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