Sean Clancy

Biography

Team role: Terminator
Profession: Endurance Coach, Management Consultant
Currently resides: Santa Barbara, CA
Hometown: Long Beach, IN; Vero Beach, FL
Year joined DART: 2006
First Year Adventure Racing: 1997

Sean came to the sport of Adventure Racing from the military world and with a teenage triathlon background. Sean competed in his first Adventure Race in 1997, at the 12 hour "Dusk 2 Dawn", 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 and reading about the Raid Gauloises.

The rest is history! A life of adventure and so-called "impossible" team challenges in the world's harshest - and often most beautiful - environments. To steal a motto from his adventure racing "sensei" David Kelly, it's about doing "cool things with cool people in cool places".

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...

From 2006 to 2008 Sean won NINE adventure races in a row with Team DART-nuun.

Sean also competes in ultra-endurance mountain bike racing, road cycling, paddling, ultramarathons, practical pistol shooting/biathlon & occasional Ironman triathlons.

2011 is Sean's 15th 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 Mindbender
Favorite bike: Turner Flux, size XL with full FSA and SRAM XO group
Favorite bike component: FSA Cranks with FSA Ceramic Bottom Bracket
Favorite wheels & tires: FSA XC-300 SL and Schwalbe Nobby Nic
Favorite bike suspension: Manitou R7 MRD Absolute 100
Favorite sunglasses: Rudy Project Ekynox with Blue lens or Clear Lens at night with NexStrap
Favorite backpack: Gregory Rufus with Hydrapak bladder
Favorite bikelight: Light and Motion Stella 300 helmet/handlebar combo
Favorite sunscreen: KINeSYS Performance Moisturizer SPF 15
Favorite Paddle: Epic Mid Wing full carbon medium flex shaft paddle, or Small blade for Long paddles.
Favorite Heart Rate Monitor/Altimeter: Suunto T6c 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. Racing while sick is no fun!
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. "We are strengthened by life's harsh moments...especially those of our own choosing"
Vice(s) in life: Don't know if Id' call it a VICE, per se, but I do like West Coast IPA or Pinot Noir.
Greatest challenge: Time Management. 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

2010
Adventure Racing:

2nd Place: North Georgia 30 Hour Adventure Race, Elijay, Georgia
2nd Place: Gold Rush 24 Hour Adventure Race, Yosemite Area, California
1st Place: TRIOBA 24 Hour Adventure Race, Chelan, Washington
2nd Place: USARA 24 Hour Adventure Race National Championship, Hidden Valley, Pennsylvania
5th Place: CheckpointTracker 24 Hour National Championship, Moab, Utah

Cycling:

1st: Fiesta Island Time Trial (January): 1st
Top 25 Vision Quest 56 mile (11,600' gain): 6:40
Finisher Breckenridge 100 Mile MTB Ultra (10,000-12,000' altitude)

2009
Triathlon: ***Named USA Triathlon "All American" for AG 30-34"

4:41: IRONMAN 70.3 California - 4:40 (Qualified for 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Championships)
9:51: IRONMAN Coeur d'Alene - 54th overall out of 2,500
3rd AG: Santa Barbara Long Course - 3:09, 9th fastest bike split out of 780.
2nd AG, 15th OA: XTERRA Lake Tahoe - 2nd Age Group, 15th Overall

Cycling:

3rd: Santiago Canyon Time Trial, Orange County, California (March race)
10th: Sea Otter Classic Circuit Race (Laguna Seca Race Track) - Monterrey, California
3rd: Fiesta Island Time Trial, San Diego, California
1st: Santiago Canyon Time Trial, Orange County, California (October race)

Swimming:

1st AG: Playa del Swim Huntington Beach Mile Ocean Swim: 20:26
Finisher: Huntington Beach Pier Swim Race
Finisher: Surf Festival Hermosa Beach to Manhattan Beach 2+ Mile Pier to Pier Ocean Race
Finisher: Surf Monkey 1 Mile Ocean Swim Race, Oceanside, California.

2008
Adventure Races: ***Undefeated in 8 Races for 2008, Inclding USA 24hr National Championships***

1st Place: USARA 24 Hour Adventure Racing National Championships - Blue Ridge, GA
1st Place: Adventure XStream Expedition Adventure Race, 72hrs - 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 - 72hrs, San Felipe to Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
1st Place: Desert Rage 24hr Adventure Race - Temecula, California

Mountain Bike Races:

5th Place: 12 Hours of Temecula Mountain Bike Race (Solo/Open/Pro) - Temecula, CA
Finisher: Warrior's Society Vision Quest 56 Mile Mountain Bike Race: 7:08

2007
Triathlon:

IRONMAN 70.3 Vineman Triathlon - Sonoma, California: 4:52

Ultramarathon:

4th: Noble Canyon 50k+ Ultramarathon - San Diego, California: 4th

2006
Adventure Racing:

1st Place: Baja Extreme 24 Hour Adventure Race - Baja, Mexico
3rd Place: Scout Adventure Race - Orange County, California

2004
Adventure Racing:

Finisher: Primal Quest Adventure Race, 6 Days - Cascade Mountains, Washington
Finisher: Salomon Raid Series X-Adventure 2-Day - Bend, Oregon

Paddling:

Finisher: Sound Rowers Great Cross-Sound Paddle Race - W. Seattle/Bainbridge Island, WA

2003
Triathlon:

Finisher: IRONMAN Wisonsin - 10:50
Finisher: Pacific Crest Half Ironman Regional USA Triathlon Championships, Bend, Oregon - Top 3 AG

2002
Adventure Racing:

1st Place: Cal Eco Adventure 24hr Adventure Race - Eagle Mountain, California
Finisher: Salomon X-Adventure Raid Series 2-Day - Kitsbuhel, Tirol, Austria to Rupholding, Bavaria, Germany
Finisher: Salomon X-Adventure Raid Series 2-Day - Kirkwood, California

Orienteering:

Top 3: Mountain Bike Orienteering Meet - China Camp, California

Ocean Swim Race:

Finisher: Oceanside Pier Swim, One Mile Ocean Swim

2001
Adventure Racing:

Discovery Channel Adventure Racing World Championships - 6 Day race, St. Moritz to Zermatt Switzerland, race across Swiss Alps
Subaru Gorge Games 24hr Adventure Race - Hood River, Oregon
5th Place: Cal Eco 24hr Adventure Race - Eagle Mountain, California
Finisher: Salomon X-Adventure Race 2-Day - Park City, Utah

Biathlon: