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

125

M/47

45

23:58:33.05

36

9

88.65

36

Letha Cruthirds

Bedford

TX

146

F/53

47

23:57:27.75

35

12

87

37

Jamie Donaldson

Littleton

CO

157

F/32

36

24:00:50.15

36

0

86.4

38

Robin Fry

Noxon

MT

163

M/54

34

20:24:05.95

35

-1

83.75

39

Ray Krolewicz

Elgin

SC

156

M/51

41

23:59:23.15

33

8

81.2

40

Sue Yates

Plano

TX

150

F/62

45

23:58:32.90

32

13

80.05

41

Eric Herdman

Henderson

NV

104

M/39

33

14:16:58.80

33

0

79.2

42

Deborah Sexton

Richardson

TX

143

F/48

43

23:56:11.35

31

12

77.4

43

Matt Carstens

Chicago

IL

165

M/32

31

15:28:05.00

31

0

74.4

44

Kristine Hinrichs

Milwaukee

WI

151

F/53

35

23:58:01.85

30

5

73.25

45

Craig Gilchrist

Austin

TX

168

M/39

35

23:58:27.40

30

5

73.25

46

Karen Riddle

Wichita Falls

TX

178

F/53

44

23:59:21.55

27

17

69.05

47

Brad Smythe

Canton

NC

102

M/28

27

11:54:30.75

27

0

64.8

48

Timothy Kourounis

Flushing

NY

173

M/68

40

23:57:46.20

24

16

61.6

49

Kyle Threlkeld

Ft. Worth

TX

174

M/50

31

23:57:18.95

25

6

61.5

50

Andy Velazco

Jonesboro

GA

111

M/58

37

23:58:56.25

24

13

60.85

51

Michael (mike) Langille

Dallas

TX

153

M/54

25

16:52:16.75

25

0

60

52

Randy Gehring

Grosse Pointe

MI

137

M/53

38

23:58:17.75

23

15

58.95

53

Lisa Smith-Batchen

Victor

ID

114

F/46

24

10:40:09.70

24

0

57.6

54

Lloyd Sorenson

Dallas

TX

126

M/45

24

16:12:27.35

24

0

57.6

55

Peter Feigin

New York

NY

135

M/36

24

23:37:44.35

23

1

55.45

56

Jody Lynn Reicher

Midland Park

NJ

119

F/44

23

10:41:35.30

23

0

55.2

57

Gerald (jerry) Seddon

Newburgh

IN

129

M/45

23

15:08:08.55

23

0

55.2

58

Judy Adabie

Dallas

TX

171

F/37

22

13:04:03.75

22

0

52.8

59

Greg Hughes

Minneapolis

MN

134

M/30

26

23:56:30.05

21

5

51.65

60

Frank Bireley

Plano

TX

154

M/44

21

14:49:07.80

21

0

50.4

61

Larry Robbins

Kennesaw

GA

142

M/63

21

15:48:57.75

21

0

50.4

62

Steve Papp

Tempe

AZ

141

M/63

21

16:22:36.65

21

0

50.4

63

Louis Vielma

Eagle Pass

TX

169

M/39

20

19:07:26.45

20

0

48

64

Sheryl Pinto

Southlake

TX

128

F/33

26

23:37:52.25

19

7

47.35

65

Wayne Brown

Livingston

LA

108

M/41

23

23:55:31.40

19

4

46.6

66

Farhad Nabi

Tucson

AZ

176

M/18

29

23:59:58.50

18

11

45.95

67

John Opalko

Spring

TX

112

M/44

19

7:31:59.40

19

0

45.6

68

Mike Jarvis

New York

NY

179

M/37

19

16:38:09.95

19

0

45.6

69

Sue Ellen Trapp

Fort Myers

FL

160

F/60

17

8:21:00.40

17

0

40.8

70

Les Harder

Winnipeg

MANITOBA

164

M/48

16

7:58:39.45

16

0

38.4

71

Michael Arredondo

Grapevine

TX

170

M/37

16

10:02:24.20

16

0

38.4

72

Jim Sproul

Coppell

TX

148

M/53

25

23:56:48.50

14

11

36.35

73

Finlay Woodruff

Fort Worth

TX

167

M/44

15

10:40:10.30

15

0

36

74

Rick Carr

Rowlett

TX

183

M/50

15

12:23:25.45

15

0

36

75

Yo Tizer

Reserve

NM

158

M/58

15

13:47:29.40

15

0

36

76

Buddy Teaster

Dallas

TX

184

M/0

14

6:07:09.10

14

0

33.6

77

Sarah Almodovar

Asheville

NC

177

F/30

14

9:30:02.70

14

0

33.6

78

Erik Litt

Philadelphia

PA

101

M/38

13

9:19:15.45

13

0

31.2

79

Dustin Hinson

Livingston

LA

110

M/29

12

23:55:32.55

8

4

20.2