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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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A bad cold set in.  Still did some treadmill.

My first-day splits for ATY were finally posted.  Lots of interesting data to me.  I updated my PRs (to the left).  The downpour cost me about 20 minutes into my 100-mile time.  Splits at: http://www.acrosstheyears.com/cgi-bin/splits.cgi?y=2010&rid=708

Here's my average lap time pace for each 10K segment.   The spike at 15 is due ot the downpour.  The spike at 17 was due to break after 24 hours trying to solve my chafing problem, changing all my clothes and shoes.  My splits were coming down during the second evening as I started "sprinting" some laps.   And then came the 4-hour lazy break.  Note the huge improvement after the rest.

This is average lap time for that 10K stretch.  Each lap is 1/2 K.  I tried to keep lap times under 3 minutes for quite awhile and then under 4 minutes for quite awhile, etc.

A 3:00 lap average is a 1:00:00 10K.

A 4:00 lap average is a 1:20:00 10K. etc.

My first 10K was 51:36, 8:18 mile pace.  Second 10K was 52:54, 8:31 mile pace, etc.

100 miles is just over 160K, so 16 on the graph.

 

Compare this to my ATY 2008 splits.  Huge improvement, mind boggling because 2008 was perfect weather.

 

 

Mizuno Wave Elixer 5 - Black Miles: 10.00
Comments
From RAD on Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 14:38:40 from 67.172.229.125

Just a short hello before moving on :)

I hope the cold passes quickly and doesn't hang around hampering plans for the race. Nice work keeping up the mileage after ATY!

From Jon on Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 14:45:12 from 98.71.187.176

Surely there are far more exciting blogs than mine. Your blog gets 50% more visitors than mine.

From crockett on Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 15:07:22 from 71.32.239.119

OK, in an effort to have a more interesting blog today than Jon, I inserted some interesting ATY pace charts. Check them out.

From RAD on Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 15:13:14 from 67.172.229.125

Ok, so being slightly ignorant in this area, I'm assuming it is the AP for the laps during the 10k (a 2:30 10K isn't making much sense)? I am just still in awe! Obviously that 4 hr rest was needed and well used. That continued downward slope at the end indicates to me that you may have a 72 hr race in there?

From crockett on Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 15:18:35 from 71.32.239.119

This is average lap time for that 10K stretch. Each lap is 1/2 K. I tried to keep lap times under 3 minutes for quite awhile and then under 4 minutes for quite awhile, etc.

A 3:00 lap average is a 1:00:00 10K.

A 4:00 lap average is a 1:20:00 10K. etc.

My first 10K was 51:36, 8:18 mile pace. Second 10K was 52:54, 8:31 mile pace, etc.

From Lily on Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 15:29:51 from 67.199.181.73

Crocket t you're the man. I am always amazed when I visit your page. :)

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