A Draper father who beat cancer more than two decades ago just finished one of the toughest footraces in the country, while both of his sons also completed it — and this time, dehydration and a bad knee couldn't stop the family from finishing the race. Cory Larrabee, 50, completed the Wasatch 100 endurance run with sons Keaton, 22, and McKay, 23, capping a spring and summer of training that culminated in a 100-mile trek through the Wasatch Mountain Range.
Cory first ran the Wasatch 100 back in 2002, just a year after finishing cancer treatment, according to KSL.com. During his senior year at Southern Utah University, where he ran track and cross-country, Cory underwent chemotherapy and had two of his four quadriceps muscles removed, KSL reports. He is now a cancer survivor who ran the punishing mountain course decades after that treatment.
This year's race started with Keaton and McKay getting selected in the Wasatch 100 lottery, per the outlet's account. Cory was added to the field after an email to the race director, and Keaton — who wanted the 2026 run to be a redemption effort after attempting the race in 2025 — invited his father and brother to join him.
Training Together, Then Racing Side by Side
The three Larrabees trained together through the spring and summer before lining up for the 100-mile course, the station's report states. Keaton, who completed a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before deciding to take on the Wasatch 100, had been inspired by his father's 2002 finish and had also mountain biked in the same range as a member of his high school's mountain bike team, according to the same account.
Keaton finished third overall, with a time listed by KSL as 22:05:25 — though a separate results snippet from Wasatch 100 - Laurel lists his chip time as 22:04:59. Cory paced his son for the final 30 miles of the race, per the outlet's report. Cory ultimately finished in 31:19:34, according to KSL.
A Blessing Near the Finish, and a Trip to the Hospital
McKay's race turned into a test of endurance in a different way. He completed the 100 miles despite a knee injury and, at mile 93 — about seven miles from the finish — he feared he wouldn't make it before the cutoff and asked for a blessing from his uncle, the station's report notes. Cory's brother then ran the final eight miles alongside McKay, who ultimately finished in 34:45:44.
Keaton's finish came with its own scare. After crossing the line, he was taken to a hospital for dehydration and was released after receiving high doses of fluids, per the same account. The family's race ended not with a simple celebration, but with a reminder of just how demanding the course had been on all three runners.
A Longtime Dream, Realized
For Cory, running alongside his sons fulfilled something he had hoped for over many years. He said the experience of sharing running with Keaton and McKay was a longtime dream, according to KSL. He also said he wanted to avoid hating running and permanently damaging his body — a balance that shaped how he approached training and pacing decades after his own diagnosis.
Keaton had set out with a goal of finishing at the top of the field, while McKay's goal was simply to finish, the outlet reports. Both accomplished what they set out to do, even as the course tested them in very different ways. The family may take on another 100-mile race together in the future, according to the same report, though no future event has been confirmed.
Independent results pages list some figures that don't perfectly match the KSL account: an UltraRunning.com results snippet shows Keaton's 2025 Wasatch 100 time as 27:17:34, while the 2026 Wasatch 100 runner list shows his age as 23 rather than 22. Those discrepancies remain unresolved in the available records, but they don't change the core of what the Larrabee men did together this year — two generations of one Draper family, bound by a race that first tested a cancer survivor's rebuilt body in 2002 and, this time, tested him and his sons.
