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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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Did a nice early morning run up Lott Canyon on Lake Moutain.  Once up there, the legs felt good and wanted more uphill so I bushwhacked and did a steep long climb up to the top of a ridge I had never been on. (about 2000 feet up). It had great views of Cedar Valley to the west, and Utah Valley to the east.  Amazing views.  The morning was incredible.   As I was descended down a ridge I ran into a little boy scout troop hiking up.  "Oh, I guess we aren't the first ones to ever come up here."  I laughed.  One guy saw my Bighorn 100 shirt and asked if I was training for "the 100 race."   I assumed he meant Wastach and I said yes.  I didn't bother to tell him I ran 100 miles just one week ago.

I descended and took a wrong turn to go the way I came, but that was OK, I descended down the other side into Reformation Canyon and then made a run around Lake Mountain to the North.  The massive wheat fields to the north looked amazing as the tassles are now on the wheat.

On the downside.  My ankle is really still a problem.  Each day this week it hurt more with little activity.  Now it is where it was about 2-3 weeks ago.  I'm started to just resign myself to admit that it will be a problem all summer.   Yes, the run I did this morning was very rugged, each step of that ridge hike/run had a possibility of an ankle twist.  At least after 50 miles it isn't a problem so it shouldn't stop me in a 100 mile race.  I just worry that I'll have far less training on Timp this summer because of it.  Oh well

I entered the Freedom Run 10K with two of my sons for July 4.  I'm hoping to win my age group.  It will probably take a sub-43.   To medal will take a sub-45.   In 2006 I did it in 46:04 and in 2007 I did it in 44:45.   My speed is close to two minutes faster than 2007 so a 42:45 could be possible.

Vasque Velocity (Grey Yellow) Miles: 9.00
Comments
From Kelli on Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 13:54:20 from 71.219.76.64

Way to bushwhack!! Love it. You are AMAZING, for real.

Good luck next weekend. We will be there running the 5k (I say running loosely as I will be pushing 70 pounds in a stroller and urging my 9 year old along----I need to come up with a name for that kinds of running!) I will watch for at the 10k and hope you achieve your goals! You will have to tell us what you will be wearing so we know who to cheer!

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