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December 22, 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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Discouraging.  Leg pain even when walking today.  Looks like I'll go into my Rocky Raccoon 100 taper now, shut down the running and hit the pool, swimming and pool "running."  I know the drill, haven't had to do this for a couple years.

It is quite possible that my knee is finally bone-on-bone.   Certainly hope it hasn't gotten that bad, but I know eventually it will be.  Still hoping for a minor bone bruise.  I know it isn't bad because there is no swelling, no fluid on the knee, no popping/snapping, just some pain when the femur and tibia jar down together and pain down the side of the tibia, probably tibial stress injury which just takes a couple weeks.  Hopefully not a stress fracture which takes six weeks.

Hoka Bondi B - New Miles: 2.00
Comments
From Andrea on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:04:41 from 72.37.171.52

Ouch...hopefully a week or two of the pool will resolve all the problems.

From jun on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:20:04 from 205.158.160.209

Yes, do everything to minimize the impact. Rocky Raccoon is too important this year to go into it injured.

From flatlander on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 14:16:22 from 198.207.244.102

Good luck with all that. Hoping to see you down here in good shape.

From crockett on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 14:18:56 from 216.49.181.254

I'll be there, look forward to meeting you. I could run it today, but it would be painful and probably slow.

From Dragonvulture on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 14:54:47 from 65.44.116.4

Hope it calms down soon enough for RR.

From Jon on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 21:52:50 from 98.71.175.203

ouch.

From cachedout on Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 13:35:53 from 199.104.120.131

Damn. Take care of yourself, Davy. Can't wait to see you as you lap me at RR100. ;]

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