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Dave (David) Mackey, born November 22, 1969, is a professional American ultra runner and adventure racer who lives in Boulder, Colorado. Mackey has set course records at many significant national ultra-distance trail running races, and spent several years adventure racing nationally and internationally.
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- Dave mackey kills
- Dave mackey injured on bear peak in boulder
- Accident and injury
- Significant course records and wins
- References
In 2011, Mackey won the Montrail Cup, which he also won in 2004. He won the Ultrarunning Magazine North American Ultrarunner of the Year in 2011, and was runner-up in 2004. He won the USA Track and Field Ultrarunner of the Year in 2004 and in 2005, and also has won several USATF national trail running titles at three different distances: 50K, 50 mile, and 100 kilometers. In running from one side of the Grand Canyon and back, also known as the rim-to-rim-to-rim (R2R2R), Mackey holds the former record of 6:59:57, which has since been lowered by Jim Walmsley.
Mackey also holds speed climbing records in the Boulder, Colorado, area, including the fastest round-trip time climbing and descending the Third Flatiron from Chautauqua Park in Boulder.
He is a physician assistant in emergency medicine.
Dave mackey injured on bear peak in boulder
Accident and injury
On May 23, 2015, Mackey fell off of a ridge, while training at Bear Peak near his home in Boulder. Among other injuries, he sustained a serious damage on his left lower leg. He recovered to the point he could walk (with a limp), but after a year and a half of surgeries, recurring infections and constant pain, he decided to get his ill leg amputated below the knee, hoping a prosthetic device would provide him better possibility to resume life as it was before the accident.
Significant course records and wins
