pacific Crest Half Ironman, Bend Oregon
Ironman Wisconsin, 80th/2250

2002 Race Results

36hr Salomon Raid-Kitsbuhel Austria/Germany
36hr Salomon Raid Series Kirkwood, CA
24hr Cal Eco Eagle Mtn AR-1st Place
China Camp MTB Orienteering, Marin
Oceanside 1 Mile Pier Swim

2001 Race Results

Discovery Channel Adventure Racing World Championships:St. Moritz to Zermatt, Switzerland
36hr Salomon Raid Series Park City, UT
24hr GorgeGames AR, Hood River OR
24hr CalEco AR-Eagle Mtn Team SCAR
Summer Biathlon Run-Shoot 1st Place 20-29
Seattle Spring Running Races