The 24 Hour National Championship race was held in Grapevine, TX (near Dallas) this past weekend (18-19 Nov 2006). The winner got in over 146 miles (but no where near the Yiannis Kouros world record of ~180 miles) I recognize some of the other names. In 2nd place is a guy in his late 50's who still completes with US National 100K team -- Roy Pirrung (saw him at the Milwaukee Marathon this year; he lives in the area) -- an amazing runner. A lady from Milwaukee (Carolyn Smith) came in 3rd overall, just behind Roy. Dean Karnazes came in a very respectable 5th (138 miles), after doing his 50 marathons ins 50 days thing. In 11th place was John Geesler, who often wins the 3 days events (a 24 hour event is a bit short for him). Pam reed (DK's publicity competitor) was 21st. Ray K, who is my age and ran a 100 mile road race the weekend before, came in 39th. Kristine Hinrichs (Milwaukee) appears to have had a tough day and placed 44th -- or else she was pacing a guy named Craig from Texas .... (I remember her lapping me at least twice at Howl at the Moon this past August in the 3.3 mile 8 hour loop race near Danville, as she took 1st place female in that event).

Steve R.

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ULTRACENTRIC 24 HOUR RUN
	OVERALL FINISH
	November 18 - 19 - Grapevine, TX
Place	Name	City	State	Bib No	Gender/Age	Laps	Time	2.4M Laps	1/4M Laps	Tot. Dist.
1	Alex Swenson	Vashon	WA	116	M/42	79	23:59:00.50	59	20	146.6
2	Roy Pirrung	Sheboygan	WI	121	M/58	78	23:58:35.25	56	22	139.9
3	Carolyn Smith	Milwaukee	WI	190	F/41	76	23:57:13.95	56	20	139.4
4	Philip McCarthy	New York	NY	155	M/38	74	23:59:59.15	56	18	138.9
5	Dean Karnazes	San Francisco	CA	123	M/44	79	23:58:53.70	55	24	138
6	Scott Eppelman	Coppell	TX	131	M/40	78	23:58:57.40	54	24	135.6
7	Rebecca Johnson	Lafayette	CO	159	F/37	65	23:59:09.40	55	10	134.5
8	Connie Gardner	Medina	OH	152	F/43	67	23:56:54.00	54	13	132.85
9	Chuck Goetschel	Trabuco Canyon	CA	120	M/40	70	23:59:05.15	51	19	127.15
10	Akos Konya	Oceanside	CA	140	M/32	67	23:58:54.25	51	16	126.4
11	John Geesler	Saint Johnsville	NY	106	M/47	67	23:59:20.80	50	17	124.25
12	Bill Lockton	Santa Monica	CA	130	M/58	66	23:58:22.30	50	16	124
13	Laura Nelson	Woodstock	VA	100	F/41	63	23:59:36.85	50	13	123.25
14	Debra Horn	Beachwood	OH	166	F/47	64	23:59:22.10	49	15	121.35
15	Rudy Afanador	Medford	NY	133	M/48	55	23:55:15.95	48	7	116.95
16	Stephanie Ehret	Boulder	CO	122	F/43	60	23:58:21.10	47	13	116.05
17	Dave Emerson	Coppell	TX	139	M/48	55	23:59:41.50	46	9	112.65
18	Mark Dorion	Elpaso	TX	182	M/47	53	23:58:26.20	46	7	112.15
19	Ray Zirblis	Blackduck	MN	113	M/52	56	23:59:42.70	43	13	106.45
20	Bonnie Busch	Bettendorf	IA	147	F/48	51	23:57:57.50	43	8	105.2
21	Pam Reed	Tucson	AZ	124	F/45	44	23:35:36.50	43	1	103.45
22	Carilyn Johnson	El Paso	TX	144	F/39	42	20:43:07.85	43	-1	102.95
23	Ladislav Lettovsky	Vail	CO	127	M/45	50	23:37:52.15	42	8	102.8
24	Dorit Attias	Cerrillos	NM	161	F/44	54	23:59:44.70	41	13	101.65
25	Matthew Watts	Broomfield	CO	118	M/50	52	23:56:57.70	41	11	101.15
26	Jesse Itzler	Omaha	NE	109	M/38	42	23:35:36.95	42	0	100.8
27	Newton Baker	Conger	MN	103	M/64	42	23:37:08.40	42	0	100.8
28	Lance Aldridge	New York	NY	107	M/37	48	23:37:42.65	41	7	100.15
29	Walt Esser	Cary	NC	117	M/68	54	23:57:04.95	40	14	99.5
30	Jerry Schuster	Tucson	AZ	105	M/51	48	23:59:55.35	39	9	95.85
31	Marie Boyd	Bishop	CA	136	F/58	50	23:58:21.55	37	13	92.05
32	Rochelle Frazeur	Arlington	TX	145	F/35	48	23:59:49.60	37	11	91.55
33	Micahel Hayden	Rancho Palos Verdes	CA	162	M/17	55	23:59:46.85	35	20	89
34	Kurt Decker	Minneapolis	MN	149	M/35	37	16:19:42.45	37	0	88.8
35	Bob Sitler	Lynchburg	VA