Sean Clancy
Biography
Team role: Diesel Engine, Dream Crusher, The Nuclear Option, & Rodeo Clown
Profession: Pharmaceutical Sales-Asthma & Allergy Drugs
Currently resides: Aliso Viejo, CA
Hometown: Long Beach, Indiana
# of years with DART: 3
Like many others, Sean Clancy came to the sport of Adventure Racing from the triathlon and military world. Sean competed in his first Adventure Race in 1997, "Dusk2Dawn" while serving in the US Navy in Hawai'i. After competing in triathlon, duathlon and various running races since age 14, Sean was introduced to Adventure Racing in 1995 while watching coverage of the Eco Challenge on television. From that point on, he knew what he wanted to do with his life. A life of adventure and nearly impossible team challenges with like-minded friends in the world's harshest environments.
Sean was very fortunate to get a jump-start on his adventure racing career by serendipitously joining a world class team in 1998, for a 48 hour race in Arizona. This team included a German Team Eco Internet member, (today's Team NIKE) who was a current world Quadrathlon champion and world record-holder in 24 hour kayak paddling, another racer who was the British Orienteering/ROGAINE champion, and a recently retired Army Delta Force operator fresh off the Southern Traverse in New Zealand. Needless to say, Sean soaked up as much "secret" training and racing knowledge as possible during that weekend!
The rest is history.
Currently, Sean has won 9 adventure races in a row with Team DART-nuun.
Sean also competes in ultra-endurance mountain bike racing, ultramarathon runs, & Ironman triathlons.
Dubious achievement: 2009 will be Sean's 13th year of adventure racing!
Sean keeps a blog at www.clancymultisport.blogspot.comto keep his teammates, friends & sponsors abreast of his training and racing.
Favorite Gear
Favorite Electrolyte Drink: Cola flavor nuun
Favorite shoes: Vasque Aether Tech (BOA Closure system)
Favorite bike: Mountain: Turner Flux, size XL
Road: Giant TCR Advanced, with Record and Ksyrium ES wheelset.
Favorite bike component: FSA Cranks
Favorite wheels & tires: FSA XC-300 SL and Michelin AT
Favorite bike suspension: Manitou R7 MRD Absolute 100
Favorite sunglasses: Rudy Project Rydon II
Favorite cycling garment:
Favorite foul weather shell: Arc’Teryx Alpha LT Proshell
Favorite socks: Teko EcoMerino Wool MiniCrew
Favorite backpack: Gregory Reactor with Hydrapak bladder: As light as possible please!!!
Favorite bikelight: Light and Motion Stella
Favorite sunscreen: KINeSYS Performance Moisturizer SPF 15
Favorite Kayaking gear: Epic Mid Wing full carbon stiff shaft paddle
Favorite training and racing aid: Suunto T6 wristcomputer
Behind The Scene
Favorite race: In 2000 at the 270 mile Odyssey Mega Dose, only one team finished the course (my team!), and Don Mann & his staff were at the finish line, jumping
around, freaking out and celebrating. That made 88 hours of delirious suffering all worth it!
Best race moment: Surviving-and crossing the finish line in 1st Place-at the 2008 Baja Travesia after being very sick before and during the race.
Worst race moment: Losing a fellow competitor to a tragic rockfall accident in Primal Quest 2004
Favorite food: Breakfast Burritos with Egg, Avocado, cheese, salsa, and potatoes.
Why I race: 1) To test my limits; 2) To Crush Dreams; 3) To "Deepen my Pain Groove"
T.S. Eliot: "Only those who risk going too far can possibly know how far they can go"
Race advice: Have a warrior mindset: The more you sweat in training the less you bleed in battle....
Hard times don't last... Hard men do.
Vice(s) in life: Chocolate Chip Cookies, Pinot Noir, Stella Artois & sleeping in.
Greatest challenge: Limiting Chocolate Chip Cookie intake during the taper period.
What do I do with my free time? Luckily, I enjoy training 20-25 hours per week.
My team mates think that:
Race Results
2008
Adventure Races:
- 1st Place: USARA Adventure Racing National Championships - Blue Ridge, Georgia
- 1st Place: Adventure XStream Expedition Adventure Race - Moab, Utah
- 1st Place: Kit Carson Big Blue 24 Hour Adventure Race - Lake Tahoe, Nevada
- 1st Place: Wicked AR Gorge Games 24 Hour Adventure Race - Hood River, Oregon
- 1st Place: Desert Winds 24 Hour Adventure Race - Lake Mead, Arizona
- 1st Place: Scout Adventure Race - Los Angeles, California
- 1st Place: Baja Travesia Expedition Adventure Race - Baja California, Mexico
- 1st Place: Desert Rage Adventure Race - Temecula, California
- 5th Place: 12 Hours of Temecula Mountain Bike Race (Solo Pro) - Temecula, CA
- Finisher: Warrior's Society Vision Quest 56 Mile Mountain Bike Race: 7:08
2007
- Finisher: Vineman Half Ironman Triathlon - Sonoma, California: 4:52
- 4th Place: Noble Canyon 33 Mile Ultramarathon - San Diego, California
- 1st Place: Baja Extreme 24 Hour Adventure Race - Baja, Mexico
- 3rd Place: Scout Adventure Race - Orange County, California
- Finisher: Primal Quest Adventure Race - Cascade Mountains, Washington
- Finisher: Salomon Raid Series - Bend, Oregon
- Finisher: Ironman Wisonsin - 10:50
- Finisher: Pacific Crest Half Ironman, Bend, Oregon - Top 3, PNW AG Champs
- 1st Place: Cal Eco Adventure Race - Eagle Mountain, California
- Finisher: Salomon X-Adventure Raid Series - Kitsbuhel, Austria-Rupholding, Germany
- Finisher: Salomon X-Adventure Raid Series - Kirkwood, California
- Top 3 Finisher: Mountain Bike Orienteering Meet - China Camp, California
- Discovery Channel Adventure Racing World Championships - St. Moritz/Zermatt Switzerland
- Gorge Games - Hood River, Oregon
- 5th Place: Cal Eco Adventure Race - Eagle Mountain, California
- Finisher: Salomon X-Adventure Race - Park City, Utah
- 1st Place: Odyssey Mega Dose 275 mile Adventure Race - Natural Bridge, Virginia
- Finisher: Ironman Florida Triathlon, Panama City, Florida: 11:15
- 10th Overall: Peachmon Duathlon - Atlanta, Georgia: 10th Overall/1st Age Group
- Top 15 Overall: Chattanooga Triathlon
- 1st Place: 4 Winds Desert Adventure Race - Lake Roosevelt, Arizona
- Finisher: Honolulu Marathon: 3:31
- Finisher: Kailua Half Marathon: 1:31
- Finisher: Barber's Point Triathlon - Oahu, Hawai'i
- 5th Place: Dusk2Dawn 12 Hour Adventure Race - O'ahu, Hawai'i
- Finisher: Honolulu Marathon: 3:41
- Finisher: Ride Around Oahu 134 Mile Bike Race (MTB) - Oahu, Hawai'i
- Finisher: Pearl Harbor 10k - Hawai'i
- Finisher: Kuoloa Ranch Cross Country Races - North Shore, Hawai'i
- Finisher: Kapiolani Park 5K Series - Waikiki, Hawai'i
- Many triathlon, duathlon, and running races: Indiana, California, & Hawai'i.
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