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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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Easy treadmill miles.  Knee felt better, mild pain like a couple weeks ago.  Less pain when running slower.  I'm hoping that the soft trails at RR100 will help.  Looks like the course will get some good rain this week, dry on Friday, and dry during the race.  We'll probalby have some muddy spots to go through, but I doubt it will be terrible.

I signed up for two more races.   Bighorn 100 in June, and Ogden Marathon in May (Zions bank had some entries for customers....I grabbed one).

So, I have a busy year planned

  • Rocky Raccoon 100
  • Antelope Island 100 (running the 50 course twice)
  • Boston Marathon
  • Ogden Marathon
  • Squaw Peak 50
  • Bighorn 100
  • Tahoe Rim 100
  • Wasatch 100 or Cascade Crest 100
  • Bear 100
  • Pony Express Trail 100

Mizuno Wave Elixer - Red Miles: 6.00
Comments
From Maurine/Miles on Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 15:18:21 from 63.255.172.2

Wow - sounds like a busy year. Did you have to get permission to run outside the time boundaries for the AI 100?

From Maurine/Miles on Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 15:18:40 from 63.255.172.2

And what about the Pony Express Trail 100?

From crockett on Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 15:19:39 from 216.49.181.254

Yep, the park and RD are letting me do it.

From crockett on Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 15:20:08 from 216.49.181.254

Pretty bad to leave off my own race.

From Jon on Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 19:35:55 from 75.169.149.120

Holy cow!!! 7 100's, 2 marathons, and a 50.

40% chance I'll do Bighorn with you, 90% chance for the Bear.

From Jim Kern on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 01:09:57 from 97.117.52.32

I'm looking forward to crewing for you on Antelope Island, also hope to see you at the start of the Ogden Marathon.

From jun on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 10:53:00 from 66.239.250.209

Um, wow. Just wow.

From crockett on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 12:20:32 from 216.49.181.254

Yea, belive it or not I'm planning on doing less this year than last. One less marathon, one less 50. Getting old, need to ease into retirement.

From Dragonvulture on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 12:26:47 from 65.44.116.4

You ran more miles in races than I did my entire 2009. Good luck on the 100 this weekend, I'm a big fan. Hope to try an ultra this year, or maybe next year, just not sure where to start, still haven't run a full yet though, but not too concerned about that.

From crockett on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 12:43:49 from 216.49.181.254

Dragonvulture, start with Antelope Island Buffalo run. That is a great race to venture into ultras.

From jun on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 13:04:01 from 66.239.250.209

Retirement? Ha. You'll never retire.

From Dragonvulture on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 07:29:22 from 75.169.158.33

Thanks for the advice on the Antelope Island run, I am looking into it and may try to do it this year. Looks like a very fun race to run.

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