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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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11.00

Bitter cold today.   It chased me indoors to the Lehi Legacy Center track which is a 1/8 mile indoor loop.    I ran about 11 miles.  Gee, that would be 88 loops.   Instead of counting loops which is a total bore, I listened to podcasts from ESPN Radio.  That worked well to kill the boredom.  When I finally stopped near the end to change my podcast, a guy commented, "Finally you stopped!   How many loops have you done?"  I didn't know for sure, I told him I had been running for 90 minutes.

Ultrarunning Magazine published my article on the Pony Express Trail 100.  Two pages!  That should get our race some good attention this year.   See: http://www.crockettclan.org/ponyexpress100.pdf

Mizuno Wave Elixer - Red Miles: 11.00
Comments
From Aaron Kennard on Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 23:19:44 from 174.51.250.151

That's cool, I'd like to see the article, except it appears that I'm lost when I click the link.

From Jon on Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 23:20:57 from 75.169.150.180

Congrats on the article.

88 laps? Ugh, I'd rather do the treadmill. I hate tracks more than treadmills, and that's saying something. I will admit, my morning treadmill runs aren't so bad when I can watch ESPN2 with Mike and Mike. Sports make it go faster.

From crockett on Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 23:28:39 from 70.56.103.153

I fixed the link to the PDF. Try again. Yep, loops are tough. In the Legacy Center there are things to see, it is above all the gyms, so you can see kids in classes, playing basketball, etc. Lots of people to watch. But still, I can only take so much. Yep, I listened to an hour of Mike and Mike. That is usually what I listen to on my 4 a.m. morning runs.

From Aaron Kennard on Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 23:40:52 from 174.51.250.151

That was a cool race report article. Congrats on getting it published.

From Smooth on Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 22:36:08 from 174.23.217.47

GREAT write up, Davy! LOVE it! You're TOO COOL for words! CONGRATS on its success!

90 loops!!!! Only an Ultra athlete's superior mind!!!

From Maurine/Tarzan on Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 19:06:32 from 97.117.58.110

Leslie sent me the race report yesterday. You did well. Save me a spot for next year. :)

Loops get boring. I do like watching the speed skaters at the Olympic Ice Oval.

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