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April 28, 2024

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Location:

Saratoga Springs,UT,

Member Since:

Jan 31, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

2016 Finished 12 100-milers during the year.  86 career 100-mile finishes, 9th in the world.   First person to do 6 consecutive summits of Mount Timpanogos.  Won Crooked Road 24-hour race. Achieved the 5th, 6th, and 8th fastest 100-mile times in the world for runners age 57+ for the year.

2013  First person to bag the six highest Wasatch peaks in one day. First and only person to do a Kings Peak double (highest peak in Utah).  I've now accomplished it four times. 

2010 - Overall first place Across the Years 48-hour run (187 miles), Overall first place Pony Express Traill 100.

2009 - Utah State Grand Masters 5K champion (Road Runners Club of America).  National 100-mile Grand Masters Champion (Road Runners Club of America). USATF 100-mile National Champion for age 50-54.

2006 - Set record of five consecutive Timpanogos Summits ("A record for the criminally insane")  See: http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=42

2007 - Summited 7 Utah 13-ers in one day.  See: http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/?p=14 

Only person to have finished nine different 100-mile races in Utah: Wasatch, Bear, Moab, Pony Express Trail, Buffalo Run, Salt Flats, Bryce, Monument Valley, Capitol Reef.

PRs - all accomplished when over 50 years old

5K - 19:51 - 2010 Run to Walk 5K

10K - 42:04 - 2010 Smile Center

1/2 Marathon: 1:29:13 - 2011 Utah Valley

Marathon - 3:23:43 - 2010 Ogden Marathon

50K - 4:38 - 2010 Across the Years split

50-mile - 8:07 - 2010 Across the Years split

100K - 10:49 - 2010 Across The Years split

12-hours 67.1 miles - 2010 Across The Years split

100-mile 19:40 - 2011 Across the Years split

24-hours 117.8 miles - 2011 Across the Years split

48-hours 187.033 miles - 2010 Across the Years

Long-Term Running Goals:

I would like to keep running ultras into my 60s. 

Personal:

Details at: http://www.crockettclan.org/ultras/ultracrockett.pdf Married with six kids and six grandchildren.  Started running at the age of 46 in 2004.  My first race since Junior High days was a 50K. I skipped the shorter road stuff and went straight to ultramarathons.  I started as a back-of-the packer, but have progressed to a top-10-percent ultra finisher.  Wish I would have started running at a much earlier age.  Have had several articles published in national running magazines.  Check out my running adventure blog at www.crockettclan.org/blog

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28 degrees out this morning.  What is up with that?  Wimped out and did treadmill, testing out the new Hokas some more.  Still seem fine, just debating which insoles to use.  Just easy miles, taper run.  If there is only two weeks between 100-mile runs, there is no real training in-between, just recovery and taper.   This will be a good test for later this summer when I do three 100s within six weeks.

Looking at my last year results on ultrasignup.com. I noticed something interesting.  They show your overall place but also place by gender.  I noticed that in every race I ran during the past 12 months that I only was chicked at most twice in each race.  Some races no women beat me, others only one, and a couple two.  That is a huge difference from past years, another indicator of progress.  Some of these were huge races like Rocky Raccoon, Wasatch, Bear, Bighorn, Squaw Peak, etc.   I don't like the way they calculate ranking.  It is all based in comparison to the guy who won the race.  In Rocky where Ian posted that record winning time, even though I placed high, 34th, I get a 59% ranking for that race pulling my average down.   Also, it doesn't take into account recent years, my low placements years ago still bring down my average.  So it is hard to use that ranking to really rank the competition.

Hoka - Bondi B Miles: 7.00
Comments
From Lily on Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:29:53 from 67.199.178.210

Ahhh progress. It's nice to see how we improve.

Good luck with those three 100's this summer.

From jsh on Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:05:37 from 38.121.131.210

It’s fun tracking progress in raw numbers like ultrasignup provides. But I agree that it’s tough to gauge competition based on past races, especially since most people are continually progressing. Congrats on the recent progress and best of luck with your upcoming 100’s!

From Scott Wesemann on Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:21:33 from 66.239.250.209

Two weeks between 100's is just sick and I mean that in a good way. It is really amazing what you are able to do with your body. Good luck out there.

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