Sean Clancy
Biography
Team role: The Terminator Profession: Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
Currently resides: Huntington Beach, CA
Hometown: Long Beach, Indiana
Year joined DART: 2007
Sean came to the sport of Adventure Racing from the triathlon and military world. Sean competed in his first Adventure Race in 1997, at the 12 hour "Dusk2Dawn", while serving in the US Navy in Hawai'i. After competing in triathlon, duathlon and running races since age 14, Sean was introduced to Adventure Racing in 1995 while watching coverage of the Eco Challenge on television. The rest is history! A life of adventure and nearly impossible team challenges in the world's harshest - and most beautiful - environments.
Since 1997, Sean has competed in Adventure Races ranging from 12 hours to 6 days long in places like Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Mexico and all over the USA...
Currently, Sean has won NINE adventure races in a row with Team DART-nuun.
Sean also competes in ultra-endurance mountain bike racing, paddling, ultramarathons, & Ironman triathlons.
2009 will be Sean's 13th year of adventure racing!
Sean keeps a blog at www.clancymultisport.blogspot.com to keep his teammates, friends & sponsors abreast of his training and racing.
Favorite Gear
Favorite Electrolyte Drink: Cola flavored nuun
Favorite shoes: Vasque Aether Tech (BOA Closure system)
Favorite bike: Mountain: Turner Flux, size XL with full FSA and SRAM XO group
Tri/TT: Cervelo P2C
Favorite bike component: FSA Cranks with FSA Ceramic Bottom Bracket
Favorite wheels & tires: FSA XC-300 SL and Michelin AT
Favorite bike suspension: Manitou R7 MRD Absolute 100
Favorite sunglasses: Rudy Project Ekynox with Blue lens
Favorite backpack: Gregory Reactor with Hydrapak bladder: As light as possible please!!!
Favorite bikelight: Light and Motion Stella helmet/handlebar combo
Favorite sunscreen: KINeSYS Performance Moisturizer SPF 15
Favorite Paddle: Epic Mid Wing full carbon stiff shaft paddle
Favorite Heart Rate Monitor: Suunto T6 wristcomputer
Behind The Scene
Favorite race: Back 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.
Best race moment: Surviving-and crossing the finish line in 1st Place-at the 2008 Baja Travesia after enduring a nasty respiratory tract infection 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: To recalibrate my limits. To do the impossible. 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: Hard times don't last... Hard men do.
Vice(s) in life: Chocolate Chip Cookies, Pinot Noir, Stella Artois & Sleep.
Greatest challenge: Squeezing 20 hour training weeks into my busy life.
What do I do with my free time? Besides train? Read, travel, surf, climb, shoot, & mixed martial arts.
My teammates think that: I live on Vitargo S2
Race Results
2009
Swimming:
- Playa del Swim Huntington Beach Mile Ocean Swim: 20:26, 1st Place in Age Group
- Huntington Beach Pier Swim Race
- Surf Festival Hermosa Beach to Manhattan Beach 2+ Mil Pier to Pier Race
- Surf Monkey 1 Mile Ocean Swim Race, Oceanside, California.
- IRONMAN 70.3 California - 4:40 (Qualified for 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Championships)
- IRONMAN Coeur d'Alene - 9:51, 54th overall out of 2,500
- Santa Barbara Long Course - 3:09, 3rd Age Group, 9th fastest bike split out of 780.
- XTERRA Lake Tahoe - 2nd Age Group, 15th Overall
- 3rd - Santiago Canyon Time Trial - March3rd - Orange County, California
- 10th - Sea Otter Classic Circuit Race (Laguna Seca Race Track) - 10th - Monterrey, California
- 3rd - Fiesta Island Time Trial - 3rd - San Diego, California
- 1st - Santiago Canyon Time Trial-October
2008
Adventure Races:
- 1st Place: USARA Adventure Racing National Championships - Blue Ridge, GA
- 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 - Santa Monica Mountains, 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
- IRONMAN 70.3 Vineman Triathlon - Sonoma, California: 4:52
- Noble Canyon 50k+ Ultramarathon - San Diego, California: 4th
- 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: Sound Rowers Great Cross-Sound Paddle Race - W. Seattle/Bainbridge Island, WA
- 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: Mountain Bike Orienteering Meet - China Camp, California
- Finisher: Oceanside Pier Swim, One Mile Ocean Swim
- Discovery Channel Adventure Racing World Championships - St. Moritz/Zermatt Switzerland
- Gorge Games - Hood River, Oregon
- 1st AG-Summer Biathlon (Run/Shoot)
- 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
- 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: Kualoa Ranch Cross Country Races - North Shore, Hawai'i
- Finisher: Kapiolani Park 5K Series - Waikiki, Hawai'i
- Triathlon, duathlon, and running races in Indiana, California, & Hawai'i.
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